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<blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 1241879" data-attributes="member: 5171"><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> You know, the really sad part is that, due to timing constraints and our growing budget wackiness, I only end up seeing movies when my wife and I go out to have an afternoon with my mom. A recent game-night conversation with my buddies went like this:</p><p></p><p>Them: Man, <strong>Kill Bill</strong> was just awesome. Pat, have you seen that?</p><p></p><p>Me: Er, no.</p><p></p><p>Them: Aw, that's too bad, we thought you'd love that hyperviolent fight melange. (Um, except that they probably would never use the word melange. Nobody except me ever uses that word, I think.) So, what, you didn't go see it 'cause you were all pumped from seeing Matrix Reloaded?</p><p></p><p>Me: Er, no.</p><p></p><p>Them: Dude! You haven't seen Matrix Reloaded? How did you understand Matrix Revolutions, then?</p><p></p><p>Me: Er...</p><p></p><p>Them: What about that crime movie with the Rock?</p><p></p><p>Me: Er...</p><p></p><p>Them: What about SWAT?</p><p></p><p>Me: Er...</p><p></p><p>Them: Pat, what was the last movie you saw, man?</p><p></p><p>Me: Well, <strong>Under the Tuscan Sun</strong> is the cinematically beautiful story of this woman who recovers from a painful divorce by buying a villa in... what? Quit lookin' at me funny!</p><p></p><p>Them: Dude, we don't know you anymore.</p><p></p><p>- - - - -</p><p></p><p>But meanwhile, back on a topic not far away...</p><p></p><p>The portrayal of children <strong>does</strong> relate to the Sparta deal, because I made the point awhile back that the fox & kid story wasn't that big a deal by their standards, because they were thinking of the kid as a new recruit, not as a young and innocent child. Showing evidence that children were thought of as little adults, not as children, in periods less civilized than our own, supports that hypothesis. It's not ironclad evidence by any stretch, but it does at least help make me sound somewhat less full of poo.</p><p></p><p>(And yeah, I can imagine that sometimes we're dealing with people of low status, but sometimes the painting is entitled "The Baron of Gablahgablah with his son", which sort of makes it less likely that said little-person is a servant or man of low status, since he's painted as a carbon copy of the adult standing next to him, wearing smaller versions of the same clothing, standing in the same position.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takyris, post: 1241879, member: 5171"] :D You know, the really sad part is that, due to timing constraints and our growing budget wackiness, I only end up seeing movies when my wife and I go out to have an afternoon with my mom. A recent game-night conversation with my buddies went like this: Them: Man, [b]Kill Bill[/b] was just awesome. Pat, have you seen that? Me: Er, no. Them: Aw, that's too bad, we thought you'd love that hyperviolent fight melange. (Um, except that they probably would never use the word melange. Nobody except me ever uses that word, I think.) So, what, you didn't go see it 'cause you were all pumped from seeing Matrix Reloaded? Me: Er, no. Them: Dude! You haven't seen Matrix Reloaded? How did you understand Matrix Revolutions, then? Me: Er... Them: What about that crime movie with the Rock? Me: Er... Them: What about SWAT? Me: Er... Them: Pat, what was the last movie you saw, man? Me: Well, [b]Under the Tuscan Sun[/b] is the cinematically beautiful story of this woman who recovers from a painful divorce by buying a villa in... what? Quit lookin' at me funny! Them: Dude, we don't know you anymore. - - - - - But meanwhile, back on a topic not far away... The portrayal of children [b]does[/b] relate to the Sparta deal, because I made the point awhile back that the fox & kid story wasn't that big a deal by their standards, because they were thinking of the kid as a new recruit, not as a young and innocent child. Showing evidence that children were thought of as little adults, not as children, in periods less civilized than our own, supports that hypothesis. It's not ironclad evidence by any stretch, but it does at least help make me sound somewhat less full of poo. (And yeah, I can imagine that sometimes we're dealing with people of low status, but sometimes the painting is entitled "The Baron of Gablahgablah with his son", which sort of makes it less likely that said little-person is a servant or man of low status, since he's painted as a carbon copy of the adult standing next to him, wearing smaller versions of the same clothing, standing in the same position.) [/QUOTE]
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