Saw DaVinci Code

[Banshee16]

I almost find it kinda comical that these things don't get brought to light until a "noted" "american" author says it. The comments so far don't surprise me either. Its like kids tossing the milk and dumping the cookies after reacting to the news that Santa Clause really wasn't real

Don't get me started Outside of the US, many people get very frustrated with that.

I think that all Dan Brown really did was find a bunch of theories, and some possibly true facts, and assemble them into a story that would hopefully have mass appeal. If you read books like Holy Blood Holy Grail, The Dark Matter Campaign Setting, and all kinds of stuff that was written *before* the Da Vinci Code, it's possible to read many of the ideas that Dan Brown included in his book....it's just that those books were not widely dispersed through the popular consciousness.

Having referenced those books, I'll qualify my statement by saying that I'm not claiming either of those works to be "non-fiction".....simply that the many of the ideas that the Da Vinci Code supposedly deals with were also contained within them (among others).

As someone else mentioned above, the fact that it's getting people talking whether the results of those talks are acceptance or rejection of the ideas contained within the book, is a good thing. Too often people just accept what they're told without any critical thought. The world would probably be a better place if people questioned more often.

Banshee

 

[DonTadow]

Don't get me started Outside of the US, many people get very frustrated with that.

I think that all Dan Brown really did was find a bunch of theories, and some possibly true facts, and assemble them into a story that would hopefully have mass appeal. If you read books like Holy Blood Holy Grail, The Dark Matter Campaign Setting, and all kinds of stuff that was written *before* the Da Vinci Code, it's possible to read many of the ideas that Dan Brown included in his book....it's just that those books were not widely dispersed through the popular consciousness.

Having referenced those books, I'll qualify my statement by saying that I'm not claiming either of those works to be "non-fiction".....simply that the many of the ideas that the Da Vinci Code supposedly deals with were also contained within them (among others).

As someone else mentioned above, the fact that it's getting people talking whether the results of those talks are acceptance or rejection of the ideas contained within the book, is a good thing. Too often people just accept what they're told without any critical thought. The world would probably be a better place if people questioned more often.

Banshee

yeah, i'm actually more irked that he's getting so much attention for these theroies that have been around for hundreds of years. I"m even more irked that there are talented writers whom can present the material in a non-fiction yet entertaining manner and they get ignored because we, as americans, have to be entertained in order to learn anything.

 

[Piratecat]

I appreciate your sense of fairness, but mmu1 has lost his right to speak by his own actions. I will not re-edit because of his loss of priviledge. In short, that's his problem and not mine.

In fact, no it isn't. Moderator requests, even when polite, aren't optional. Thread closed.

In a week or so, someone is welcome to open another thread regarding this movie. When they do, we look forward to discussing the movie without all of this associated baggage.