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Draakjacht
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Reply #35401 August 28, 2011 6:13:55 PM
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Quoting Scoutdog,
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So, basically, anything in which a character switches sides is Pocahontas? .... you do know Ayn Rand did it before that... right?

Ayn Rand wrote about it before Pocahontas experienced it in the 1600s?

And Bison, banned for missing your target.

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Reply #35402 August 28, 2011 6:15:37 PM
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Banned because I meant Ayn Rand did the changing sides thing in a book before the movie was made.

My point is, it's a common literary device that shows up everywhere, and did not start or end with Pocahontas.

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Reply #35403 August 28, 2011 6:28:37 PM
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Banned because you made me think of Machiavelli. Man, that dude ended up with a rep he doesn't exactly deserve.

Banned again because pop Pocahontas is not at all the same thing as historical Pocahontas. The real woman may have experienced a life that reads like a literary device, but that's true of most of us if you have a really loose definition of literature. 

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Reply #35404 August 28, 2011 6:30:23 PM
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*smacks face*

I'm not saying Pocahontas absolutely did it first (and I'm not talking about the movie, but the historic events), I'm just saying that since it is a well-known piece of history, it serves as a common example for writers past and present to use as a jumping off point.

banned for I only mentioned the movie to make a sexually deviant joke.

edit: Swicord is getting it.

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Reply #35405 August 28, 2011 6:31:57 PM
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Banned for it isn't all that well known.

I don't really remember the storyline...

Banned for making me want to Google it.

 

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Reply #35406 August 28, 2011 6:41:19 PM
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banned for googling such a well known storyline

Its almost as constant as the one that will save all with their death.

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Reply #35407 August 28, 2011 6:58:07 PM
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Banned because you've got the direction I'm coming from...

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Reply #35408 August 28, 2011 7:02:21 PM
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banned for I did get both yours and Draakjacht's point

 

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Reply #35409 August 28, 2011 7:02:32 PM
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banned for west

edit: I don't mind people using the same story over and over, I just wish they would give us a twist or at least do it well. Avatar was okay, but we got screwed out of the best scenes. I mean, we all knew he was going to be the one to tame the big predator, but they thought it might be a surprise, so then didn't show the actual fight to capture it in order to build suspense. That's bullshit. And the marines were a joke from beginning to end.

Scoutdog knows what I'm talking about all too well. I'm just asking that in the process of giving us the same old kibble every day, at least throw in one meaty bit that makes us perk our ears.

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Reply #35410 August 28, 2011 7:03:40 PM
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Banned sideways.

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Reply #35411 August 28, 2011 7:05:11 PM
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Banned inside-out.

 

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Reply #35412 August 28, 2011 7:06:49 PM
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banned inside-in

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Reply #35413 August 28, 2011 7:09:39 PM
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banned for -

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Reply #35414 August 28, 2011 7:12:08 PM
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Banned for incomplete sentences.

 

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Reply #35415 August 28, 2011 7:13:51 PM
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banned in an insignificant way

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Reply #35416 August 28, 2011 7:23:20 PM
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Banned because I, the UNQUESTIONED RULER of these forums, says so!

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Reply #35417 August 28, 2011 7:25:39 PM
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banned for being the UNQUESTIONED RULER with +1 karma and a member no. 1 million higher than mine and nearly double Ryat's.

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Reply #35418 August 28, 2011 7:28:17 PM
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Banned for QUESTIONING MA AUTHORITY!

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Reply #35419 August 28, 2011 7:48:38 PM
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banned for being big boned.

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Reply #35420 August 28, 2011 7:49:03 PM
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Banned for banning before me.

One of these days...

 

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Reply #35421 August 28, 2011 7:49:31 PM
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Banned for poking fun at my 6.5, 280 pound frame!

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Reply #35422 August 28, 2011 7:49:53 PM
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Banned for moral authority.

Quoting Draakjacht,
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Avatar was okay, but we got screwed out of the best scenes. I mean, we all knew he was going to be the one to tame the big predator, but they thought it might be a surprise, so then didn't show the actual fight to capture it in order to build suspense. That's bullshit. And the marines were a joke from beginning to end.
If Avatar just had no plot and a lot of logical inconsistencies, I might have jut ignored it. But no. He had to make it technophobic...

And D9 was, to me at least, very novel in its mockumentary style, incredible grittiness, and unique (@ least from an American perspective) setting. What really got me, however, was the effort Blomkamp put into making a full, detailed world- both its surreal this-seems-exactly-like-reality-but-there-are-seven-foot-tall-bugs-running-around quality, and its interesting combination of depth and its tendency to at the same time load up on little details and leave so much to speculation.

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Reply #35423 August 28, 2011 7:56:37 PM
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Banned for poking fun at my 6.5, 280 pound frame!

Banned because there's a big difference between being big and being big boned; plus, I'm sometimes afraid that Eric Cartman is my inner child.

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Reply #35424 August 28, 2011 8:02:51 PM
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Banned for being afraid of some guy I've never heard of.

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Reply #35425 August 28, 2011 8:03:25 PM
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Banned for banning before me.

One of these days...

 

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