tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post632421096625587650..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Story Assistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-85660729007528041212020-06-24T19:44:16.016-04:002020-06-24T19:44:16.016-04:00But have you watched Bad Taste or the absolutely h...But have you watched Bad Taste or the absolutely hilarious Braindead? I consider his later work to be rather commercial, and like the earlier stuff better. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-88317799721517502662020-06-22T23:33:05.283-04:002020-06-22T23:33:05.283-04:00Tolkien's magnificent insights in the essay in...Tolkien's magnificent insights in the essay include a deduction that there must have been a long literature about these kings that we have lost. The Beowulf only makes sense, as he points out, as a kind of late addition to an established tradition that is playing at the margins of a literature rather than telling the core stories.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-29792312932316095692020-06-22T22:05:18.982-04:002020-06-22T22:05:18.982-04:00Coming up with good monsters isn't quite as ea...Coming up with good monsters isn't quite as easy as it used to be, what with all the tame dragons and angsty vampires.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-57834521220047403322020-06-22T21:22:28.503-04:002020-06-22T21:22:28.503-04:00Captain Blood and Princess Bride both depend on ar...<i>Captain Blood</i> and <i>Princess Bride</i> both depend on artfully assembling every pirate and adventure cliche into the work. "Flashman," too, come to think of it.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-79050804836435691462020-06-22T21:19:55.279-04:002020-06-22T21:19:55.279-04:00Quoting The History Guy "Don't all good s...Quoting The History Guy "Don't all good stories involve pirates?!"Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396671757183163171noreply@blogger.com