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Mel tongue-ties studios;'Apocalypto' to be filmed in obscure Mayan dialect (MEL GIBSON ALERT)
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| July 25, 2005,
| MICHAEL FLEMING
Posted on 07/25/2005 5:20:32 PM PDT by Liz
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
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posted on
07/26/2005 9:07:42 AM PDT
by
dennisw
( G_d - ---> Against Amelek for all generations)
To: Liz
62
posted on
07/26/2005 9:08:07 AM PDT
by
Saundra Duffy
(They killed Terri - IMPEACH JUDGE GREER!!!)
To: Alouette
The old Leslie Nielsson movie "Airplane" had a scene in Ebonics, with English subtitles. Actually, that scene was spoken in 70s era jive, which is totally different than today's Ebonics.
To: LibertarianInExile
That post needed some subtitles.
To: Liz
I don't see this as being anywhere near as successful a film as "Passion."
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posted on
07/26/2005 9:17:31 AM PDT
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: Little Ray
I've been to Mass spoken in Quiche which is one of the remaining Mayan dialects. Also been to some of the Mayan ruins.If this movie is about the rise or fall of the Mayan civilization or even the Spanish conquest of the Mayan people I would be very interested in it.
To: MEGoody
Mel's worldwide audience for the mega-successful Passion consisted of billions of Christians all over the globe.
67
posted on
07/26/2005 9:47:24 AM PDT
by
Liz
(You may not be interested in politics; doesn't mean politics isn't interested in you. Pericles)
To: Liz
Sounds fascinating to me. It's amazing how we all agree that hollywood sucks, but the second somebody starts a film that is not something that has been done 5 times over everyone predicts failure.
There is going to be an actual, orginal, stimulating movie made here. I can't wait.
68
posted on
07/26/2005 9:58:20 AM PDT
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: Liz
there's no guarantee of an encore turnout of the church groups and hardcore Catholics who made "The Passion of the Christ" a nearly $1 billion box office/DVD bonanza. You don't make a billion dollars selling to church groups and hardcore catholics. You make a billion by making a movie that doesn't treat the audience with contempt, and actually treats them as if they have more than half a brain. Putting Monica Belucci in it doesn't hurt either.
69
posted on
07/26/2005 10:05:36 AM PDT
by
Casloy
To: Casloy
Monica ..... in another film, of course.
70
posted on
07/26/2005 10:14:31 AM PDT
by
Liz
(You may not be interested in politics; doesn't mean politics isn't interested in you. Pericles)
To: dennisw
From "Decipher:"
"From this point, the plot machinations are revved into overdrive with all the subtlety of an avalanche. Solar flares, Atlantis, ancient Mayan prophecies, the Book of Revelations, and unexplained worldwide cataclysms are tossed into the mix, creating enough fringe ideas to make an Art Bell radio show listener drool."
Oh, Brother! That would be right up his alley, LOL! :)
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posted on
07/26/2005 10:19:31 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: Liz
Mel's worldwide audience for the mega-successful Passion consisted of billions of Christians all over the globe.Absolutely. I don't see them turning out for this film.
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posted on
07/26/2005 10:41:46 AM PDT
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: MEGoody
Maybe, maybe not....Mel sure knows who his audience is, and he won't want to diappoint. So let's wait and see.
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posted on
07/26/2005 11:07:28 AM PDT
by
Liz
(You may not be interested in politics; doesn't mean politics isn't interested in you. Pericles)
To: nomorelurker
Spanish conquest of the Maya kingdoms was finished about 1697 - after the "500 year ago" period mentioned. However, the Maya had an interesting civil war about then... Or was it the Inca?
Keep forgettin' that stuff. Oh, well. Memory is the second thing that goes, and I forget the first.
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posted on
07/26/2005 11:10:43 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(I'm a reactionary, hirsute, gun-owning, knuckle dragging, Christian Neanderthal and proud of it!)
To: Claud
75
posted on
07/26/2005 11:16:59 AM PDT
by
Antoninus
(Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini, Hosanna in excelsis!)
To: xp38
I thought the Mayan civilization died off long before the Spanish arrived. Perhaps this is about that mysterious extinction of their culture.
That's true of monumental high-Mayan culture, but there are still lots of ethnic Mayans around today.
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posted on
07/26/2005 11:20:25 AM PDT
by
Antoninus
(Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini, Hosanna in excelsis!)
To: dennisw
Actually I don't buy into the prophesies of 3rd world primitives who were into human sacrifice, though not nearly as much as the Aztecs.
Didn't they have a prophecy that a great white God would come to them from the East?
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posted on
07/26/2005 11:22:30 AM PDT
by
Antoninus
(Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini, Hosanna in excelsis!)
To: Liz
So let's wait and see.I won't be interested, and I doubt my hubby will be either.
78
posted on
07/26/2005 11:43:48 AM PDT
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: Liz
Yes, "Ninety-three" was Hugo's last novel. He started it when he was over seventy years old. I can see Mel Gibson starring as Lantenac.
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posted on
07/26/2005 12:55:57 PM PDT
by
Dante3
To: webstersII
It might be clearer what the dialogue is if you remember two things:
1) Leo Getz (Joe Pesci) said it--about a drive thru
2) Using the 'f' word on FR is normally not something that's done.
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posted on
07/26/2005 2:07:59 PM PDT
by
LibertarianInExile
(Kelo, Grutter, and Roe all have to go. Will Roberts get us there--don't know. No more Souters.)
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