Message Forum: Re: Oh, those disney copycats.

Re: Oh, those disney copycats.

Posted By: Howard, on host 98.70.100.50
Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2009, at 17:15:54
In Reply To: Re: Oh, those disney copycats. posted by wintermute on Tuesday, August 11, 2009, at 08:23:22:

> > The villain who hypnotizes the sultan (or the king) is an old plot device. Remember Gríma Wormtongue and the King Theoden?
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> Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings between 1937 and 1949, so I'm not sure that this is a better example of the device's antiquity than a movie from 1940...

It worries me that maybe all of the good movies and all of the good plots have already been done.

Naaaaw. People were saying that in 1960.
Howard

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Message:	> > > The villain who hypnotizes the sultan (or the king) is an old plot device. Remember Gríma Wormtongue and the King Theoden? > > > > Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings between 1937 and 1949, so I'm not sure that this is a better example of the device's antiquity than a movie from 1940... > > > It worries me that maybe all of the good movies and all of the good plots have already been done. > > Naaaaw. People were saying that in 1960. > Howard
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