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Re: BAM scripts
Posted By: Faux Pas, on host 38.164.171.7
Date: Thursday, February 1, 2001, at 07:09:25
In Reply To: Re: BAM scripts posted by Kelly on Wednesday, January 31, 2001, at 19:53:00:

> > > > Ack, I just realized that Achilles doesn't die in the Iliad (he dies after it, but that's not in the actual book). That's what I get for using Cliff Notes. Anyway, here's an updated script:
> > > >
> > > > The Iliad
> > > >
> > > > Achilles:
> > > > My life sucks. I hate this war, and Agememnon. I'm not going to fight anymore.
> > > >
> > > > (Patroklos DIES. Achilles gets PISSED OFF, and kills a bunch of people.)
> > > >
> > > > (The End.)
> > > How did you find out that Achilles died after the war?
> >
> > Doesn't "The Odyssey" tell the end of Achilles' story?
>
> That, and the fact that if he didn't die *during* the war; one would naturally assume he died after it. ;-)
>
> Kel"just stating the obvious"ly

Kind of like how people got upset that they killed off Chewbacca in some official Star Wars novel. The stories took place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. They're probably all dead by now.

-Faux "obvious" Pas