tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post1586007896594563352..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Eyre and Studi film Ridge storyRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-9766069403021034112011-05-06T14:40:11.074-07:002011-05-06T14:40:11.074-07:00Greatest movie ever made. Have watched it numerou...Greatest movie ever made. Have watched it numerous times. Wess Studi was wonderful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-64351037985934126652008-06-12T17:05:00.000-07:002008-06-12T17:05:00.000-07:00Uh, the Anasazi didn't have a written language and...Uh, the Anasazi didn't have a written language and no one recorded their spoken language. So we have no idea what they called Arizona's Meteor Crater. Unless you believe their language continues in the languages spoken by their descendants, the Pueblo people, that is.<BR/><BR/>I've visited Meteor Crater and learned about the Anasazi presence there firsthand. How about you? Is your crater lore something else you've gleaned from skimming Von Daniken?<BR/><BR/>Since the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiowa-Tanoan" REL="nofollow">Kiowan-Tanoan language family</A> includes several languages spoken by Pueblo people, it's not surprising that the Kiowa interacted with the ancestral Puebloans (the Anasazi). The northern Pueblos interacted with Plains tribes in historical times, so it's likely their ancestors did also.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, a search for "annual Anasazi research conference" turns up nothing by that name. Are you talking about the Occasional Anasazi Symposiums? If so, they aren't annual. Another search suggests the most recent one, the sixth, was in 2000.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-66226444695369208462008-06-12T16:12:00.000-07:002008-06-12T16:12:00.000-07:00Good for you. Sounds like you may have read almos...Good for you. Sounds like you may have read almost as much as I have.<BR/><BR/>Now quote some of your research from respected archaeologists and historians. Prove that a single one of your claims has some validity.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-13855521067476001182008-06-12T00:50:00.000-07:002008-06-12T00:50:00.000-07:00Writerfella here -- writerfella has 23 books o...Writerfella here --<BR/> writerfella has 23 books on the Anasazi, has a subscription to the annual Anasazi research conference, and has enlarged his own Anasazi database every year at one and the same time. Did you know, per exemplum, that (ca. 2007 research results) that the Anasazi mingled with Plains tribes and spread their culture while adopting Kiowan tenets within their culture? The Anasazi even took the name for Barringer Crater, 'Thanh-Ahn-Ote-Kyah-Daw' into their own representations? It was in all the papers...<BR/>All Best<BR/>Russ Bates<BR/>'writerfella'writerfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111681906238053379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-34740961044940491542008-06-09T20:38:00.000-07:002008-06-09T20:38:00.000-07:00I'm curious, Russ. How many books on the Anasazi ...I'm curious, Russ. How many books on the Anasazi have you read? How many of their sites have you visited? Does your "research" consist of anything other than wild speculation by Von Daniken-style theorists? If you've read the work of a single respected archaeologist or historian, it isn't obvious.<BR/><BR/>Maybe your made-up version of Anasazi culture--with its treasure of precious metals and gems and its mysterious magical lights--is why no one has produced your screenplay. Even someone who knows nothing about Indian cultures has to know your version is phony. Ancient ruins and artifacts with mystical powers...if this isn't the oldest Indian cliché in the business, it must be in the top five. If I were a producer, I'd do what other producers have done and avoid it like the plague.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-27952303210490933162008-06-09T20:31:00.000-07:002008-06-09T20:31:00.000-07:00Re "writerfella did exacting research for years to...Re "writerfella did exacting research for years to write ANASAZI and still is continuing that research": So what? I did exacting research for years to write PEACE PARTY and I'm still doing it. I must've read two dozen books on the history of the Pueblo tribes and their ancestors, the "Anasazi." I read the Hopi and Indian Country Today newspapers cover to cover for almost a decade. I've seen several documentaries on the subject. I've visited and explored several Anasazi sites in person. <I>And</I> I've surfed the Net, found academic references, and <A HREF="http://www.bluecorncomics.com/anasazi.htm" REL="nofollow">quoted</A> them.<BR/><BR/>As far as I know, you haven't done any of these things. In fact, as far as I know, you're fibbing about your so-called research. If you have any evidence that the Stone Age people known as the Anasazi used metals, go ahead and provide it. Put up or shut up, mouth.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-73805479353022379442008-06-08T04:16:00.000-07:002008-06-08T04:16:00.000-07:00Hey, I'm Dmarks, not Dmonk!Hey, I'm Dmarks, not Dmonk!dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-5872459470893249482008-06-07T17:25:00.000-07:002008-06-07T17:25:00.000-07:00Writerfella here -- Bet dMarks also could tell...Writerfella here --<BR/> Bet dMarks also could tell you how many times he washed his hands yesterday and then checked the windows and doors to see if they're locked. But...<BR/> Glad someone's keeping count, dMarks. You've helped writerfella realize he is falling down on the job.<BR/>All Best<BR/>Russ Bates<BR/>'writerfella'writerfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111681906238053379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-64580589461229036902008-06-07T11:51:00.000-07:002008-06-07T11:51:00.000-07:00Yes, I mentioned the "ANASAZI Screenplay" first in...Yes, I mentioned the "ANASAZI Screenplay" first in this post. That's 1 time from me and 832 times from you. But I'm catching up!dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-25513916896329656742008-06-07T01:17:00.000-07:002008-06-07T01:17:00.000-07:00Writerfella here -- Hey, scold dMarks. He broac...Writerfella here --<BR/> Hey, scold dMarks. He broached the subject this time around.<BR/> And, no, that's what YOU know or purport to know. writerfella did exacting research for years to write ANASAZI and still is continuing that research, while all you do is surf the internet believing everything you read and disbelieving everything you don't.<BR/> There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your internet, Horatio...<BR/>All Best<BR/>Russ Bates<BR/>'writerfella'writerfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111681906238053379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-91854912364081757212008-06-06T18:59:00.000-07:002008-06-06T18:59:00.000-07:00What a surprise that we're talking about Anasazi a...What a surprise that we're talking about <I>Anasazi</I> again...<I>not</I>.<BR/><BR/>What doesn't exist in your canyon is artifacts made of gold, silver, or other metals. We know this because the Anasazi didn't use metal. As I explained in <A HREF="http://www.bluecorncomics.com/anasazi.htm" REL="nofollow">Anasazi = Ancestral Puebloans?</A>Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-83544351071088829422008-06-06T17:24:00.000-07:002008-06-06T17:24:00.000-07:00Writerfella here -- And you will hear of it ma...Writerfella here --<BR/> And you will hear of it many times more, because the screenplay issues forth with an actual Four Corners canyon, complete with the huge carving of a man's face on its walls, as the total inspiration for the story. The canyon exists, the story exists, the screenplay exists, and so does writerfella. writerfella still suspects that dMarks is a figment or even a figleaf of Rob Schmidt's fervored and fevered imagination...<BR/>All Best<BR/>Russ Bates<BR/>'writerfella'writerfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111681906238053379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-36444430258135707782008-06-06T09:10:00.000-07:002008-06-06T09:10:00.000-07:00Yes, I can still hear "In my screenplay ANASAZI......Yes, I can still hear "In my screenplay ANASAZI...." echoing off the Rock's walls.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-67081743899014228992008-06-06T01:50:00.000-07:002008-06-06T01:50:00.000-07:00Writerfella here -- writerfella said that very...Writerfella here --<BR/> writerfella said that very thing about the rent sometime a long way back on this very website. Wow, what an echo this place has!<BR/>All Best<BR/>Russ Bates<BR/>'writerfella'writerfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111681906238053379noreply@blogger.com