tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post3359837569655856128..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Primitive culture in Kingdom of the Crystal SkullRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-13633458894051307492008-09-15T16:21:00.000-07:002008-09-15T16:21:00.000-07:00Still Curious, I answered your question about the ...Still Curious, I answered your question about the phrase "we indigenous people" in <A HREF="http://www.bluecorncomics.com/2008/06/indiana-jones-like-apocalypto.html" REL="nofollow"><I>Indiana Jones</I>, like <I>Apocalypto</I></A>. Check it out.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-41550637459607239072008-08-16T02:26:00.000-07:002008-08-16T02:26:00.000-07:00I think there's enough of a fanbase for Harrison F...I think there's enough of a fanbase for Harrison Ford that we'll let this slide. It's not like it's from south dakota like national treasure was. And there's enough of a fanbase for nicholas cage, and those who aren't his fan aren't going to care one way or the other.<BR/><BR/><BR/>By the way, you still didn't respond to my question on another thread, if you are not "indigenous", then why did you say "we indigenous people" in your critique?<BR/><BR/>It makes me wonder if you don't also operate a Black America blogasphere and say "we black people "???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-27367841751564836452008-07-14T20:35:00.000-07:002008-07-14T20:35:00.000-07:00Some Biblical references may lend themselves to ex...Some Biblical references may lend themselves to extraterrestrial interpretations, but no one's making blockbuster movies based on those interpretations. <BR/><BR/><I>The Last Temptation of Christ</I> and <I>The Passion of the Christ</I> reinterpreted the Bible only slightly, yet they provoked outcries. Imagine how people would protest if a movie claimed God or Jesus was a space alien.<BR/><BR/>You can bet that major studios aren't about to produce such a movie. Yet the same studios don't think twice about falsifying Native religions and gods. Why? Because Americans don't quite believe that Natives are real. <BR/><BR/>Since Indians have supposedly vanished, their thoughts and feelings don't matter. The few who are left are besotted by their casino profits. They're too lazy or drunk to lift a finger in protest. <BR/><BR/>As for the Mesoamerican Indians in question...they're savages, remember? Maligning them is like maligning animals. Who cares if we insult an Indian or a dog?<BR/><BR/>P.S. The previous two paragraphs were satirical, in case you couldn't figure it out.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-36558814279518728422008-07-09T22:00:00.000-07:002008-07-09T22:00:00.000-07:00Writerfella here -- "How Sharper Than A Serpen...Writerfella here --<BR/> "How Sharper Than A Serpent's Tooth" for the Animated STAR TREK could not have been written if there were not worldwide legends and fables and now modern speculation about same on similar subjects. Euroman's Holy Bible even contains references that lend themselves to interpretations that alien influences were rife among those cultures that produced that lovely assemblage of poetry.<BR/> Just what does "...giants in the earth" really mean? What was 'Jacob's Ladder'? Et cetera...<BR/> As William Jennings Bryan was queried by Clarence Darrow in the 1925 Scopes 'Monkey' Trial, "The Bible says that Adam and Eve and their sons, Cain and Abel, were the only humans God had created. Then Cain slew Abel. After that, Cain fled to the Land of Nod and took a wife. Tell me, Bill, where in the hell did that wife come from?"<BR/> Inconsistency is the of the central substances of history. Then, why would anyone demand consistency from fiction? Just asking...<BR/>All Best<BR/>Russ Bates<BR/>'writerfella'writerfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111681906238053379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-14882693241026620932008-07-09T06:18:00.000-07:002008-07-09T06:18:00.000-07:00I thought about the Celtic and Druidic people. (S...I thought about the Celtic and Druidic people. (See <A HREF="http://www.bluecorncomics.com/2008/07/how-indians-built-monuments.html" REL="nofollow">How Indians Built Monuments</A>, for example.) But I didn't want to clutter this posting with a long digression on whether they were an exception to the rule.<BR/><BR/>My position is that they weren't. Why not? Because I'd say they were non-Western or at least indigenous. <BR/><BR/>True, they lived in the British Isles, which obviously became part of the West. But they existed before the advent of the Greek and Judeo-Christian traditions that formed the foundation of Western civilization. They were non-Western culturally if not geographically.<BR/><BR/>Nor is this unprecedented. Clearly Native Americans are a huge group of people who live in "the West" but aren't part of the Western tradition. We could say the same about a few groups in Europe--e.g., the Sami, the Basques. I think we can add Europe's prehistoric peoples, including the Celts and Druids, to the list.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-57143967579485958782008-07-08T16:31:00.000-07:002008-07-08T16:31:00.000-07:00Actually, aliens have also been credited with ruin...Actually, aliens have also been credited with ruins all over the U.K. and former Celtic/Druidic regions. Those savages obviously couldn't have built their own civilizations, either.<BR/><BR/>(Not to dispute you on any other item here. Just thought I'd mention that some of the stereotyping of civilized vs. savage is also a stereotyping of oral vs. literate.)alanajolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04987179031266452035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-86160326003598483522008-07-08T03:37:00.000-07:002008-07-08T03:37:00.000-07:00I believe you're thinking of the Survivors of the ...I believe you're thinking of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, which Spielberg launched. See <A HREF="http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/16722/edition_id/329/format/html/displaystory.html" REL="nofollow">Spielberg's Shoah Foundation Shifts to Educational Role</A> for more information.<BR/><BR/>I don't have Spielberg's direct e-mail address. And my purpose is to educate everyone, not to debate him. But feel free to e-mail him about my Indiana Jones postings if you wish.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-89061439276799734062008-07-08T02:04:00.000-07:002008-07-08T02:04:00.000-07:00Didn't Spielberg build the Tolerance Museum or som...Didn't Spielberg build the Tolerance Museum or something of that sort. You should email him your thoughts on the subject and see what he says. I took my parents to see the movie and got the implicit message that Indians couldn't have advanced without a little help. I believe James Rollins may have had somehing to do with the screenplay, he's the king of stereotypes IMHO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com