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by Coito ergo sum » Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:37 pm
Gawdzilla wrote:Coito ergo sum wrote:Oh, please...say what you want about Zardoz, but it ain't no Logan's Run.
It's a far deeper movie than "gee it would suck if we all had to die when we turned 30 and then we found out - shocker - that the government was lying to us." At least give it that.
Why?
Why what?
Why is it not Logan's Run?
Or, why is it a far deeper movie than "gee it would suck if we all had to die when we turned 30 and then we found out - shocker - the government was lying to us?"
Or, why ought you at least give it that?
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by Xamonas Chegwé » Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:00 pm
Coito ergo sum wrote:Xamonas Chegwé wrote:You missed the trip to the library and the origin of Zardoz' name...
Not a bad film but it hasn't aged well.
The Wizard of Oz reference is not only obvious, but made explicit in the movie.
It's quite a clever reference. The 'god' Zardoz is nothing but a mechanical device operated by 'a man behind the curtain'.
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:10 pm
Coito ergo sum wrote:Gawdzilla wrote:Coito ergo sum wrote:Oh, please...say what you want about Zardoz, but it ain't no Logan's Run.
It's a far deeper movie than "gee it would suck if we all had to die when we turned 30 and then we found out - shocker - that the government was lying to us." At least give it that.
Why?
Why what?
Why is it not Logan's Run?
Or, why is it a far deeper movie than "gee it would suck if we all had to die when we turned 30 and then we found out - shocker - the government was lying to us?"
Or, why ought you at least give it that?
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by Coito ergo sum » Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:15 pm
Gawdzilla wrote:Coito ergo sum wrote:Gawdzilla wrote:Coito ergo sum wrote:Oh, please...say what you want about Zardoz, but it ain't no Logan's Run.
It's a far deeper movie than "gee it would suck if we all had to die when we turned 30 and then we found out - shocker - that the government was lying to us." At least give it that.
Why?
Why what?
Why is it not Logan's Run?
Or, why is it a far deeper movie than "gee it would suck if we all had to die when we turned 30 and then we found out - shocker - the government was lying to us?"
Or, why ought you at least give it that?
The last.
Because...it's a better and far deeper movie than then the bubble-gum Logan's Run?
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:18 pm
Nope.
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by Coito ergo sum » Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:24 pm
Well, if you like bubble gum flicks with simple messages, then, well, to each his own.
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