Re: question?
- From: Horace LaBadie <hwlabadiejr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:31:24 -0500
In article <437a8d86$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Ross Clark" <r.clark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "IE_Johansson" <ingere.johansson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:9Qtef.150697$dP1.508517@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Question 1
> > In articles about the film Pathfinder it's said that the manuscript is
> > based
> > on "1000 year-old Norse artifacts discovered in New York" the other year.
> >
> > Does anyone know if that's true and what types the artifacts are?
>
> The movie isn't out yet, but IMDb is so helpful! The plot summary says:
>
> "A Viking boy is left behind after his clan battles a Native American tribe.
> Raised within the tribe, he ultimately becomes their savoir in a fight
> against the Norsemen."
>
> The director is a German, Marcus Nispel, previously known for a remake of
> "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (2003) and a TV-movie version of "Frankenstein",
> as well as various music videos.
>
> The script is by Laeta Kalogridis and Todd Komarnicki. Ms. Kalogridis, as
> well as scripting "Birds of Prey" (a futuristic Batman series) and "Battle
> Angel" ("In the 26th century, a female cyborg is rescued from the scrapheap
> by a scientist...") has, according to the Trivia section, "provided a script
> polish for Ehren Kruger's draft of "Scream 3" and "submitted a potential
> script to Warner Bros. centered on the DC Comics heroine Wonder Woman".
Tough luck for her, as Joss Whedon is doing the screenplay as well as
the direction.
HWL
> In other words -- no, Inger, there is no reason to suppose that the
> "1000-year-old Norse artifacts" are anything other than comic book science
> fiction.
>
> Ross Clark
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