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@theThinkInst I mean the mobster connotations

@trendsettercase I think it does but it's just valorized. "Yeah, I'm a wise guy. You gotta problem with that?"

Can someone ever be too wise? Apparently the guy who coined the term 'wizard' thought so. wys/wis = wise + -ard suffix, which is an intensifier with negative connotations (drunkard, dullard, cowards, braggart (art = ard)) Wizards are too wise for comfort--excessively wise.

@zin_allin 🫡

@trendsettercase Ty I was wondering

@theThinkInst Except in Chicago and New York

@trendsettercase "Wise guy" has the same effect.

@BHaunt Woahhhhh. I choose to believe that now

@trendsettercase Paraphrasing an observation I saw elsewhere: Holmes closes his eyes before going over the cliff not because he is afraid, but because he wants the last thing he sees to be Watson, not Moriarty.

Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, his adaptation of "The Final Problem" by Conan Doyle, is perfect. There are many clever and power elements but most importantly he nailed what Tolkien nailed with Gandalf & The Balrog: the hero lays down his life to remove the ultimate threat to his friends. Greater love has no one than this Holmes and Gandalf both resurrect, leaving their enemies in the grave. It's the Christ archetype and the Christian ethic. It's meant to be embodied by all of us every day. Not "your life for mine" but "my life for yours".

@iSamw1se He really did such an amazing job with them

@trendsettercase I love these movies

Mando and Grogu was not good.

@FastHorseAtDusk Never read him sorry

@trendsettercase While inspired by both Tolkien and Howard, I think George R R Martin leans towards Howard. What do you think?

I used to be very Tolkien about wizards and magic but more and more I find myself becoming very Robert E. Howard about wizards and magic. Those who have ears, let 'em hear.

@iSamw1se With Arnold? 🫤😪

@trendsettercase And of course there’s the King Conan movie news… 🤞

I didn't care about this movie at all until I saw that power sword sipper. Now I see a Castle Grayskull popcorn bucket-thing too?? I can be bought and I now know my price. I will be seeing this movie.

@TimIsAnRN Have you tried The Tower of the Elephant?

@trendsettercase I've tried to get into Conan, but I just struggle with it for some reason. I have a few reprints of the originals from REH.

@SciEmpire2030 Yeah

@trendsettercase Gandalf was an angel.

@FlixandPixels For Conan stories: The Phoenix on the Sword, Rogues in the House, and The Tower of the Elephant are just so fantastic.

@trendsettercase I'm just getting into fantasy generally so this is rather timely. Would you kindly share some recommendations?

@TheGreatB00ks Amen!

@trendsettercase Robert E Howard is excellent.

@DrAustinFreeman Haha I love my Dune popcorn bucket!!

@trendsettercase This is how you get people into movie theaters. As long as it's not the Dune popcorn bucket.

@Willynfkc That doesn't mean they have "nothing in common" lol. They both have the Superman motif in common, the twisting of the Superman motif in common, going native in common, giving up their lives fighting against their own race to protect earth in common, they have a ton in common

@trendsettercase Yes, furthermore, each work is intended for a different audience and each work revolves around something different, which defines the entire narrative.

Invincible is such an amazing comic book series. It starts as the edgey, gorey, "here's what superheroes would really be like" story and ends as one of the most beautiful stories of hope and redemption. Dragon Ball Z gave us a better Superman story than Superman by making Goku a conquerer with amnesia, raised by humans. But Invincible perfected it by making Mark half human and raised by the conquerer in disguise and his humanmother. *Spoilers ahead* Mark helps redeem his father, Omniman, who then redeems the Viltrumite conquerers, and then Mark leads the Viltrumite Empire to be the universal force for good that his father pretended they were all along. There are an unreal number of redemption arcs. Truly a beautiful story.