And here I thought they just STOLE from Beowulf!!
--- Craig Davis <craigd@...> wrote:

> Well, the armor for one thing was far out of period to my knowledge. But I
> have to say I thought the movie was quite cool too. After getting the book
> and reading Crighton's intro it was even cooler. For those who haven't read
> it, he says the book came largely from a bet with another literary scholar
> that he couldn't make Beowulf interesting to students. Of course, it did
> take a little literary license to get there :-P
>
> -Craig
>
> > Though it may crush my girlish fanatasies, would you please elaborate
> > on what makes their concept of "Vikings" so poor? Dress? Attitude?
> > concepts of the afterlife? One glaring error in the script that caught
> > my attention was the comment that "The Allfather weaves the skein of
> > ones life".
> >
> >
>
>

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