The illustrated Beowulf

Perinquus · Post by **Perinquus** » 2002-12-09 01:11am

It's amazing what you find when you're bored and surfing the internet...

http://people.cornell.edu/pages/jbw17/beowulf/

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2002-12-09 01:22am

I.....think I'll like the original better......

Perinquus · Post by **Perinquus** » 2002-12-09 01:26am

Shinova wrote:I.....think I'll like the original better......

Yes, the original is the best. But for sheer awfulness, nothing beats that horrible version they filmed a couple of years ago with Christopher Lambert in the title role. Has he been in anything decent since the first "Highlander" movie?

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2002-12-09 01:29am

I thought he played Raiden well in Mortal Kombat. (1, not Annihilation, which sucked almost as much as most of Voyager)

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-12-09 01:32am

Darth Yoshi wrote:I thought he played Raiden well in Mortal Kombat.

I agree.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2002-12-09 01:48am

Oi...Raiden and Connor...ah well.

As for that...I dunno...Godzilla eating half the cast should be good fun.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2002-12-09 01:56am

Perinquus wrote: Yes, the original is the best. But for sheer awfulness, nothing beats that horrible version they filmed a couple of years ago with Christopher Lambert in the title role. Has he been in anything decent since the first "Highlander" movie?

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan -- he was good in that.

I also like Fortress but then I liked Beowulf except for the effects on Grendel's mother (ack).

Perinquus · Post by **Perinquus** » 2002-12-09 02:27am

Tsyroc wrote:
Perinquus wrote: Yes, the original is the best. But for sheer awfulness, nothing beats that horrible version they filmed a couple of years ago with Christopher Lambert in the title role. Has he been in anything decent since the first "Highlander" movie?

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan -- he was good in that.

I also like Fortress but then I liked Beowulf except for the effects on Grendel's mother (ack).

Greystoke was before Highlander.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2002-12-09 03:01am

Perinquus wrote:
Tsyroc wrote:

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan -- he was good in that.

I also like Fortress but then I liked Beowulf except for the effects on Grendel's mother (ack).
Greystoke was before Highlander.

Ooos. that's right.

It's been awhile since I've seen it but I thought The Sicilian was okay but after looking at his filmography he really hasn't done anything memorable since Highlander.

Typhonis 1 · Post by **Typhonis 1** » 2002-12-09 03:05am

13th Warrior is a version of Beowulf a telling of it befopre it became the legend from what Michale Chriton wrote in the preface

Perinquus · Post by **Perinquus** » 2002-12-09 03:07am

Wait, now that I think of it "The Hunted" wasn't a bad film, though it wasn't anything spectacular either. So I guess he has been in at least one middling decent film since "Highlander".

Perinquus · Post by **Perinquus** » 2002-12-09 03:11am

Typhonis 1 wrote:13th Warrior is a version of Beowulf a telling of it befopre it became the legend from what Michale Chriton wrote in the preface

You can tell that by the names and the plot. Buliwyf is a pretty obvious variation of Beowulf. And the names Hrothgar and Hygelac are common to both versions of the story. The sequence of events is pretty similar and the plot is the same. In one story there is a fearsome man-eating ogre, and his mother who must also be destroyed, and in the other there are these man-eating subhumans called the Vendol and their "mother" who must also be destroyed. Also notice the similarity in the names Grendel and Vendol. The list goes on and on.