Bring me the bore worms!!!
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Posted on: 2011-05-29 15:27 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
The Perez Park Play Company liked to switch things up from the traditional presentation. They typically re-wrote Hamlet so that Hamlet and Ophelia were brother and sister.
The story of Oedipus became a one-woman play.
Taking a cue from a member of the MA Arc Finder channel, who did the rewrite, Dominatrix?
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It seems the Praetorians have been infiltrating Primal earth's fourth wall as well. When you consider that a costume and their sexuality are their only real differences, Dominatrix could easily stand-in for Ms. Liberty
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Originally Posted by Venture
Taking a cue from a member of the MA Arc Finder channel, who did the rewrite, Dominatrix?
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
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So... let me get this right... you take offense to this badge, because in its original form Hamlet doesn't actually have a drowning scene, instead Ophelia's drowning is mentioned only via a monologue.
Are you not aware that many theater groups rewrite play to put their own take on them? Its not hard to imagine that someone would modify the play so that Ophelia's drowning would actually play out instead of it being mentioned only in monologue. Its not like she was suddenly killed by aliens or cooked long-pig style. If that was the case, then I might be able to understand your issue.
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Well, there was that one performance just as the Rikti Invasion started. While the play itself ended suddenly (due to dropships and energy blasts,) critics agreed it was one of the most original, exciting renditions of Ophelia's death they'd seen. The report of her death became much shorter, as well:|
Originally Posted by Delrune
Its not like she was suddenly killed by aliens or cooked long-pig style.
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"There is a willow grows aslant a brook,
missing its top, that which was claimed
By those who in ships otherworldly came
and blasted poor Ophelia's head to mist."
Michael Bay is said to be considering this "exciting" update to "that stodgy old play," though he feels a few more explosions may be warranted.
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The OP is saying it's not right because Ophelia is made into Hamlet's sister.|
Originally Posted by Delrune
So... let me get this right... you take offense to this badge, because in its original form Hamlet doesn't actually have a drowning scene, instead Ophelia's drowning is mentioned only via a monologue.
Are you not aware that many theater groups rewrite play to put their own take on them? Its not hard to imagine that someone would modify the play so that Ophelia's drowning would actually play out instead of it being mentioned only in monologue. Its not like she was suddenly killed by aliens or cooked long-pig style. If that was the case, then I might be able to understand your issue. |
Also, this isn't the first time the lore writer has fumbled. I mean, Bres was not considered a Tuathuan, even by himself, he was a Formian, he was a bad king to the Tuathua, and the only good he did was in some variations of the myth where Nuada spared his life (after declaring war on the Tuathua by teaming up with Balor) and he taught the Tuathua Agriculture.
Doesn't sound like much a king or a hero to his people, does he?
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
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Ophelia is not Gertrude's daughter. That is all.
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Originally Posted by Delrune
So... let me get this right... you take offense to this badge, because in its original form Hamlet doesn't actually have a drowning scene, instead Ophelia's drowning is mentioned only via a monologue.
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It's a Flash Gordon reference.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
What have worms got to do with this?
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That doesn't seem any less safe for work than my female avatars played by men in City of Heroes/Villains.|
Originally Posted by Venture
Here. It's PG-13, but still NSFW.
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Is it because she's being whipped?
Or because there's a one fourth nude girl about to be subjected to something called "bore worms?"
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
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That's not saying much....
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I can't remember, but at any point did Gertrude assume that Hamlet would marry Ophelia (thus making her a daughter-in-law, which in passing would be considered a daughter)?
It's not uncommon for eager/enthusiastic parents to already begin referring to their future in-laws as immediate family, depending on the culture. Even if the children aren't really engaged (but considered "serious").
That's all a long-shot, of course, and I have no interest in reading Hamlet again.
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I'm still not seeing the connection with Shakespeare...
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Originally Posted by Scythus
It's a Flash Gordon reference.
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@Golden Girl
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The Guy who says "GORDON'S ALIVE!" is now King Henry, and he was once Antonio from "Much Ado About Nothing"
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Shakespeare was Flash Gordon's daughter.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I'm still not seeing the connection with Shakespeare...
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Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
"There is a willow grows aslant a brook,
missing its top, that which was claimed By those who in ships otherworldly came and blasted poor Ophelia's head to mist." |
That is all.
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Venture finds the badge text writer's grasp on Shakespeare to be so irredeemably atrocious, he wants to kill that writer through a torturous death using a fictional creature, which I can infer through its appearance in the old SplatterHouse games, would eat its way in and out of Venture's victim.|
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I'm still not seeing the connection with Shakespeare...
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In summary, Venture thinks that person needs to die.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
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Jeez, couldn't he just throw him in a pit of broken glass and salt? Much more effective in my opinion...
Or slather him in honey and bury him to his neck in a red ant hill.
Or cut his belly open, pull out his intestine, tie it to a tree and have ravenous dogs chase him around it.
Because, you know, these horrible things are warranted when somebody makes a Shakespeare gaff. It's entirely justified.
Or he could, you know, move on and resume his hating the rest of the writing in the game.
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It's the straw that broke the camel's back, probably. I mean sure, he could complain about the Incarnate storyline, how the Devs attempt at making Praetoria morally grey fell flat on its face because they were wedlocked to issue 1 story writing, but in the end, these things are elements entirely within the game, and thus entirely with the lore writers.|
Originally Posted by Mr_Grey
Jeez, couldn't he just throw him in a pit of broken glass and salt? Much more effective in my opinion...
Or slather him in honey and bury him to his neck in a red ant hill. Or cut his belly open, pull out his intestine, tie it to a tree and have ravenous dogs chase him around it. Because, you know, these horrible things are warranted when somebody makes a Shakespeare gaff. It's entirely justified. Or he could, you know, move on and resume his hating the rest of the writing in the game. |
But messing with Classical literature? That appears to have crossed the line.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
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you have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon
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Or carve out his gizzards with a spoon.|
Originally Posted by Mr_Grey
Jeez, couldn't he just throw him in a pit of broken glass and salt? Much more effective in my opinion...
Or slather him in honey and bury him to his neck in a red ant hill. Or cut his belly open, pull out his intestine, tie it to a tree and have ravenous dogs chase him around it. Because, you know, these horrible things are warranted when somebody makes a Shakespeare gaff. It's entirely justified. Or he could, you know, move on and resume his hating the rest of the writing in the game. |
Why?! Because it's blunt, you idiot, it'll hurt more!
And kudos if you get that reference
But yes, similar to the error of the initial Union Jack used in the Hero 1 Memorial (i.e. it was wrong) this doesn't surprise me too much
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GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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So I can use them on whoever wrote the text for the "Ophelia's Last Scene" badge:
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