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Post by lucklemony on Mar 21, 2004 19:07:41 GMT -5
if you by the book, you get the first chapter of the sequel. i read it. buttercup and wesely have a baby and fezzick dies.
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Post by MambaduMal on Mar 21, 2004 21:46:57 GMT -5
I didn't really like the sequel chapter... it had a great ending and it should have just stopped there...
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Post by Cakesniffer on Mar 25, 2004 17:46:26 GMT -5
Never read the book but I lurve the movie.
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Post by timartwonis on Mar 25, 2004 17:48:24 GMT -5
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Post by Celinra on Mar 26, 2004 13:43:24 GMT -5
how can there not be an original version? It's that William Goldman said his book was an abridgement of a longer one by S. Morgenstern, when in reality he just made it up. So, his was the original, even though he says otherwise.
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Post by timartwonis on Mar 26, 2004 14:53:56 GMT -5
thats stupid. andis s morgenstern a real person?
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Post by Cakesniffer on Apr 15, 2004 21:32:54 GMT -5
So it is down to you and it is down to me, if you wish her dead by all means keep moving forward, let me explain, there's nothing to explain, you're tyring ot kidnap what I've rightfully stolen, perhaps and arangement can be reached, there will be no arangement and you're kiling her. But if htere can be no arrangement then we are at an impass, I'm afraid so I can't compete with you physically and ur no match 4 my brains, you're that smart, let me put it this way hav u ever heard of plato aristotle socretes? Yes. Morons. Really? In that case I challenge u to a battle of the wits. FOr hte princess? TO the death? I accept. Good then pour the wine. Inhale this but do not touch. I smell nothing. What u do not smell is called iocane powder it is odorless tasteless disolves instantly in liquid and is among the more deadly poisons known to man. hm! Now. Where is the poison? the battle of wits has begun, it ends when u decide and we both drink and we find out who is right ahnd who is dead. But its so simple all I have ot do is divine from what I know of you. Now a clever man would put hte poison into his own goblet because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I am not a great fool so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But u must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me. You've made your decision then? Not remotely because iocane comes from australia as aeveryone knows and australia is entirely peopled with criminals and criminals are used to having people not trust them as you are not trusted by me so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. Truly you have a dizzying intellect. WAIT TILL I GET GOING! Where was I? Australia. Yes austrailia and u must have known I would know the powder's origin so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. You're just stalling now. You'd like to think that wouldn't u. You've beaten my giant which means you are exceptionally strong so you could have put the poison in your own goblet trusting on your strength to save you so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you, but you've also bested my spaniard which means you must ahve studied and in studying you must have discoverd that man is mortal so you would have put the poison as far from yourself as possible so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me. You're trying to trick me into giving away somehting. It won't work. It has work you've given everything away I know where the poison is. Then make your choice. I will and i choose *gasp* what in the world can that be? What where? I didn't see anything. Oh well i could have sworn I saw somthing oh well no matter, heheh. What's so funny? I-I'll tell you in a minute, first lets drink me from my glass and u from yours. You guessed wrong. You only think I guessed wrong that's what's so funny, I switched glasses when your back was turned HAHA you fool. You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is never get involved in a land war in asia, but only slightly less well known is this. Never go in against a cicilian when death is on the line AHAHAHAHAHAHAHahahahahah *dead*
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Post by Tullae on Apr 16, 2004 22:01:46 GMT -5
So much confusion and disinformation. Morgenstern is a national from the country of Florin. He was a well respected schollar of history and politics. He wrote his finest satirical work, The Princess Bride, which is not so much about Buttercup and her adventures as it is a commentary on the Monarchy of Florin and the absurdities there in. One must understand that this all happened many years ago. This was before Europe, but after Paris.
The original was translated to English, poorly (never selling well in English speaking countries), much to the chagrin of noted Florinese schollars.
William Goldman's father was also a Florinese national who migrated to America, bringing a copy of the book with him. One must note that William's father was almost completely illiterate, but he knew the story very well, so when he read it to his dangerously ill son to lift his spirits, he only read the 'good bits'. He skipped over nearly all the satirical content that makes Morgenstern's book such a masterwork, leaving in only the fairy-tale adventure.
William himself never read the book until he tried to force it on his son who refused to read beyond the second chapter. When William finally got his hands on the book and found out why, he decided to abridge it so the only parts included where the parts his father had read to him many years ago.
Morgenstern himself, was long dead at this stage, however, when the Florinese schollars caught wind of the butchering of the book that was one of their national treasures, they were quite naturally outraged. Suffice it to say that William Goldman is no longer welcome in Florin, especially now that he has not stopped at such a ruthless abridgement, but has gone on to turn what was left into a screenplay.
I, personally, hold both the abridged 'good bits' version of the book and the movie in high esteem. I only wish they had had the budget to do the Zoo of Death in the movie. Ah, but then Count Reugan never would have had so much fun.
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Post by Celinra on Apr 16, 2004 23:48:53 GMT -5
Out of curiosity, where do you get this info from? Because apparently most others have heard nothing of this sort (save for what Goldman said at the start of his alleged abridgement... which, apparently, many have judged as being included in the "fiction" title of the book).
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Post by Tullae on Apr 17, 2004 9:22:17 GMT -5
I read a thesis on the matter last year during an unfortunately long stay in Florin. Florin is not what it once was since becoming a republic and being swallowed by the European Union.
The farmland has been turned into sprawling suburbs and the palace is now a major five star resort. The Thieves Forest has been logged so heavily only the name remains. One thing has not changed. Miracle Men are still outlawed there. The only thing left of interest was the National Library. The best preserved specimens of Morgenstern's original text, including manuscripts and first editions are displayed in the library under glass. Not even the librarians are allowed to touch them.
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Post by Celinra on Apr 19, 2004 22:43:49 GMT -5
Hmm... that's quite interesting. Thank you for clearing that up. ...although, interestingly, if I do a search on S. Morgenstern at my library, it tells me to do a search under William Goldman.
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Post by Tullae on Apr 21, 2004 10:26:45 GMT -5
I suppose everyone has off days. Even OPAC cataloguers.
I must say, I am finding this most amusing. You are proving marvellous sport.
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