Comments on: I Am the Monarch of the Sea http://www.anwyn.com/2007/04/18/i-am-the-monarch-of-the-sea/ Sometime editor, all-the-time mother, delivering facts, reviews, commentary, and rants. Occasionally in that order. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:43:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: fallohide http://www.anwyn.com/2007/04/18/i-am-the-monarch-of-the-sea/#comment-27367 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:37:17 +0000 http://www.anwyn.com/2007/04/18/i-am-the-monarch-of-the-sea/#comment-27367 It's a bit of a shame that he won't be in the fourth movie, but that's no guarantee it will be a bad movie. Maybe Jones Elder & Younger will not have to go to the Middle East? (Probably just as well, since Muslim Arabs in movies 1 & 3 were used as Nazi thugs. I could just hear the whining from CAIR about a role reprise already....) I am sure John Rhys-Davies will get some more memorable roles in the years to come. He's too good to ignore. It’s a bit of a shame that he won’t be in the fourth movie, but that’s no guarantee it will be a bad movie. Maybe Jones Elder & Younger will not have to go to the Middle East? (Probably just as well, since Muslim Arabs in movies 1 & 3 were used as Nazi thugs. I could just hear the whining from CAIR about a role reprise already….) I am sure John Rhys-Davies will get some more memorable roles in the years to come. He’s too good to ignore.

]]> by: Allen http://www.anwyn.com/2007/04/18/i-am-the-monarch-of-the-sea/#comment-26574 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:32:19 +0000 http://www.anwyn.com/2007/04/18/i-am-the-monarch-of-the-sea/#comment-26574 I must admit to some idol worship when it comes to the Founders so, yes, given enough time we'll have a different idea of who the great thinkers of today really were. I'm sure there will be surprises all around even though none of us will be alive to be surprised. Hopefully they'll spell my name right in the history books. :-) ;-) I must admit to some idol worship when it comes to the Founders so, yes, given enough time we’ll have a different idea of who the great thinkers of today really were. I’m sure there will be surprises all around even though none of us will be alive to be surprised.

Hopefully they’ll spell my name right in the history books. :-) ;-)

]]> by: Anwyn http://www.anwyn.com/2007/04/18/i-am-the-monarch-of-the-sea/#comment-26555 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:28:52 +0000 http://www.anwyn.com/2007/04/18/i-am-the-monarch-of-the-sea/#comment-26555 Allen, I don't know about "alive today" (or administrating today), but the Founding Fathers were still human beings and thus very open to comparisons with other historical figures. That so many of them with the proper bearing were brought together at the right time and place to exercise their considerable abilities for a particular goal says as much about the extraordinary times as about extraordinary men--and though they were extraordinary, there are extraordinary men in all eras. Paul Johnson concludes in <em>A History of the American People</em> that many of the men working for (and after) the end of WWII were of Founder-caliber. Also we can't forget that aside from Washington, none of the Founders were exactly idolized in their own day. History is the great judge. Allen, I don’t know about “alive today” (or administrating today), but the Founding Fathers were still human beings and thus very open to comparisons with other historical figures. That so many of them with the proper bearing were brought together at the right time and place to exercise their considerable abilities for a particular goal says as much about the extraordinary times as about extraordinary men–and though they were extraordinary, there are extraordinary men in all eras. Paul Johnson concludes in A History of the American People that many of the men working for (and after) the end of WWII were of Founder-caliber. Also we can’t forget that aside from Washington, none of the Founders were exactly idolized in their own day. History is the great judge.

]]> by: Allen http://www.anwyn.com/2007/04/18/i-am-the-monarch-of-the-sea/#comment-26357 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:28:50 +0000 http://www.anwyn.com/2007/04/18/i-am-the-monarch-of-the-sea/#comment-26357 "He also regularly heaps praise on President George W. Bush and his war on terror, including the invasion of Iraq. 'There are at least four or five [officials in the Bush administration] who could hold their own against the Founding Fathers,' [Rhys-Davies] says." Okay... I'm not dishing on the Bush administration when I say that I don't think there are many people alive today who could hold a candle to the Founding Fathers -- left, right or otherwise. Aside from that, it's a shame he won't be in the new film. If they're going for a "younger" cast, why is Ford going to star? :-) “He also regularly heaps praise on President George W. Bush and his war on terror, including the invasion of Iraq. ‘There are at least four or five [officials in the Bush administration] who could hold their own against the Founding Fathers,’ [Rhys-Davies] says.”

Okay… I’m not dishing on the Bush administration when I say that I don’t think there are many people alive today who could hold a candle to the Founding Fathers — left, right or otherwise.

Aside from that, it’s a shame he won’t be in the new film. If they’re going for a “younger” cast, why is Ford going to star? :-)

]]> by: see-Dubya http://www.anwyn.com/2007/04/18/i-am-the-monarch-of-the-sea/#comment-26336 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:07:50 +0000 http://www.anwyn.com/2007/04/18/i-am-the-monarch-of-the-sea/#comment-26336 Darn shame. There's a lot to like about him: http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/leigh200403051052.asp Darn shame. There’s a lot to like about him: http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/leigh200403051052.asp

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