The Da Vinci code - Page 2

Mercutio · 06-17-2004, 09:53 AM

It was in general--I'm not bashing the literature. Just the history...

Grey_Wolf · 04-16-2006, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Lief Erikson

Vent: All these claims people are making that Dan Brown copied their work in his De Vinci Code really are pathetic and annoying.

Yes, I guess it is. Dan Brown's book is a work of fiction while Michael Baigent's is one of fact.

DB may have been inspired by MB, that's all.

Lief Erikson · 04-16-2006, 02:22 AM

The thing is, when a person writes something that becomes famous and broadly read, since there are so many people out there in the world, it's almost bound to be very similar to certain texts. Whether the author read them or not. It's very sad to me that famous authors have to waste time dealing with these kinds of lawsuits

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Grey_Wolf · 04-16-2006, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Lief Erikson

The thing is, when a person writes something that becomes famous and broadly read, since there are so many people out there in the world, it's almost bound to be very similar to certain texts. Whether the author read them or not. It's very sad to me that famous authors have to waste time dealing with these kinds of lawsuits

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Indeed. There is no case here. As I posted the two books The Da Vinci Code and The Holy Blood And The Holy Grail are two different categories literaturewise.

Acalewia · 04-16-2006, 03:22 PM

Don't they know this is just going to cause more people to read the book? The more controvery, the more the work will be sought after. Just ask Mel Gibson.

Lief Erikson · 04-16-2006, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Acalewia

Don't they know this is just going to cause more people to read the book? The more controvery, the more the work will be sought after.

Good point

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Originally Posted by Acalewia

Just ask Mel Gibson.

The Passion of the Christ was enormously successful even before all the controversy. Even before it was released, actually.

littleadanel · 04-16-2006, 03:37 PM

I have to agree with Acalewia... not particularly about Mel Gibson, but about the Da Vinci code, absolutely. I actually didn't like it that much. It was fun to read, but I just couldn't see why my mum's colleague (she lent me the book) was so excited about it...

Acalewia · 04-16-2006, 03:42 PM

I was using that as an example, Lief. It was the first thing that came to mind.
A co-worker is going to let me read it when he's done with it. With a film based on the Da Vinci Code coming soon, people may be reading it more because of it.

littleadanel · 04-16-2006, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Acalewia

With a film based on the Da Vinci Code coming soon, people may be reading it more because of it.

I think so too...

Lief Erikson · 04-16-2006, 04:01 PM

Mm-hmm. I agree too.

BeardofPants · 04-16-2006, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf

Indeed. There is no case here. As I posted the two books The Da Vinci Code and The Holy Blood And The Holy Grail are two different categories literaturewise.

Yeah, but they're both kak.

Lief Erikson · 04-16-2006, 10:29 PM

That's funny.

I haven't read The Da Vinci Code, but I expect it's an exciting, well written book. Completely blasphemous too, of course. For that reason, I'd never want to read it.

Lotesse · 04-17-2006, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Lief Erikson

Completely blasphemous too, of course. For that reason, I'd never want to read it.

Galileo was blashphemous. So was Newton, and Thomas Paine, and - Joan of Arc but I don't think she wrote anything to read!

And a lot of other powerfully important thinkers of the last few thousand years. Would you forbid yourself from reading anything at all that any non-Christian or christian-yet-original-thinker had to write? Too bad! That's like intellectual starvation on a grand scale. Quite sad.

Then again, the Da Vinci code books appear to me to be mostly kind of over-blown conspiracy-theory romantic hogwash. There is some truth interspersed throughout, no doubt, but so much of it is fanciful romantic conjecture. But what I really want to read is Judas' book! Now, that is something that sounds deliciously interesting to read, especially if it is a direct translation of actual ancient text written by Judas himself. How fascinating this would be to read!! Next thing I want to read is Jesus' girlfriend Mary M.'s lost diaries - hoo-ah!! Juicy stuff, no doubt.

Can't wait 'til they find those ancient texts.

***Rían*** · 04-17-2006, 01:28 AM

I read a bit of the DaVinci code book while browsing in Borders, and it was fun - but I'm too lazy to get it from the library ...

BeardofPants · 04-17-2006, 02:15 AM

Tessa, you are bang on the mark re: the Davinci Code. It's a poorly written overblown conspiracy theory with MEGA-annoying one-dimensional cardboard cut-out characters. Oh, and did I mention a plot twist that you can see from a gazillion light-years away with a hubble telescope?

Utter rot. I wouldn't want to waste 2 hours going to see the movie knowing full well that I'd never be able to claim that time back.... kak kak kak [/rant]

Finrod Felagund · 04-17-2006, 02:24 AM

I actually enjoyed the book. Not the best out there but quality.

And I think the cast of the film version may redeem it. Ian Mkellan and Tom Hanks. Thats sweet.

Grey_Wolf · 04-17-2006, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by BeardofPants

Tessa, you are bang on the mark re: the Davinci Code. It's a poorly written overblown conspiracy theory with MEGA-annoying one-dimensional cardboard cut-out characters. Oh, and did I mention a plot twist that you can see from a gazillion light-years away with a hubble telescope?

Utter rot. I wouldn't want to waste 2 hours going to see the movie knowing full well that I'd never be able to claim that time back.... kak kak kak [/rant]

Couldn't agree more.

Read THBTHG instead and you'll get a more substantial and factual story.

BeardofPants · 04-17-2006, 03:46 AM

OK, seriously now, THBTHG has about as much "fact" as snow white & the 7 dwarfs, you know that, right? ::hmm::

Grey_Wolf · 04-17-2006, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by BeardofPants

OK, seriously now, THBTHG has about as much "fact" as snow white & the 7 dwarfs, you know that, right? ::hmm::

That's your opinion. Which of course you are entitled to.

The Gaffer · 04-17-2006, 06:10 AM

I agree with whoever said that it is a pish book, whose greatest crime is being badly written.

If people really like this kind of stuff, they should read Foucault's Pendulum.

06-17-2004, 09:53 AM	#21
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04-16-2006, 02:22 AM	#23
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	The thing is, when a person writes something that becomes famous and broadly read, since there are so many people out there in the world, it's almost bound to be very similar to certain texts. Whether the author read them or not. It's very sad to me that famous authors have to waste time dealing with these kinds of lawsuits . __________________ If the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. ~Oscar Wilde, written from prison Oscar Wilde's last words: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do."

04-16-2006, 03:22 PM	#25
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	Don't they know this is just going to cause more people to read the book? The more controvery, the more the work will be sought after. Just ask Mel Gibson. __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

04-16-2006, 03:37 PM	#27
littleadanel of the House of Bëor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Eastwards. Posts: 979	I have to agree with Acalewia... not particularly about Mel Gibson, but about the Da Vinci code, absolutely. I actually didn't like it that much. It was fun to read, but I just couldn't see why my mum's colleague (she lent me the book) was so excited about it... __________________ I'm good in bed - I can sleep for days

04-16-2006, 03:42 PM	#28
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	I was using that as an example, Lief. It was the first thing that came to mind. A co-worker is going to let me read it when he's done with it. With a film based on the Da Vinci Code coming soon, people may be reading it more because of it. __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

04-16-2006, 04:01 PM	#30
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	Mm-hmm. I agree too. __________________ If the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. ~Oscar Wilde, written from prison Oscar Wilde's last words: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do."

04-16-2006, 10:29 PM	#32
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	That's funny. I haven't read The Da Vinci Code, but I expect it's an exciting, well written book. Completely blasphemous too, of course. For that reason, I'd never want to read it. __________________ If the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. ~Oscar Wilde, written from prison Oscar Wilde's last words: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do." Last edited by Lief Erikson : 04-16-2006 at 10:31 PM.

04-17-2006, 01:28 AM	#34
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	I read a bit of the DaVinci code book while browsing in Borders, and it was fun - but I'm too lazy to get it from the library ... __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

04-17-2006, 02:15 AM	#35
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Tessa, you are bang on the mark re: the Davinci Code. It's a poorly written overblown conspiracy theory with MEGA-annoying one-dimensional cardboard cut-out characters. Oh, and did I mention a plot twist that you can see from a gazillion light-years away with a hubble telescope? Utter rot. I wouldn't want to waste 2 hours going to see the movie knowing full well that I'd never be able to claim that time back.... kak kak kak [/rant] __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

04-17-2006, 02:24 AM	#36
Finrod Felagund King of Nargothrond Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Canada! eh? Posts: 2,002	I actually enjoyed the book. Not the best out there but quality. And I think the cast of the film version may redeem it. Ian Mkellan and Tom Hanks. Thats sweet. __________________ "THE EAGLES ARE COMING, THE EAGLES ARE COMING......AND A MOTH!!!!!"

04-17-2006, 03:46 AM	#38
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	OK, seriously now, THBTHG has about as much "fact" as snow white & the 7 dwarfs, you know that, right? ::hmm:: __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

04-17-2006, 06:10 AM	#40
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	I agree with whoever said that it is a pish book, whose greatest crime is being badly written. If people really like this kind of stuff, they should read Foucault's Pendulum.

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