(urth) The problem of Cthulhu

[Jeff Wilson]

brunians at brunians.org wrote:
>> brunians at brunians.org wrote:
>>
>>> I think that all of this is related to various species of humans who
>>> were around in the deep past. There were (especially) surviving
> populations
>>> of neanderthals and such in Scandanavia when the aryan types got there.
> 
>> *snicker* This is literally the premise of _The Thirteenth
>> Warrior_/_Eaters of the Dead_.
> 
> Yes it is.
> 
> Why should that be amusing?

Because of the dual meaning of Aryan (notional fair-skinned race vs. 
Indo-European root culture). The movie opens with Ibn Faldan, an exiled 
Persian, being sent to Scandanaavia, and there are *still* proto-humans 
  there, ages after the blondes have taken up residence.

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
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