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[challenge entry] Pardon my Gaul

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(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:08, archived)
# Hahaha that's ace
*clicks*
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:09, archived)
# Asterix!
Really must start getting those books again
*reminisces*
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:09, archived)
# i watched the animated asterix in britain yesterday
not as good as the books but still woo
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:12, archived)
# Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaages since I last saw that
Much better than Asterix the Gaul, which was shite

EDIT: Why 'The late....'?
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:12, archived)
# is the live action film any good, do you know?
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:12, archived)
# Didn't see it
Mostly cos it looked pants, and I thought Bill Oddie made a better Asterix
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:13, archived)
# nah
I think the books are much better

As only the jokes for the younger audience tend to end up in the film, and the cynical/double layer ones for grownups are mostly skipped.
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:14, archived)
# ^This
My favourite bit was spotting all the names :-)
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:15, archived)
# :)
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:21, archived)
# I loved all of them.
I can't remember what the last one was but it was sadly a bit pants.
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:13, archived)
# Asterix and the Falling Sky
and, yes, it was pants.
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:16, archived)
# Didn't one of them die?
Goscinny or Uderzo I mean?
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:17, archived)
# Goscinny is long dead

(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:17, archived)
# yeah
and since then, the stories are not as original anymore
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:18, archived)
# totally
fuck, he already died in '77!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Goscinny
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:21, archived)
# So he wrote them from '59 to '77 I guess
I have some french children's books by him here
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:22, archived)
# He's Elvis!
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:27, archived)
# I think so, yeah...
If I recall correctly it was Goscinny.
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:18, archived)
# I only flicked through it at the bookstore
it had to do with aliens and was shit
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:17, archived)
# Yup
The occasional one-liner but not a patch on the original books.
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:27, archived)
# by toutatis!
Buy caroutais and cabbagais as well
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:10, archived)
# now there's a good comic!
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:14, archived)
# Arf!
Nice one.

The Romans did it, by Jupiter!
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:14, archived)
# These Romans are crazy
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:15, archived)
# *taps head and then accidentally knocks a tree over*
I should get some blue and white stripey trousers.
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:18, archived)
# Hahaha!
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:18, archived)
# ahhhh!
*gathers around for the great hog roast*
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:21, archived)
# This is wrong on so many levels
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:21, archived)
# Actually,
it was the Gauls who destroyed the mansions in the story, wiping out the Romans.

/asterix pedant
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:20, archived)
# Which is what I was aiming for...
... but how can one resist any repeat of the *fact* that these Romans are crazy.
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:23, archived)
# Far too long since I read any of those books.
I used to absolutely love them.

*goes to check eBay*
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:26, archived)
# why?
You'll find at least half a dozen titles at your local public library.
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:32, archived)
# Probably
I live in a posh area so the library is quite good.

But I want ones to keep.
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:35, archived)
#
(yup, I got that first time)

but these Romans, they really are crazy, man!
(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:32, archived)
# well done!

(, Thu 19 Apr 2007, 15:22, archived)