Comments on: Nostalgia: Time Bandits http://lylejohnson.name/blog/2007/01/27/nostalgia-time-bandits/ Covering Software Development with Ruby and FXRuby Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:18:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Brian Wisti http://lylejohnson.name/blog/2007/01/27/nostalgia-time-bandits/comment-page-1/#comment-7878 Brian Wisti Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:33:58 +0000 http://lylejohnson.name/blog/?p=171#comment-7878 I saw this when I was nine. I already knew who Monty Python was, so the appearance by John Cleese especially tickled me. Looking back on it now, it is easy to tell that Terry Gilliam was still finding his voice. It still shows what I consider to be one of his common themes: there are good people who try to do everything and there are bad people who try to explain everything, but my <i>goodness</i> there are an awful lot of stupid people who never seem to do either. I saw this when I was nine. I already knew who Monty Python was, so the appearance by John Cleese especially tickled me. Looking back on it now, it is easy to tell that Terry Gilliam was still finding his voice. It still shows what I consider to be one of his common themes: there are good people who try to do everything and there are bad people who try to explain everything, but my goodness there are an awful lot of stupid people who never seem to do either.

]]> By: Daniel Berger http://lylejohnson.name/blog/2007/01/27/nostalgia-time-bandits/comment-page-1/#comment-7831 Daniel Berger Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:36:57 +0000 http://lylejohnson.name/blog/?p=171#comment-7831 Yeah, I think I saw this movie when I was 12 and absolutely loved it. I've seen it a couple times since, on HBO and whatever. It still holds up well, I think. The very last bit is, as you say, rather dark (and completely unnecessary, really). For some reason I thought it was funny at the time. Mayber we're overthinking it in our old age. Now excuse me while I go look for the most fabulous object in the world. Yeah, I think I saw this movie when I was 12 and absolutely loved it. I’ve seen it a couple times since, on HBO and whatever. It still holds up well, I think.

The very last bit is, as you say, rather dark (and completely unnecessary, really). For some reason I thought it was funny at the time. Mayber we’re overthinking it in our old age.

Now excuse me while I go look for the most fabulous object in the world.

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