"Atlantis? Not for you..." Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 30 Jul 2021 12:25 p.m. PST |
You were asked – TMP link Do you game Atlantis? 62% said "no, I do not"
17% said "no, but I love the mythology"
7% said "never heard of Atlantis" |
 Herkybird  | 30 Jul 2021 3:46 p.m. PST |
If someone did a good Wraith, I might try!
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| HMS Exeter | 30 Jul 2021 6:31 p.m. PST |
At the end I could barely even watch it. |
| 79thPA | 30 Jul 2021 6:50 p.m. PST |
The Disney movie was decent, and it came with a line of 25mm-ish vehicles that could be used for Pulp or VSF. |
| jamemurp | 30 Sep 2021 7:26 a.m. PST |
"Atlantis" covers a very broad range of things that are only nominally similar. I associate Atlantis with its origins in allegory by Plato. Therefore, I think it fits best with an ancient (or even pre-ancients) setting and works well with fictional settings that either depict such an era (such as Conan). I don't find sci-fi that tries to cross that bridge particularly clever as it implies a setting where they somehow both know of Plato's Atlantis but are unaware that is was a clear allegory and not a mythical place where ancient aliens can bridge the gap. It takes modern mysticism that confuses the two and cements it as fact. This is not a knock on SG:A- that was a solid show. Just a problem I have with part of the premise. But I also don't like the conflation of "Egyptian mythology" when we are talking beliefs that changed over roughly 3000 years! |
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