Did anyone else notice...
Did anyone else notice that a lot of the voodoo (well the serious parts) was REAL VooDoo?? I was a little suprised and a little concerned when I saw that TTG (and presumable LA - not played those games but I asume they're the same) were both invoking real VooDoo...
Did anyone else notice this? Or am I the only one that researches odd and irrelevant forms of magic?
Did anyone else notice this? Or am I the only one that researches odd and irrelevant forms of magic?
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and then i stayed like that.
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Yup.
It'd be nice if you could use some examples so I know what you're referring to. The only one I could catch is the possessing of bodies by spirits, but I don't think that as an uncommon thing to be shown in fiction, even if it's real practices of voodoo.
Biggest and most obvious is the Crossroads; where the material and spiritual planes intersect.
I'll dig up some more later, I'm in a hurry right now.
(which makes me wonder if the VooDoo Lady was _really_ manipulating guybrush, lechuck, etc or if she simple managed a spell to peek at the proverbial script of destany and just coppied it down...)
Yeah, this is what she implied. She mentioned something about that in passing while defending herself (although she seemed quite apathetic about doing so, probably because she knew it was futile, further cementing the idea that she knows the future or has a rough idea of it).
Also, I don't really find it surprising that Voodoo was in the game... it has been in all of them. It's pretty common to see Voodoo in pop-culture, and since Voodoo is a legitimate religion, I can't see why they'd be weary of putting it in the game. It would be hypocritical (and slightly disrespectful) to readily feature several aspects of western life but be nervous about including aspects of Voodoo. having said that, nothing too Voodooish was featured in the game, just generic things that can be applied to a number of religions/belief systems.
Maybe it's just the area I've been brought up it, apparently I'm the only one who was suprised/concerned *shrug*
that would awesome, actually
but then her name would be just weird.
Not so much raised, but that's how it's been portrayed in pop culture, as either evil or taboo. (again this might just be that I've been looking in all the wrong places)
Zeus would kick your ass if he saw that
I will be more cautious when walking to my car
Oh, it's a very "good" religion (though it has it's dark sides just like all religions) media just likes to focus on the minor negative possibilities it creates. In retrospect, I'm glad TTG used voodoo and showed some 'good voodoo' instead of using it as a plot-device soely for a villian!
Acctually I've noticed that most hollywood Zombies nowadays are the product of a Virus of some sort, rather than a voodoo ritual... (RE, anyone?)
I used to see a lot more of the "voodoo witchdoctor" being a villian (or atleast an obstacle for the hero, a hireling of the villian, or atleast doing work for hte villian such as making potions, hexes, or voodoo dolls) and of course it used to be very popular if lighter series for voodoo dolls to be used to harass/hurt/control people (usually making them punch themselves, walk somewhere, or stick pins in their... er... behind) When I take the time to think about it, voodoo seems to have lost it's media glamor... It's great to see a hero using voodoo for a change (here in ToMI) and I'd love to see it more often in other games/movies/books/tv/etc
I laughed so hard at that
I'm still laughing
XD Sorry to the Twihards out there.
I certainly hope we don't have any of those around here!
VooDoo is a real religion, it's not something that was made up for conveniance of a story:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Vodou
But you're talking to an atheist about something ridiculous
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People keep mentioning that this is the book/series that inspired MI. I've not had a lot of luck locating it locally, I'll have to hit the internets - I'd love to read it.
Awesome book, highly recommend reading it to anyone with the slightest interest in pirates and/or voodoo stories.
Well, we're not saying voodoo magic is real. Only that they used real beliefs.
Kinda like saying "real Christianity". Someone mentioning Adam and Eve rather than making up something is using real Christian stuff, in that it really is in the Bible, whether it actually happened or not (which is another debate).
I guess Ashton was surprised that what was used wasn't random magical stuff labeled as "voodoo", but that there was actual research done about the religious beliefs.
Saying a religion is real doesn't mean whatever it believes to be true is the actual truth.
Juicius: I love the notion that I could be a discriminatory Atheist... or that it would be a bad thing.
I can assure you that I find all world religions ridiculous. Although admittedly, some are more ridiculous than others...
Surely I can be discriminatory.... i.e. I can perceive or recognise differences between world religions and as such, perceive some to be more absurd and unlikely than others.
I find broccoli more tasty than sprouts, but I don't discriminate against sprouts based on prejudice, its about personal interpretation of taste and therefore a matter preference.
Meh. Why did I bother to post this?
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I am an advocate of buying used books on Amazon.
Ramen to you all.
Me too... I have done it plenty of times... you can really get great deals that way.
Blessed be His noodly appendages!
I dont know how long it's been since I bought a dead-tree book... Most of my library is on my PPC in digital format (lot easier to carry around