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    Afrihost - Pure Fibre Feedback Thread Part 2

    Support chat seems to be offline too.
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    Chris Nolan's - The Odyssey.

    Everyone will be different, but for me there wasn't a single casting decision that detracted from the movie, and that absolutely, positively includes Lupita and Elliot. They're outstanding. The three leads are stellar. Pattison proving he's so much more than a sparkling vampire. Again...
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    Chris Nolan's - The Odyssey.

    Made it twice, but think on it a while longer and maybe it'll come to you eventually.
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    The Odyssey broke attendance records at Ster-Kinekor in an "already phenomenal season" for cinema

    I for one, am outraged that Nolan blatantly disregarded the global one-eyed, 25 foot tall minority when casting Polyphemus. Outraged I say!
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    Chris Nolan's - The Odyssey.

    "high-status", "nobility, indoor luxury, and feminine virtue", "calm, regal, or cooperative grace", but hey, you do you.
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    Chris Nolan's - The Odyssey.

    The bible also says a man walked on water, so there is that.
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    Chris Nolan's - The Odyssey.

    Read Herr der Verboten's post #628 now.
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    Chris Nolan's - The Odyssey.

    It is, sure, but none of the interpretation you posted relate to melanin at all, and that was my point.
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    Chris Nolan's - The Odyssey.

    He never wrote a physical description of Helen... He wrote "leukolenos" which translates to 'white armed' which, for Homer, was a signifier of status... White arms meant living indoors, not unusual for a literal Spartan princess, who would not be working manually in the sun... so no labourers or...
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    The Odyssey broke attendance records at Ster-Kinekor in an "already phenomenal season" for cinema

    Really don't post much here anymore, but the Lupita seething is too good to ignore. I'd like to address your 'pretty well known cultural figure' thing-ie by highlighting what must obviously, as per your post, be a pretty well known aspect of Helen's birth... We all know, obviously, that Helen's...
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    Chris Nolan's - The Odyssey.

    Love to hear your take on how Helen being hatched from a giant Swan egg dictates her whiteness next.
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    Afrihost & Vumatel

    Anyone else in the Randburg, Ferndale area just have their connection drop?
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    Blade Runner director signs on to make Dune reboot

    Seeing stands of Messiah throughout that trailer. Can. Not. Wait.
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    Blade Runner director signs on to make Dune reboot

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    Movie Trailers Thread

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