Posted by Chiusano at ce5504.stkn.mdsg-pacwest.com on August 24, 2000 at 15:41:12:
In Reply to: Yo D. Stratford -- about "Dogma" & "Blair Witch" posted by Isis on August 24, 2000 at 14:55:37:
: First of all, karma is generally spelled without an "h" in current Hindu-English translations. "Dharma" retains its "h", who knows why, and if anyone here is fluent in ancient Eastern languages perhaps they'll let me know.
I'm particulay fluent in ancient Eastern language and the reason for this is because Jenna Elfman has clout out the tuccus.
: Now, if you go and call your sequel, "Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows", that's all shot to shit. The Book of Shadows is a concept only used within modern witchcraft -- basically, it's a book of various religious insight and mysteries, different groups may pass them down from generation to generation and it is rumored that the current pagan revival has its roots in a Book of Shadows given to a dude named Gerald Gardner by a group of witches who, according to Gardner, claimed to have been practicing the original British form of paganism since before the burning times.
: Not that you care about all that, but the point is, the Book of Shadows is an important and holy concept to pagans & witches. It's very serious & real to us, and attaching it to a movie wherein a supernatural being known as a witch is killing people, well, it's irksome to say the least.
Well, we don't know what context in which the book is used in the sequel. Perhaps it's the key to STOPPING the Blair Witch, with all it's Glenda-esque witchy goodness. Ever think of that?
: Powers? What powers are you talking about? Flying through the air on broomsticks? Making pencils stand upright by themselves? If I had "powers", would I be sitting here arguing with your ass instead of just mentally telepathizing you until you see what I mean? This is the shit that "Blair Witch" encourages...people still think of witches as supernatural or occult or some such. And an incantation is nothing more than a prayer by a more fanciful name.
But you all DO have warts, don't you? I believe that's a documented fact.
: "Blair Witch" is not only completely inaccurate about witchcraft, it uses every false stereotype & lie ever concocted about it as the basis of its plotline. That I can deal with -- hell, "The Wizard of Oz" does that. But don't throw real Craft concepts into it.
The Blair Witch Project never even addressed the topic of witchcraft. The Blair Witch may have been a witch in her natural life, but in the actual film, she's just a big intangible spook up to no good. Unless you were referring to the sequel, which, from what I understand, does incorporate modern witchcraft lore into the storyline, but you don't yet know what occurs in this film, so to chastise it for inaccuracy at such an early point is unfair.
Chiusano