That's true. The TABERNACLE struggles to monitor EVERYTHING at the same time, because after all it's *JUST* an artifical entity made by humans. Do not forget...
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tiz_the_exte...
Apr 5, 2006 1:03 pm
I think Frayn didn't give a shit about evolution. He KNEW - or "SENSED" - tha only a super-human being could have helped the ETERNALS to escape from their...
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tiz_the_exte...
Apr 5, 2006 1:07 pm
Okay, 1- The face of "Zardoz" is Boorman's one. He posed like model for the plastic mold, in order to make the "flying head". Genius! 2- True. So the vortices...
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zardoz0012000
Apr 6, 2006 12:09 am
Yes --You are correct that tabernacle Does recieve and store ALL the memories of Vortex members, every sight, sound, every emotinal nuance, everything--in that...
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Apr 6, 2006 12:12 am
**"2- True. So the vortices are enough connected. Maybe they were fighting the "apathy" by mixing-up the Eternal population, in need to "shake the waters". ...
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roontoh
Apr 6, 2006 4:54 am
<<<Welcome to the Vortex, man!>>> Dude, many thanks, T.C. Just remember . . . I will NOT go to Second Level with you! (You know that's a joke, right?)...
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roontoh
Apr 6, 2006 5:02 am
<<<He wasn't an evolutionary, a scientist.>>> True, but then neither are most dog, cat, and horse breeders who nonetheless fully understand and exploit the...
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roontoh
Apr 6, 2006 6:16 am
<<<this is a marvelous example of the prescience of Zardoz>>> What can I say but that I agree on all points....
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tiz_the_exte...
Apr 6, 2006 10:50 am
ZARDOZ 001 2000, Never thought about the "passive/receiving" nature of the Tabernacle before, you opened my eyes. Poor Tabernacle, it knew that Arthur was ...
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roontoh
Apr 7, 2006 3:50 am
<<<Poor Tabernacle, it knew that Arthur was plotting against itself, but couldn't do anything to save its artificial a*s!>>> Actually . . . I've always...
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tiz_the_exte...
Apr 17, 2006 11:19 am
I think the Tabernacle was just a "guess", not the really author of the "idea". ... discussion with ... doesn't suggest ... is ... Of course, the Tabernacle...
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tiz_the_exte...
Apr 17, 2006 11:23 am
Is it me or ZARDOZ was an heavy source of inspiration for the MATRIX trilogy? Let's list oll the similarities! T.C....
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Apr 17, 2006 11:26 am
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the zardozthemovie group: What 'version' of ZED do you like? o The ruthless Exterminator seen in the...
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Apr 18, 2006 12:04 am
I think the poll leaves out a crucial aspect of Zed: Zed the Mastermind--the reveal is subtle but the intention can't be mistaken: Zed infiltrated the Vortex...
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zardoz0012000
Apr 18, 2006 12:53 am
Great essay in the files from P. Tilton. It is impossible to discuss Zardoz with discussing Christianity; Since the film is a also a Judeo-Christian allegory....
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zardoz0012000
Apr 18, 2006 1:09 am
What is going on in the rest of the world? It seems unlikely the Vortex system is limited to Ireland/Britain. A catastrophic breakdown of civilization in this...
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tiz_the_exte...
Apr 18, 2006 8:56 am
... The poll focuses more on his skin-deep "appearance" in every supposed 'phase' he lived. ... Exterminator colleagues have ... Of course! He and the other...
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tiz_the_exte...
Apr 18, 2006 1:43 pm
... I wouldn't say that: in the VORTICES have been obviously stored the BEST and MOST EXPERIMENTAL technologies of that specific "Earth" (belonging to the...
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tiz_the_exte...
Apr 18, 2006 11:51 pm
It is impossible to discuss Zardoz with discussing ... I alway thought about ZED as a post-modern MOSES, the Brutals/Exterminators as Hebrews and the Eternals...
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roontoh
Apr 19, 2006 2:59 am
<<<I think the Tabernacle was just a "guess", not the really author of the "idea".>>> Do expand on this. I'm not sure I take your meaning here. <<<The...
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roontoh
Apr 19, 2006 3:03 am
<<<ZARDOZ was an heavy source of inspiration for the MATRIX trilogy?>>> Interesting thought. Though, for my money, the "Matrix" computers are entirely hostile...
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roontoh
Apr 19, 2006 3:07 am
<<<Zed is more inherently intelligent than the Immortals>>> Yes, but he's every bit as emotionally "complicated" as are they. As Consuela asks him, why would...
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tiz_the_exte...
Apr 19, 2006 10:51 am
... of the ... Oh, maybe it's my fault. I meant that the TABERNACLE wasn't the mysterious "author" who put the original "idea" about the creation of a superior...
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roontoh
Apr 20, 2006 2:57 am
<<<maybe it was really GOD>>> I understand you now. Since I'm not a deist, that view isn't attractive to me. Though I think it's right to say Boorman IS...
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Jun 26, 2006 3:43 pm
... Seems like a clear theme to me....
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roontoh
Jun 27, 2006 3:44 am
As a naturalist, I certainly have had no difficulties interpreting and loving "Zardoz" without any recourse to Christian metaphors. While I'm sure it's ...
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zardoz0012000
Jul 23, 2006 9:58 am
OK, the opening credits of the film: Where did that vocal version of Beethoven's 7th come from?...of course the choir is credited, but search after search...
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roontoh
Jul 24, 2006 6:29 am
First off, it's not a choir, it's two counter tenors; that's men who sing in falsetto voices thus making it seem as if they had female voices. Secondly, I...
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Aug 24, 2006 11:55 pm
Reminder from the Calendar of zardozthemovie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zardozthemovie/cal Happy Birth Z-Day, SEAN CONNERY !!! Friday August 25, 2006 All...
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tiz_the_exte...
Oct 17, 2006 10:55 am
... 1- People don't get the beauty of 'ZARDOZ' because... they are people, after all. 2- In the future, Earth will look like a post-modern ...
