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Post by Gargleblaster on Oct 16, 2016 13:56:24 GMT
It will probably turn out to be a load of hokum but maybe fun hokum all the same. Expect lots of talk about mysterious deaths, curses etc.
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Post by Miranda on Oct 16, 2016 15:11:16 GMT
I thought the whole 'curse' thing only started because 3 of them died quite soon after the find?
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Post by Gargleblaster on Oct 16, 2016 15:23:19 GMT
I thought the whole 'curse' thing only started because 3 of them died quite soon after the find? It was the press in those days (yes, even in those days) that started the "curses" theory. Of the thousands of people who have visited the tomb since then and who have suffered no ill effects, the press has remained quiet. It was Lord Carnarvon, Carter's backer, who died just after the discovery, the result of cutting a mosquito bite with a cutthroat razor while shaving and then suffereing blood poisoning.
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Post by cakewalk on Oct 16, 2016 16:09:21 GMT
I'm planning to watch this tonight. Dad is going to come downstairs and watch it with me. We shall continue our Sunday routine! (We watched Victoria together).
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Post by sootycat on Oct 16, 2016 16:28:59 GMT
I am looking forward to this. I hope it's worth all the hype.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2016 17:40:23 GMT
I'm taping it as it clashes with Poldark, hope it's decent.
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Post by bidiein on Oct 16, 2016 22:59:27 GMT
Watched it and found it entertaining and enjoyable viewing.
Although, from a 21st century point of view, these wealthy Brits who looked for tombs in other countries.....how VERY dare they? Grave robbers - too good a term for them. Yes, if they had not researched and dug such treasures might never have come to light.....but having done so, what right did they have to **claim** the finds?
Licenses to dig were handed out willy nilly. But somehow you cannot help but feel that the citizens of the country were robbed blind of their heritage....
On a brighter note - myself, and Hollybeau, dancing up a storm as Steve Martin pays tribute to "King Tut"...
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Post by Gargleblaster on Oct 17, 2016 8:12:09 GMT
Not as much hokum as I had expected. Fairly straightforward but not exacly riveting. OK for a relaxed Sunday evening if there isn't anything else worth watching. Can't remember exactly where but some of the dialogue was a bit too modern. Sam Neill is always a pleasure to watch. The Rolls Royce is beautiful.
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Post by sootycat on Oct 17, 2016 11:43:29 GMT
Filmed in South Africa and Namibia I believe. Looked just like Egypt (Wonder why they didn't film there) ?
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Post by Miranda on Oct 17, 2016 12:39:54 GMT
Threat of terrorism, I expect.
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Post by sootycat on Oct 17, 2016 13:55:21 GMT
Spot on Miranda, have just read that in today's paper.
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Post by marion on Oct 17, 2016 15:39:30 GMT
I enjoyed it.
(The only thing missing was a dapper Belgian saying "Lord Carnarvon, mon ami, and Monsieur Carter!")
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