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Idell 2022-08-19 23:29:07
Tracing Western Legends to the End
One Break
-Hogfather, who is the subject of the film, is not the protagonist of the film.
Santa’s car is not driven by reindeer but by wild boar.
Santa Claus is a fat old man, but has fangs, because he is also a big wild boar.
Grim Reaper's appearance is still classic and terrifying, but he... -
Morton 2022-08-19 17:25:17
Pure everything.
I don’t know since when I was cultivated into the habit of being able to laugh even when watching European and American black humor. But fortunately, at least listening to the traditional cross talk and Guo's cross talk can also laugh, which shows that you have not forgotten your roots.
Since...
David Jason
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Susan: Grandad?
Death: Yes?
Susan: Why? I mean, why did you do all this?
Death: Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom? Life is such.
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Susan: Now... tell me...
Death: What would have happened if you hadn't saved him?
Susan: Yes.
Death: The sun would not have risen.
Susan: Then what would have happened?
Death: A mere ball of flaming gas would have illuminated the world.
Susan: All right, I'm not stupid. You're saying that humans need fantasies to make life bearable.
Death: No. Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.
Susan: With tooth fairies? Hogfathers?
Death: Yes. As practice, you have to start out learning to believe the little lies.
Susan: So we can believe the big ones?
Death: Yes. Justice, mercy, duty. That sort of thing.
Susan: They're not the same at all!
Death: You think so? Then take the universe and grind it down to the finest powder and sieve it through the finest sieve and THEN show me one atom of justice, one molecule of mercy. And yet... you try to act as if there is some ideal order in the world. As if there is some... some rightness in the universe by which it may be judged.
Susan: But people have got to believe that, or what's the point?
Death: You need to believe in things that aren't true. How else can they become?
[they both watch the sun rise]
