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   Bill Steele to Duggy   
   Re: Curse of the third Batman movie?   
   07 Oct 08 14:22:01   
   
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   XPost: rec.arts.comics.dc.universe, alt.legend.king-arthur   
   From: ws21@cornell.edu   
      
   In article   
   <035013e3-311a-4da0-9516-8165c362c5e4@p10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,   
    Duggy  wrote:   
      
   > Sure, but the assumption that because two things have some   
   > similarities one must have copied the other is very flawed logic.   
   >   
   > Lucas admits to using Campbell's Hero's Journey for his plot   
   > structure.  Campbell used mythology from all over the world, including   
   > Arthurian and the mythology that Arthur copied and was formed from.   
   > The similarities that are there are because they fit the same   
   > mythological template, not because one copied the other.   
      
   Never said it was logic. Just my analysis. Triggered, in fact, by   
   watching Excalibur and Star Wars on TV within a week of one another.   
      
   If he studied Hero's Journey he had a lot of Arthur in his head. Does   
   Hero's Journey find the three-generation structure everywhere?   
      
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