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Archbio 07-29-2009 09:47 PM

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Point is, for a mainstream film, the Prince needed a name. He just couldn't pull a Man With No Name cause it would bother audiences.
Clint Eastwood bothered audiences? I really couldn't tell.

Mirai Gen 07-29-2009 09:50 PM

Nameless heroes work quite often, not just when Tarintino thinks "Hey that'd be fuckin' cool!" and bleeps it out of the final cut.

Though of all things this doesn't bug me THAT much.

The Sevenshot Kid 07-29-2009 09:53 PM

Clint Eastwood's character not bothering anybody was my point cause being mysterious was his purpose.
With the Prince being surrounded by people he knows it wouldn't make sense.

Archbio 07-29-2009 09:55 PM

People he knows and that would usually call him by various titles!

Also, Dastan is "a Persian word, meaning story."

The Sevenshot Kid 07-29-2009 10:04 PM

Nameless characters are usually mysterious. Dastan isn't mysterious, he's at home, so he gets a name.
Why do I even try to make a point when some people are just stubborn and twist my words?

Kim 07-29-2009 10:07 PM

Fight Club was pretty awesome.
 
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Originally Posted by The Gunslinger (Post 955292)
But being a noble means he would have to be addressed by name at some point, especially in the court. I simply accept it cause Mechner chose it.

They could totally hide his name away behind a legion of "Sire, sir, liege, prince, etc." Who needs a name when all your vassals can call you, "My Prince!"

Archbio 07-29-2009 10:09 PM

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They could totally hide his name away behind a legion of "Sire, sir, liege, prince, etc." Who needs a name when all your vassals can call you, "My Prince!"
I'd go even farther: it doesn't make sense to have a bunch of character acting familiar with the Prince of Persia for fifteen minutes at the beginning to establish a name the character doesn't need.

The Sevenshot Kid 07-29-2009 10:11 PM

NonCon, you made your point well, as did Fifth, so I could accept that working in a film.

Premmy 07-29-2009 10:13 PM

So I'm like the only person who actually played the damn game and listened to it? Because he was'nt at home but at another sultan's castle, visiting and delivering gifts. He was'nt surrounded by people, but mindless monsters who could'nt speak, and one girl who had never met him before. It does'nt make sense to give him a name in that context, since nobody present would either know, or be able to speak.

The Sevenshot Kid 07-29-2009 10:16 PM

Bro, it ain't a straight adaptation cause that wouldn't work on screen. We know scenes will take place in his homeland.


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