National Treasure & The Da Vinchi Code
02 February 2006, 03:35 PM
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Both mention the treasure stashed away by the Knights Templar and the pyramids on the american doller.
Dunno how factual it all is though.
Dunno how factual it all is though.
03 February 2006, 12:27 PM
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Finished the Da Vinci Code a week or so ago, never heard of National Treasure. Whats it like?
Mart, I take it you have read Angels and Demons as well as the Da Vinci Code, you mention the illuminati! I have just started it, it is difficult to comprehend that these things do actually exist!!
Oh, I am going to visit Roslin Chapel soon as it's just up the road from me (and I have never been before!
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Mart, I take it you have read Angels and Demons as well as the Da Vinci Code, you mention the illuminati! I have just started it, it is difficult to comprehend that these things do actually exist!!
Oh, I am going to visit Roslin Chapel soon as it's just up the road from me (and I have never been before!
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03 February 2006, 12:34 PM
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National Treasure is your typical action/adverture film but with the facts of the da vinchi code. Youve got to pay attention at times though!
Ive read Angels & Demons too, got a little far fetched for me at the end. Youll see what i mean when you get there! Dan Browns certainly done his research though.
Ive read Angels & Demons too, got a little far fetched for me at the end. Youll see what i mean when you get there! Dan Browns certainly done his research though.
03 February 2006, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by eClaire
Finished the Da Vinci Code a week or so ago, never heard of National Treasure. Whats it like?
Mart, I take it you have read Angels and Demons as well as the Da Vinci Code, you mention the illuminati! I have just started it, it is difficult to comprehend that these things do actually exist!!
Oh, I am going to visit Roslin Chapel soon as it's just up the road from me (and I have never been before! )
Mart, I take it you have read Angels and Demons as well as the Da Vinci Code, you mention the illuminati! I have just started it, it is difficult to comprehend that these things do actually exist!!
Oh, I am going to visit Roslin Chapel soon as it's just up the road from me (and I have never been before!
) just picked up Matthew Reilleys seven wonders today (b/d pressy) hmm now theres a difficult descision tonight !!!!
do a go for a night of romance or a good book ????
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03 February 2006, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by 16vmarc
National Treasure is your typical action/adverture film but with the facts of the da vinchi code. Youve got to pay attention at times though!
Ive read Angels & Demons too, got a little far fetched for me at the end. Youll see what i mean when you get there! Dan Browns certainly done his research though.
Ive read Angels & Demons too, got a little far fetched for me at the end. Youll see what i mean when you get there! Dan Browns certainly done his research though.
Ooooh, I think I might have to see that then!!
Did you rent it?I'm beginning to like Dan Brown more and more. I wish I was as talented as him *sigh*
Mart, a good book wins hands down with me everytime
03 February 2006, 12:45 PM
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Yeah, rented it.
I finished reading Digital Fortress the other week, not as good as Angels & Demons and The Da Vinchi Code though. After reading 3 of his books i found he repeats himself alot too!
I finished reading Digital Fortress the other week, not as good as Angels & Demons and The Da Vinchi Code though. After reading 3 of his books i found he repeats himself alot too!
03 February 2006, 12:49 PM
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I prefered Digi Fortress over Angels and Demons to be honest, I found the book was never ending. It had lots of oportunities but it just carried on going and going....
Read the first few chapers of the other... whats it called, Iceberg or something on the front cover. Couldnt get into that one though....
Read the first few chapers of the other... whats it called, Iceberg or something on the front cover. Couldnt get into that one though....
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Originally Posted by 16vmarc
Yeah, rented it.
I finished reading Digital Fortress the other week, not as good as Angels & Demons and The Da Vinchi Code though. After reading 3 of his books i found he repeats himself alot too!
I finished reading Digital Fortress the other week, not as good as Angels & Demons and The Da Vinchi Code though. After reading 3 of his books i found he repeats himself alot too!
03 February 2006, 12:54 PM
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Claire, the guy Robert Langdon is only in Angels and Demons and Da Vinci Code, not in the other 2...
He has another book coming out this year IIRC
He has another book coming out this year IIRC
03 February 2006, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by davegtt
I prefered Digi Fortress over Angels and Demons to be honest, I found the book was never ending. It had lots of oportunities but it just carried on going and going....
Read the first few chapers of the other... whats it called, Iceberg or something on the front cover. Couldnt get into that one though....
Read the first few chapers of the other... whats it called, Iceberg or something on the front cover. Couldnt get into that one though....
03 February 2006, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by davegtt
Claire, the guy Robert Langdon is only in Angels and Demons and Da Vinci Code, not in the other 2...
He has another book coming out this year IIRC
He has another book coming out this year IIRC
Ahhhhhh. I seeeeee!
03 February 2006, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by eClaire
Isn't it the same character throughout the series though? Continuation I would have thought
Only Angels & Demons and The Da Vinchi Code have Robert Langdon
03 February 2006, 02:10 PM
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I like Dan Browns books, but you could just do a 'fill in the blanks' for all of them.
a Dan Brown novel.........
Prologue: Person dies in unexpected/unusual way - later turns out to be key to plot.
Hero is introduced, as is love interest, usually a mixture of government employee and university lecturer or similar academic. They get caught up in world/religous/government conspiracy and outwit all agencies involved. The baddy employes some sort of killer, either strange occult or mystic based (Angels and Demons, Da Vinci Code) or secret service/special forces based (Deception Point/Digital Fortress). Said heroes entrust all their suspicions to someone they trust, who turns out to be the villain. After a long chase, with alot of very clever clues, the hero and heroine fight a battle with their persuers, killing them in unlikely ways, usually after they have been at the assassins mercy at least once. The tru villain is then incovered, much to everyones surprise (not) and they save the day. The hero and heroine then screw. And that really is all 4 of his books in a nutshell.
Best of luck to him though, people buy them in droves.
Geezer
a Dan Brown novel.........
Prologue: Person dies in unexpected/unusual way - later turns out to be key to plot.
Hero is introduced, as is love interest, usually a mixture of government employee and university lecturer or similar academic. They get caught up in world/religous/government conspiracy and outwit all agencies involved. The baddy employes some sort of killer, either strange occult or mystic based (Angels and Demons, Da Vinci Code) or secret service/special forces based (Deception Point/Digital Fortress). Said heroes entrust all their suspicions to someone they trust, who turns out to be the villain. After a long chase, with alot of very clever clues, the hero and heroine fight a battle with their persuers, killing them in unlikely ways, usually after they have been at the assassins mercy at least once. The tru villain is then incovered, much to everyones surprise (not) and they save the day. The hero and heroine then screw. And that really is all 4 of his books in a nutshell.
Best of luck to him though, people buy them in droves.
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03 February 2006, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Geezer
I like Dan Browns books, but you could just do a 'fill in the blanks' for all of them.
a Dan Brown novel.........
Prologue: Person dies in unexpected/unusual way - later turns out to be key to plot.
Hero is introduced, as is love interest, usually a mixture of government employee and university lecturer or similar academic. They get caught up in world/religous/government conspiracy and outwit all agencies involved. The baddy employes some sort of killer, either strange occult or mystic based (Angels and Demons, Da Vinci Code) or secret service/special forces based (Deception Point/Digital Fortress). Said heroes entrust all their suspicions to someone they trust, who turns out to be the villain. After a long chase, with alot of very clever clues, the hero and heroine fight a battle with their persuers, killing them in unlikely ways, usually after they have been at the assassins mercy at least once. The tru villain is then incovered, much to everyones surprise (not) and they save the day. The hero and heroine then screw. And that really is all 4 of his books in a nutshell.
Best of luck to him though, people buy them in droves.
Geezer
a Dan Brown novel.........
Prologue: Person dies in unexpected/unusual way - later turns out to be key to plot.
Hero is introduced, as is love interest, usually a mixture of government employee and university lecturer or similar academic. They get caught up in world/religous/government conspiracy and outwit all agencies involved. The baddy employes some sort of killer, either strange occult or mystic based (Angels and Demons, Da Vinci Code) or secret service/special forces based (Deception Point/Digital Fortress). Said heroes entrust all their suspicions to someone they trust, who turns out to be the villain. After a long chase, with alot of very clever clues, the hero and heroine fight a battle with their persuers, killing them in unlikely ways, usually after they have been at the assassins mercy at least once. The tru villain is then incovered, much to everyones surprise (not) and they save the day. The hero and heroine then screw. And that really is all 4 of his books in a nutshell.
Best of luck to him though, people buy them in droves.
Geezer
03 February 2006, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by trails
written like a film scripts too,
03 February 2006, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by davegtt
Thats what I like about them, I cant stand reading a "normal" book, theyre so slow and boring.
03 February 2006, 03:53 PM
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Dan Brown tends to stretch the truths/facts, but makes good "train fodder". Seeing loads of people reading Dan Brown books on the daily commute. Da Vinci Code is good, but i think Deception Point is more gripping.
03 February 2006, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by jonc
Dan Brown tends to stretch the truths/facts, but makes good "train fodder". Seeing loads of people reading Dan Brown books on the daily commute. Da Vinci Code is good, but i think Deception Point is more gripping.
No doubt it won't make it to the big screen though. It's eminently more believable than Da Vinci Code!
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03 February 2006, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Geezer
Hero is introduced, as is love interest, usually a mixture of government employee and university lecturer or similar academic. They get caught up in world/religous/government conspiracy and outwit all agencies involved. The baddy employes some sort of killer, either strange occult or mystic based (Angels and Demons, Da Vinci Code) or secret service/special forces based (Deception Point/Digital Fortress). Said heroes entrust all their suspicions to someone they trust, who turns out to be the villain. After a long chase, with alot of very clever clues, the hero and heroine fight a battle with their persuers, killing them in unlikely ways, usually after they have been at the assassins mercy at least once. The tru villain is then incovered, much to everyones surprise (not) and they save the day. The hero and heroine then screw. And that really is all 4 of his books in a nutshell.
03 February 2006, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by mart360
Knights templar, very much fact!!!
scary really, as is the illuminati & opus dei
its amazing what is out there and not known....
Mart
scary really, as is the illuminati & opus dei
its amazing what is out there and not known....
Mart
You didnt expect the Inquisition now, did you?
They never do.....
03 February 2006, 08:41 PM
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I thought Deception Point was the best of the lot
No doubt it won't make it to the big screen though. It's eminently more believable than Da Vinci Code!
Geezer
No doubt it won't make it to the big screen though. It's eminently more believable than Da Vinci Code!
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