Comments on: Sci-Fi-Guys.com & the Beowulf Webmaster Program

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:08:45 +0000

Angie is sooo nice

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:34:29 +0000

Did you see the movie? I haven’t had the chance yet.

By: Wilson

Wilson — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 03:09:39 +0000

Beowuf was friggin awesome. I was introduced in the 8th grade, when our english teacher decided that our class of ridiculously bored class needed something more violent than Juliet stabbing herself. She brought in her husband/old english proffesor/ametuer archaelogist to provide some background, so we were able to pick out the added christian elements from more traditional mythology, amoung other things. Made us appreciate the severed limbs a lot more

By: C Bailey

C Bailey — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 01:08:05 +0000

Beowulf is not a challenge to read if you get the new Seamus Heaney version. My studetns seem to love it since I really get into battles, blood, and killing! There is a long piece between the killing of Grenel’s mother and the dragon that I would advise most to skip if your not a die hard reader.

English Teacher

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:31:43 +0000

Hey L T, thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment! Its always great to see a new face around. Clearly you are way more informed than myself about Beowulf, so I don't dispute that there may be many, many errors in my synopsis. In fact, I wasn't really giving my synopsis of the poem, because I've never read it. Like I said in my article, the main reason I love Beowulf so much is that I never had to read it, which I've heard is quite a chore for anyone not well versed in Old English. As someone who has never read the poem, but knows the basic skeleton of the events, I'm free to imagine it as being much more to my liking than it may actually be, hence my willingness to accept my own and others' interpretations of it which I find intriguing, but which Beowulf scholars like yourself would doubtless find annoyingly inaccurate. You also point out another HUGE flaw in my article, which was my reliance on Wikipedia as a source of info about Beowulf. Anyone who wants to can edit Wikipedia any time they like, which means it is most definitely not a reliable source of scholarly info. Above I stated that I was getting my info from Wikipedia, and I want to just state this for all my readers: if I ever tell you I get something from Wikipedia, that's my way of telling all of you that the words you're reading ARE IN NO WAY CONFIRMED FACTS, NOR SHOULD THEY BE TAKEN AS LITERAL TRUTH NOR RELIABLE INFORMATION. In my recent Groundhog Day article I disproved some Wikipedia info. I think my quote was "I think we all know that there's no fact as solid as a fact based on anonymously posted unverified popular opinion." I was being sarcastic folks, but I was also being truthful; despite being named to sound like one, Wikipedia is not an encyclopedia. Its is a compendium of popular opinion which can be altered changed at any time by anyone who wishes. Do not trust it. I've found many glaring errors on Wikipedia during nothing more than casual surfing, and I think everyone is well advised to take anything you see there with large grain of salt. No, scratch that; don't take it at all. Wikipedia is a great starting point in your search for information, but it should never be the end of it. Read what Wikipedia has to say, then do your own research and legwork. You'll end up wiser and better informed in the end.

By: L T Holliday

L T Holliday — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:21:59 +0000

Your synopsis of Beowulf is not a synopsis of the epic poem. Instead, it is a synopsis of one of the movie versions of Beowulf. According to the poem, Grendel is a monster described as the “seed of Cain,” and Hrothgar is a righteous king of the Danes. After Grendel has ravaged the Danes for 12 years, Beowulf arrives, battles the monster in Hrothgar’s mead hall (named Heorot), and defeats him by ripping off his entire arm at the shoulder. He then mounts the arm on the wall. Grendel’s mother arrives the next night to retrieve her son’s arm and in the process takes and kills Hrothgar’s best thane, Æshere. The next morning, Beowulf and the others track Grendel’s mother back to their lair. As they approach a cliff overlooking the fen (swamp) where the lair is, they find Æschere’s head on the trail. Beowulf dives into the swampy lake, taking an entire day to reach the bottom, where he and Grendel’s mother fight, eventually to the death. Beowulf is able to kill her only by using a giant’s sword he finds in the lair, as magic spells kept regular weapons from working against her.

There is NOTHING about Hrothgar being responsible in any way for Grendel or the destruction he causes. All of that has been added in the movie version.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 22:04:03 +0000

Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention that on July 25th we were also been chosen to articipate in the TransFormers Webmaster Program. Being such a huge TransFormers nut, you'd have thought I'd have been all over this. Truth is, we're one of approximately 40 gozillion others, so its not all that special. Still its pretty cool. Click our link to the left to check out the trailer, download wallpapers and icons, and keep up with all things TransFormers.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:45:46 +0000

I’m hoping this is a good movie. I’m not the fan of Beowulf that Chris is but I loved 13th Warrior and other movies that are similar.