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[Wain]

bloodline wrote:

Karlos wrote:
They probably don't know what the Tan Hauser Gate is either then?

To be fair... no one does... except a select few si-fi geeks ;-) :-D

too bad most of those SF geeks don't know what Tannhäuser is either.

[bloodline]

Wain wrote:

bloodline wrote:

Karlos wrote:
They probably don't know what the Tan Hauser Gate is either then?

To be fair... no one does... except a select few si-fi geeks ;-) :-D

too bad most of those SF geeks don't know what Tannhäuser is either.

Indeed, but then maybe they have an excuse? Since the line from the film is clearly TannHauser not TannHäuser :-)

[Karlos]

Wain wrote:

too bad most of those SF geeks don't know what Tannhäuser is either.

A German poet (possibly legend) from the middle ages, I believe. Didn't Wagner create an opera about him?

[Wain]

@Karlos

Yes, botha  poet and a legend, the reference as a name is being pulled from the story of a knight who spends a year underground worshipping venus.

Makes a great poetical reference for a name that might be used in the future of some great location..the romantic insinuation being that this "gate" leads to the Venusberg... totally something I could see a scientist or artist referencing when naming some new place in space.  Also makes sense from a writers standpoint, what with Baty being the poet of the film after all.

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Venus?

Btw. I'm now listening to Edda, early (non-christion) medieval pieces about Brunhilde, Sigurd, Odin and Attila

[bloodline]

Actually THG might be able to trace it's name origins to the mysterious tale of Kaspar Hauser... Since even at a young age I was fascinated by the sound of German words and 18 years ago called my cat Kaspar...