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Re: Classical Chinese Literature in Halo?
Posted By: The Freeloader <pfhorseven@gmail.com>Date: 4/2/06 11:26 a.m.

In Response To: Classical Chinese Literature in Halo? (UrsusArctos)

: The battle rifle has the words "The monkey king" inscribed on its
: right side, right in front of where it says "Kal 9.5x40",
: something that was spotted way back in the E3 2003 demo.

: According to the wikipedia, the monkey king or Sun Wukong, to give his
: chinese name, is a fictional character based on ancient myths and tales.
: He is an extraordinary monkey with extreme strength, power and a taste for
: mischief.

: In addition to being immensely powerful and nearly indestructible (Becoming
: even more so in later adventures), he had fiery red eyes (Result of an
: attempt by heavenly deities to melt the indestructible troublemaker), and
: a magical iron rod that could change its shape and size, as well as some
: magical armor, both of which he wrangled out of a dragon king.

: For all the chaos and mayhem he wreaked, the Buddha imprisoned him under a
: mountain for five hundred years, and released him on the condition that he
: accompany a monk to India on a sacred mission to recover and translate
: Buddhist holy texts. He has no choice but to obey the monk on the journey.
: If he reverts to any of his old mischief, he'll have to suffer intolerable
: pain.

: This might seem a whole lot of trite to most of the people reading this;
: other than something silly on the side of the battle rifle, where's the
: Halo in it? Or rather, where is it in Halo?

: Now, who's the logical monkey king in Halo? Tartarus, the Brute chieftain.
: That boss battle at the end proves that he's far stronger and tougher than
: any other brute. Magical armor and staff? He has that super shield system
: and that hammer, "The Fist of Rukt (Which means 'Blood' in Hindi and
: Sanskrit). He's got red eyes too. I can't say that he's a perfect copy of
: the monkey king, but he does match many of his features.

: In the novel First Strike, there is a file called "King under the
: mountain" which may not refer to scandinavian myth but to the monkey
: king, who was imprisoned under a mountain.

: And finally, Tartarus has to do what Truth orders. In the scene where Mercy
: is abandoned after being attacked by a flood form, Tartarus is disgusted
: by Truth's reaction, but he follows Truth without helping Mercy at all. Is
: it because he is a blind follower or is it because he has no choice in the
: matter?

I remember watching weird movies about the monkey king when I was smaller.

http://useruploads.mythica.org/view.cgi?f=Elite_Ke


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Replies:

Classical Chinese Literature in Halo?UrsusArctos 4/2/06 8:57 a.m.
     Re: Classical Chinese Literature in Halo?Spartan Jag 4/2/06 10:22 a.m.
           Re: Classical Chinese Literature in Halo?UrsusArctos 4/3/06 8:40 a.m.
     Re: Classical Chinese Literature in Halo?The Freeloader 4/2/06 11:26 a.m.
           Re: Classical Chinese Literature in Halo?j41m3z 4/2/06 2:05 p.m.
                 Re: Classical Chinese Literature in Halo?Doctor Nightfall 4/2/06 2:24 p.m.
                       Re: Classical Chinese Literature in Halo?UrsusArctos 4/4/06 8:15 a.m.
                 Re: Classical Chinese Literature in Halo?The Freeloader 4/2/06 2:53 p.m.
                       Re: Classical Chinese Literature in Halo?Frofalcon 4/5/06 9:18 a.m.
                             Re: Classical Chinese Literature in Halo?Frankie 4/5/06 5:07 p.m.
     Re: Classical Chinese Literature in Halo?joel 6/13/06 10:07 a.m.
           Re: Classical Chinese Literature in Halo?UrsusArctos 6/13/06 10:41 a.m.
           Re: Classical Chinese Literature in Halo?Popetacular 6/13/06 10:44 a.m.



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