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To: NicknamedBob
Oh gee Bob, it's really great. It's about a paled skinned, bald, troubled teen. He had lived with aging grandparents who could not cope with his strange power. He was sent to a boys school. Of course, he suffered all sorts of torment there.

It seems his mental capabilities were all developed and he held super natural power. The story line referred to Albert Einstein's theory of a fully developed brain, and the power that goes with it. Other factors too.
986 posted on 06/13/2004 5:56:45 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (~The Dragon Flies' Lair~ Poetry and Prose~)
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To: bentfeather

Oh, the movie is called Powder.
*ugh*
Saw that movie, sorry about not recognising it before.
Didn't like how they ended the movie though.


987 posted on 06/13/2004 6:07:17 PM PDT by Darksheare (Warning! File Mind.DB corrupted! Repaired with backup mind file dated 02/27/99.)
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To: bentfeather

Ah, Powder. That one I did see.

Very moving part about the deer. I do not endorse extreme vegetarianism, however. Consider where that would leave eskimos, and other aboriginal cultures, most of which showed extreme respect, and reverence, for the animals they HAD to consume.

And consider that our own Judeo-Christian roots have, at their beginning, the references and necessity of animal husbandry, and sacrifice.

Useless slaughter is shameful, but there is such a thing as useful slaughter. And it is unfortunately necessary.

As to the "powers" that the young man employed, they were interesting, but seemed much more trouble than they were worth.

If I were to choose a "superpower" it would be the ability to be elsewhere when trouble came looking for me. Teleportation? That's one name for it. Anticipation and prevention is another way to make it happen.


992 posted on 06/13/2004 6:27:17 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (You don't find happiness, you WILL it -- just as you will an open hand, instead of a clenched fist.)
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