Lute breathed in the sweet aroma of roasting meat that permeated the campsite and felt his stomach grumble painfully. Discomfort was just another enemy to best, and the priest of Kord felt he needed a victory this night.
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I’m going to talk about a master class in believable, and utterly epic, battle sequences.
To do so, I’m going to use what I think might be the most underrated film of all time.
Conan the Barbarian.
Read MoreBut there is another kind of experience inherent in storytelling, fundamental to being human.
It is the experience of imagining, of transportation into worlds of wonder, of exploration and immersion.
It is being swept of your feet, or discovering you can fly - whatever your preference.
It is the young girl who imagines a rainbow-feathered parrot on her shoulder, and a big, black captain's hat on her head, sailing towards a chest of shining gold.
And no genre can quite compete with fantasy in this regard. Ne genre is quite so inclusive.
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