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Discussion => Off topic => Topic started by: jimbob966 on February 14, 2012, 04:23 pm
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Thought some people would like to know what this stands for. There's a great Wiki article on it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dread_Pirate_Roberts
Dread Pirate Roberts
Quoted from Wikipedia
"At the beginning of The Princess Bride, the only thing known concerning the Dread Pirate Roberts is that he never leaves captives alive.
It is revealed during the course of the story that Roberts is not one man, but a series of individuals who periodically pass the name and reputation to a chosen successor. Everyone except the successor and the former Roberts is then released at a convenient port, and a new crew is hired. The former Roberts stays aboard as first mate, referring to his successor as "Captain Roberts", and thereby establishing the new Roberts' persona. After the crew is convinced, the former Roberts leaves the ship and retires on his earnings.
Westley, the hero of The Princess Bride, is on a voyage to seek his fortune when his ship is captured by the Dread Pirate and reported dead.[2] While the other passengers are weeping and offering bribery for their lives, Westley simply asks Roberts to please not kill him. The "please" arousing his interest, Roberts asks, "Why should I make an exception of you?" Westley then explains his mission to get enough money to reunite himself with Buttercup. Westley's description of Buttercup's beauty intrigues Roberts to the point that he hires Westley as a personal attendant. While Roberts is continually impressed with Westley's work, he continues to keep Westley's future in doubt by saying each night "Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning." After about three years, Roberts and Westley have grown close, and Roberts promotes Westley to his second-in-command. Shortly after that, Roberts reveals to Westley that the guise of the "Dread Pirate Roberts" is merely a nom de guerre that he has inherited. Westley goes on to explain that the method works because Roberts' notorious reputation inspires overwhelming fear in sailors. Ships immediately capitulate and surrender their wealth rather than be captured, a fate they imagine to be certain death. A pirate operating under his own name is said to be incapable of such infamy: "No one would surrender to the Dread Pirate Westley."
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It's interesting because the owner of SR uses this name... But I don't see how it actually relates to him. odd.
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Neat.
+1
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It's interesting because the owner of SR uses this name... But I don't see how it actually relates to him. odd.
Are you sure you don't see the relevance? :-)
V.
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It's interesting because the owner of SR uses this name... But I don't see how it actually relates to him. odd.
Are you sure you don't see the relevance? :-)
V.
srsly, its quite obvious
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Always thought DPR was not one person.
Maybe he is like a James Bond on drugs.
Love to see a fiending Bond - whacking some civilians for the cash then whacking the dealer, making love to his widow and then stealing the widescreen and kids playstations, x boxes and shit.
Off topid but back to the article, yes of course, it is relevant.
Quite an intellectual love in going on here.
;D
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I find it tickling that the founder of a black market picked his name out of a delightful movie like The Princess Bride, especially as it is only too fitting a name.
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I see it as is. Very legit post.
And obviously.. he/she/they know what DPR was.. hence why the picked it.. so there HAS to be relevance.
And it's like the whole Satoshi Nakamoto BtC thing... that he wasn't one person but a string of people.
Just to throw off the average brained person.
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Jesus Christ just watch "The Princess Bride".
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When was this film done?
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When was this film done?
Wikipedia motherfucker, do you read it?
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When was this film done?
Wikipedia motherfucker, do you read it?
Lol I am busy setting up a coke wash, I can't be arsed to open another browser lol.
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1987 you lazy bastard
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Also, can't believe this is the first time this came up.
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1987 you lazy bastard
Hold on, is that the film that guy has a Spanish side-kick?
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Also, can't believe this is the first time this came up.
It's not
this thread is from Feb.
:)
nomad
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Ah, I am blind.
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1987 you lazy bastard
Hold on, is that the film that guy has a Spanish side-kick?
"Hello, My name is Inigo Montonya. You killed my father. Prepare to die"
Remember now?
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SPOILER ALERT:
Cary Elwes runs Silk Road Marketplace
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1987 you lazy bastard
Hold on, is that the film that guy has a Spanish side-kick?
"Hello, My name is Inigo Montonya. You killed my father. Prepare to die"
Remember now?
OHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Shit the bed I love that film, haven't seen it in years as well. Might download it later.
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When was this film done?
Wikipedia motherfucker, do you read it?
Mmm, pulpy like I like my oj.
Now there's two movies I need to see again.
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I figured everyone got the reference! ha. well it's a great movie i've seen countless times, but not in the past year or two due to how busy i've been. I think i'll have to make room in my schedule to watch it again. Though i think i can still pretty much quote it from memory. I have an audio-phonic memory. Like a photo-grapic memory, but with sounds and whatnot. Yes i made that up, but it fits rather well. :)
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I figured everyone got the reference! ha. well it's a great movie i've seen countless times, but not in the past year or two due to how busy i've been. I think i'll have to make room in my schedule to watch it again. Though i think i can still pretty much quote it from memory. I have an audio-phonic memory. Like a photo-grapic memory, but with sounds and whatnot. Yes i made that up, but it fits rather well. :)
Audio-eidetic memory. ^_^
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"INCONCEIVABLE!"
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. "
Fuck I love that movie, everyone should watch it before they die IMO. :))
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Fuck I love that movie, everyone should watch it before they die IMO. :))
Totally man, it truly is a classic, a must see if you haven't already.
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Fuck I love that movie, everyone should watch it before they die IMO. :))
Totally man, it truly is a classic, a must see if you haven't already.
Every film study class I have ever taken has made us watch that film, it's just incredible! :D