Well, that makes more sense, but being in the American market, I still feel like they're "dumbing it down" for me... and I resent that as much as I resent them altering something for better marketing.Edge wrote:Actually, it's a bit more than how appealing it sounds - the publishers thought that Americans wouldn't catch the historical reference, the 'philosopher's stone' being a mythical object that alchemists believed would change base metals into gold.
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"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
