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The shiny, plastic copy of which you can see today. Even David Lynch bought the feedback to explain its commercial failure. It is a brilliant screenplay (lynch again) distilled from a dense and complex book. The art direction and photography are extraordinary, leaving its near contemporary Blade Runner behind. The closest comparison is Jackson's Lord of the Rings - another long, complex book from which a screen play and art direction that did justice to Tolkien was crafted. Flaws there are but, over time, these can be appreciated as integral to the perfection, like the blue-green veins within Rochefort. All you who give less than full marks are little people who signify nothing.

Slavery appears to have been as fundamental as eating and procreation through human history. In fact, it probably helps define the genus Homo from its primate ancestors and cousins. Interestingly, Candace doesn't mention that, as a proportion of a countries population, it was probably the Icelanders who were the most enslaved! That's right... nice vicious white Vikings. The Africans (Berbers, mainly) sailed north, killed a bunch and enslaved around 400. Upon arriving in Algiers, the prisoners were incarcerated. The locals, intrigued by their unique appearance, frequently visited them. Many local women, both of African and European descent, expressed sympathy, with some offering bread to the children and others gifting small coins. Subsequently, the city's leader chose a few captives for himself, while the remainder were sold in the slave market.

After their arrival in Africa, many succumbed to diseases. About 100, predominantly younger captives, embraced Islam. However, eight years on, records show that 70 Icelanders remained Christian.

Some captives managed to send letters back to Iceland. One such letter, penned by Guttormur Hallsson from the Eastern Region in 1631 while in Barbary, detailed the disparities in their treatment. He wrote of the varied nature of their masters; while some captives had kind or moderate masters, others suffered under brutal tyrants who treated them harshly, made them work long hours with minimal food and clothing, and kept them in chains.