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October 01, 2004

National Treasure

The Flea makes no comment with respect to any specific claims made in this trailer for National Treasure. Urthshu reports that one of his friends, "a Mason, says that his Lodge is going en masse [or is it en bloc?] to the local premiere and essentially buy out all the seats."

Nicolas Cage stars as Ben Franklin Gates, an archaeologist and adventurer looking for the legendary lost treasure of the Templar Knights, spurred on by the stories he was told as a young man by his grandfather, John Adams Gates, twenty years before. John tells Ben the secret hiding place for the treasure is encoded on the back of the Declaration of Independence, placed there by none other than the founders of the United States of America, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at October 1, 2004 09:17 AM

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So what's the deal with this character's name? I get the Ben F. and John A., but Gates? Is this some sort of foreshadowing at a Republic of Windows? Will the 21st Century witness a Pax Microsoftia? I cringe at the thought.

And then I find that Diane Kruger is in it, thereby dramatically increasing the probability that I will actually watch this film. Cringe some more.

Posted by: Kelvin at October 2, 2004 07:54 PM