Relic Hunter...

[fajrdrako]

I was watching Relic Hunter as I got dressed this morning. Never saw the show before, but I like the idea of mixing old artifacts and adventure. Two remarkable quotes; first, a character who collects comic books says, "Comic books are modern myths, the only place you find heroes these days." I like that, and it encapsulates so much of what I love about comics.

Then he said, "The Templars were the rock stars of their day."

What, because of their acoustical guitars and their wild lifestyles? I'm trying to think in what ways an order of celibate fighting monks is like rock stars and the analogy eludes me.

It's a cute idea. Maybe he just meant 'because they were rich'.

(I know, I know, one doesn't look at a TV show for historical truths. Or if one does... one is either deluded or disappointed.)