#Sinbad and the Caliph of Baghdad

[whitewaterpaper]

Månades urval lider av decemberfrossa, så det är lite färre filmer än vanligt.

Den Svarta Katten / Black Cat, the (1934) [🆓] Mmm. Bela Lugosi vs. Boris Karloff, inte genial med klart sevärd. Tack SVT!

Die Hard (1988) [__] Har nog sett den här i ungdomen, men mindes i princip bara slutskämtet. Okej, står pall för tiden tand.

Gift of Love: A Christmas Story, the (1983) [👎🆓🛑] Angela Lansbury och Polly Holliday gör båda bra roller, men filmen är i övrigt intetsägande och sentimentalt dravel.

Harald Handfaste (1947) [👍🔁]

Pang i Bygget (1965) [🆓] Lill-Babs och Thore Skogman. Charmig liten film svår att inte tycka om.

Rosa Pantern, den / Pink Panther, the (1963) [👎] Har säkert sett den som barn. Överreklamerad.

Sinbad and the Caliph of Baghdad / Simbad e il califfo di Bagdad (1973) [🆓] Sinbad utan förstärkning av Harryhausen, går det... Italienarna gör ett godkänt försök.

Super Mario Bros. Filmen / Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) [👍] Det som roar mig mest är spåren till filmen från 1993 man skönjer.

Wonka (2023) [👍] Jag har sett 4D-bio! Vet inte hur mycket det bidrog till själva filmen (som inte krävde 3D-glasögon f.ö.) men filmen är faktiskt riktigt bra.

Zorro (1975) [🔁🆓]

Det är väl värt att ögna igenom SVT Plays filmutbud denna månad. Om än att någon film säker försvann vid månadsskiftet. T.ex. Pang i Bygget som var lite av en överraskning.

#senast sedda filmer #månadens filmer #Den Svarta Katten #the Black Cat #Die Hard #the Gift of Love: A Christmas Story #Harald Handfaste #Pang i Bygget #den Rosa Pantern #the Pink Panther #Sinbad and the Caliph of Baghdad #Simbad e il califfo di Bagdad #Super Mario Bros. Filmen #Super Mario Bros. Movie #Wonka #Wonka 2023 #Zorro #senast sedda film #film #movie

[tyrannoninja]

Sinbad and the Lost Continent

Inspired by the accounts of Sinbad the Sailor’s seven escapades, another Baghdadi by the same name has ventured out into the Indian Ocean in search of the treasures of ancient Lemuria. Before having even landed on the lost continent’s shores, this Sinbad’s already run into trouble with its indigenous wildlife!

The Sinbad you see here is actually the second of two characters named Sinbad in the 1001 Arabian Nights. He is a poor landsman to whom the famous sailor narrates his seven adventures back in Baghdad (then under the rule of the Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid). One wonders if he might have been inspired by the other Sinbad to strike it rich out on the high seas!

#sinbad #arabian nights #arab #iraqi #middle eastern #pteranodon #pterodactyls #pterosaurs #prehistoric #lost world #lemuria #fantasy #digital art #art

[cutetimster]

The evocative cult film Sinbad and the Caliph of Baghdad in 1973

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[soyu6]

Sinbad and the Caliph of Baghdad (1973) Robert Malcolm, Sonia Wilson | A...

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[docrotten]

THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1958) – Episode 144 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era

“If you are indeed a magician, why do you not use your great power to slay the one-eyed monster?” Of course, the princess is speaking of the Cyclops. Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Whitney Collazo, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, and Jeff Mohr, along with guest host Ralph Miller – as they once again marvel at the wonders of Ray Harryhausen’s skill and artistry in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958).

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 144 – The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

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When a princess is shrunken by an evil wizard, Sinbad must undertake a quest to an island of monsters to cure her and prevent a war.

Director: Nathan Juran

Writer: Ken Kolb (as Kenneth Kolb); Ray Harryhausen (story)

Producer: Charles H. Schneer

Composer: Bernard Herrmann

Cinematographer: Wilkie Cooper

Editors: Edwin H. Bryant (as Edwin Bryant), Jerome Thoms

Visual Effects: Ray Harryhausen (special visual effects creator)

Assistant Directors: Eugenio Martín; Pedro de Juan

Selected Cast:

Kerwin Mathews as Sinbad

Kathryn Grant as Princess Parisa

Richard Eyer as Barani, the Genie

Torin Thatcher as Sokurah

Alec Mango as the Caliph of Baghdad

Harold Kasket as the Sultan, Parisa’s father

Alfred Brown as Harufa, Sinbad’s loyal right-hand man

Nana DeHerrera as Sadi (as Nana de Herrera)

Nino Falanga as Gaunt Sailor

Luis Guedes as Crewman

Virgilio Teixeira as Ali, one of Sinbad’s crewmen

Danny Green as Karim, the leader of the mutineers

Juan Olaguivel as Golar

The Classic Era Grue-Crew, with the help of Ralph Miller III, tackles the Ray Harryhausen stop-motion masterpiece, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad. Kerwin Matthews is Sinbad. Kathryn Grant is Princess Parisa. Richard Eyer is Barani, the Genie. And, Torin Thatcher is Sokurah. The film is filled with beautifully crafted monsters: giant Rocs, a horned Cyclops, a dragon, and a skeleton warrior – and more. All this and “Dynamation!” as well. Yes sir, a Monster Kid’s dream. All this and they forgot to mention second unit director Eugenio Martino, the director of Horror Express (1972).

At the time of this writing, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad is available to stream with ads from Tubi and Crackle, as well as multiple PPV suppliers. It is also available on physical media in a Blu-ray format from various companies as an individual film or as part of a collection.

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule, chosen by Chad, will be Faust (1926), directed by F.W. Murnau and starring Emil Jannings. This will be the eighth silent horror movie covered by the Classic Era Grue-Crew. Bring on the intertitles!

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Check out this episode!

[bazmeurdu]

الف لیلیٰ کا سحر

ایک بڑی کتاب کے پیچھے ایک بڑا ذہن اور ایک بڑا تجربہ ہوتا ہے۔ ایک بڑا مصنف بہت سے، ان گنت، چھوٹے، گمنام اور عام مصنفوں کی ہل چلائی ہوئی زمین میں اپنی ذہانت، تجربے اور روایت کا بیج بوتا ہے۔ ہر بڑی کتاب ایک خاص معاشرے اور تہذیب کی عکاسی ہی نہیں کرتی بلکہ اس بڑی تہذیب اور معاشرے کی پیداوار بھی ہوتی ہے۔ بعض کتابوں کو پوری انسانی تہذیب اور ان گنت انسانوں اور نسلوں کا اجتماعی تجربہ تحریر کرتا ہے۔ کسی ماہیا، کسی بولی، ان گنت لوک گیتوں اور کتھاؤں کی طرح بعض کتابوں کے مصنفوں کے بارے میں بھی کبھی علم نہیں ہوتا کہ وہ کون تھے۔ ہر دور میں انسان ایک تہذیب اور ایک معاشرے کو جنم دیتا رہا اور پھر یہ تہذیب اور یہ معاشرہ اپنا اظہار بھی کرتا رہا۔ 

ایلورا اور افریقی ممالک کی غاروں میں زمانہ قدیم میں کی گئی تصویر کشی اور سنگ تراشی دراصل انسانوں کے اجتماعی تہذیبی اور تخلیقی جذبوں ہی کا اظہار تھا۔ ’’الف لیلیٰ‘‘ بھی ایک ایسی کتاب ہے جس کو ایک تہذیب نے جنم دیا۔ انتظار حسین نے لکھا ہے ’’الف لیلیٰ کو جس تخلیق نے جنم دیا ہے، آج ہم اس کے خالق یا خالقوں کے نام صحیح طور پر نہیں بتا سکتے۔ بس یوں سمجھ لیجیے کہ سارے عربوں نے یا پوری تہذیب نے اسے تصنیف کیا ہے۔‘‘ ایک پوری تہذیب کی یہ تصنیف ۔۔۔ الف لیلیٰ، دنیا کی ان معدودے چند کتابوں میں سے ہے جس نے ایک وطن میں بھی اس طرح جنم لیا کہ جیسے اس کا خمیر عالم گیریت اور بین الاقوامیت سے اٹھا ہو اور مکمل ہونے کے بعد بھی اس کا گھر اور وطن ساری دنیا ہو۔ الف لیلیٰ کے ایک ہزار ایک روپ ہیں۔ 

یہ عربوں کی اس تہذیب کی پیداوار ہے جس میں عرب تاجر کی حیثیت سے دنیا دنیا گھومتے تھے۔ رنگ رنگ کے لوگوں کو ملتے اور طرح طرح کے عجائبات سے متعارف ہوتے تھے۔ خاص قبائلی طرزاحساس رکھنے والے ان جہانیاں جہاں گشت عربوں نے دنیا بھر میں جو دیکھا، جو سنا، وہ اپنے خاص انداز میں، قصے اور حکایت کے روپ میں الف لیلیٰ کی کہانیوں میں یک جان کر دیا۔ محققین نے الف لیلیٰ پر جو کام کیا ہے، وہ بہت پھیلا ہوا ہے۔ صدیوں سے الف لیلیٰ انسانوں کے مطالعے میں رہی ہے۔ ایک نسل سے دوسری نسل تک، ایک ملک سے دوسرے ملک اور ایک زبان سے دوسری زبان تک، الف لیلیٰ کا سفر، چہار اکناف عالم کا احاطہ کرتا ہے۔ دیس دیس کے لوگوں اور محققوں نے اپنے اپنے زمانے میں جادو کے اس پٹارے کے طلسم کے بارے میں کھوج لگانے کی کوشش کی ہے اور کچھ نتائج برآمد کیے ہیں۔

الف لیلیٰ میں بہت سی ایسی کہانیاں ہیں جو دوسرے ملکوں میں بھی پائی جاتی ہیں۔ مثلاً الہٰ دین اور جادوئی چراغ کو ہی لیجیے تو اس کا قدیم ترین سراغ قدیم چین میں بھی ملتا ہے۔ سند باد کے ڈانڈے قدیم تہذیبوں سے جا ملتے ہیں۔ اس طرح بہت سی کہانیوں کے واقعات و عناصر ایسے ہیں جو عربوں کی سیاحت اور تجارتی سفر کے تجربے کے حوالے سے عربوں تک پہنچے اور انہوں نے ان کو اپنا رنگ دے کر الف لیلیٰ میں شامل کر لیا۔ یہ بھی ثابت ہو چکا ہے کہ کتابی اور تحریری صورت میں آنے سے پہلے یہ کہانیاں عرب ایک دوسرے کو سناتے تھے۔ حتیٰ کہ عربوں کے معاشرے میں بڑے میلے لگتے۔ وہاں شاعری کے مقابلوں کے ساتھ ساتھ کہانیاں سنانے کا بھی مقابلہ ہوتا تھا۔ بازاروں اور قہوہ خانوں اور سراؤں میں بھی داستان گو، یہ کہانیاں سناتے تھے۔

سفر کے مراحل طے کرنے والے قافلے کہیں پڑاؤ کرتے تو کہانیوں کا سلسلہ بھی شروع ہو جاتا۔ تھکن بھی اتر جاتی اور ذہن بھی تازہ ہو جاتا۔ الف لیلیٰ کو کس نے پہلی کتابی اور تحریری صورت دی، اس سلسلہ میں کسی ایک کا نام نہیں لیا جاتا۔ محققوں نے بھی جو تحقیق کی ہے، وہ بھی کسی دوٹوک فیصلے تک نہیں پہنچتی۔ الف لیلیٰ کو ایک پورے معاشرے، ایک پوری جیتی جاگتی دنیا اور ایک بھرپور تہذیب نے تخلیق کیا ہے۔ تاہم ہمیں محققوں کے حوالے سے ضرور پتہ چلتا ہے کہ الف لیلیٰ کو تحریر کرنے کا زمانہ عباسی دور کے خلفا یا اس کے بعد کا ہے۔ الف لیلیٰ کے جادو اور طلسم کا اندازہ تو اس سے لگایا جا سکتا ہے کہ ممکنہ طور پر عباسی دور خلافت کے بعد جب یہ تحریری صورت میں آئی تو ساری دنیا میں اس طرح مقبول ہوئی جیسے واقعی جادو سر چڑھ کر بولتا ہے۔ 

اب تک اس کا جادو قائم ہے اور آئندہ بھی قائم رہے گا۔ الف لیلیٰ میں سحر ہے، کشش ہے، ایسا جادو ہے جو سب کو اسیر کر لیتا ہے، عالمی ادب میں شاید چند ہی ایسی کتابیں ہوں گی جن کے اثرات اتنے ہمہ گیر اورلافانی ہوں گے جتنے الف لیلیٰ کے۔ الف لیلیٰ کے کرداروں نے عالمی ادب کو نئی معنویت، نئی علامتیں اور نئے استعاروں کی دولت سے ہر دور میں مالا مال کیا ہے۔ یہ وہ کردار ہیں جو نہ صرف ایک تہذیب کی پیداوار ہیں بلکہ ہر انسان کے جذبات، امنگوں، حسرتوں، خوشیوں، مہموں، جذبۂ سیاحت، نفرت، محبت اور ان گنت احساسات کی ترجمانی کرتے ہیں۔  

طاہر ستار

#Urdu #Urdu Poetry #Aladdin #Ali Baba #Alif Laila #Caliph of Baghdad #Harun al-Rashid #Sinbad the Sai

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Suffer not Your neighbor's affliction

Suffer not Your neighbor's paralysis

But extend your hand Extend your hand

Lest you vanish in the city And be but a trace

Just a vanished ghost And your legacy

All the things you knew Science, mathematics, thought

Severely weakened Like irrigation systems

In the tired veins forming From the Tigris and Euphrates

In the realm of peace All the world revolved

All the world revolved Around a perfect circle

City of Baghdad City of scholars

Empirical humble Center of the world

City in ashes City of Baghdad

City of Baghdad Abrasive aloof…

Oh, in Mesopotamia Aloofness ran deep

Deep in the veins of the great rivers

That form the base Of Eden

And the tree The tree of knowledge

Held up its arms To the sky

All the branches of knowledge All the branches of knowledge

Cradling Cradling

Civilization In the realm of peace

All the world revolved Around a perfect circle

Oh Baghdad Center of the world

City of ashes With its great mosques

Erupting from the mouth of god Rising from the ashes like

a speckled bird Splayed against the mosaic sky

Oh, clouds around We created the zero

But we mean nothing to you You would believe

That we are just some mystical tale We are just a swollen belly

That gave birth to Sinbad, Scheherazade We gave birth

Oh, oh, to the zero The perfect number

We invented the zero And we mean nothing to you

Our children run through the streets

And you sent your flames Your shooting stars

Shock and awe Shock and awe

Like some, some Imagined warrior production

Twenty-first century No chivalry involved

No Bushido

Oh, the code of the West Long gone

Never been Where does it lie?

You came, you came Through the west

Annihilated a people And you come to us

But we are older than you You come you want to

You want to come and rob the cradle

Of civilization And you read yet you read

You read Genesis You read of the tree

You read of the tree Beget by god

That raised its branches into the sky Every branch of knowledge

Of the cradle of civilization…

City of scholarship

Science City of ideas

City of light City

City of ashes That the great Caliph

Walked through His naked feet formed a circle

And they built a city

A perfect city of Baghdad

In the realm of peace

And all the world revolved

And they invented And they mean nothing to you

Nothing to you Nothing

Go to sleep Go to sleep my child

Go to sleep And I'll sing you a lullaby

A lullaby for our city A lullaby of Baghdad

Go to sleep Sleep my child

Sleep Sleep

Run Run

You sent your lights Your bombs

You sent them down on our city Shock and awe

Like some crazy T.V. show

They're robbing the cradle of civilization

They're robbing the cradle of civilization

They're robbing the cradle of civilization

Suffer not The paralysis of your neighbor

Suffer not But extend your hand….

#Spotify

[kevlo75]

Like the 1001 Nights the Sinbad story-cycle has a frame story which goes as follows: in the days of Harun al-Rashid, Caliph of Baghdad 🇮🇶 , a poor porter (one who carries goods for others in the market and throughout the city) pauses to rest on a bench outside the gate of a rich merchant's house, where he complains to God about the injustice of a world which allows the rich to live in ease while he must toil and yet remain poor. The owner of the house hears and sends for the porter, finding that they are both named Sinbad. The rich Sinbad tells the poor Sinbad that he became wealthy "by Fortune and Fate" in the course of seven wondrous voyages, which he then proceeds to relate. #sinbad #sohar 🇴🇲 #samarcande 🇺🇿 #ispahan 🇮🇷 #fujeirah 🇦🇪 (à Sohar, Oman) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXyCrw8tGyz/?utm_medium=tumblr

#sinbad #sohar #samarcande #ispahan #fujeirah

[itsmeprinceraj]

Love can change anyone but betrayal can break every sign of trusting once again. _ Prince Raj . . BOOK:- Sinbad And the Trumpet of Israfil AUTHOR:- @kevin_9695 GENRE:- Mythological fiction PAGES:- 326 RATING:- 5 Stars PUBLISHER:- @penguinrandomhouse . . 📜Review I always love to read the book which has adventures journey with some magical touch and this book gave me that and I had a wonderful time reading it. It had a good ending which gave me a delightful experience and I am looking forward to reading more of Sinbad and his tales. Kevin missal now always amazes me with his writing and I feel happy to read him and his book inspired me to read mythological stories more and more. I was very glad to read that the book has also given some light on the condition of women in society and also shown some courageous women who are far better than any men and that scene was very charismatic for me. Recommend to mythological lovers and fantasy lovers. ⚔️Glimpse in a blink ⚔️ A magical world with some gruesome creatures, blood-sucking vampires and the angel of death who has sided with evil forces and training a cat-eyed girl to become evil but she has a soft heart for one soul and he is Sinbad the monster hunter. Sinbad has been assigned caliphate of Baghdad to track down the trumpet which has the power to wake up the beast which can unleash evil and destroy the whole world with his power, for to track down where is the trumpet he has to make a team sail towards the sea. Safina the girl with cat eyes is now on the way to wake up the beast and to fulfil her destiny as she is the daughter of evil and is assigned to make the evil stronger and Angel of death is helping her to do it. He is afraid to do what he has to do, about her the girl whom he loved and now he has to kill her to save the world. An extraordinary adventures journey has started and Sinbad and his teams are ready to strike any danger in their way to save the world. Will they be successful or not, to know more you will have to read the book. Happy reading 😊 ... #sinbadandthetrumpetofisrafil #kevinmissal #mythologicalfiction #sinbad #beholderofopensky #bookstagrammers #booksofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CR2_KHxLzEF/?utm_medium=tumblr

#sinbadandthetrumpetofisrafil #kevinmissal #mythologicalfiction #sinbad #beholderofopensky #bookstagrammers #booksofinstagram

[atamascolily]

The Eye of Kratos

In which Sinbad rescues his ex-girlfriend, Maeve is not impressed, the crew infiltrates a corrupt temple in search of a holy relic, there is a lot of rope swinging, and spiders don’t really work like that.

Oh, and there’s an ELEPHANT. For... reasons.

(All photos courtesy of Far Far Away.)

Arriving in the fictional kingdom of Lintopia, whose inhabitants appear spooked and oppressed by the “Day of Punishment”, Sinbad spots an old friend in the crowd by following the shouting:

It’s the pirate queen Talia, aka “The Black Rose of Oman,” about to be executed by a firing squad group of archers for stealing a map showing the way to “The Eye of Kratos”. She is sassy and causes a surprising amount of damage even with her hands tied to a stake. Sinbad just smiles. “She hasn’t changed.”

Of course, Sinbad and crew intervene and a battle ensues. In the aftermath, Talia is delighted to see Sinbad and Doubar, intrigued by Rongar and Firouz and curious about Maeve. Oh, and she’s sure to thank Sinbad for his efforts:

Maeve is not impressed. Sad, poignant Maeve theme music here as we cut to credits. 

Cut to the local tavern. Talia is charming everyone except Maeve - even Dermott, to Maeve’s dismay - with her extrovert personality and sex appeal. We get some backstory here - she sailed with Sinbad and Doubar back in the day and they had tons of adventures.  Chronologically, this was before Firouz sailed with Sinbad, because Firouz doesn’t know her, and well before Sinbad and Doubar were separated in the storm two years before the pilot episode. Probably after Dim-dim raised Sinbad like a father in Baghdad, though. So... early twenties, probably. (I assume Sinbad is 30-35 in the show.)

It’s not directly stated here that she and Sinbad were lovers (that’s in the episode summaries I’ve sen), but judging by the chemistry between them, that probably happened and Sinbad was the one who broke it off.

Talia does have this mysterious map tucked away in her bosom, and she wants Sinbad and company to use it to help her destroy the Eye of Kratos, a mysterious object owned by the creepy cult that is dominating the kingdom. Everyone agrees except Maeve. Sinbad gives her his best puppy dog expression and she caves. I mean, wouldn’t you?

If you want to infiltrate a cult, you have to dress like cultists, so they do. For some reason, this involves an elephant.

Maeve is riding the elephant - probably because she is Friend to All Most Living Things, and can talk to it, although this is not shown.

Haha, the tribute is the same gold and jewels from Episode 14! Hahaha! ... Moving on.

Anyway, birds are not allowed in creepy cult temples, unless they are service birds, so Dermott has to stay outside.

Inside the temple, there is a man in a cage over a pit of sharpened spikes who was caught trying to steal the Eye of Kratos. He is eaten by a giant tarantula, who was last seen in Episode 8 in an entirely different context.

You know as well as I do that at least one of the crew is going to end up in that cage in the next twenty minutes and have to fight the spider because Things Go Wrong. Do I even have to explain that? 

Anyway, they go back the next day to see the Eye of Kratos in the morning sunrise service.  A Vestal Virgin opens the doorway and they circumambulate a statue holding a giant glowing orb. Firouz use SCIENCE! to determine it’s actually a giant diamond catching the light. Meanwhile, Talia sneaks away to try to steal some jewels and gets caught by a booby trap.

Sinbad rescues her, but they both get caught by the temple guards and end up in the cage. WHAT DID I TELL YOU.

Happily, Dermott is watching everything, somehow having snuck into the temple on his own, because Dermott does not believe in rules. Dermott is too cool for your stupid cult rules. Sinbad gives Dermott Talia’s map of the temple to give to Maeve so the crew can rescue them.

Maeve is sad at the thought of Sinbad and Talia alone together, but she needn’t have worried. Talia tries to hit on Sinbad, and he gently turns her down. Sinbad is very good at turning people down gently and gets a LOT of practice over the course of the season.

Meanwhile, Firouz uses the map plus SCIENCE! to get the crew past the temple booby traps despite an inconvenient incense allergy. They get to the cage just as the giant tarantula begins descending for maximum drama.

Y’all know tarantulas are harmless ground dwellers, right, and don’t slide down rope like this? But the way Firouz whispers “Aim true, Rongar,” as Rongar throws up the rope to the cage for Sinbad to catch makes me really surprised there isn’t Firouz/Rongar slashfic on the Internet.

Anyway, so Sinbad and Talia slide to safety just in the nick of time. Maeve lobs a fireball at the rope, which earns a respectful look from Talia.

The bad CGI spider is squished on the spikes. Ouch. No one mourns.

Meanwhile, the temple guards sound the alarm there are intruders, finally. We learn the Vestal Virgin’s sleeping with the head priest, who puts on a lot of makeup, and the whole religion is a scam to extort treasure from the populace, just like Talia claimed.

Firouz manages to open the secret door to the chamber with the Eye and everyone rushes in without stopping to congratulate him. Happily, Firouz has learned to cope with rejection by this point in the series. Sinbad has to swing from another rope to snag the Eye while not being blinded by the glare, while guards attack.

There is a battle as the crew flees for the exit. On the steps of the temple, Talia demands that Sinbad hand over the Eye. Sinbad is stoically resigned, probably aware from the beginning that Talia was up to no good, but hoping he could take her at her word anyway.

But the temple guards attack and in the scuffle, Sinbad looks over to see Talia, the head priest, and the Vestal Virgin wrestling with the stone.

It goes flying and... shatters into a million pieces on the ground. Everyone is stunned, especially Talia and the Vestal Virgin, who slaps the priest for leading her on about a “wedding present”. Sinbad yells out, “Does anyone feel like dying over this?” and everyone sheepishly agrees that they don’t.

Talia claims to be repentant, and tries to get Sinbad to come with her to keep her honest, but Sinbad points to his crew, who is posing like they’re at the New York Public Library or something and his answer is clear. Talia shrugs, and mutters something about borrowing a boat. She steals a horse while the crew watches and vanishes towards the coast.

Everything’s chill until Sinbad puts the dots together and realizes she’s about to steal his boat. Panic ensues. Cut to end credits.

NOTES:

1) Talia asks if Sinbad is still on the Nomad in the bar scene. This might be the first mention of the boat’s name in the show. But this particular boat was given to Sinbad by the Caliph of Baghdad in the pilot... so plot hole there. You could retcon it by saying that Sinbad names all his boats the Nomad, but it still wouldn’t explain why Doubar says they “still do”. Did theyfix up the wrecked original Nomad instead? WHY WILL NO ONE EXPLAIN THESE THINGS TO ME? WHY CAN’T WE BE CLEAR ABOUT CONTINUITY IN THIS SHOW?

2) How much do you think the elephant cost? More or less than reusing the CGI spider?

3) It’s great to see more hints of Sinbad’s earlier life. And my Maeve x Sinbad shipper heart gets some serious twinges here.

4) Has Sinbad figured out what Dermott really is, yet? I still can’t tell here.

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