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On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 23:19:19 -0500, "Mary" <notvalid@notin.com> wrote:

>> usenet as a whole is pretty much a
>> relic. I guess suits us :)
>
>Speak for yourself :) Hi Rudi, I seem to remember you from quite a while
>ago.

Hi again, and Good to see You too Mary :) (Us relics, heh heh :)

>it must be a very nice place to visit in real life. In Singers Hall, the
>paintings were mostly all real were they not? except for the one that was
>changed to suit the story -wasn't there a painting in the game of a wolf?.

No- in fact whole Engelhart story is a made-up thing. Wagner didn't 
compose anything to that effect. All other ornaments and decorations
are true and right there in Neuschwanstein castle.

>Very interesting. I always wondered if the various locations in Marienplatz
>really existed. 

Yes they do. Even the sausage stand is there, right next door to the
Übergrau's doorway :) And that doorway actually belongs to Munich city
government, IIRC there is City Zoning office behind the doors :)

>I found the door man or receptionist in the hunting club to
>be very pompour and self important and amusing. Were any of the more minor
>part actors in the game ordinary people or were all actors hired for the
>game?

Hmm let me try to recall... At least Wolf Muser (Herr doktor) and 
Andrea Martin (Gerde) were professional German actors, also Harald
Ûbergrau (well the actor of course) was clearly native German speaker.
OTOH some secondary characters were just as obviously American, 
speaking their lines phonetically without understanding anything they
said :) Police station and Ludwig museum receptionists first come to
my mind.

Don't remember about Xavier, IIRC his accent was of native German.
BTW Peter Lucas, guy who played the Baron , is really Polish.

>I found Ludwig's castle the most interesting looking through the rooms, etc.

Neuschwanstein Castle produced a walk-thru DVD about 10 years ago.
I was quite mad at myself for never getting it. However, today again
Youtube comes to rescue - there are tons of HD videos about the 
castle on y'tube. DVD has been out of print since many years -I have
checked it directly from the castle :( 

>I will have to check Youtube for Gabriel Knight location tour.
>It must be interesting to see the real locations in Munich.

You are most welcome. Have FUN !!

Cheers,
Rudi.