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Orkboy:
I was aiming at more of an "Akiro voices the introduction of the original Conan movies," but I don't think it quite worked. 

Aziraphale:
I'm going to say this with no intention of snark, so apologies if it comes off that way:

If you're going to introduce a written story, a movie might not be your best starting point. The thing is, that voice narration can be gripping, meh, or downright clumsy; as long as you've got a good DP and cinematographer, you have a visual hook in case the words fail (I didn't remember much about the crawl text at the beginning of Star Wars past "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away" once that huge-ass Star Destroyer came on screen). You don't have the luxury of visuals (unless this is the intro to a comic or a graphic novel), so in this case, ambiguity is your friend. I'm with RF on this one; raise questions. Don't answer them 'til later (if then). So, if you want to take that literally:

"The idea of eternal return is a mysterious one, and Nietzsche has often perplexed other philosophers with it: to think that everything occurs as we once experienced it, and that the recurrence itself recurs ad infinitum! What does this mad myth signify?" (Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being )

Or,

"It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love." (Garcia-Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera )

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