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Bad Movies / Re: 100 Historical Movies in O...

Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 02:39:34 PM

Also I would like to point out that chronological overlap is acceptable, as long as your movie ends after the previous one does. This may become more significant when we get to the 20th century.

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Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...

Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 02:36:47 PM

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Bad Movies / Re: 100 Historical Movies in O...

Last post by Dr. Whom - Today at 02:22:16 PM

There are a lot of obscure historical movies you could uncover with research, but jumping by centuries is probably inevitable at this point.

Quite. If you take any well known historical figure, chances are that someone somewhere has made a biopic. For instance about late antiquity/early middle ages, a quick search turned up two biopics of St. Augustine. There is also the two part 'The Last Roman' of 1968, a German-Italian-Rumanian coproduction about the Gothic Wars in Italy. With the Emperor Justinian played by Orson Welles, no less.

I don't think we ought to dig up curiosities like these yet. I'm all for sticking to fairly well-known ones.

#4

Off Topic Discussion / Re: World Cup?

Last post by Dr. Whom - Today at 02:11:56 PM

I predict France will demolish Morrocco later, but an upset would be nice

There are historical precedents

[ERIK SATIE Piano Works Daniel Varsano / Philippe Entremont pianists]

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Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...

Last post by Allhallowsday - Today at 02:04:07 PM

ERIK SATIE Piano Works  Daniel Varsano / Philippe Entremont pianists  

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Bad Movies / Re: 100 Historical Movies in O...

Last post by Dr. Whom - Today at 02:03:00 PM

Then the next would be

18) The 13th Warrior (1999)

Apparently set in the reign of Caliph al-Muqtadir (reigned 895-932 AD)

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Off Topic Discussion / Re: World Cup?

Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 01:45:29 PM

I quite liked the USA crowd's chant of: "Soccerball! Soccerball! We're gonna score a home run in the third quarter!"... (think that's what they were singing?)

I predict France will demolish Morrocco later, but an upset would be nice

[17) Erik the Conqueror (1961)]

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Bad Movies / Re: 100 Historical Movies in O...

Last post by pacman000 - Today at 12:23:18 PM

Was trying to think of a Beowulf movie, but most of those are set in 500 AD. :/ So...

17) Erik the Conqueror (1961)

Set around 800 AD. Still a jump, but not a 500-year jump.

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Entertainment / Re: Do you like vampire storie...

Last post by pacman000 - Today at 12:07:42 PM

 
Lots of editors say remove adverbs & adjectives, replace them with more precise words. I say keep 'em.

And, yes, those twists were great.

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Entertainment / Re: 2026 - The Annual "Track ...

Last post by pacman000 - Today at 11:51:10 AM

Circus World by Barry B. Longyear

Either a short story collection or a fix-up novel, about a world populated by circus folk, who settled there after their spaceship crashed. They must figure out what to do when two warring quadrants decide their planet is key in a coming conflict. Feels more like fantasy than science fiction, since the society has reverted to pre-modernism, but the last chapter is 100% sci-fi.

If I were to make a movie of it, I'd base said movie on three stories: The Tryouts, The Second Law, & Priest of the Baraboo; these contain the real plot of the book.