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got any sevens posted:How about A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court I read that book. It was boring as gently caress.
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Jan 2, 2019 00:27
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got any sevens posted:How about A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 
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Jan 2, 2019 00:34
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got any sevens posted:How about A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
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Jan 2, 2019 00:53
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Casimir Radon posted:There's been soooooo many indirect adaptations. Black Knight, A Kid in King Arthur's Court, A Knight in Camelot (Whoopi), to name a few. Back to the Future 3 a bit also
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Jan 2, 2019 00:55
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Grendels Dad posted:They should just remake Excalibur, but with even bigger armor. I remember catching a bit of Excalibur on television late one night many years ago, specifically in the scene where a knight in full plate armour has sex with a woman who's in this wispy diaphanous robe, if not fully nude. It was actually not until I mentioned this right here in this subforum a couple of months ago that I realised they were the same movie. Regardless, not having seen much else of the movie, I assumed it must be some sort of over-the-top parody of sword and sorcery movies. I guess it must have been part of a theme for whatever channel it was, because I remember around the same time I also saw the Joan of Arc movie with Mila Jovovich which also had Dustin Hoffman playing her conscience, which strikes me like it might be a somewhat similar movie in some ways.
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Jan 2, 2019 01:25
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Grendels Dad posted:They should just remake Excalibur, but with even bigger armor. There's an amazing account in Jean Giono's book 'Pavia' about how, once the knights were trapped, the non-noble musketeers would find a weak point, jam the barrel of their musket in, and fire Wheat Loaf posted:I guess it must have been part of a theme for whatever channel it was, because I remember around the same time I also saw the Joan of Arc movie with Mila Jovovich which also had Dustin Hoffman playing her conscience, which strikes me like it might be a somewhat similar movie in some ways. Jovovich as Joan of Arc is a pretty good movie. I wish we got more movies set in the hundred years war.
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Jan 2, 2019 01:46
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Bumblebee was good. Fun robot adventure with mild feminist themes. Couple of dudes in it got liquified, which still doesn't look as good as the time Odo got exploded in season 2 of deep space nine
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Jan 2, 2019 02:18
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Rirse posted:Before the thread closes, I hope there is a recap on all the movies that came out this year like in the past. Wheat Loaf posted:I remember catching a bit of Excalibur on television late one night many years ago, specifically in the scene where a knight in full plate armour has sex with a woman who's in this wispy diaphanous robe, if not fully nude. It was actually not until I mentioned this right here in this subforum a couple of months ago that I realised they were the same movie. Regardless, not having seen much else of the movie, I assumed it must be some sort of over-the-top parody of sword and sorcery movies. Fun fact: that's the director's daughter
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Jan 2, 2019 02:26
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Tars Tarkas posted:Fun fact: that's the director's daughter That fact is not fun at all.
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Jan 2, 2019 02:35
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Wheat Loaf posted:I remember catching a bit of Excalibur on television late one night many years ago, specifically in the scene where a knight in full plate armour has sex with a woman who's in this wispy diaphanous robe, if not fully nude. It was actually not until I mentioned this right here in this subforum a couple of months ago that I realised they were the same movie. Regardless, not having seen much else of the movie, I assumed it must be some sort of over-the-top parody of sword and sorcery movies. Excalibur is so good. But yeah, we watched that movie in high school and when that scene happened everyone busted out in laughter.
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Jan 2, 2019 02:35
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Tars Tarkas posted:Fun fact: that's the director's daughter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVMOlos4kVg
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Jan 2, 2019 02:44
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Snowman_McK posted:That fact is not fun at all. Let me tell you about Asia Argentinob and the films she did with her father...
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Jan 2, 2019 02:53
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Tars Tarkas posted:
iirc, young Mordred is his son and the lady of the lake is his wife, the whole Boorman family got parts on that one
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Jan 2, 2019 03:00
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Wheat Loaf posted:I remember catching a bit of Excalibur on television late one night many years ago, specifically in the scene where a knight in full plate armour has sex with a woman who's in this wispy diaphanous robe, if not fully nude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVxSUz-Fk24
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Jan 2, 2019 03:09
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Tars Tarkas posted:I should have that in the OP of the new thread later today! Or probably tomorrow as I just spent 3 hours troubleshooting wifi
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Jan 2, 2019 05:52
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Tars Tarkas posted:Or probably tomorrow as I just spent 3 hours troubleshooting wifi
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Jan 2, 2019 06:33
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The MSJ posted:Snyder wants to make a movie about George Washington. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7iVsdRbhnc
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Jan 2, 2019 07:23
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The MSJ posted:Snyder wants to make a movie about George Washington. Did he seriously get inspired by that Robot Chicken skit that parody 1776 as a 300 style movie!
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Jan 2, 2019 07:44
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Rirse posted:Did he seriously get inspired by that Robot Chicken skit that parody 1776 as a 300 style movie! There's literally no other way anyone would want to make a movie about George Washington.
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Jan 2, 2019 07:52
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Rirse posted:Did he seriously get inspired by that Robot Chicken skit that parody 1776 as a 300 style movie! I think he said it was a painting he saw.
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Jan 2, 2019 07:53
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I heard full plate knights carried a knife so armoured fights ended with wrestling the other knight to the ground and shanking them.
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Jan 2, 2019 09:18
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Ghost Leviathan posted:I heard full plate knights carried a knife so armoured fights ended with wrestling the other knight to the ground and shanking them. that was definitely how more common soldiers like longbowmen, pikemen, hussites and, later, landsknects finished them off.
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Jan 2, 2019 10:39
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Rondel daggers were less knives and more sharp triangular metal spikes. Taking hostages was the best way to get paid as a knight and nothing convinces someone to surrender like a pointy metal stick poking at their groin or neck.
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Jan 2, 2019 10:45
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Tars Tarkas posted:I should have that in the OP of the new thread later today! Probs too late but the title should be Lifetime is Actually Great And
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Jan 2, 2019 13:40
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Casimir Radon posted:There's been soooooo many indirect adaptations. Black Knight, A Kid in King Arthur's Court, A Knight in Camelot (Whoopi), to name a few. An American Badass in King Arthur's Court, starring Kid Rock Tell me you didn't wish this was real
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Jan 2, 2019 15:46
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Snowman_McK posted:There's literally no other way anyone would want to make a movie about George Washington. Unironically this. I would be more interested in a Filmore movie
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Jan 2, 2019 15:53
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The MSJ posted:I think he said it was a painting he saw. The thing that doesn't work about the Robot Chicken sketch is that, particularly how American history is represented in painting, this is already the 300-version of American history. But it's just the same old story of people missing the point about 300.
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Jan 2, 2019 15:53
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K. Waste posted:The thing that doesn't work about the Robot Chicken sketch is that, particularly how American history is represented in painting, this is already the 300-version of American history. The point being shirtless men and ultra violence rule
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Jan 2, 2019 15:54
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The MSJ posted:I think he said it was a painting he saw. It was the painting of Washington crossing the Delaware on Christmas Eve. That's a great painting when you see it in person so I can understand the immediate impulse (especially for someone like Snyder whose also a huge Excalibur fan) to want to make an operatic Washington movie from seeing it. I forget the exact dimensions but it's just one of those pieces where in person you really feel the imminent momentum and it just FEELS gigantic.  The painting itself elevates a moment not particularly huge in the American Revolution to an operatic mythical moment, like if Snyder were a painter in the late 1800s this is what he would have painted. I don't know hot it is regionally but in NYC this was like required learning since grade school. After months of decisive British victories, Washington took the initiative to attack a large group of Hessians in Trenton, they crossed over Christmas Eve and rolled up on a bunch of groggy post celebration Hessians and they managed to surround the town and capture 1,000 Hessians with just 4 casualties. However something like more than half of Washington's forces along with their artillery wasn't able to make it, so while the initial attack was seen as a bold and stunning success they eventually did have to withdraw. So it's easy to see why he'd go for something 300 esque since it's a somewhat similar situation irl - the attack wasn't of particularly big strategic interest, and technically didn't work or even really have a great chance of working as far as actually holding the city, but the boldness and decisiveness of the initial attack even at the time spread as like a "huh, the Continental Army is Actually Good?" morale boost. Honestly someone whose a huge fan of Excalibur making a movie about it would be a pretty good fit.
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Jan 2, 2019 15:56
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IIRC Washington was actually a terrible general (though an excellent spymaster) but made up for it with ridiculous amounts of luck. That might make for a great movie.
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Jan 2, 2019 15:58
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I Before E posted:The answer is obvious: Camelot 3000. This, unironically.
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Jan 2, 2019 16:01
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Make a movie about Taft you cowards
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Jan 2, 2019 16:02
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Ghost Leviathan posted:IIRC Washington was actually a terrible general (though an excellent spymaster) but made up for it with ridiculous amounts of luck. That might make for a great movie. It seriously would. Like it would be easy to make bittersweet/dramatic stuff about Washington and his inner circle just by being accurate. And this wouldn't even be some wild new way of looking at him or anything. To bring it back to over the top comics, I remember even in like a Superman comic from the 70s (probably for the Bicentennial?) where he goes back in time or whatever and hangs out with Washington expecting a titanic figure, and instead a lot of it was Washington talking about what a horrible and inexperienced general he was and various military blunders he made throughout his career.
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Jan 2, 2019 16:10
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JFK movie where he grabs the bullet between his teeth and hurls it back at Oswald and then gets into a duel with the Umbrella Man.
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Jan 2, 2019 16:13
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FreudianSlippers posted:JFK movie where he grabs the bullet between his teeth and hurls it back at Oswald and then gets into a duel with the Umbrella Man. He does this but then time freezes and he has a one hour long philosophical conversation with extra dimensional beings and then time unfreezes and he realizes he must fake his own death for [techno babble balance of the multiverse] reasons which is why none of the theories over what happened quite work and then the last shot is like the end of BvS with the dirt rising off the coffin.
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Jan 2, 2019 16:16
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Neo Rasa posted:He does this but then time freezes and he has a one hour long philosophical conversation with extra dimensional beings and then time unfreezes and he realizes he must fake his own death for [techno babble balance of the multiverse] reasons which is why none of the theories over what happened quite work and then the last shot is like the end of BvS with the dirt rising off the coffin. Deathstroke end credits stinger as well. Presidential extended universe baby.
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Jan 2, 2019 16:18
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Wasn't the thing that impressed the French about Washington was his ability to effectively withdrawal the rabble he had for an army when he did mess up.
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Jan 2, 2019 16:38
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Neo Rasa posted:He does this but then time freezes and he has a one hour long philosophical conversation with extra dimensional beings and then time unfreezes and he realizes he must fake his own death for [techno babble balance of the multiverse] reasons which is why none of the theories over what happened quite work and then the last shot is like the end of BvS with the dirt rising off the coffin. Already been done. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6naJ08Tskk
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A Teddy Roosevelt movie but it’s just him piledriving American cryptids like Hagger from Final Fight
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