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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Rictor on January 06, 2005, 09:31:01 pm
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http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/kingdom_of_heaven/
yawn..
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mmmmmm... could be good or could be awful.
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Ugghhh, now they're exploiting the crusades? What's next a kids musical about The Children's Crusade, perhaps the single darkest moment in Christian history save the Inquistion?
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I sure liked Gladiator though...
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Gladiator was actually pretty good, but everything else on the 'sword and sandal' trail seems on a downward slope....
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Originally posted by Liberator
Ugghhh, now they're exploiting the crusades? What's next a kids musical about The Children's Crusade, perhaps the single darkest moment in Christian history save the Inquistion?
Or a comical one involving the Goose people followed?
Edit: Now just a damned minute. This looks like a complete bastardisation of my most studied period in history... They sound like the crusades were some sort of fight for individual freedoms!
Ah well, I'll still go see it since I've always wanted to see a hollywood level recreation of the crudsaders' battles.
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Originally posted by vyper
Or a comical one involving the Goose people followed?
Edit: Now just a damned minute. This looks like a complete bastardisation of my most studied period in history... They sound like the crusades were some sort of fight for individual freedoms!
Ah well, I'll still go see it since I've always wanted to see a hollywood level recreation of the crudsaders' battles.
Dude, are you seriously suprised? Look at how Stone bastarized Alexander. Don't you love historical revisionism?
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Originally posted by Vertigo1
Dude, are you seriously suprised? Look at how Stone bastarized Alexander. Don't you love historical revisionism?
Not really surprised I guess. I haven't seen Alexander yet unfortunately so I can't comment. I can however, imagine.
What d'ya bet in this version of teh crusades Saladin has an AK47? :lol: :sigh:
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Originally posted by Liberator
Ugghhh, now they're exploiting the crusades? What's next a kids musical about The Children's Crusade, perhaps the single darkest moment in Christian history save the Inquistion?
Inquisition: the animated series
It's about heroic (cough) white people killing Muslims, it plays to the religious crowd; surely inevitable.
(and it's by Fox.... there was me thinking it was only their news channel......)
I've no doubt we'll see the triumphant liberation of Jerusalem by a strange commander from over the western sea, too.........oh, and every foreign person will have a thick english accent. Because if it doesn't sound like an american accent, it must be what those strange crazy foreigners sound like!
(point in case; Enemy at the Gates)
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Seeing as it's by Mr. Scott, I guess it has a better chance of not falling apart than Alex, Arthur, or Troy did. :-/
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Dude, are you seriously suprised? Look at how Stone bastarized Alexander. Don't you love historical revisionism?
Atleast Alexander's Soundtrack is sweet. :)
I'am very much interested about "Kingdom of heaven" movie so i'am definitely going watch it when it comes
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the inquisition! (http://otherside.junik.lv/misc/inquisition.mp3)
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LMAO :lol: Gotta love Mel....
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Humm.... Tis looks interesting, but still a resounding "VAS?!" is boring through my mind. *Sigh*
Its sad to see production companies just jumping on the band wagon and going "Oooh! Big epic war scene movies! Lets make more!" Why not just go for the gold and do a Warhammer film! Now THAT would be cool. Biga huge million person armies filled with festering warriors of Chaos versus the Empire with huge cannons and pyschotic little dwarves flayling about with axes! :D *drool*
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Yes, but then they wouldn't have the controversy to drive the movie to the Must See list.
And yes, if they were truly about making a War movie and not a political statement, they'd go for the Triple Play and make a WH 40k movie.
Gigantic Epic Battles? check!
Pseudo-New Age philosophy story? check!
Sci Fi...IN SPACE? double check!
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I don't even care that its about the Crusades. I just cant stand the cliched filth that spews forth from Hollywood every time they make one of these movies.
100% of characters speaking with British accent - check
central character as a simple man with goodness in his heart, who is also a great general - check
insiprational "Gladitor-like" speeches to army poised on the brink of battle - check
huge CG army shots, followed by quick-cut battle editing - check
hugely stereotypical enemy (german barbarians, arabs, egyptians etc) - check
For God's sake, the trailer even has a "walking through glowing field of wheat" scene stolen right from Gladiator, which I might add was a fine movie (I think I saw it about 7 time), not something which can be said of the pathetic attempts to mimick it (Alexander, Troy, Arthur, this...)
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100% of characters speaking with British accent - check
Umm, just a point of order, what accent should the crusaders have? seeing as they were Brits?....
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It wasn't just the Brits. It was people from all over Europe.
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NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.
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The Inquistition...we know you're wishin'...that we'd go awayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
but the Inquisition's here and it's here to stayyyyyy!
:D
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Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009
NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.
God I love Monty Python!:lol: :lol: :lol:
John Cleese did that one right?
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That'd actually be Michael Palin saying that exact quote.
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The Inquisition: How the south of France was cleansed of "heretics".
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