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    The "Torment a Historian" movie playlist thread

    I remember the female lead saying in an interview: "Well, how do we know that people in the Middle Ages weren't all hip and down with it?" Indeed Shannyn Sossamon, how do we know indeed.
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    The "Torment a Historian" movie playlist thread

    Not entirely the viewers fault. The tagline is "The true story behind the legend" and "The producers of the film claim to present a historically accurate version of the Arthurian legends, supposedly inspired by new archaeological findings." So the makers create a character and claim that he is...
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    Groups of Monsters...What to Call Them?

    Ha, Dragons are wildlife.
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    The "Torment a Historian" movie playlist thread

    I think you're on to something. His last film, Rampage, wasn't half bad. Warner Brothers proudly presents: 300 Spartan Revenants "During the First World War, Nazi archeologists uncover the resting place of the 300 Spartan soldiers and their King Alexander the Great who gave their lives in...
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    The "Torment a Historian" movie playlist thread

    True, but there's a difference with taking a few liberties for dramatic purposes and showing the Macedonian cavalry riding velociraptors while trying to outflank the Persian Droid Army during the Battle of the Granicus and saying 'I swear to God, true story'.
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    The "Torment a Historian" movie playlist thread

    Pearl Harbor made some stuff up. Gladiator took some liberties with characters and events. While maybe not the most insulting use of dramatic license, the movie U-571 depicting Americans capturing the Enigma machine instead of the British is pretty bad. Then there's the Patriot, Braveheart...
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    The "Torment a Historian" movie playlist thread

    It should also be noted that the movie 300 like the graphic novel it was based on has never made any claim to being historically accurate unlike the aforementioned King Arthur. 300 is more like a very dramatized and stylized retelling of an old inspiring battle. Just like in a folktale there...
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    Any good news?

    I'm sorry but I have some bad news. Last week, a ravenous murderous foaming-at-the-mouth pack of Golden Retriever puppies ravenously and murderously devoured a young boy. Oh, the humanity of it all. For those with a strong stomach, here's the footage. Watch at your own risk. YouTube - Golden...
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    A thread of utmost importance.

    "Man, you're fat!" "Nah dude, I'm just constipated." The inspiration for the original post came from when I was walking in the grocery store looking for toilet paper for our bathroom. And you basically have three types. -The cheap sandpaperesque kind. -The average two layer stuff. -And...
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    I need some computer (PC) help please!

    Ignore all these hacks. The problem is obviously that you are trying to use your computer. Pull out the plug and all annoying messages will disappear. You're welcome.
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    A thread of utmost importance.

    What do the very wealthy use for toiletpaper? Besides dollar bills, obviously.
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    "Smile, you're about to die."

    Hello, My instructor told me that sometimes special forces, when making assaults, put smiley faces on their ballistic shields to give their opponents a split second brain freeze. I want to put something similar on my fighter's shield. Does anyone have ideas on what the fantasy medieval...
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    OotS #747

    "What sheems to be the offisher, problem...hic?"
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    TRUE BLOOD # 12:Evil is Going On/Season (Ending) III/2010

    I did find her behavior odd. I'll check tonight to see what she said.
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    TRUE BLOOD # 12:Evil is Going On/Season (Ending) III/2010

    Do we ever see the guy? I remember Pam saying something like Ruben.
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    TRUE BLOOD # 12:Evil is Going On/Season (Ending) III/2010

    Yeah, unsatisfactory all around. Ending with Eric and Russel taking a sunbath would have been much better. Does anyone know who was suppose to kill Pam?
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    What system did you never get to play even though you wanted to?

    Alternity. I bought nearly every book because I loved the system so much but my friends didn't like it.
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    Crossing an event horizon

    There's nothing beyond infinity. Except maybe +1.
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    Any good news?

    I built an orphanage with my bare hands.
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    OotS 744 - A Tale of Two Suppers

    Did not expect to see a Vikings reference in OotS.
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