The "Torment a Historian" movie playlist thread

[Dannyalcatraz]

I need to get some sleep.

I was going to post about some of the nifty Shakespearean films that are divorced from the original setting, and realized that many were retellings of Romeo & Juliet, like West Side Story and Romeo Must Die.

And my sleep-deprived brain went and created a mash-up of Romeo & Juliet with Aliens & Predators. My mind broke further trying to figure out the balcony scene* and which of the damaged directors would do the best/worst treatment of it.

(The death scene was easy- Alien fakes death, Predator stabs itself through the head, Alien sets off Predator’s mini-nuke.)


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P: RRRRRRclkclkclkclkclk....ROWRRRRrrrrrrclkclkclk!

A: Chhhhhhhhhhhssssss! Chhhhhhhhhssssssss! Snrarl Grrrrrrrr Hissssssss, Chhhhhhhhhhhhhssssss?

 

[Ryujin]

Corman doesn't deserve to be compared to the likes of Uwe Boll or even J. J. Abrams! Yeah, the guy's known for B movie cheese, but he gave a lot of actors their first big break. He deserves credit for that at least.

You wanted a "low cost director" and "we could do better." That's where Corman comes in

 

[Orius]

I need to get some sleep.

I was going to post about some of the nifty Shakespearean films that are divorced from the original setting, and realized that many were retellings of Romeo & Juliet, like West Side Story and Romeo Must Die.

And my sleep-deprived brain went and created a mash-up of Romeo & Juliet with Aliens & Predators. My mind broke further trying to figure out the balcony scene* and which of the damaged directors would do the best/worst treatment of it.

(The death scene was easy- Alien fakes death, Predator stabs itself through the head, Alien sets off Predator’s mini-nuke.)

In that case, I think you need to sleep less often.

 

[Istbor]

I would say any of the movies dealing with Troy.

While fuzzy, I admit, they definitely are trying to depict it within a time period.

Pathfinder was pretty bad too. While intimidating, I would not want to wear those helmets. Though personally I found the movie cool at the time. Karl Urban. Nice.

Kingdom of Heaven. I also liked, but not historically accurate.

 

[Ryujin]

Another: "Ironclad."

TV shows: Pretty much anything to do with Vikings, including "Vikings"

 

[CleverNickName]

I feel that "movies to soothe a historian" would be a much, much shorter list.

 

[dragoner]

I sort of have to laugh that the history channel consistently has the least historical stuff on it, ancient aliens indeed.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Who could be chosen to spoof Giorgio A. Tsoukalos.? And how?

(My first instinct would be Samuel L. Jackson, in all his profane glory.)

 

[dragoner]

Giorgio A. Tsoukalos could reprise Londo Mollari's role on B5 with that hair.

 

[Tonguez]

You want a bad movie night? Asylum's crap will probably do.

It still amuses me that the Asylum’s Sinister Squad was a better more logical story than WB’s Suicide Squad

I actually cant tell which one is the cheap parody