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No, I disagree - I'd say you know a lot more about religion than you're letting on.
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trust me, I don't
don't let the pentagram fool you. I'm no satanist. I just like satanist imagry.
I have no idea what Jesus did that was that great. I don't know why the killed him. And I don't know why people followed him.Comment
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Maybe he had a really good publicist.-30-Comment
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Tripoli sounds interesting. what is this about, and which tripoli are we talking about?
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non is worth the bother, i and i personally object violently to hollywood getting its filthy mits on stuff like the illiad, and even worse, the people starring in them!!
Stanley Kubrick's Homeric Illiad - WOuld love to see that
Does anyone else think The Andy-Man is contradicting himself?
As for me, after hollywood gets its hands on a great story, it can no longer be considered either great, or a story. I haven't watched a movie in years and am much happier for it.American by birth, smarter than the average tropical fruit by the grace of Me. -me
I try not to break the rules but merely to test their elasticity. -- Bill Veeck | Don't listed to the Linux Satanist, people. - St. Leo | If patching security holes was the top priority of any of us(no matter the OS), we'd do nothing else. - Me, in a tired and accidental attempt to draw fire from all three sides.
Posted with Mozilla Firebird running under Sawfish on a Slackware Linux install.:p
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So he made a few smart political marriages and ensured that there was someone to carry on the dynasty. Even conquering the known world doesn't mean you're confident enough to pick out curtains with your studly manlover at your side.Originally posted by Albert Speer
what the hell is AoG?
and what is this nonsense about alexander being gay? he had several wives and had a son! i know the greeks were kind of homosexual in general but should that really warrant mentioning it in the movie and making alexander seem truly gay, as if different than most greeks? in other words, it would be a dis-service to history if people thought alexander was truly homosexual rather than the greek-style bisexuality.Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
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Looks to be a good year of films for the alternative lifestyled among us. Two about Alexander the Great, a sister that managed to conquer the known world (that just screams compensation for a distant father), a film about Kleopatra, the original diva, and Hannibal stars Vin Diesel. Frankly I'll take any excuse to squeeze that man into a tight leather costume and watch him wield his big sword.Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
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DiCRAPRIO as Alexander the Great?
*shudder*
-Arriangrog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!
The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.Comment
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The Hannibal as Vin Diesel seems to bother me. Just because Hannibal was from Africa doesn't mean he was black. Many in North Africa are just as white as the Southern Europeans (if not more so). Secondly, Vin Diesel does not seem to be the actor that can pull off an epic like that one (unless they totally make it some action flick without any real plot
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“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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And when can we see those movies? I only heard of the diCaprio thing. Are the others in the make, or only plans at this stage?BlahComment
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We should make an epic poly movie as well.BlahComment
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Hannibal was white, although his complection is up to speculation. Race doesn't appear to have been important during that time. His troops were about 1/3rd Arab African and 1/3rd black African, IIRC. Quite a motley crew.
Hannibal was a great general, not your Conan the Barbarian type. Vin Diesel strikes me as the Conan the Barbarian type.Last edited by DanS; August 11, 2003, 11:50.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Starchild:
you know about how the greeks had strong homosexuality tendencies right? wasnt that all alexander had? he was some noble man's little 'apprentice' who got molested and then, like all greek men, had some male lovers... but thats what all greeks did so alexander was no more gay than all the other greeks... if these movies show alexander as gay, they better make it clear that all greeks were doing the same thing.
Imran:
Vin Diesal is black?!The Hannibal as Vin Diesel seems to bother me. Just because Hannibal was from Africa doesn't mean he was black. Many in North Africa are just as white as the Southern Europeans (if not more so)."Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben KenobiComment
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and the carthaginians were lebanese who mixed in with the local berbers and numidians and also mixed with the local populations (and former greek colonists) in their colonies. their african empire only existed along the coasts. i doubt any percentage of their army was dark-skinned african."Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben KenobiComment
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God forbid that Hollywood ever take history and turn it into a mindless action film...Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
(unless they totally make it some action flick without any real plot )
12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
Stadtluft Macht Frei
Killing it is the new killing it
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