I don't know, Masada ends with hundreds of people defiantly committing group suicide as a solution to their problem with Roman authority. I wouldn't show that to a teenager.
Tara: That was funny if you've studied Taglarin mystic rites and... are a total dork... Riley: Then how come Xander didn't laugh?
'Selfless'
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Matt the Bruins fan - May 25, 2016 4:23:32 pm PDT #62 of 3455
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
SailAweigh - May 25, 2016 4:40:49 pm PDT #63 of 3455
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Mmm, what about Monty Python and the Holy Grail? Or Life of Brian?
Consuela - May 25, 2016 7:14:32 pm PDT #64 of 3455
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, The 13th Warrior! It's kind of ludicrous, but it's based on an actual possibly-true story, I believe. Like, there may really have been a Spanish Moor who ended up visiting with Vikings for a while. (Certainly the Vikings got to Spain, and Russia, and Constantinople...)
-t - May 25, 2016 7:23:12 pm PDT #65 of 3455
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I haven't even heard about it, but there is a trailer on IMBb and it looks pretty epic:
I highly recommend it. I saw it in the theater and it was spellbinding, but I think it would probably translate to smaller screens just fine.
I want to say Ran (I really want to say "any Kurosawa, just pick one at random" but I could say that to almost any question) - it doesn't narrate a historical event, I don't think, but I understand it's a good depiction of the period.
I can't think of any movies about ancient civilizations that aren't crap. if there are good ones I would be please to hear it!
Are those "Newscast from the Past" things available anywhere? I can't remember the context for them at all, except that I think they aired in the '90s, and were both entertaining and informative.
Steph L. - May 25, 2016 7:50:51 pm PDT #66 of 3455
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Are those "Newscast from the Past" things available anywhere? I can't remember the context for them at all, except that I think they aired in the '90s, and were both entertaining and informative.
Archive. org might have things like that.
Fred Pete - May 26, 2016 9:52:08 am PDT #67 of 3455
Ann, that's a ferret.
Depends on Mac's taste in movies. From 8:00 p.m. Friday until 6:00 a.m. Tuesday, Turner Classic Movies is doing its regular Memorial Day war movie festival. They're going to show some of the movies mentioned above.
Some old movies provide great windows into the eras in which they were made. Casablanca could be a great springboard into WWII.
On ancient civilizations, the Taylor-Burton Cleopatra is great spectacle but crap history.
For TV, how about You Are There. I vaguely remember seeing reruns of a few episodes as a kid, and it may be as good as you can get in a half hour. Basically, it's historical recreations of events in history, with a reporter present to interview the principals and acts as Captain Exposition. Fairly U.S. centric, but a lot of episodes cover non-U.S. events (Hitler Invades Poland, The Death of Socrates).
Calli - May 26, 2016 11:31:32 am PDT #68 of 3455
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I haven't seen it yet, but The Long Walk to Freedom is about Nelson Mandela (and stars Idris Elba). It's PG-13. [link]
All Quiet on the Western Front is a classic WWI movie, but might be a bit intense. [link]
Toddson - May 26, 2016 12:26:25 pm PDT #69 of 3455
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
My parents had recordings (audio only) of the You Are There broadcasts and I remember listening to them and being fascinated. Of course, I enjoyed history ... so Mac may not.
Volans - May 26, 2016 5:55:42 pm PDT #70 of 3455
move out and draw fire
I can ask the history buffs downstairs. We have a whole shelf of WWI movies, let alone the other war films.
My problem employee tried to convince the rest of us today that Pearl Harbor was a GREAT movie.
(also, I approve of the thread title)
Consuela - May 27, 2016 9:11:57 pm PDT #71 of 3455
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
OK, this is awesome: [link]