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Mel Gibson is working on a TV miniseries about the 1565 Great Siege of Malta
Posted on 12/1/25 at 5:34 pm
Posted on 12/1/25 at 5:34 pm
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Mel Gibson is working on a new miniseries about one of the most epic battles in Christian history, the Great Siege of Malta (1565).
Fewer than 700 Knights of St. John held off an Ottoman force of nearly 40,000, fighting to stop the fall of Christian Europe and decide the future of the Mediterranean.
A story of courage, faith, and impossible odds, finally coming to the screen.
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Posted on 12/1/25 at 5:36 pm to hawgfaninc
dude. frick yeah.
Posted on 12/1/25 at 5:56 pm to hawgfaninc
I am in, curious about what was done to stop the spread of Islam during those times.
Posted on 12/1/25 at 5:57 pm to hawgfaninc
A crusades movie where the Christians are the good guys? frick yes. Inject that into my veins.
Posted on 12/1/25 at 6:34 pm to hawgfaninc
Oops.
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Posted on 12/1/25 at 6:47 pm to hawgfaninc
If Ken Burns did this, 600 of the knights would have been black. The other 100 would have been Native American Indians.
Posted on 12/1/25 at 6:49 pm to hawgfaninc
Don't worry Mel, I already picked out the title : "700"
Posted on 12/1/25 at 6:54 pm to hawgfaninc
Posted on 12/1/25 at 6:57 pm to hawgfaninc
We need a modern day re-enactment.
Posted on 12/1/25 at 7:56 pm to Shiftyplus1
quote:About 300 years too late, so no.
A crusades movie
quote:They never weren't. The first crusade came after almost 500 years of muslim invasions of Europe.
Christians are the good guys?
Posted on 12/1/25 at 7:59 pm to blueboy
The1565 Great Siege of Malta is considered a final and pivotal event of the Crusades.
And if you went by what every movie says about the crusades, then the poor put upon Muslims were the enlightened good guys while Christian Europeans were mindless savages.
And if you went by what every movie says about the crusades, then the poor put upon Muslims were the enlightened good guys while Christian Europeans were mindless savages.
Posted on 12/1/25 at 8:04 pm to Shiftyplus1
The last actual crusade ended 300 years earlier, but fine.
quote:Their running narrative to this day, and curiously, our schools do not teach any contradiction to this. They study the Crusades, but never what led to them.
the poor put upon Muslims were the enlightened good guys while Christian Europeans were mindless savages.
Posted on 12/1/25 at 9:23 pm to Shiftyplus1
Both sides were neither good nor bad. It went back and forth with atrocities. You had good kings on both sides and blood thirsty tyrants on both sides. It went back and forth so many times.
What most remember is leaders like Saladdin and Baldwin allowed religous pilgrims from all three faiths in Jerusuleum. The 1099 siege when the Christians won they famously killed off many of the Muslims and jews. But the 1187 reconquest by the muslims they spared the Christians. So many people think in that term mostly. But there were many more back and forths.
What most remember is leaders like Saladdin and Baldwin allowed religous pilgrims from all three faiths in Jerusuleum. The 1099 siege when the Christians won they famously killed off many of the Muslims and jews. But the 1187 reconquest by the muslims they spared the Christians. So many people think in that term mostly. But there were many more back and forths.
Posted on 12/1/25 at 10:04 pm to hawgfaninc
I'm in.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 6:49 am to Napoleon
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Napoleon
The French Revolution was almost as bad and the Muslim Invasion and Protestant "Reformation". All leading to the loss of countless souls.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 7:52 am to TigerSprings
I've been there. Valletta still looks like a medieval fortress. Highly recommend a visit there for all you historians. They have roman catacombs (tiny people) and an aqueduct that runs along the main highway to Valletta. Beautiful island and full of European ex-pats for drinking buddies. You can spot an British observation tower every mile or so. Gozo is a crazy spring break island in the summer. Valletta is a very clean and safe city on an island full of beautiful rocky beaches. Mdina is a must see as well.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 10:01 am to hawgfaninc
Malta? Jesuit HQ.
Of all chapters in history to honor? smh
Of all chapters in history to honor? smh
Posted on 12/2/25 at 10:08 am to The Ramp
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I've been there. Valletta still looks like a medieval fortress. Highly recommend a visit there for all you historians.
They have roman catacombs (tiny people) and an aqueduct that runs along the main highway to Valletta.
Would have loved to check it out. It's one of the most enigmatic places on earth. Did you get the vibe that it is thousands of years old?
Malta is basically one giant star fortress. Built as an artificial island out of some kind of millennia-defying indestructible concrete concoction (Original Builders? UNKNOWN. Construction date: UNKNOWN)
Posted on 12/2/25 at 12:09 pm to EphesianArmor
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Did you get the vibe that it is thousands of years old?
I definitely felt that I was transported in time.
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