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re: Historical events/people that would make great movie
Posted on 10/20/25 at 1:09 pm to scottydoesntknow
Posted on 10/20/25 at 1:09 pm to scottydoesntknow
A series on MAC V SOG would be incredible.
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Posted on 10/20/25 at 1:43 pm to scottydoesntknow
Not caught up on the thread, but I think a movie telling the story of Capt. Mark Starlin(s) would make a great Revolutionary War flick:
There's some discrepancy between whether or not there's an "s" at the end of his name.
I'd never heard this man's story until watching 10 Things You Didn't Know About... The Revolutionary War with Henry Rollins on the History Channel.
Why aren't stories like this man being told during Black History Month? dude was a badass.
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Captain Mark Starlin was a Black commander of the schooner Patriot in the Virginia State Navy during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). Enslaved at the time, he served as a skilled pilot and captain on this armed vessel, which operated similarly to a privateer by capturing British prizes and disrupting enemy shipping under state commission. Despite his service, he remained enslaved after the war.
Historical records, including accounts from James Barron (a naval officer who knew Starlin) and sources like the Negro Soldier in the American Revolution by Henry Trueworthy, confirm his role. The Virginia Navy relied on such vessels for coastal defense and raiding, with Starlin noted for his patriotism and expertise. Black sailors made up about 10–20% of crews in the Continental and state navies, often facing discrimination but gaining opportunities at sea that were rare on land.
There's some discrepancy between whether or not there's an "s" at the end of his name.
I'd never heard this man's story until watching 10 Things You Didn't Know About... The Revolutionary War with Henry Rollins on the History Channel.
Why aren't stories like this man being told during Black History Month? dude was a badass.
This post was edited on 10/20/25 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 10/20/25 at 2:53 pm to scottydoesntknow
The Bonus March/ Bonus Army in 1932
The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000 demonstrators—17,000 veterans of U.S. involvement in World War I, their families, and affiliated groups—who gathered in Washington, D.C., in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates (The World War Adjusted Compensation Act of 1924 had awarded them bonuses in the form of certificates they could not redeem until 1945).
Organizers called the demonstrators the Bonus Expeditionary Force (B.E.F.), to echo the name of World War I's American Expeditionary Forces, while the media referred to them as the "Bonus Army" or "Bonus Marchers".
Most of the Bonus Army (Bonus Expeditionary Force or BEF) camped in a form of a "Hooverville" on the Anacostia Flats (now Section C of Anacostia Park), a swampy, muddy area away from the federal core of Washington.
The shack city was nicknamed Camp Marks, after the friendly Police Captain S. J. Marks. Camp Marks was tightly controlled by the veterans, who laid out streets, built sanitation facilities, set up an internal police force and held daily parades.
While the House of Representatives passed the Wright Patman Bonus Bill (by a vote of 211–176) to move forward the date for World War I veterans to receive their cash bonus, the U.S. Senate defeated the bonus bill by a vote of 62–18.
Some of the Bonus Army went home, but many of them, with no where to go and no jobs, stayed put in DC. On July 28, 1932, U.S. Attorney General William D. Mitchell ordered the veterans removed from all government property. Washington police were met with resistance, shot at the protestors, and two veterans were wounded and later died.
President Herbert Hoover then ordered the U.S. Army to clear the marchers' campsite. Army Chief of Staff General Douglas MacArthur commanded a contingent of infantry and cavalry, supported by six tanks. The Bonus Army marchers with their wives and children were driven out, and their shelters and belongings burned.
This has "John Sayles movie" written all over it.
The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000 demonstrators—17,000 veterans of U.S. involvement in World War I, their families, and affiliated groups—who gathered in Washington, D.C., in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates (The World War Adjusted Compensation Act of 1924 had awarded them bonuses in the form of certificates they could not redeem until 1945).
Organizers called the demonstrators the Bonus Expeditionary Force (B.E.F.), to echo the name of World War I's American Expeditionary Forces, while the media referred to them as the "Bonus Army" or "Bonus Marchers".
Most of the Bonus Army (Bonus Expeditionary Force or BEF) camped in a form of a "Hooverville" on the Anacostia Flats (now Section C of Anacostia Park), a swampy, muddy area away from the federal core of Washington.
The shack city was nicknamed Camp Marks, after the friendly Police Captain S. J. Marks. Camp Marks was tightly controlled by the veterans, who laid out streets, built sanitation facilities, set up an internal police force and held daily parades.
While the House of Representatives passed the Wright Patman Bonus Bill (by a vote of 211–176) to move forward the date for World War I veterans to receive their cash bonus, the U.S. Senate defeated the bonus bill by a vote of 62–18.
Some of the Bonus Army went home, but many of them, with no where to go and no jobs, stayed put in DC. On July 28, 1932, U.S. Attorney General William D. Mitchell ordered the veterans removed from all government property. Washington police were met with resistance, shot at the protestors, and two veterans were wounded and later died.
President Herbert Hoover then ordered the U.S. Army to clear the marchers' campsite. Army Chief of Staff General Douglas MacArthur commanded a contingent of infantry and cavalry, supported by six tanks. The Bonus Army marchers with their wives and children were driven out, and their shelters and belongings burned.
This has "John Sayles movie" written all over it.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 3:04 pm to BRich
It isn't historical.
But damn, I would love a legit Netflix/HBO budget of the Master and Commander/Aubrey and Maturin OBrian series.
It's such a great series of books. So much to cover.
But damn, I would love a legit Netflix/HBO budget of the Master and Commander/Aubrey and Maturin OBrian series.
It's such a great series of books. So much to cover.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 4:27 pm to scottydoesntknow
A modern setting retelling of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar or Biblical Joseph or David.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 4:38 pm to scottydoesntknow
Richard the Lionheart
Edwin Edwards
Edwin Edwards
Posted on 10/20/25 at 4:48 pm to scottydoesntknow
1.The Spanish conquest and plunder of Mexico, ending Montezuma's reign in the 1500s.
2. A really goood, gripping story of Vlad Teppist (Vlad The Impaler) and his battle to protect the Eastern Orthodox Church against the Turkish hoards. This time, without vampires.
2. A really goood, gripping story of Vlad Teppist (Vlad The Impaler) and his battle to protect the Eastern Orthodox Church against the Turkish hoards. This time, without vampires.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 5:00 pm to scottydoesntknow
1.The Spanish conquest and plunder of Mexico, ending Montezuma's reign in the 1500s.
2. A really goood, gripping story of Vlad Teppist (Vlad The Impaler) and his battle to protect the Eastern Orthodox Church against the Turkish hoards. This time, without vampires.
2. A really goood, gripping story of Vlad Teppist (Vlad The Impaler) and his battle to protect the Eastern Orthodox Church against the Turkish hoards. This time, without vampires.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 5:24 pm to TigrrrDad
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Hernan Cortes and his toppling of the Aztec empire - one of the most compelling events in history. I’ll trust Mel Gibson with it due to his Apocalypto treatment.
Good one. Another would be Pizarro and a relatively small group of Spanish taking down the Inca empire. Just finished The Last Days of the Incas and it's a pretty amazing story. Lots of large personalities and violence.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 10:27 pm to scottydoesntknow
The movie almost happened - Gene Hackman was in talks to play him - but Sutton didn't want any part of it once he was released from prison, and only wanted to move on with his life. Pre-internet days, and they needed his help to fill in some of the blanks of the story. Once he shot it down, they abondoned the project.
Billion
Marcello
Robert Sutton
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Robert Sutton
Posted on 10/21/25 at 8:45 am to scottydoesntknow
My vote would be Rasputin and I think I'd give Benioff/Weiss a shot at it. They've shown they can make some hits with a good story already in place for the backbone.
Rasputin's story is simply nuts. Upper class meets lower class. Global politics. Drugs. War. Violence. Magic. Romance. What's not to like?
I think you'd at least have to make it a mini series if not a full blown series but I am confident it would be an absolute banger.
It's been 30 years since Dark Servant of Destiny and Anastasia came out. This character is ready for a revival.
Rasputin's story is simply nuts. Upper class meets lower class. Global politics. Drugs. War. Violence. Magic. Romance. What's not to like?
I think you'd at least have to make it a mini series if not a full blown series but I am confident it would be an absolute banger.
It's been 30 years since Dark Servant of Destiny and Anastasia came out. This character is ready for a revival.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:09 am to scottydoesntknow
Something about Genghis Khan. Idk how good you could make it, but I'd like to see something high budget about him on the screen.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms would be cool even if it's not really all that historically accurate.
Anything about the early fur trade in North America. I'm sure there some awesome story out there about it to be told that I just don't know about. Well before Hugh Glass of The Revenant.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms would be cool even if it's not really all that historically accurate.
Anything about the early fur trade in North America. I'm sure there some awesome story out there about it to be told that I just don't know about. Well before Hugh Glass of The Revenant.
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