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re: What historical battles/rebellions would make for a great movie or series?
Posted on 8/20/18 at 6:10 pm to Kafka
Posted on 8/20/18 at 6:10 pm to Kafka
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Unless the ships get right next to each other for boarding like in pirate movies, naval battles aren't cinematic
But they did in ancient times. Which is why Salamis would work.
You had 370 ships vs. 1,000 in that small bay.
In fact the first casualty of the Battle was when an Athenian ship rammed a Persian ship.
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Posted on 8/20/18 at 6:16 pm to Boo Krewe
Wake Island
Posted on 8/20/18 at 6:18 pm to Boo Krewe
Meh, the Eastern European states in question were pretty horrible people themselves.
Basically after the Byzantium Empire (which was no saint itself) folded the Balkans reverted to what they have been before and since... scum. The Ottomans were not wonderful people by any stretch of the imagination but by the standards of their time they were ahead of the curve.
Now, if you want a horrific military tragedy... the Paraguayan War is the bench mark. Paraguay, by most accounts, tried to steer its neighbors into a war with each other... and wound up fighting Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay all at once.
It did not turn out well for them.
Upwards of 70% (and that is the conservative estimate) of the population was killed. It is estimated that at the end of the conflict (which they lost) that there was about 1 man for every 5 women in the country.
It gets lost in the history books because it started towards the end of the Civil War and overlaps the French occupation of Mexico... but it is the most horrific war to engulf the Western hemisphere. The Paraguayans held out for 6 years.
Basically after the Byzantium Empire (which was no saint itself) folded the Balkans reverted to what they have been before and since... scum. The Ottomans were not wonderful people by any stretch of the imagination but by the standards of their time they were ahead of the curve.
Now, if you want a horrific military tragedy... the Paraguayan War is the bench mark. Paraguay, by most accounts, tried to steer its neighbors into a war with each other... and wound up fighting Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay all at once.
It did not turn out well for them.
Upwards of 70% (and that is the conservative estimate) of the population was killed. It is estimated that at the end of the conflict (which they lost) that there was about 1 man for every 5 women in the country.
It gets lost in the history books because it started towards the end of the Civil War and overlaps the French occupation of Mexico... but it is the most horrific war to engulf the Western hemisphere. The Paraguayans held out for 6 years.
Posted on 8/20/18 at 6:22 pm to Arksulli
very interesting. But hollywood wont go for that. its easier to paint the ottomans as the Big bad
Posted on 8/20/18 at 6:22 pm to Boo Krewe
McMinn County War
Posted on 8/20/18 at 6:23 pm to stapuffmarshy
quote:Classic swashbuckler. My favorite scene is a swordfight in the dungeon of the Cabildo.*
Battle of NOLA
*Did the Cabildo even have a dungeon?
Posted on 8/20/18 at 6:32 pm to SoFla Tideroller
quote:One of the first films made after the US entered the war:
Wake Island
This film ends with the Americans fighting to the last man, and an ominous narrator promising that they will be followed by other Americans who "will wreak a terrible vengeance".
In fact the last defenders of Wake Island actually surrendered and were taken prisoner, though for some reason the Japanese did not announce that publically for some time (long after the film was made and released)
Posted on 8/20/18 at 6:49 pm to Kafka
I will always answer this question with a Taffy 3/Tin Can Sailors movie.
Posted on 8/20/18 at 6:52 pm to Boo Krewe
The Battle of Castle Itter (May 5, 1945).
This was the only battle in World War II where U.S. and Wehrmacht soldiers fought side by side for a common purpose.
YouTube Video
This was the only battle in World War II where U.S. and Wehrmacht soldiers fought side by side for a common purpose.
YouTube Video
Posted on 8/20/18 at 6:56 pm to Boo Krewe
Something during the 30 Years Wars. We've still never seen an acceptable battle from the late 1500s/early 1600: displayed on the screen.
There's plenty of more interesting Roman wars that were massive that are better than Boudica's revolt imho. The only reason she is really known is because it happened in EnglAnd. The year of the 4 emperors comes to mind or maybe the downfall of Queen Zenobi for a bit of eastern flaire
Speaking of eastern flair, a well made not CGI version of the romance of the 3 kingdoms would be awesome.
Also, the accession of Cyrus the Great could.be an aswesome espionage movie.
The Peleoponesian War is already very cinematic thanks to Thucydides. That would be easy to adapt.
The British Wars in India would be exciting.
The lead up to the Tokugawa Shogunnate
The 80 Years War
The 100 Years War
The French Occupatipn of Spain during the Napoleonic Age
A bunch of others obviously
There's plenty of more interesting Roman wars that were massive that are better than Boudica's revolt imho. The only reason she is really known is because it happened in EnglAnd. The year of the 4 emperors comes to mind or maybe the downfall of Queen Zenobi for a bit of eastern flaire
Speaking of eastern flair, a well made not CGI version of the romance of the 3 kingdoms would be awesome.
Also, the accession of Cyrus the Great could.be an aswesome espionage movie.
The Peleoponesian War is already very cinematic thanks to Thucydides. That would be easy to adapt.
The British Wars in India would be exciting.
The lead up to the Tokugawa Shogunnate
The 80 Years War
The 100 Years War
The French Occupatipn of Spain during the Napoleonic Age
A bunch of others obviously
Posted on 8/20/18 at 6:58 pm to TennesseeFan25
quote:
Roberts....
rebellion
This one
Posted on 8/20/18 at 7:01 pm to RollTide1987
quote:YOU KILLED KLAUS
YouTube Video
Posted on 8/20/18 at 7:27 pm to athenslife101
it wouldb be cool to see these emperors discussing all these wars in all these different lands. British king dealing withs wars in america, india, africa, carribean.
In rome, you had revolts in germanium, England and all the way to middle east and Israel.
In rome, you had revolts in germanium, England and all the way to middle east and Israel.
Posted on 8/20/18 at 7:32 pm to Boo Krewe
Have they made any movies about D-Day?
Posted on 8/20/18 at 7:59 pm to TheFonz
something done with modern techniques about Little Big Horn ... some decent scenes leading up to it explaining things, historically accurate, then a SPR-type 60 minutes or so ...
maybe something about a different battle in the CW ... antietam or something ...
a serious film - 3 hours at least - about stalingrad ... actually, it's russian, so probably needs to be about 5 ...
one of the impactful battles between romans and germanians/gauls ...
and a remake of every star wars movie since episode V ... esp episode VI ...
maybe something about a different battle in the CW ... antietam or something ...
a serious film - 3 hours at least - about stalingrad ... actually, it's russian, so probably needs to be about 5 ...
one of the impactful battles between romans and germanians/gauls ...
and a remake of every star wars movie since episode V ... esp episode VI ...
Posted on 8/20/18 at 8:01 pm to athenslife101
quote:
a well made not CGI version of the romance of the 3 kingdoms would be awesome.
Check out Red Cliff from John Woo. Its set during the Battle of Chi Bi.
Posted on 8/20/18 at 8:17 pm to Brosef Stalin
Red Storm Rising
Thread.
Thread.
Posted on 8/20/18 at 8:36 pm to Kafka
quote:
Neither are sieges,
Dien Bien Phu might be interesting.
Posted on 8/20/18 at 10:08 pm to Kafka
quote:
naval battles aren't cinematic
Leyte Gulf would be epic as hell, the stand of the destroyers and escort carriers is heroic and tragic. Also the last Battleship v Battleship engagement. I could also see a good movie out of the last mission of the Yamato. There is a Japanese movie about the Yamato but it is not great.
Posted on 8/21/18 at 6:03 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Siege of Malta and Battle of Lepanto would be great.
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