the idea for the movie between the persians and the greatly outnumbered greeks has basically already been done in the old british movie 'Zulu' where a group of british soldiers hold off for several days against unimaginable odds against a zulu warlord, they eventually hold out until reinforcements arrive and the zulu do a dance of respect for the british troops before themselves, retreating. Can't expect hollywood to redo that though, would involve them making us brits look good 😆
Honestly though, I agree that history should be left as is, I personally just get pi**ed off when I see newfangled high budget yank versions of english and scottish legends and stories that only succeed in ruining the story! meh, i just think it would be so much easier if they would just leave it out... Alas no, to american film companies, the possible profits of such a thing mean irritating a few people isn't such a bad thing to them... god bless america, eh? wa**ers! 😠
Originally posted by MissesDepp?!Marie-Antoinette's mother was Marie-Thérèse, empress of Austria and her father was François I of Habsburg. So she's not French...
French Revolution. Nobody has the french revolution...why??? so much gore involved!thats true though...i bet they'd cast Keira Knightley as Marie Antoinette i bet my LIFE. (even though she's not french)
Originally posted by LilKittyAnd so did two thirds of those Roman emperors. What's the point in listing them all ? He wants to show that he's smart enough to find them all on the net and to copy/paste them ???
Half of those Pharao's sucked 😑
I've been waiting YEARS for Mel Brooks' rendition of The Spanish Inquisition... The Musical. 😆
Seriously... back in the early 80's, I remember watching a miniseries titled A.D. (no relation to the former Mr. Skinner of this forum...), that focused on the Caesarian legacy (Claudius, Caligula, Tiberius and Nero). Was pretty good for its time, but I'd like to see it updated for the big screen. Those four emperors were very intriguing (read: disturbing) individuals, especially Caligula and Nero.
Mother Teresa. Coz lets face it, when she died, no one knew she was dead coz princess diana died and had a song made after her (sort of). And Mother Teresa did so much more and Diana just kissed a few kids and had her photograph taken. So id wanna make a film and actually show what Mother Teresa did for some of the people she cared for.
The Scottish Wars of Independence. As a Trilogy. None of Gibson's braveheart nonsense. The facts are much better than his rubbish.
Part 1:
Birth of Wallace and Bruce, Death of the Scottish king, death of the only heiress, death of Wallace's father, internal struggle for crown, Scotland annexed by England, Rise of Wallace, Bruce's grendfather instills belief in Bruce that crown belongs to the Bruce family, death of Wallace's wife (possibly child too, historically unclear), Death of Bruce's grandfather and Bruce's father's allegenge to England, Wallace in control of most of Scotland, English send army, battle of Stirling bridge, Scots win despite being outnumbered by 3 to 1, Wallace made Guardian of Scotland, king Edward very pissed off.
Part 2:
Edward leads English at Battle of Falkirk, Scots lose, Wallace stripped of open power, English steal Stone of Destiny, Scots Crown jewels saved from the English, Robert Bruce's escape from England and final committment to Scotland, his strugle for the crown, Wallace's diplomatic efforts with France and Vatican, England's continued occupation and propaganda campaign, betrayal and death of Wallace, Bruce kills rival to throne in church, Vatican discommunicates Bruce, Bruce secretly crowned king, Bruce on the run, in the cave with the spider.
Part 3:
Rebellion by Bruce, sieges of Stirling and Edinburgh castles, Scots take and destroy Edinburgh castle, death of Edward, trouble for Edward II because of his "relationship" with one of his Noblemen, Bruce raids on England, Edward II leads reluctant but over 100000 strong army to relieve Stirling castle, 30000 scots meet them at battle of Bannockburn, cefeat of English, narrow escape of Edward II, Declaration of Independence, final backing of Scotland's right to nationhood by the vatican, death of Edward II, Independence for Scotland.
The End.
Such a trilogy would take its place among the greats of the Godfather, LOTR, Indy, BttF and Star Wars.