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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 11:23 PM Original message |
What historical figure/event would you like to see a movie about? |
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. There was a TV movie about Geronimo |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. Maria Bochkareva and the Women's Battalion of Death |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That sounds interesting and ready made for Hollywood. nt |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Two Russians made the list! |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. Parche and his reincarnation |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. Arminius |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. Interesting idea. He certainly was a headache for Augustus. |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. "VARUS, GIVE ME BACK MY LEGIONS!!" |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
43. Harry Turtledove's got a fictional account of the Teutoberger Wald battle coming soon. |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Cool |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
6. I've always thought the succession war at the end of Shah Jahan's reign would make for great drama. |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
7. World War II |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. There have been plenty of Spanish movies about the Spanish Civil War |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
8. Stepan P Krasheninnikov (Explorations Of Kamchatka 1735-1741) |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
10. Bassist/Composer Charles Mingus |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
11. Nat Turner's bid for freedom. (aka "rebellion"). |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Harrow Alley |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
12. The crimes and punishment of George Bush |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:17 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. haha - same here! |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
13. Boudicea |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. There is a Masterpiece Theater movie about her..... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
16. I have several ideas |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. Gallienus. Third-Century emperor of Rome. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. The No. 3 Jewish Commando Unit on D-Day |
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schmuls (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. Nicolo Tesla - A genius who was instrumental in many of the |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
21. The man for whom California's Bradshaw Trail is named |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. The defenestration of Prague |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
23. I really wanted a movie about Pocahontas. |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
24. John L Lewis-labor leader |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. I hope you've seen "Matewan" by John Sayles. |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
26. Francisco Pizarro invasion and conquest of South America |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
27. I think Roman emperors tend to be very interesting. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
29. Batboy. Definitely Batboy. |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. Joseph Reddeford (aka Reddford, but actually Rutherford) Walker, who often went by Joseph R. Walker |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
31. Charlemagne, Lizzie Borden, The Whiskey Rebellion, King Tut. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #31 |
41. There was a made for TV movie called "The Legend of Lizzie Borden" that aired in 1975. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 01:11 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I remember it. |
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SPQR (315 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
34. Sulla and Marius |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
35. Marcus Garvey, and early 20th century black nationalism |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
36. Marcus Aurelius, Shakespeare, Samuel Clemons, Jane Austen |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
37. The Vikings in North America. n/t |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
38. Orange Julius |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
39. Sappho. Has there been a good movie about Sappho? |
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bluedigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
40. Smedley Butler |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
44. Peter Laughner |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
45. An epic film about Ramses II or Thutmose III might be interesting. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
46. A few I can think of: |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
47. Nelson Mandela |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
48. Tamerlane |
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