Re: Marine Latinps238principalOctober 19 2011, 06:32:55 UTC
Heh. I wonder if they're going to try and have the Romans not speak English in the film. They could avoid the whole issue pretty much by focusing on the Marines, I suppose, saving the subtitles for an interrogation scene or what have you.
You'd also need the obvious "Life of Brian" reference, too. :)
It's a Wonderful Life was actually parodized on the original Twilight Zone. The episode starred Carol Burnett as a poor woman who is given the ultimate blank check by an angel.
Marines in Romesergei_mosinOctober 18 2011, 02:00:07 UTC
For some reason, I'm thinking the idea has been done in book form already. But I can't of who wrote it...it would have been from many years ago, certainly pre-90s.
Re: Marines in Romesergei_mosinOctober 18 2011, 06:35:21 UTC
"Janissaries", by Jerry Pournelle. Also a sequel or two. Aliens kidnap human soldiers every few centuries to harvest their illegal alien drugs. The new group, a CIA-sponsored merc company harvested from Angola in the '80s, allies with a Gaelic kingdom against Romans.
Re: Marines in Romeps238principalOctober 19 2011, 06:37:04 UTC
Does the story explain why that's a preferred way to handle the drug harvest, or is it just kind of hand-waved as "quit asking why we don't get robots or something to do it and get back to work"? :)
Re: Prince of persia..ps238principalOctober 19 2011, 06:39:17 UTC
I was trying to remember if there was, and honestly... I can't be sure. I remember playing it on Apple computers and later on the PC (along with "Karateka," another favorite, if only for how the princess could KO you at the end).
I think my problem with the C64 is I had so many games on that one (using the same computer for 7 years will do that) that I have a hard time remembering all the titles I had. It helped I had a friend who could get the odd game from what passed for the Pirate Bay back in the day. :)
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Can you find the link again for the burning man video? I can't find it among the dozens of links on the tube...
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Ah, and let me navigate LJ's new editing feature...
Okay, we should be good to go. Just hit "refresh" on this page and the link should work.
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You'd also need the obvious "Life of Brian" reference, too. :)
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Actually, that could make an interesting study--- stories that aren't Twilight Zone episodes but should be, dagnabbit.
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I think my problem with the C64 is I had so many games on that one (using the same computer for 7 years will do that) that I have a hard time remembering all the titles I had. It helped I had a friend who could get the odd game from what passed for the Pirate Bay back in the day. :)
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