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Post by Greg C. on Jul 13, 2007 17:49:51 GMT -5
Gods and Generals
Yay 100 POSTS!!!
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Post by Bromhead24 on Jul 29, 2007 7:09:25 GMT -5
Gods and Generals Yay 100 POSTS!!! Stingray, remember that show Ned?
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Post by Greg C. on Jul 29, 2007 9:33:41 GMT -5
In Harm's Way
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Post by Bromhead24 on Aug 5, 2007 7:00:00 GMT -5
Hogans Heroes the 6th season disk 3
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Post by Bromhead24 on Aug 5, 2007 16:28:42 GMT -5
Letters from Iwo Jima on one and 300 on another.
Letters from Iwo is a million times better than Flags of our Fathers. It's worth every minute... ;D
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Post by Bromhead24 on Aug 29, 2007 13:23:22 GMT -5
Sink the bismark
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Post by Greg C. on Aug 29, 2007 16:07:06 GMT -5
Planet of the Apes w/ Charlton Heston
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kfl
New member
Posts: 25
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Post by kfl on Aug 29, 2007 20:57:37 GMT -5
Just Friends with Ryan Reynolds.
movie is a panic.
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kfl
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Post by kfl on Aug 29, 2007 20:58:22 GMT -5
Planet of the Apes w/ Charlton Heston classic! i love this film. i remember as a kid i had a plastic Planet of the Apes change bank. it was awesome!
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Post by Greg C. on Aug 30, 2007 20:54:00 GMT -5
Die-Hard Dracula
The worst rated movie in IMDB history
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Post by Cole_blooded on Sept 2, 2007 22:24:11 GMT -5
The X-Files season 1 disc 3! ;D I liked the X-Files, there was so much production and long hours put into each episode! The episodes I liked the most were the ones about aliens,UFO`s,alien/UFO conspiracies and anything related to! ;D TED COLE....aka....Cole_blooded
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Post by seguin on Sept 2, 2007 23:35:29 GMT -5
"American Splendor" - a movie about Harvey Pekar´s career a a comic book writer. It´s a very funny movie...
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Post by Greg C. on Sept 11, 2007 18:38:09 GMT -5
McQ
Starring John Wayne and Eddie Albert
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Post by Cole_blooded on Sept 13, 2007 22:17:58 GMT -5
"Three Days Of The Condor".......Robert Redford! ;D TED COLE....aka....Cole_blooded
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Post by Greg C. on Sept 14, 2007 5:58:54 GMT -5
"Three Days Of The Condor".......Robert Redford! ;D Is it any good?
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Post by Greg C. on Sept 22, 2007 7:55:47 GMT -5
The Green Berets....John Wayne
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Post by Greg C. on Oct 14, 2007 15:22:05 GMT -5
Enemy at the Gates
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Post by Bromhead24 on Oct 14, 2007 15:34:35 GMT -5
300
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Post by neferetus on Oct 14, 2007 21:50:28 GMT -5
How would you compare it to the early 60's film, 300 SPARTANS?
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Post by Bromhead24 on Oct 15, 2007 12:50:56 GMT -5
How would you compare it to the early 60's film, 300 SPARTANS? It's entertaining (300) but since it it was based almost verbatem from Frank Millers graphic novel (comic book) There are almost no historical facts, there are some nut not much. It had good action and blood (if your in to that) but the monsters where too much to deal with. I liked Gerry Butler as Leonidas, he actually looks like the actual bust of Leonidas that was carved in the late 400's BC. "The 300 Spartans" was way more accurate but it still had it's flaws. Richard Eagan as Leonidas who is wearing roman armour was ok but he should of worn a beard. So to compare, i would choose 300 just for the action and The 300 Spartans for it's historical stand point Both films mentioned the phalanx formation but neither used them. some trivia.. The (hoplite) phalanx was a formation in which the hoplites would line up in ranks, usually no less than four deep, in very close order. In this formation, the hoplites would lock their shields together, and the first few ranks of soldiers would project their spears out over the first rank of shields, to try to gain the upper hand in the battle early on and as a result, allowing for the first three or so ranks of spearmen to engage their spears against the enemy. Therefore, one might say that the phalanx was essentially a formation in which the hoplites created a mass spear and shield wall. The effectiveness of the phalanx depended upon how well the hoplites could maintain this formation while in combat, and how well they could stand their ground, especially when engaged against another phalanx. It could be said that the main enemy of a phalanx was not the opposition forces (the majority of the soldiers would remain unengaged in a phalanx versus phalanx pushing match, because they were positioned at the rear and were responsible for keeping the front rows pressed forward) but fear. One theory was that the more disciplined and courageous the army the more likely it was to win - often scrims between the various city-states of Greece would be resolved by one side fleeing before the engagement. The Greek word dynamis, the "will to fight", expresses the drive that kept hoplites in formation. Before the advance, both sides would sing the 'paean', the battle-hymn (notably, the Spartans rejected the use of a battle-hymn, thinking it needless bravado), then advance to the cadence (a marching beat) - on trumpets, pipes or drums. When nearing the enemy, the phalanx would break into a run that was sufficient enough to create momentum but not too much as to lose cohesion. Both sides would collide viciously, breaking many of the spears of the front row. The battle would then rely on the valour of the men in the front line and the rear men to maintain a push forward with their shields. “Now of those, who dare, abiding one beside another, to advance to the close fray, and the foremost champions, fewer die, and they save the people in the rear; but in men that fear, all excellence is lost. No one could ever in words go through those several ills, which befall a man, if he has been actuated by cowardice. For ‘tis grievous to wound in the rear the back of a flying man in hostile war. Shameful too is a corpse lying low in the dust, wounded behind in the back by the point of a spear.” [Tyrtaeus: The War Songs Of Tyrtaeus] The natural tendency during battle would be to drift towards the right side, or even for both lines to "wheel" as one side gave ground and the other advanced. This is because the individual hoplites carried their shields on their left arm, protecting not themselves but the soldier to the left (thus giving an incentive to stand very close together). Battles were won when the exposed right side (carrying spears) could overpower the opposing army's left side (carrying shields). When in combat, the whole formation would consistently press forward trying to break the enemy formation; thus when two phalanx formations engaged, the struggle essentially became a pushing match, in which, as a rule, the deeper phalanx would almost always win, with very few recorded exceptions.
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