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'I Robot' was not good, though this them is very interesting and worth something better.
Have you watched Ex Machina ? IMO, this movie was a really good surprise.
Good point for Rommel 
But i was saying he was the right expression of this "old" vision of the war...
The approach of the war is ver dependent of qualities of our own army, the experience, the material, the resources etc... It depend if the war happen on our own territory, as we said the motivation etc...
About french Marshal and Generals, there's a part of legend, at this time it was the reputation. I don't think we can talk of propaganda about them, for Bonaparte yes though, because he was not only a General, he was the politician on the battle field too. But just for the good word, his great nickname on the field was "the hat" lol he was loved by his army, he was a legend...I think the reputation of his Imperial Guard is the proof that it's not only about propanganda, and particulary the Grenadier of the Imperial Guard ("the old guard").
At this time, Marshals and Generals was more free, and Napoleon was not a dictator, no one of them was banned or assisinated because a mistake on the battle field...and at this time a marshal would had been killed on the field, so it was totally different.
I think, a part of the success of Nap. is the surprise. He was a son of the Revolution, but he got a classical education, so, the mix did he had a new vision of the battle field. French army who fought in Austerlitz was very experince, from the campaign of the revolution, but Egypt campaign, and Italy too. This army was very homogeneous. This battle was the old VS the new. This french army was only french, not made of differents ppl from differents countries etc... Russia 1812 was that, and according some expert, it was ONE of the numerous reasons of the disaster...
The war of 1870 is really interesting, it was like a preparation for the following two WW. Once again, the Old VS the new. But the new changed of camp.
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No, I haven't seen Ex Machina. It was well reviewed IIRC
Also, another philip K dick movies I've seen: Total Recall!
Oh yes, I know what you mean- they had skill that sustained their reputation. It really does seem to me that the 19th century combat forces required a lot of 'up front' leadership with strong personalities. (hence the colorful stuff) In modern parlance, this is called being "far forward". With 20th century Command & Control the battalion commanders and up are spending most of their time in the rear-very different from 19th century battle. It can be said that outside of the wehrmacht, things were biased towards "humorless methods" in the 20th century.
What is the significance of the various guards- young guard, middle guard, old guard, etc.? The French army had so many classifications (very "elitist"). I personally see this as a reflection of them trying to promote espirt de corps and identify, thus improving unit cohesion. Do you see these labels as indicators of real combat value or were they closer to 'titles'. eg. a middle guard not much worse than old guard, etc.
How do you think this era effected the Great War? I have noticed that the great war seems to be of importance in french film/comics/books. In the US, WW2 overshadows WW1 a great deal and ditto for many other places.
There is something else about Napoleon and his army. I believe interest in them has something to do with the idea of the "few" vs. the many. Quality vs. quantity- forces that have tactical and operational superiority (but not necessarily strategic superiority) are especially interesting by nature as are elite formations. I can see how, for instance, how people who play that game you mention would like playing the 'elit-er fewer' vs. the 'mass' and thus get a greater thrill out of winning.
Recently I got myself a copy of "Tomb of the Panzerwaffe"- it is about the final battles for Budapest and the oilfields. There are others that cover the same subject like "Firestorm in the last years of the war" and "Drama between Budapest and Vienna". Over the summer I read "Take Budapest! The struggle for Hungary Autumn 1944". The campaign for Hungary is not well known (Battle of the Bulge is often wrongly identified as the last offensive in western sources). After this pitched confrontation, the bottom of the wehrmacht completely collapsed & the Soviet east prussian offensives were executed. The war would be over in one quarter.
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No, I haven't seen Ex Machina. It was well reviewed IIRC
Also, another philip K dick movies I've seen: Total Recall!
Oh yes, I know what you mean- they had skill that sustained their reputation. It really does seem to me that the 19th century combat forces required a lot of 'up front' leadership with strong personalities. (hence the colorful stuff) In modern parlance, this is called being "far forward". With 20th century Command & Control the battalion commanders and up are spending most of their time in the rear-very different from 19th century battle. It can be said that outside of the wehrmacht, things were biased towards "humorless methods" in the 20th century.
What is the significance of the various guards- young guard, middle guard, old guard, etc.? The French army had so many classifications (very "elitist"). I personally see this as a reflection of them trying to promote espirt de corps and identify, thus improving unit cohesion. Do you see these labels as indicators of real combat value or were they closer to 'titles'. eg. a middle guard not much worse than old guard, etc.
How do you think this era effected the Great War? I have noticed that the great war seems to be of importance in french film/comics/books. In the US, WW2 overshadows WW1 a great deal and ditto for many other places.
There is something else about Napoleon and his army. I believe interest in them has something to do with the idea of the "few" vs. the many. Quality vs. quantity- forces that have tactical and operational superiority (but not necessarily strategic superiority) are especially interesting by nature as are elite formations. I can see how, for instance, how people who play that game you mention would like playing the 'elit-er fewer' vs. the 'mass' and thus get a greater thrill out of winning.
Recently I got myself a copy of "Tomb of the Panzerwaffe"- it is about the final battles for Budapest and the oilfields. There are others that cover the same subject like "Firestorm in the last years of the war" and "Drama between Budapest and Vienna". Over the summer I read "Take Budapest! The struggle for Hungary Autumn 1944". The campaign for Hungary is not well known (Battle of the Bulge is often wrongly identified as the last offensive in western sources). After this pitched confrontation, the bottom of the wehrmacht completely collapsed & the Soviet east prussian offensives were executed. The war would be over in one quarter.
Totall Recall the first one with Arnold was good i liked it at least, i watched it when i was kid, and again recently and still good. The new one was less interesting...
Honestly, try to watch ExMachina, it worth it ! 
Yes i see you got what i mean ! The war evolved and the way to command with it but in the next conflicts, if they are more global, we shall see how it goes then, if we could see again the commanders more "on" the battlfield ...
The charism, the vision, in the end, will be one of the decisive factor, school doesn't make commanders great, they just form them to be competent to command... Montgomery was had the classical british education about war but his lack of charims, vision and well, genius too, make him forgotable behind the History.
About the Old Guard etc... It's simply the age and the experience. The old guards did the war of the Revolution, Egypt and Italy campaigns, under the name of "Garde des consuls" and then the Empire is happened, and they begun Imperial Guard... There have been so many differents regiments of the guards, Dragoons of the Imperial Guard "The Empress Dragoons" is one of my favorit with the Old Guards, her uniform was absolutely magnificent ! There have been also an unit of Engineers of the Guard, so it was very various...
The Young Guard was created after Russia 1812, because the Middle Guard has been very damaged, they was very young and not experienced enough.
Well, for France WW1 has been a real suicide...i mean, we lost 1.5 millions of soldiers, and France had a population of only 30 millions of ppl at this time so, you can imagine that every families of the country has been damaged. In the both side of my family they did for exemple, some never came back...The bilan is not the same for the WW2, even if French army lost 100'000 soldiers in the 2 months of the battle of France in 1940...
We won WW1, but we was like zombies, it was a SAD victory.
The war from 1870 is THE reason imo of the WW1, German empire took to us Alsace-Lorraine even id ppl who was living doesn't wanted wanted to become Germans, so, for French of this time, WW1 was the revenge.
Check the "Malgré-nous" about WW2. Interesting story.
If you can, check the battle order of the Battle of Austerlitz or even almost all the battle of the War of the Third Coalition... Great Army was almost always in numerical inferiority, that mean how much the quality of the french army of this time was not into the number...
I read some stories and lines about Hungary Autumn 1944... For me, the big focus of this part of the war, is the DRAMA of the Hungarians women... It was the first fruits of the drama od the German women stayed at the east...
The Total Recall reboot was discussed about here when it was released- jennka, donny, and I all saw it around the same time. They liked it; I was more along the lines of miscasting/overuse of violence in place of drama/sense of mystery. I liked the blade runner esqe set pieces though. (i like the designs of most things blade runner ish- like Deus Ex: human revolution or its sequel) Kate Beckinsale was super-hot though but that's not the point of total recall :-p
You're piqued my interest in ex machina :-p the design of the robot girl is intentionally creepy...Do you like Spielberg's "AI"? I remember liking it myself although I don't remember all that much from it.
I read some stories and lines about Hungary Autumn 1944... For me, the big focus of this part of the war, is the DRAMA of the Hungarians women... It was the first fruits of the drama od the German women stayed at the east...
I'm not sure what you're talking about..?
I didn't like AI, the movie was not very relevant ...idk, very forgotable for me ...
I read Ridley Scoot will make two new Prometheus movie, that is a great news !
I'm talking about the crimes (rapes etc etc...) that the Red Army perpetrated in this countries ... This is a HUGE black spot about the end of this war ... I think that's why Russia (among other things) is not liked at all in central and eastern Europe...Some stories are just horrible.
JJ3 this is the prometheus comic: It adds additional information to the franchise and should offer hints as to what type of stuff to expect:
http://viewcomic.com/prometheus-fire-and-stone-01-of-04-2014/
I saw that news as well. The first movie had a lot of interesting things/ideas but they were not connected together in a rational way
I'm not focused on war crimes- just combat. The red army rapes thing went viral after the best selling Beevor Berlin book. There is still political 'drama' that continues onto this day with this history. The pro-russian camps like to take the central position (dispute the evidence of these crimes- not as white as the Soviets portray it but not as black as (what they refer to) as this "Western propaganda". ) With Berlin they believe that the rapes are extremely exaggerated for political purposes.
I personally know that the red army became very heterogeneous after 1942. In 1941 it was largely composed of Russians/reservists but afterwards the composition became far more multiethnic. Then from 1943 onward they became very prone to impressment (particularly in the Ukraine) where they would simply abduct people and use them to quickly & hastily refill their losses. This was liable to cause disciplinary problems and make things worse.
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Yep, diversity of background, independent thinking, and nonstop learning/ambition are very important prerequisites!
I think with Monty (and a lot of western allied generals) is that they overinsured their operations so the romance of high achievement with minimal cost just isn't there. A couple of german divisions supporting the italians ended up diverting an allied army group for a long time.
Potential issues with "Far forward" is the risk of excessive micromanagement (thus distracting the general from his higher duties) and exposure to bodily harm. The general or regimental commander is now also a target on the battlefield. A good indicator of the shift is how the 19th century featured generals and field officers with lavish costumes and the 20th century has commanders that are much more plainly dressed.
If you were to assign a numerical value to the old, middle, and young guards or the various calvary units, what would you give them? Say an old guard is 100. A young guard- ? 50? 60?
Do you have a favorite unit from WW2?
Yes i see you got what i mean ! The war evolved and the way to command with it but in the next conflicts, if they are more global, we shall see how it goes then, if we could see again the commanders more "on" the battlfield ...
The charism, the vision, in the end, will be one of the decisive factor, school doesn't make commanders great, they just form them to be competent to command... Montgomery was had the classical british education about war but his lack of charims, vision and well, genius too, make him forgotable behind the History.
About the Old Guard etc... It's simply the age and the experience. The old guards did the war of the Revolution, Egypt and Italy campaigns, under the name of "Garde des consuls" and then the Empire is happened, and they begun Imperial Guard... There have been so many differents regiments of the guards, Dragoons of the Imperial Guard "The Empress Dragoons" is one of my favorit with the Old Guards, her uniform was absolutely magnificent ! There have been also an unit of Engineers of the Guard, so it was very various...
The Young Guard was created after Russia 1812, because the Middle Guard has been very damaged, they was very young and not experienced enough.
Well, for France WW1 has been a real suicide...i mean, we lost 1.5 millions of soldiers, and France had a population of only 30 millions of ppl at this time so, you can imagine that every families of the country has been damaged. In the both side of my family they did for exemple, some never came back...The bilan is not the same for the WW2, even if French army lost 100'000 soldiers in the 2 months of the battle of France in 1940...
We won WW1, but we was like zombies, it was a SAD victory.
The war from 1870 is THE reason imo of the WW1, German empire took to us Alsace-Lorraine even id ppl who was living doesn't wanted wanted to become Germans, so, for French of this time, WW1 was the revenge.
Check the "Malgré-nous" about WW2. Interesting story.
A very famous german war memoir (it was required reading for me in school) was Guy Sajer's (penname) "the forgotten soldier". He was in fact from Alsace IIRC (half german/french youth).
It does seem like post-WW1 for france had some similar effects to post-WW2 for germany in terms of the rise in anti-war sentiment and feeling of tragedy/loss.
What is the significance of the French Foreign Legion in france?
Thanks for the link ! It looks good, i can't wait the movies now
The last comic book i read was Universal War One, it was very nice i find. Do you know that ?
Since they did UW2 but i not yet read it ...
"It needed a minimum of 10 years of service to enter the 1st regiment of foot grenadiers of the Imperial Guard, and 8 for the second, as well as having been in combat impeccable behavior, be of good character and able to read and write. While the latter seems to have been set sometimes forgotten, it is nevertheless a condition input. For officers, two years is added to each criterion. The value of these regiments thus comes rigorous recruitment conditions. The soldiers admitted to the Guard soldier for their qualities, not by birth or quality of nepotism."
I understand that. I am aware of war crimes- have done my time studying them. It was difficult to get precise documentation on a lot of theaters. Of WW2 war crimes, the holocaust is the best documented. The rest are mixed. For instance, I have several volumes about the war crimes in the east but they really don't get very 'specific', you know what I mean? A lot of anecdotal stuff.
I am currently halfway done reading "Blood Steel Myth". This is about the spearhead of operation citadel (Kursk 1943)- the II.SS Panzer-Korps. These three divisions had a reputation of combat effectiveness but also brutality. 1.SS Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, 2.SS "Das Reich", 3.SS "Totenkopf". The first was Hitler's bodyguard cadre, the second was originally from a militarized wing of the SS, the third was composed of men who originally managed the german concentration camp system prewar & then became militarized....
Famously in France, the 2.SS "DR" massacred an entire village and burned it down during the battle of normandy. 1.SSLAH killed several hundred US prisoners and civilians during the battle of the bulge. And this is just the tip of the iceberg- their actions in the Soviet Union are poorly documented. There was also a revolving door between the death camp system and the military wing. eg. concentration camp staff were transferred to the military wing or vice-versa. A lot of missing war crimes history here. The civilian death toll in europe was in the tens of millions.
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My favorite units from WW2 are the armored formations of course :-p
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Yeah! If you look at the Prometheus comics they show hints. It looks like the black liquid will create a rain forest of dangerous animal and plant life. These are potential topics to explore.
I've heard of that comic but haven't downloaded it. You know, I keep track of these things from time and time and it appears that the French comic book industry is quite different from the american. The american leans towards quantity/wide diversity with some quality. Most american comics are of the throw-away sorts with a lot being about super-heroes. The art forms vary a lot.
The French materials look to be individually much higher quality in artwork on average but more "standardized" in format with a strong bias towards historical fiction. Is that correct?
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This is getting good reviews- but I can't stand Matt Damon
too much theory .... no action 
..... I'll fix this 
I understand that. I am aware of war crimes- have done my time studying them. It was difficult to get precise documentation on a lot of theaters. Of WW2 war crimes, the holocaust is the best documented. The rest are mixed. For instance, I have several volumes about the war crimes in the east but they really don't get very 'specific', you know what I mean? A lot of anecdotal stuff.
I am currently halfway done reading "Blood Steel Myth". This is about the spearhead of operation citadel (Kursk 1943)- the II.SS Panzer-Korps. These three divisions had a reputation of combat effectiveness but also brutality. 1.SS Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, 2.SS "Das Reich", 3.SS "Totenkopf". The first was Hitler's bodyguard cadre, the second was originally from a militarized wing of the SS, the third was composed of men who originally managed the german concentration camp system prewar & then became militarized....
Famously in France, the 2.SS "DR" massacred an entire village and burned it down during the battle of normandy. 1.SSLAH killed several hundred US prisoners and civilians during the battle of the bulge. And this is just the tip of the iceberg- their actions in the Soviet Union are poorly documented. There was also a revolving door between the death camp system and the military wing. eg. concentration camp staff were transferred to the military wing or vice-versa. A lot of missing war crimes history here. The civilian death toll in europe was in the tens of millions.
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My favorite units from WW2 are the armored formations of course :-p
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Yeah! If you look at the Prometheus comics they show hints. It looks like the black liquid will create a rain forest of dangerous animal and plant life. These are potential topics to explore.
I've heard of that comic but haven't downloaded it. You know, I keep track of these things from time and time and it appears that the French comic book industry is quite different from the american. The american leans towards quantity/wide diversity with some quality. Most american comics are of the throw-away sorts with a lot being about super-heroes. The art forms vary a lot.
The French materials look to be individually much higher quality in artwork on average but more "standardized" in format with a strong bias towards historical fiction. Is that correct?
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This is getting good reviews- but I can't stand Matt Damon
Yes i see what you mean ... Nowadays they are still discovering charnel-houses in Ukraine and in the whole east of Europe...
In my town when an SS officer was named at his post of commander of the area, it was near the end of the war, he choose randomly between 10 and 50 people, all innocent, and hanged them under some bridges, into the town...
At school i met a resistant who told us this story. But even here in France, some stories about the WW2 are not well known, and resistants, soldiers or just random people, have to write books, before to die, to tell us them.
After the end of the war, people was that much tired, that they prefered in many cases to just forgot all that.
The french village you mentioned is Oradour-sur-Glane.
Yes i think you're definitely right about the french/Belgian comic book industry... But they are not always of an exeptinal quality i time i find. But when they are well made, they are real art piece imo.
Sometimes we can wait years before a new tome of our favorite serie is released. They take all their time to realise it
And yes, there is lots of Historical comic book too, about everything, less or more well made once again. They are very standardized yes, but they are more expenssive than the Americans ones also, here a book is always around 12 or 18 Euros, ~$15 ...
I still have at home my UW1 comic book. it's one of my fave.
I will take a look to The Martian when it will be released, but i understand you cna't stand Matt Damon We can see him playing in too much movies...
too much theory .... no action
Do you like action ?
Do you like action ?
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Are you trying to start a competition? who does not like to be stalked by tall, pretty women who like action?
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These are some of the good ones I've read:
http://www.bellazon.com/main/topic/54473-what-are-your-dream-films-or-miniseries/
How much are the commanders being blamed is some blame directed towards tactical doctrine? In truth, all factions of WW1 had serious issues. I have a scholarly text on 1918 that talks about the evolution of infiltration tactics (this leads to more modern infantry organization/ techniques, which were seen in WW2).
What do you mean by the bolded? As war gets digitized, the field officers (battalion and higher) start hanging around the CP more and more. They have computer screens, staffs, and intelligence indicators there.
The Commanders and french Marshals during the WW1 are also highly guilty of the way they used the men...Some battles like La Somme were simply a suicide...and they were not at all relevant to conducts them how the French Marshals conducted them.was a target and will stay that.Since Korea, we didn't see a real war, what we saw sofar what just independant operations, not wars imo. The soldiers losses, the biggest part,was not on the battlefields or the theater of operations, but in differents type of passive attacks etc...But in a real war, the officiers couldn't stay far back of the operations, maybe generals staff but not the men leaders. It seems techinically and strategically impossible to me.
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by a BZ bug):
That's how history is: Interests. Only a small percentage of reality is selected, processed, and passed on based on the interests of those that are doing so. If the records are destroyed and the people die, the past is forgotten. I think more people should realize this basic fact- they'd be more humble about history and their own selectively remembered past (
Yes i see what you mean ... Nowadays they are still discovering charnel-houses in Ukraine and in the whole east of Europe...In my town when an SS officer was named at his post of commander of the area, it was near the end of the war, he choose randomly between 10 and 50 people, all innocent, and hanged them under some bridges, into the town...
At school i met a resistant who told us this story. But even here in France, some stories about the WW2 are not well known, and resistants, soldiers or just random people, have to write books, before to die, to tell us them.
After the end of the war, people was that much tired, that they prefered in many cases to just forgot all that.
The french village you mentioned is Oradour-sur-Glane.
Yes i think you're definitely right about the french/Belgian comic book industry... But they are not always of an exeptinal quality i time i find. But when they are well made, they are real art piece imo.
Sometimes we can wait years before a new tome of our favorite serie is released. They take all their time to realise it
And yes, there is lots of Historical comic book too, about everything, less or more well made once again. They are very standardized yes, but they are more expenssive than the Americans ones also, here a book is always around 12 or 18 Euros, ~$15 ...
I still have at home my UW1 comic book. it's one of my fave.
I will take a look to The Martian when it will be released, but i understand you cna't stand Matt Damon
We can see him playing in too much movies...
Matt Damon has been overcasted- like other A-listers. I can't stand looking at his face, and he's not a stunningly skilled actor. I liked him in "Talented Mr. Ripley" and others early on. Bourne series- didn't like him or it. He was in that recent sci-fi movie with the exo-skeleton. It was decent but I think he was miscast.
I will definitely download the Martian screener though....
That is what I try to do with comics- find the 1% that is first rate. It's a rare sight- I love the medium but that's the way the business is.
What other comics do you like?
I noticed you really like comic books ! I would say in so many aspects comic books are more interestings than simple books, especially for kids. I'm not saying it's for kids at all, but it can give the envy to read more than simple books.
When i was young i read some of the US comic books of my brothers, the BIG cross over series was very fun...Hmmm not much more TBH.
For the French/Belgian ones, i read every Tintin but i always prefered Spirou, espcially the classical ones from '70 or '80...
UW1 then, and i really enjoyed a book called Sasmira too, i have a collection of comic books, dedicated by the draughtsmen:
And yes, the war is digitized now... I wonder in the case where the war would be bigger than what we knew so far, how many time it would become to stay digitized ? I think the first target of another modern army would be to destroy our comunication and with that the digitized thing...idk I talk in the case of a MAJOR world conflict...not against dudes in the desert...
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I loved Tintin as well as a kid! I read each one, too and still have a couple. I tend to gravitate towards unique stories rather than serials.
Sasmira has high quality artwork- pretty typical of many french comics.
I see comics as being similar to movies.
A big reason why I like comics and some movies is for logistical reasons- In my life, I have never had the spare time or education to become very well-versed in literature such as science fiction, mystery, or the classics. If you ask me what piece of literature is my favorite...I could not answer your question. I don't read any. However, if you ask me what is the most useful non-fiction I have read cover to cover, I can give you dozens.
Also, I don't watch TV shows- I just can't spare the significant energy that is required.
Do you read literature?
I am always in the process of reading some book, and it is always non-fiction.
"A picture says a thousand words-"... to me a lot of the comics can do this, and getting someone else who is more skilled and talented to do the work of imagination/artwork for me gives the thing value. I feel the same way about great films and some games. (I am talking about a ground breaking series in Michael's thread right now).
Every Wednesday, this site updates with new releases: http://viewcomic.com/
There are a few that I take a look at.
And yes, the war is digitized now... I wonder in the case where the war would be bigger than what we knew so far, how many time it would become to stay digitized ? I think the first target of another modern army would be to destroy our comunication and with that the digitized thing...idk I talk in the case of a MAJOR world conflict...not against dudes in the desert...
I have no idea! however there will always be room for the "art" portion of war. Drones for instance remove the desire for commanders to personally survey the battlefield.
The maneuvers I am interested in is combined arms and encirclement. I just find the challenge of doing so very interesting.
What do you think of the french aristocracy? Harm more than help?
The first tome of Sasmira is a piece of Art ! The first pages of the second one made by the same guy are great too, but he couldn't finish it so the rest is not good ...sadly.
Ah so Americans read Tintin too, that's cool. It's pretty much universal.
Right now i don't read literature anymore... I never had a big love to read books lol But knowing the speciality i had in Highschool and University too, i had to read tons of classical litterature, french one, Italian, and English one too. A bit of Russian too before that.
Thanks for the link. And i totally agree with what you say. The power of the images is without limits!
I watch A LOT of tv show really... I don't have time to watch all those i would like to, nowadays i really appreciate FEAR The Walking Dead. I wait for the next season of TWD too
I think, if a next Global or major conflict happen in the next 50 Yrs, the first act of war, will be to attack and to try to destroy the communications...Civils and military ones.
In purpose to make us blind.
French Aristocracy, well, that's an interesting subject. In France today, they are not existing anymore as you know. The privileges and titles of nobility were abolished, firstly in 1789 and after again in the differents revolutions we knew during the 19th century.
In a few days, that's the anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Agincourt...During this battle, french Aristocracy lost the biggest members of the oldes houses of France. After that, they had to recreate new aristocracy It was an interesting fact to know.
And well, IMO, French aristocracy has be the "the engine" of France for centuries ! In Arts, army, government, spirit etc... In France they are symbole of the old system, but aristocracy give to us some of the most important name of our History. Some of them, was actor of the French Revolution too. So it's a mix of feeling about it. It was surely not the worse one of Europe to say the least.
Have you heard of the "Witcher" series? It is based on a series of popular Polish novels. What I like about it is how it introduces slavic mythology/folklore which is quite fresh compared to the western archetypes. I first came in contact with this years ago in Mike Mignola's Hellboy series.
I've looked at some of the footage on youtube. This is why Donny was always needed- he had a good understanding of such things.
I watch A LOT of tv show really... I don't have time to watch all those i would like to, nowadays i really appreciate FEAR The Walking Dead. I wait for the next season of TWD too
i had to read tons of classical litterature, french one, Italian, and English one too. A bit of Russian too before that.
What were your favorites?
There is a comic series called "Crossed" that is extreme X-rated version of zombies. It is a successful franchise in the medium but the extreme nature of the material stops it from being mainstream. What are your favorite TV shows?
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I think, if a next Global or major conflict happen in the next 50 Yrs, the first act of war, will be to attack and to try to destroy the communications...Civils and military ones.In purpose to make us blind.
The beginning of operation Barbarossa was just like that (attacks on the soviet communications network with special operations, agents, saboteurs, and air strikes)
French Aristocracy, well, that's an interesting subject. In France today, they are not existing anymore as you know. The privileges and titles of nobility were abolished, firstly in 1789 and after again in the differents revolutions we knew during the 19th century.In a few days, that's the anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt https://en.wikipedia...of_Agincourt...During this battle, french Aristocracy lost the biggest members of the oldes houses of France. After that, they had to recreate new aristocracy
And well, IMO, French aristocracy has be the "the engine" of France for centuries ! In Arts, army, government, spirit etc... In France they are symbole of the old system, but aristocracy give to us some of the most important name of our History. Some of them, was actor of the French Revolution too. So it's a mix of feeling about it. It was surely not the worse one of Europe to say the least.
That's interesting. In the US it is naturally opposed to our political culture to be a monarchist.
What are the most important battles in french culture? Agincourt, Verdun, etc.? These are failures; how about victories?