So, have you prepared...

[Wowwars]

I've went all World Warish today for no real reason WW1 in HD series and WW2 in HD series, also saving private ryan, Red tails, and War horse.

 

[yesyesokfine]

Not really, I visited family and spent time with my wife. I don't need any motivation to get into the Napoleonic wars.

 

[BodyBag]

Not really, I visited family and spent time with my wife. I don't need any motivation to get into the Napoleonic wars.

Well, I don't need it either,- it's just more fun to be in the right frame of mind...

 

[prince_blucher]

Been playing NTW and the excellent mod, LME for a while now. I actually recently passed 1000 hours of play!

I read War and Peace last year but it was a struggle!

Has anyone seen the Napoleon miniseries? It was poor, in my view.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoléon_(miniseries)

 

[BodyBag]

Been playing NTW and the excellent mod, LME for a while now. I actually recently passed 1000 hours of play!

I read War and Peace last year but it was a struggle!

Has anyone seen the Napoleon miniseries? It was poor, in my view.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoléon_(miniseries)

I have it on DVD (very cheap) and I don't think it's that bad.

If you accept that this is a TV-series without a big budget (no big battle-scenes), I think Christian Clavier's Napoleon is ok.

But if you want to see some impressive battle-scenes (no CGI), you have to get "War and Peace" (1961-67) by Sergei Bondarchuk (6 hours 45 minutes). He used 15.000 soldiers from the Red Army to create the battles of Austerlitz and Borodino.

 

[SAS]

I've been cleaning my musket all day...

 

[Sleight of Hand]

Waterloo is a great movie, so I may watch that again at some point when I get time. Thanks for the reminder.

 

[SAS]

Waterloo is a great movie, so I may watch that again at some point when I get time. Thanks for the reminder.

I am going to have to check this out.

 

[Sleight of Hand]

I am going to have to check this out.

Well, Steiger's greatest role will always be as Gillespie in In The Heat of the Night, but ol' Boney comes close.

If you want to see another great movie starring historical nemeses, Cromwell comes highly recommended (from me at least). Harris is a real tour-de-force in that.

 

[Steezus Christ]

I just watched Napoleon Dynamite to prepare because I AM SO INTO THIS GAME!

 

[Sol Invictus]

Well, Steiger's greatest role will always be as Gillespie in In The Heat of the Night, but ol' Boney comes close.

If you want to see another great movie starring historical nemeses, Cromwell comes highly recommended (from me at least). Harris is a real tour-de-force in that.

Steiger was also great as Mussolini in The Lion of the Desert. Yeah Cromwell is also excellent.

 

[Leviath40]

But if you want to see some impressive battle-scenes (no CGI), you have to get "War and Peace" (1961-67) by Sergei Bondarchuk (6 hours 45 minutes). He used 15.000 soldiers from the Red Army to create the battles of Austerlitz and Borodino.

^This !

The battle of Borodino in "War & Peace" just looks realest than the real one. Outstanding reenactment !

 

[TWking]

Read Fighting techniques of the NW age and finished reading Hornblower and the Hotspur