tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post2992430322447166712..comments2024-03-28T00:23:01.632-04:00Comments on Lem's Levity: For This!Trooper Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-67388095719311341642017-04-15T02:03:35.239-04:002017-04-15T02:03:35.239-04:00I don't get why this sort of video/film effort...I don't get why this sort of video/film effort doesn't win anything. <br /><br />Meanwhile, SJW stuff piles up the awards. chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-20244010780376233262017-04-15T01:14:46.290-04:002017-04-15T01:14:46.290-04:00Both Eastman and Lovett were very interesting char...<i>Both Eastman and Lovett were very interesting characters. New York gangsters who went Over There and became military heroes.</i><br /><br />Like the protagonist in "Peaky Blinders": Thomas Shelby was a "tunneler" at the Somme. chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-12110761298525314322017-04-14T23:45:36.791-04:002017-04-14T23:45:36.791-04:00Both Eastman and Lovett were very interesting char...Both Eastman and Lovett were very interesting characters. New York gangsters who went Over There and became military heroes.<br /><br />Lovett in particular had a very interesting life. Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-57303168629401305362017-04-14T23:11:43.588-04:002017-04-14T23:11:43.588-04:00The BBC did a 26 part documentary,"The Great ...The BBC did a 26 part documentary,"The Great War" in 1964. Someone has posted it on You Tube. I don't think it was ever broadcast here.ampersandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17145013352755061465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-4131536771700797672017-04-14T20:55:49.714-04:002017-04-14T20:55:49.714-04:00The story of Monk Eastman actually.
A perfect cha...<i>The story of Monk Eastman actually.</i><br /><br />A perfect character name for one of your "Eastern" genre Westerns. You can make up the truth. chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-15383642359797701332017-04-14T18:56:33.059-04:002017-04-14T18:56:33.059-04:00That's a mine. They'd actually dig a tunne...That's a mine. They'd actually dig a tunnel and place explosives under the enemy positions.<br /><br />Sometimes it even worked.<br /><br />The poppies, of course, are the symbol of remembrance Day in Britain.<br /><br />PS Chip's take on Flanders Fields is reminiscent of the old Kipling poem "The White Man's burden", which doesn't brag about British colonialism, but urges the US not to let the Philippines go, but to colonize and develop them.<br /><br />Had we not done so, WWII and the subsequent history may have taken a very different turn.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-88096504282115718022017-04-14T18:04:51.466-04:002017-04-14T18:04:51.466-04:00Note that the original 1916 film speed has been no...Note that the original 1916 film speed has been normalized -- something I worried about in <a href="http://comonocreerendios-lem.blogspot.com/2016/04/slowing-down-past.html" rel="nofollow">Slowing Down The Past</a>. <br />Rhhardin set me straight. <br /><br />Jerky old footage is a relic of the present and not of the past. chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.com