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    Re: Alexander: Making of a God

    Alexander: the Making of a Dud :surprise:

    Seriously, Philip II of Macedon without an eyepatch at the time of his death is like making a movie about the Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt being a guy in a...
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    Re: What are you listening to right now?

    LOL. Nice. Thanks for sharing.
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    Re: Alexander: Making of a God

    Somehow I'm not surprised, since it is Netflix we're talking about, but it's just astonishing that they would give such a crap about costume authenticity and production values for otherwise flawed...
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    Re: Hannibal (the general) - Netflix.

    Would it genuinely kill Netflix to find an actor in Tunisia to play the part? It's not like they have to worry about selling tickets at theaters to recuperate a loss if they don't get enough viewers....
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    Re: 1242: Gateway to the West

    Hah! It's got the actor Eric Roberts, nice, the Italian mafia character dude from the Nolan Dark Knight Batman films, and of course, a Roman in the Cyclops film that Kyriakos loves. :surprise:
    "The...
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    Re: Hamas attacks southern Israel

    There's an argument to be made against settlers and settlements in the West Bank, the treatment of ordinary Gazans who by definition are also Semitic (so hating them is thus also anti-Semitism), and...
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    Re: The (new) Shogun series

    Hey, maybe the real shoguns and warrior chicks were just the friends we made along the way. :surprise:

    I'm with Flinn, the trailer makes it look decent enough and action-packed, so I'll give it a...
  8. Re: Taiwan Elections: Kuomintang Party ... wants peace with China! (The other China).

    Are you suggesting organized crime does not also exist in mainland China? LOL. The mere existence of some organized crime is a pretty weak excuse for having Beijing handpick candidates to be elected...
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    Poll: Re: Russia, US, Ukraine, and the Future

    LOL. History does love to rhyme and repeat itself. Fairly on point and on brand for a bunch of fascists to emulate other fascists who came before them. Erwin Rommel was okay as far as Nazis go,...
  10. Re: Taiwan Elections: Kuomintang Party ... wants peace with China! (The other China).

    The sad part about Hong Kong is that it is not as economically relevant as it once was in terms of the growing importance of the biggest financial centers in mainland China, hence Beijing's brazen...
  11. Re: In the aftermath of USA 2024 elections, what are the chances of widespread violence?

    LOL. Is this satire? Not even The Onion or The Babylon Bee could produce something this funny.
    Have fun in your underground bunker, I guess!
    :laughter:

    "Arms will decide the outcome." Nah,...
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    Re: Alexander: Making of a God

    WTF are these outfits in the film? It looks scrap materials they found in various dumpsters outside of TV studios that they rehashed at the last minute into pants, tunics, and torso coverings that...
  13. Re: Do you have specific kinds of snacks while gaming?

    NECRO THREAD! ARISE! RISE UP AND GREET YOUR MAKER! YOU HAVE BEEN SUMMONED FROM THE COLD DEAD EARTH AND SHALL BE REBORN ANEW IN SINEW AND FLESH! FEAST UPON THE SNACKS THAT FUEL THY GAMING EXPERIENCE,...
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    Re: Alexander: Making of a God

    Kyriakos is right that the Han dynasty Chinese were enamored with horses from Greco-Bactria, but horses available to colonial Greeks in ancient Afghanistan and Tajikistan are not exactly the same as...
  15. Re: RTW and M2TW soundtrack submod for EB II v. 2.2b, c, d, e, f, g, h, etc.

    Sure, I'll consider updating it in the near future (made a similar update for v. 2.3). However, it won't work for v. 2.4, since modding music is also tied to other sound like battle map voices in the...
  16. Re: Announcement: Europa Barbarorum II 2.35A R3.5 released!

    It's a Christmas miracle! EBII v. 2.4 released! Hurray! Merry Christmas one and all, fellow EBII players! And a special Happy Holidays to all the modders who put all the hard work into the game.
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  17. Re: Ridley Scott wants to vandalize history again (Napoleon)

    That Cyclops is a menace! Somebody stop him! There's only one man for the job: Ridley Scott. Quick, Ridley! Bore him to death with your inane plot points and meanderings about Empress Josephine! The...
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    Oh fine! The Japanese toilet movie reigns supreme. LOL.

    The Cyclops one is a close second, though, come on! :surprise:

    Somehow better than new Ridley Scott movies. At least they don't take...
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    Re: Alexander: Making of a God

    Agreed about Oliver Stone's Alexander, although I feel as though critics trash the movie too hard when it was in many respects an okay film.

    In terms of historical dramas taking place in ancient...
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    Re: Alexander: Making of a God

    LOL. I thought Mido Hamada was some Japanese name until I looked up the actor and he's just a German national of Egyptian descent. So not terrible. :tongue:

    I've never heard of this English actor...
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    Re: Site Vs Discords in official Games.

    Some say the Hexagon is the greatest nemesis of the Pentagon, although the latter cannot confirm or deny this claim.



    Good point. To buttress your argument, on TWC forums you can go back...
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    True facts: Napoleon invaded Egypt so he could fire cannonballs at the Pyramids of Giza.

    LOL. I'm definitely not going to watch this film, not even for free.
    Not sure why some of you guys...
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    My small tribute to Michael Kamen

    Michael Kamen unfortunately passed away two decades ago in 2003, RIP, but before he left us, he scored the music to many of the films we love. Those include the Die Hard series, the Lethal Weapon...
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    Re: Sir Anthony Hopkins stole my wallet

    So, embarrassing update you guys. For three years I hadn't seen Hopkins in public after the assault and theft incident, with him living on the run.
    Then, out of some horrible twist of fate, we...
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    Re: Settlements

    I've said it elsewhere, but I'll say it again here, thanks for sharing all of this, Ariovistus! Awesome stuff. One of the best modifications to a mod of M2TW that has ever been done. Can't wait to...
  26. Re: *slaps thread* Look how much spook this bad boy can hold!

    :laughter:

    Fall back! Fall back to the citadel! Helm's Deep shall not fall to her Christmas ilk! Hold fast! Helm hammer hand shall sound one last time in the deep!

    HOLD THE LINE!!!
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    Re: EB-Twitter updates Discussion

    Damn! That sucks! LOL. Imagine if it got hacked by a rival modding team like for Stainless Steel or Third Age Total War and they put up a bunch of false satirical updates like "we smell, because we...
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    Re: EB-Twitter updates Discussion

    That would be very cool to see a unique huge city settlement model for Carthage to include its famous seaport. I give +1 rep for all your hard work! :)

    Thanks for letting me know about their...
  29. Re: Announcement: Europa Barbarorum II 2.35A R3.5 released!

    So have you guys fixed that quagmire soundtrack music glitch you said you were having in the latest build for version 2.4?
    Was that the last big stumbling block before releasing 2.4?
    Or are there...
  30. Re: *slaps thread* Look how much spook this bad boy can hold!

    Hold the line! Hold the line! Hold! The battering ram is at the gate! The baseball is smashing pumpkins! Mariah Carey is at the gate! Hold fast! She's coming!
    ...
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    Re: EB-Twitter updates Discussion

    please remove, double post (because TWC is brain damaged apparently and glitched out)
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    Re: EB-Twitter updates Discussion

    I missed this somehow, but a belated +1 rep to you and major congratulations to Ariovistus Suebus and others for all the hard work they've done on this mod, particularly the latest build for v. 2.4....
  33. Re: Ridley Scott wants to vandalize history again (Napoleon)

    Obviously Gladiator was not a historically accurate documentary on the reigns of Marcus Aurelius or Commodus, and had entirely fictional characters like Maximus and Lucius, but the fact that it had...
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    Ridley's new film not being yet another Marvel blockbuster is kind of a low bar, but you a bit right about that, at least it's not that or same old, same old (at the very least, a biopic on Napoleon...
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    Re: New Disney Snow White

    "You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Flinn again."

    Someone should just do a deep fake where they replace the face of each character in a film with Silvio.

    As for the new...
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    Re: Hamas attacks southern Israel

    Yes, not everything the PA is going to do or suggest is going to be helpful or constructive, but still, what other option is there for working with a regional partner? Jordan and Egypt are certainly...
  37. Re: Ridley Scott wants to vandalize history again (Napoleon)

    Causation and correlation?
    Are we honestly arguing that Napoleon wouldn't have invaded Russia in 1812 if he hadn't divorced his first wife two years prior to that? LOL.
    I'm sure Josephine provided...
  38. Re: Ridley Scott wants to vandalize history again (Napoleon)

    I mean, would it be fun to watch in order to make fun of it? Sure. But that's something I can do from the comfort of home rather than wasting money in theaters, so I won't be seeing this movie until...
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    Re: The (new) Shogun series

    Looks pretty cool, the trailer definitely hypes it up. I would definitely give it a chance and at least watch the first episode, given the legendary status of the previous TV series based on the...
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    Re: Hamas attacks southern Israel

    Hamas definitely doesn't deserve to exist, they are a jihadi terrorist organization like ISIS that should be defeated in Gaza. With that being said, the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank is a...
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