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That might work as part of an explanation.
But as I wrote in my post:
[quote]It is certainly physically possible for someone on a planet to see two astronomical bodies close together in the sky that seem inconsistent phases of illumination. Perhaps one or both of those bodies are actually illuminated by countless millions and billions and trillions of artificial lights on their surfaces, instead of light from the star(s) in that system, for example.
And I can think of other hypothetical explanations for the conflicting phases of those two "moons". [/quote]
But I don't want to have to think of those hypothetical explanations. It is very simple to depict two astronomical bodies close together in the sky with identical phases, and it is so obvious that two astronomical bodies appearing close together in the sky would almost always have almost identical phases, that depicting two astronomical bodies appearing close together in the sky with radically different phases is disregarding all the probabilities. And without any payoff story wise in this episode.
And I find that annoying.
Men named Marion? A Hollywood macho man like John Wayne wouldn't stand for a man named Marion!
In Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Rings, Book II, Chapter 2, "The Council of Elrond" Gandalf quotes from the Scroll of Isildur, describing the ring:
[quote] The Ring misseth, maybe, the heat of Sauron's hand, which was black and yet burned like fire, and so Gil-galad was destroyed... [/quote]
[url]http://www.henneth-annun.net/events_view.cfm?evid=1095[/url]
And that is almost everything written on the subject.
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I have read, and I think own, A terrible Glory.
The reviews make Custer's Trials seem like the best biography of Custer in a long time.
Continued.
So for all those reasons I eventually decided that the Wizards and Sauron were all members of some species or order of beings different from, and higher than, Elves or Men, sometime before I first read the Silmarillion.
You're welcome.
Actually the nature of the [i]Istari[/i] or wizards is not explicitly stated in LOTR but for the first time in The Silmarillion (1977) & Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle Earth (1980).
But LOTR clearly shows than Sauron & wizards aren't Dwarves, Men, or Elves.
The appendixes to LOTR state that Sauron was the main follower of the first Dark Lord, Morgoth, during the First Age, which ended about 6,500 years before LOTR, and has been killed at least twice before LOTR, making new bodies each time, being clearly not a Man.
3,000 years before LOTR, Gil-Galad, and Elendil, kings of Elves and Men, killed Sauron's body on the slopes of Mount Doom and were killed by him. Isildur cut off Sauron's ring finger and The Ring. In LOTR Isildur's description of The Ring is quoted, stating that Sauron's hand was black, and yet was burning hot, so hot it killed Gil-Galad!
Some Elves in LOTR have lived for thousands of years, but none of them have body heat strong enough to kill other elves.
Clearly Sauron's nature was different from that of Dwarves, Ents, Men, or Elves, greater, and except for being evil, higher.
There is a scene in LOTR, not in the movies, where Frodo says that Saruman, though turned evil, is too high and holy to be killed by mere mortals. And obviously Frodo would not have been in such awe of any Hobbit, not even the Thain, nor any Dwarf, Ent, Man, not even Aragon, or Elf.
Clearly Saruman's nature was different from that of Dwarves, Ents, Men, or Elves, greater, and except for being evil, higher.
Furthermore, the death scenes of Sauron and Saruman are similar enough, and different enough from those of Dwarves, Men and Elves, to suggest that they, and the other wizards, belong to a totally different species, as much beyond Elves as Elves are beyond Hobbits.
There is also a statement that only Cirdan seems to have recognized the true nature of the wizards at first, indicating there is a secret to be discovered. Continued.
I sort of made up words to go with the theme song of Blake's 7.
There goes Servalan,
evil Servalan.
Spreading death and pain,
vile Servalan.
I am not spamming the boards.
I only posted on about a dozen boards for Custer related movies. There must be many thousands of boards on this site.
I'm not trying to prove anything in particular, except possibly that as a bad as any situation can be, the odds could be even worse.
Added Jan. 12-2019 And as good as any situation might be, the odds could be even better.
So if the odds are ten to one against you, they could be a hundred to one against you, etc.
And if the odds are ten to one for you, they could be a hundred to one for you, etc.
Many events in The Plainsman (1936) are based on events which happened between April 1865 and September 1876 in real history, or over a span of 11 years and 5 months. But the movie seems to cover only 2 or 3 months of fictional time.
See my posts here: [url]https://moviechat.org/tt0028108/The-Plainsman/58c7018a4e1cf308b932bf2a/Accurate-No-Fun-Yes[/url]
In fact, the beginning of The Plainsman (1936) has a title card that say: “Among the men who thrust forward America’s frontier were Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody. The story that follows compresses many years, many lives, and widely separated events into one narrative - in an attempt to do justice to the courage of the plainsman of our west.”
So according to the movie itself, not everything which happens in The Plainsman (1936) actually happened exactly as in the movie or all happened to the characters in the movie, even in the fictional universe of The Plainsman (1936).
So I imagine that some of the events in The Plainsman (1936) happened to James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, some to other men not named William, and some to other men named William, including perhaps a fictional "Wild Will Wilcox".
And of course there are many contradictions between The Plainsman (1936) and other western movies involving one or more of the historical persons in it.
So if someone wants to watch The Plainsman (1936) along with other movies featuring the same historical persons, like Buffalo Bill (1944), for example, the opening credit will help a lot in resolving contradictions.
And this may be a reason why they didn't make Gary Cooper look more like Wild Bill. And Hickok is said to have just got out of the army and so probably had his hair cut relatively short for Wild Bill.
So The Plainsman does combine events which happened over a span of 11 years and 5 months into 2 to 3 months of fictional time. Spoilers follow.
[spoiler]After the opening it should take John Lattimer just a few days to reach St. Louis, unless this is a possible later trip to St. Louis. At St. Louis, Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody have both been discharged from the Union army which make the year 1865 or 1866 at the latest.
The riverboat trip to Leavenworth should take a few days at most, and the stagecoach ride to Hays City is said to be a 3 day trip. Buffalo Bill leaves to guide a troop of cavalry that night. After three or four days travel, they are ambushed at a ford on the Republican River. As the attack begins, Wild Bill sends Calamity Jane to inform General Custer. Custer arrives with the relief force on the 7th or 8th day, indicating that the one way trip lasts 3 or 4 days.
On apparently the day they return to Hays City Wild Bill gets in a shoot out and leaves to track John Lattimer, while Buffalo Bill is given a mission by Custer. Six weeks, or about 39 to 45 days, later Wild Bill and Buffalo Bill learn of Custer's Last Stand. Wild Bill heads for Deadwood and the rest of the movie probably takes less than 7 fictional days.
So I calculate about 15 to 19 days plus 39 to 45 days, or about 54 to 64 days. Plus probably less than 7 days for John Lattimer to get from Washington DC to Leavenworth at the beginning of the movie and probably less than 7 days for Wild Bill to reach Deadwood at the end, for a total of about 54 to 78 days fictional time.[/spoiler]
And the opening credits in fact say that many lives and many years are condensed into the story of the Plainsman. Which means that even in the fictional universe of The Plainsman (1936) many of the events would have "really" happened to other persons!
See my post here [url]https://moviechat.org/tt0028108/The-Plainsman/58c7018a4e1cf308b932bf33/Cooper-is-always-good-but?reply=5c32e63ba3e18253dba757b8[/url]
I remember watching it with my father years ago and my father commented on it not being historic to have Wild Bill Hickock and Buffalo Bill meet General Custer.
I didn't say anything but I knew that Hickock and Buffalo Bill did scout for Custer for a time in the 1860s. The bit of inaccurate name dropping that stuck out to me during that viewing was naming Colonel Carrington as the commander of the fort that urgently needed ammunition.
The film The Plainsman (1936) combines events that happened over 11 years & 5 months into a story that happens in 2 to 3 months of story time.
Warning! Plot Spoilers below!
[spoiler]
The movie opens when Abraham Lincoln goes to Ford's Theater and is shot - on April 14, 1865 in history. At the same time John Lattimer is sent west with a shipment of repeating rifles to sell to "friendly" Indians.
Buffalo Bill Cody has recently married Louisa. Buffalo Bill actually married Louisa Frederici in 1866.
The reported slaughter of half the garrison of Fort Piney is based on the December 21, 1866, Fetterman Massacre near Fort Phil Kearney, commanded by Colonel Carrington, on Piney Creek in Wyoming.
The siege of Company B, 7th Cavalry at an island in a river is based on the Battle of Beecher Island 17-19 September 1868.
Hickok's shootout with three 7th cavalry troopers is based on a shootout between Hickok and two 7th cavalry troopers on July 17, 1870.
Custer's Last Stand happened on June 25, 1876.
Wild Bill Hickok was shot by Jack McCall at Deadwood in the Black Hills of South Dakota on August 2, 1876.
The 5th Cavalry did ride to reinforce General Crook's army, but they didn't arrive in Deadwood until Crook's army reached Deadwood in September, not when Hickok was shot[/spoiler]
I saw The Plainsman (1936) recently and could recognize the regimental number 7 in the top part of the guidon in a few scenes, so it was Company B of the 7th Cavalry besieged on the island, with 30 out of 48 men killed and others wounded.
The Plainsman (1936) has events inspired for historical events that happened over a period of 11 years and 5 months from April 1865 to September 1876, but happens over a span of an estimated 54 to 78 fictional days. So in any fictional universe where the fight on the island happened just a month or two before Custer's Last Stand the men of Company B of the 7th Cavalry killed and wounded on the island would not have been replaced by the time of the Little Big Horn.
A cavalry unit, Company D, from fictional Fort Starke is in The Command (1954) with a fictional date of 1876 or possibly 1878. A number of tribes have gone on the warpath after hearing about Custer's Last Stand. For consistency with She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), where cavalry at Fort Starke in 1876 wear caps with the number 2 on them, it should be Company D of the 2nd Cavalry, but I couldn't hear if they said 2nd Cavalry or 7th Cavalry.
If Company D of the 7th Cavalry was in 1876 stationed at Fort Starke on the plains somewhere south of the action in the Great Sioux War that would be one more company of the 7th Cavalry that wasn't present or at full strength at the Little Big Horn.
In real history Company D of the 7th Cavalry was in Benteen's command at the Little Big Horn and fought on Reno Hill on June 25-26.
Long ago I read a book of old Buck Rogers comic strips.
Killer Kane was a rather comic, bumbling villain in them. In fact he started out as one of Buck Rogers's comrades but went bad.
From what I remember, his nickname didn't mean "murderer" but was short for "Lady Killer". A lady killer wasn't a female who murdered or a serial killer of women, but a playboy who "killed" women's reputations as virtuous ladies, I think.
And here is a link to an article about Killer Kane.
[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Kane[/url]
Actually I watched The Plainsman (1936) recently and it has a title crawl.
[url]https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2bds1d[/url]
But it only gives the credits and doesn't give story information.
Actually I watched The Plainsman (1936) recently and it has a title crawl.
[url]https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2bds1d[/url]
But it only gives the credits and doesn't give story information.
Thank you.
You know, I never noticed the bit about juggling chainsaws beneath the girls on the high wire until I watched the ad on iSpot.tv!
If the chainsaw juggling had been real life instead of special effects Peyton Lee wouldn't have to act to look scared.
I saw "The Jeweled Gun" again on January 4, 2019.
The Funeral was said to be on a Wednesday afternoon in May, 1876.
According to perpetual calendars:
[quote]Wednesdays in May, 1876 included May 3, 10, 17, 24, & 31.[/quote]
Thus the funeral would have been on May 3, 10, 17, 24, or 31, 1876.
Bart Maverick travels by stage north from Santa Fe, New Mexico toward Laramie, Wyoming, he travels for several days and stays in hotels in several towns. At the end of the episode he gets on the stage at La Mesa to continue north to Laramie, Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming, is almost due north of Santa Fe, New Mexico. So obviously La Mesa should be in New Mexico, Colorado, or Wyoming unless the stage route is very winding.
Maybe the stage route would have to have a big bend eastwards to take it into territory where Comanche Indians raid stagecoaches, especially since there shouldn't have been any hostile Comanche on the warpath in May, 1876.
Mr. Haskell is buried in La Mesa, New Mexico. [url]https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0644504/goofs/?tab=gf&ref_=tt_trv_gf[/url]
Santa Fe is only about 90 miles south of the border with Colorado, so one might think that there would be a good chance that after going by stage for a few days La Mesa might be over the border in Colorado.
There is a real La Mesa, New Mexico, and it is about 200 or 300 miles south, not north, of Santa Fe. So may be the stage took the long and winding scenic route to Laramie, Wyoming, or else maybe La Mesa in the episode is a fictional town somewhere north of Santa Fe.
Added 06-27-19 I saw "The Jeweled Gun" again today and it seem to take four days to get from Santa Fe to La Mesa, New Mexico by Stagecoach. 90 miles in four days makes an average of about 23 miles per day, which seems a bit slow for a stagecoach. And apparently nobody was surprised it took the lawyer only 2 days or less to get from Santa Fe to La Mesa. So the stagecoach route probably loops to the east (into Comanche territory) to visit the towns they stopped in and back west to La Mesa while the lawyer would have ridden his horse by a more direct road to La Mesa.
Thanks for the info about Biltmore.
I wonder if all of them showed the Biltmore mansion itself or if some of them only show some of the extensive grounds of the estate. For example, in The Last of the Mohicans 1992 the mansion could have portrayed a castle/palace in Europe or maybe a fort in America, or maybe only the forests on the estate were been used for the forests of upstate New York.
the last episode "Up, Up and Away" showed Emma, Ravi, Zuri, and Lou in a hot air balloon which drifted across the coast and out to sea, once again showing that Camp Kikiwaka is close to the seashore.
Lou mentioned that one of her plans for next year was to take the kids rafting on the Penobscot River.
The Penobscot River flows into the Atlantic about halfway along the Maine Coast between the borders of New Hampshire and New Brunswick, Canada. Since Camp Kikiwaka is near the Canadian border, and also near the coast, Lou would probably have to take the kids at least 60 to 80 miles as the crow flies west or northwest from Camp Kikiwaka to the Penobscot River, possibly a lot farther if she wanted to take them to an upstream location. If the US-Canadian border is the same in the alternate universe of the Disney Channel Live Action Universe and in our universe, that is.
Of course if the US-Canadian border is farther west in the alternate universe of the Disney Channel Live Action Universe a hypothetical trip from Camp Kikiwaka to the Penobscot River would be shorter.
I also wondered about Mr. Jackson Queens.
I also had problems remembering the theme song to Wyatt Earp:
[url]https://moviechat.org/tt0047750/The-Life-and-Legend-of-Wyatt-Earp/5bb25d983e3d17001402d1f7/The-theme-song[/url]