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Episodes 6 and 13...
This show is hilarious!
Just fabulous.
Terrible
Not terrible!
A lovely and wonderful anime.
Great Show!
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Well said. Also, the battlefield was reversed: the English had the high ground, and the French had to climb the rise to get to them. Also, the archers rained death on the French constantly. The Bodkin Point arrows of the British longbow couldn't penetrate the armor of the mounted French knights (except on the arms) because armor had progressed to a higher state, but the lightly armored horses took lots of arrows, throwing their riders, who were trapped in the mud, and exacerbated by wounded horses running all over the field trampling and running down many French. The bulk of Henry's forces were longbowmen (around 6000) behind pointed stakes until they were out of arrows- they shot from and then took the field from the flanks, and lightly armored, could move easier and wreak havoc on the struggling French.
The French Men-At-Arms (the foot soldiers) suffered terribly from the English longbows- their armor wasn't really up to the standards of the mounted knights, and thousands died. The English lost only a few high-ranking people: Duke of York, Earl of Suffolk and several more.
Even if the conservative estimated of 15,000 French on the field, they lost 6,000: Henry had about 9000 and lost around 400-500.
This movie's battle was very Hollywood. The Dauphin was not in command of the battle- that was Constable of France Charles d'Albret, who died on the field.
Lastly, no mention was made of the boys who remained behind at the wagons- the French mounted an attack that killed all of the young boys. That and the tremendous number of prisoners is why Henry ordered the prisoners killed There were too many to guard, and he feared they would start to pick up weapons from the field and start fighting again. Fortunately, only a few were killed because the French surrendered.
Personally, I prefer Kenneth Brannagh's Henry V movie to this- it portrays the longbow winning the day, even if Shakespeare grossly underrated the British dead.
..Joe
Way late reply, but I can state that she WAS Eurasian: Her father was Cantonese, and her mother was English.
Obviously, she DID look Eurasian, because she WAS Eurasian.
..Joe
Maybe then, but not now. John Carter lost and estimated 265 million; the Lone Ranger 249. The Marvels lost 237 million.
The 13th Warrior lost a lot of money, but it's not the worst.
..Joe
Titan 1C was my favorite line.
..Joe
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms lost a whole ton of money, then her next film- Black Beauty was so poorly received by critics (and was all set to be released until Covid came along) that it went straight to Digital. That's a lot of money lost-upwards of a hundred million dollars.
That tends to make studios hesitant to hire her again.
Shame, too, because she's a pretty girl. (Except for too much eye makeup- looks like she puts it on with a trowel.)
..Joe
What a pile your post is...
It was only an hour and 44 minutes!
..Joe
Yup. Same for me. It's a deep movie and required 2 viewings.
But it paid off.
..Joe
Especially New Jersey. Remember, that's the state that arrested a Pennsylvania State Trooper for having his service sidearm unloaded and locked in the trunk. When the PA Governor asked the NJ Governor to have the charges dropped, The NJ Governor said "No," so the PA Governor told him anyone coming into PA to arrest the charged cop would be arrested for kidnapping and assault.
..Joe
Remember: if God gave the world an enema, he'd stick it in NJ.
What civilians were in Japan that weren't Japanese? they were terribly xenophobic, and any that weren't allies (and hence enemies of the Western Alliance) were indeed prisoners of war. It was believed that they would have been killed when the US invaded. They weren't civilians- US prisoners of war were soldiers- not civilians
And sorry about the other- typing faster than I was thinking. Should have been "you can blame the Liberals' uber-god, FDR..."
..Joe
What does that have to do with civilians in Japan?
For the Nisei interned during the war, you can than the Liberals' uber-god, FDR. He even knew it was unconstitutional (and hence, illegal) but did it anyway.
..Joe
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