tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post5383861497610455025..comments2024-02-20T10:12:20.623+00:00Comments on The Blog That Time Forgot: "Never mind that $£!% - Here Comes Tubœuf!"Taranaichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-76218209107316144962010-10-19T18:09:13.857+01:002010-10-19T18:09:13.857+01:00a man with the strengh to ko a horse... awesome......a man with the strengh to ko a horse... awesome... the normans are a very interesting people in the middle age, other very good anecdote is the very special promise of fidelity gave to the french Duke Rollo when they stablished themselves in Normandy, they came from Norway I think, the one about the kiss in the feet, is better that you look for it in the wikipedia than my explanation in a poor english... very famous was Bohemundo de Antioquia who founded a christian Kingdom in Holy Land there is a biography of him by french Jean Flori and John Julius Norwich has two novels about the normans in Sicily, I don't know in England but in Spain these three books cost 30 € or so... a bit expensive for me...<br />although he was not a norman he was a viking adventurer and he deserves a novel or even a film... Harold Hardrada... mercenary in Byzantium before become king of Norway and invader of England...<br />this book about medieval warfare looks great, have you read all...?<br />by the way I have a very funny??? anecdote about the shot of Conan the barbarian, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jorge Sanz, his mother and a donkey...<br />Francisco...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-21027353113759105342010-10-18T01:19:24.781+01:002010-10-18T01:19:24.781+01:00"Two-Cows" - another connection to Mongo..."Two-Cows" - another connection to Mongo!<br /><br />M.D., well, it is still sort of from the mind of Milius/Arnie, in that this scene plays rather differently. In the film, it's a way of showing Konahn not knowing his own strength, and making a bit of a blunder, displaying his inexperience and clumsiness as a thief. In the historical anecdote, it's a warning to the Byzantines not to mess with the Normans. It certainly worked.Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-52484045128940064492010-10-17T19:15:49.090+01:002010-10-17T19:15:49.090+01:00So what seemed like a cheezy, throwaway gag bred i...So what seemed like a cheezy, throwaway gag bred in the mind of John Milius or Arnold Schwarzeneggar and half based on a slapstick moment from a Mel Brooks movie, is actually based on a true historical incident.<br /><br />Well, that lends it a certain gravitas now, doesn't it? Milius and Arnold look like scholaras now, don't they? (or not).M. D. Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13820831338678743992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-86272603294936902392010-10-17T17:21:18.498+01:002010-10-17T17:21:18.498+01:00the guys name is Hugh, Two-cows.. wow.
awesome....the guys name is Hugh, Two-cows.. wow. <br /><br />awesome..Lagomorph Rexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06385231158384929598noreply@blogger.com