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I'm all stocked up for the long winter...

I thought they were used as a light source like a Flashlight No they have flashlights for that! Remember Hikaru stepping on his when he saw it was Minmay he saved? I think they acted as signal flares for pilots stranded in space.

But they made Gung Ho 3 years prior...

BTW... how awesome would that German Crusader be in the beginning of the film as The Mighty Thor?

I've seen about everything the guy did after The Duellists... the only one I've missed out on is Matchstick Men, due to my aversion for post Con Air Nick Cage. Black Rain is one of my favorite Ridley Scott movies. Even the ones that I like the least are actually good films like 1492 and White Squall. I consider Legend to be the perfect Fairy Tale movie and I'm a huge fan of Tim Curry's Darkness. The one film I prefer not to watch again is probably Hannibal. But I'm just one of those that believes that they should have left that property alone.

Someone asked fo this pic, IIRC.

Thanks for making a thread about a movie about religion...

That's why I said it was a weakness in the script not a religious question of wrong and right. The events that were in the film are not even accurate so it was never a question of morality. No need to search the thinking of a medieval knight's thoughts.

***SPOILER*** I can see that postion taken by the movie. But I thought that by doing so, he knowingly condemned, not only the Knight Templars (who he meant to save by turning down the offer) but he also sent to death the Knights that fought with the Templars, the Muslims that fought against the King, and the men and women of Jerusalem. With one move he could have saved all those people. Surely sacrificing one's own soul can be taken as a path towards redemption. But who's to say, what's the "will of God" right? I'm not even questioning that. I just thought it was the weakest point of the script. I could understand if what he did to save his soul turned out to be a fatal mistake, but everyone in the story, in the theatre, even the muslims knew what was going to happen if the French noble man became the king. He even knew the tactics they were going to use. Why did they give him the choice anyway? The leper should have just done it and then offered him the hand of his sister after the fact...

SOmeone from 4chan posted this: How dare this guy think he can even come close to this pic. 1/1 Sorry to hear about your brother. Cybernary was a great design. I had used it to enter a contest for an Homage Studio artist search which I won but then I totally blew it because I didn't read the end date right... I think I still have it.

I agree, there was a mini series based on Gengis Khan a while back, also about Marco Polo. Gengis Kahn was a bigger name than the Crusades back in the 80's. And if the potrayal of Muslims as barbarians is what's keeping you from watching this, then don't worry about it. This film is so politically correct, I'm glad that it's balanced out by the bloodshed and skull crushing.

I posted this somewhere else... Just went to go see it... and as expected I loved the film.... my friend that went with me gave it the same "it was just OK" that everyone else is giving it. But I knew I was going to be extremely glad with this film for 2 reasons. One is that ever since I read the Da Vinci Code, I started reading more about the Crusades and the Knights Templar, which were a big part of the film. Then I went on into reading about how religion started out as a cause and became an excuse to loot the Middle East of it's riches and resources. All of which was touch upon. I would guess this is the boring part of the movie for everyone else. The other reason is I love Ridley Scott's imagery. There's a scene where there was a thousand carrions circling and feeding off a thousand men in the desert that just told everything about a battle they didn't show. Then a very good storming of Jerusalem in the end. I was suprised that Orlando Bloom did pretty well, aside from Legolas, which is a bland character anyway, I don't like him much in anything else. Liam Neeson has overdone the part about being the "man who makes heroes out of other men" and we still have Batman to look forward to. If they don't make another sword epic for a long time after this I'll be glad that this one was the one that punctuated the genre. It's a lot better than Troy or Alexander. I'm betting that it's a lot better than King Arthur, which I haven't seen. I think if the released dates were switched between this film and Gladiator, this film would have garnered the very same praise that Gladiator did. And Gladiator wouldn't be taken that seriously now. One thing that bothered me, there was a point in the middle of the film that I think the main character made a idiotic decision. But then again if he didn't make that choice, it would have ended the film early. But it wasn't portrayed as an idiotic choice, but an honorable one... that was what bothered me most. other than that I thoroughly enjoyed it. I don't expect anyone else to love this film but I'm glad there's finally something that I saw that was worth going to the movies to.

Over here in the U.S. us Catholics call it the "yeah right in white... "

Big Charest fan here. Met him a few times back in the late 90's when I was writing/self-publishing a comic. Serious artist and waaaaaaay too good for his material. What's he doing now? He does covers and Video Game art... about the same thing as Adam Hughes, but not pin ups.

I wouldn't guess that he started yet. He's still on the 1/72 regults...

Hey thanks for putting these up... Great work. How about posting all 30!

hmmm... that chick looks like my friend...

Why wash them... they're cannon fodders... they're lucky they even made it back alive the first time... Great work as always Kurt!

What is it with XMen characters and eating planets? You think Galactus and the Phoenix ever go out on lunch dates?

Vinnie Jones is a good choice. But I don't get why they're afraid of CG... a rubber suit? That scares me even more. This is Xmen... not Dirty Harry. They should be pushing CG to its limits... not running away from it.

I still haven't seen AVP... so I did my civic duty as an Aliens fan... Screw you people that did... I hope you're happy.

I haven't bought a McFarlane figure since the Lotus from Manga Spawn or whatever... and that's the only one I have... but I heard good things about the Robocop figure. But you probably just save me some cash... lol.

torches...

you can't judge a toy or model by the figures. Sometimes the figures in the cockpit are made smaller due to engineering of the toy. If you scaled up the 1/48, the components in that cockpit would be a lot bulkier in real life.

get him a 1/55. That'll teach him to takes stuff apart.... as sson sa he tries to release the landing gears.... POW!!! right on the nail! j/k...