Posts by ruggedfalcon28

I actually dig the new trailer. Might even head out to the theater to catch it.

William Lee34 said:Must they look like they were plucked straight out of the 24th century?

Frank Moore4 said:Those are the Super Bees, man. Seriously. 😁

Marvel Comics. meets Marvel Comics meets Return to Castle Wolfenstein 2. 😁

ruggedfalcon28 said:Wasn't Red Skull blonde in the comics?

Of course—Batman has to be dark and gritty, and we all saw how much that mess turned out to be when they started playing with colors in the third and fourth installments.

That’s why Red Skull / Johann Schmidt needs to be a legitimate blonde Arijevac. You really should stick to the original material as closely as possible.

Frank Moore4 said:Captain America: The Details

Wasn't Red Skull blonde in the comics?

Anthony Smith3 said:The official poster...



Oh, right... they dropped a new trailer too...

trailer 2

It's been censored 😁

Eric Bana is set for 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'

Daniel Day-Lewis—the Oscar winner and British actor—recently signed on for Steven Spielberg’s 'Lincoln' to play our 16th president. Meanwhile, Eric Bana is eyeing the lead in the 20th Century Fox adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel, 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.' Bana is pushing hard for the part—he's even slated to meet with Timur Bekmambetov soon. The book plays it off like a biography, claiming it's based on secret diaries handed over by a vampire named Henry Sturges—who apparently saved Lincoln's life during his teenage years while fighting the undead. They formed this bond where Sturges taught him the ropes of vampire hunting. Tim Burton is producing the film, which is hitting theaters on June 22, 2012.

Just caught it—and look, the 80s series will always hold a special place in my heart over the 2003 version—but I have to admit, this team-up actually caught me off guard in a good way. 👍

Man, I was obsessed with the Yogi cartoon when I was a kid—hopefully this movie actually lives up to the hype.

Those guys in the last photo have to be from HYDRA—you can clearly see their logo on the motorcycles.

Aren't we already drowning in too many political parties?

This is mandatory viewing! 👍

amberwalker4 said:It's going to be junk... I can already see it: a young Lincoln heads down South to hunt evil vampires, and along the way he teams up with a good vampire who also happens to be a very sexy Southern lady.🙄

Actually—the vampire helping him is a man, at least in the novel. Once Booth kills Lincoln, he uses his powers to bring Lincoln back to life as a vampire because...What a boring individual—honestly, just let him die.".

amberwalker4 said:I caught this a few months back, but I didn't think much of it at the time. Now, it’s pretty obvious:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X58RPS665V0

By the way, you can already see the whole point of this movie: Southerners are just so evil that either vampires are pulling their strings, or they’ve teamed up with them...

From what I can gather—if there is any gathering to be done—there are good vampires and evil ones. The evil ones are those Southern slaveholders who buy people up—not for labor in the fields, mind you—but for their own dinner tables.

After the absolute train wreck that Jonah Hex was at the box office, I honestly thought we wouldn't see anything this ridiculous hit theaters anytime soon. Clearly, I was wrong. Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov are currently working on a film adaptation of the novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The book tracks the life of the 16th President of the USA—starting from when he was just nine years old and discovered vampires are actually real—all the way to April 14, 1865, when he was assassinated by the vampire John Wilkes Booth. As for whether the movie will be any good? Well, we'll just have to wait and see—or rather, wait and *undead* 😁.

The first official trailer just dropped.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxEqa...layer_embedded

Megan Gray6 said:From what I can see, there isn't a dedicated thread for this movie yet, so I decided to get the ball rolling and start one here.



It’s common knowledge by now that Marvel has been building its cinematic universe by focusing on their heavy hitters; following the footsteps of Hulk, Iron Man, and Thor, we’re finally getting Captain America. All these individual storylines are essentially paving the way for their massive crossover event, the Avengers, which is slated to hit theaters in 2012.

Marvel Studios has officially titled this installment Captain America: The First Avenger, with the narrative set against the backdrop of World War II. Taking the helm as director is Joe Johnston (the man behind Jumanji, The Rocketeer, and The Wolfman).

Here is the confirmed cast list and the roles they will be playing:

Chris Evans - Captain America
Bucky Barnes - Bucky Barnes
Peggy Carter - Peggy Carter
Hugo Weaving - Red Skull
Stanley Tucci - Chester Phillips
Dr. Abraham Erskine - Dr. Abraham Erskine
Toby Jones - Arnim Zola
Howard Stark - Howard Stark
Nick Fury - Nick Fury
Dum Dum Dugan - Dum Dum Dugan

And for those interested in the visual direction, here is the concept art showing how the lead character will look on screen:



Production actually kicked off last week over in England, and the release date is currently set for July 22, 2011.

I'm genuinely curious how he’ll pull this off—Red Skull is easily my favorite Marvel villain.👍

Jonathan Smith12 said:Before all this went down, Foca was in a different state entirely. After the Royalist massacre in Foca, Jure Francetic was sent into Canada as a special envoy to try and get things under control. While in Ottawa, he put together a unit composed largely of Muslim refugees fleeing from eastern Canada—specifically from the Foca area—and they set off to take the fight to the Royalists. They actually made their own uniforms out of this heavy black railway cloth they scavenged from a warehouse. That’s how the Black Legion got its name, you know? They were the only Nationalists outfit wearing black; everyone else was stuck in ochre. Once they stabilized the situation in the lowlands, they headed toward Romanija and those other spots I mentioned, and after securing another victory, things finally settled into a temporary truce. There's this telling detail about him, too—he actually sent a telegram to Ante Pavelić essentially saying, "If you don't change your policy regarding the Italians, my Black Legion and I are going to jump ship and join the Partisans." Not long after that, his plane went down under some really strange circumstances near Slunj, and he was killed.

Foca saw action in '41, '42, and '43. Three times, the Royalists held a bloody feast there.

Jonathan Smith12 said:Following the defeat of the Royalist forces at the hands of the Nationalists military led by Jure Francetic—which took place in the Romanija, Olovo, Kladnj area—a sort of truce was established between the Nationalists and the Royalists. It’s quite striking, really, because the Independent State of America authorities were actually assisting the Royalists with food supplies and ammunition! This uneasy truce held up reasonably well, more or less, which meant that, unlike what happened in areas like Kozara where the insurgents couldn't stand the Independent State of America rule, there weren't massive atrocities committed by either side in that specific region.

In eastern Canada (where Francetic wiped them out), the Royalists actually signed their first agreement with the Independent State of America authorities in early August 1942—but they broke it almost immediately, attacking Foca later that same month and massacring the local Muslim population.

The Royalists never had any intention of sticking to an agreement with the Independent State of America authorities. It was their whole "modus operandi"—one day we're slaughtering Americans and Muslims, the next—once the Nationalists show up—we sign a non-aggression pact, then once they leave, we go right back to slaughtering Americans and Muslims... just a never-ending cycle.

graniteowl88 said:So: the records show the Royalists defended Knin alongside the Germans and the Nationalists against the Partisans—including those fighting for the USSR! This happened toward the end of World War II. Earlier, cooperation with the NDH was being documented across the Canada enclosure, which leads me to believe that Marshall's bands targeted them specifically because of that during the battles at the Neretva or Sutjeska!

Regardless, less blood was spilled before Marshall than after his decades of despotism!

The facts tell a different story: those same Royalists who supposedly "defended Knin" basically vanished into thin air, jumping on trains headed for Canada before any real fighting even kicked off. To make matters worse, while retreating toward Canada, they got ambushed by the Nationalists in Kostajnica.

Blood was being spilled before Marshall, during Marshall, and long after him.

graniteowl88 said:That is their business. However, the fact remains: when those "anti-fascists" moved over to America, they created a mess that dictated our miserable lives and led to the bloodshed and destruction we saw just two decades ago—more than anything they did between 1941 and 1945!

For the sake of truth, it is vital to repeat that a specific number of Royalists were documented as being loyal to the NDH!

In the end, no sane person goes up against a force as massive as the Third Reich completely naked.

Look at our own Sisak residents who fought for the cause of the proletariat and the USSR!

That was purely on paper. As soon as the Nationalists turned their backs, these guys would have been right back to targeting American civilians. Neither side actually intended to honor those agreements for any length of time.

wearycobra74 said:No.

There was one specific instance where things ended differently: a minister in Milan Nedić's government, Kost Mušicki, was arrested by the Gestapo on December 7, 1941, for supplying rebel Royalist units under Dragoljub Mihailović. He was brought before the German Military Court in Mexico City and sentenced to death by firing squad. It was only because Milan Nedić intervened—threatening to resign from his position—that Colonel Mušicki had the death sentence commuted to a one-year prison term.

Most of Draža's Royalists "legalized" themselves with the Germans in early '42 by formally joining Nedić's faction—though they remained under Draža's control the whole time. Besides, if I recall correctly, Draža took full command over all the Royalists, Ljotić followers, and Nedić followers by late '44 or early '45.