fr fr fr fr i literally forgot War and Peace was "soviet cinema", it's just categorized as GOAT in my head
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Where do you think Ukraine wants to use its missiles
i mean if the idea is to get Kiev flattened then shooting at a nuclear weapon facility would be a good idea. i'm not sure they're quite that suicidal
more red is more better, the original flag of the workers movement is an unadorned red flag
at this particular time when Russia is clearly winning, meeting the escalation in a fair way could open up the way for more effectual escalation on NATO's part, making it more difficult to achieve Russia's goals. 'Oh drat the wunderwaffen didn't make Putin surrender' is a less compelling battlecry to deploy NATO troops than 'they shot down our oh-so-innocent and uninvolved AWACS unit'.
they grow mustard in iceland, apparently lol. the english get off on that one
the just-Kursk allowance seems like something Russia could safely ignore, it's pretty laughable that Ukraine still seems to think occupying a couple villages will net them something substantial in the negotiations, if these missiles were capable of stymieing Russia's liberating of the Kursk territory in the first place--which judging by ATACMS not slowing the Donbass front where they are already allowed to use them... seems doubtful
herzegovina tyres built different. built to disintegrate
actually tho belograd also being on there its probably something about the valleys and local weather in the balkans rn?
what the fuck is sarajevo cooking they are not a large city
and you should provide me with a good one to read! I've always thought it was weird a conductor was viewed as in 'charge' of people who are all using sheet music but I also know that a central coordinator that tells everyone to start and shit is probably important
how much influence does a conductor have? how do they interact with the other artists artistically and economically? i would love to peer into this a little bit
true archvillainy requires the wisdom of volcel juche
hoping for some basic, short answers from the socialist perspective before i have to look at big books like literally called "The National Question in Yugoslavia"
for context i understand basically nothing about post-ottoman developments in the balkans, so feel free to start with what the fuck a 'Yugoslavia' was supposed to be before socialism too.
thanks in advance you wise Hexbeariens
Pantjikent is in the Zeravshan valley, and served as a capital for sogdiana at a few points. notice the elements of buddhist, iranian, and turkic/chinese influence
look at my recommends dawg why do i even bother going onto that site
i really hoped it was exaggerated but damn, comrades. this a british movie with british sympathies and unforgivably british casting
these fuckers didn't even try! yankee accents standing in for the french, i could accept, so long as they were different from the motherfucking english. but HALF of the french characters are fucking british?!?!?!
under spoilers for space, there is not anything to be 'spoiled' from this:
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comically miscast historical personages who we've got dozens of portraits of:
Alexander of Russia, unaccountably not bald
Francis of Austria, unaccountably fat
Robespierre played by a man who was made to look exactly like Danton???
and the salt in the wound is of course, The Duellists. a film of infinitely superior historical calibre and consistency from the SAME fucking director.
character assassination of the Comité de Salut Public (typical of a fucking englishman)
caricature of both Thermidor and Brumaire, which you wouldn't think is possible as they were of utterly separate political persuasions, but of course they did that
a calculated removal of the Revolutionary Calendar
no effort whatsoever, in fact intentional mystification around the nature and sympathies of the imperial nobility, trying to play it like it was a return of the Ancien Regime
i did like that Talleyrand was shown to be a devil on the shoulder, but it was not treated with that he was a traitorous sleaze
finally, things i liked:
1792 issue french uniforms appeared in limited edition at Toulon
1798 issue austrian did as well, though apparently only for voltiguers/jaegers at austerlitz?
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas appeared in multiple scenes, but was not named which is super fucking awful
Josephine had a prominent role. and yes, we could do a whole additional post about how anachronistic the women's costumes were, but she generally looked very cute and i'm grasping at straws for things to appreciate here
we stan a volcel queen so dedicated to her oath she physically beat up every potential suitor
i'm not complaining, as long as there are different entities it'd be confusing for them to use all-red in every context. but i like when the flags have more red for that reason