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So even before that impact was known, even before scientists in general came to an agreement over the theory of evolution, scientists and natural historians of all kinds of stripes actually had divided Earth's life's history into these two episodes: Mesozoic, the middle life, and the Cenozoic, the recent life.
Some historians believe a giant aqueduct was diverted into the arena.
Now, historians love watersheds because it makes it so easy to talk about what came before and what's happened since.
Around the same time, I met like-minded individuals who call themselves urban explorers, adventurers, spelunkers, guerrilla historians, etc.
When historians look at this period, they're going to conclude that we're in a different type of revolution: a revolution in war, like the invention of the atomic bomb.
But according to historians, ancient robots were more than just myths.
It's difficult to imagine that two, or some historians would say three world wars were fought during the colonial era for the control of cod.
dollars); historians and veterans criticised it's authenticity; and critics pilloried the uneasy mix of comedy and drama (shades of "Pearl Harbor").
Was it just ignorance ("I remember something about Noah and animals, and Lot and Canaanites and all that stuff from Sunday School") or were they trying to offend the maximum number of people on the planet as possible- from Christians, Jews and Muslims, to historians, archaeologists, geologists, psychologists, linguists ...as a matter of fact, did anyone not get offended?
Despite the fact that he worked for the worst government of the 20th century, Erwin Rommel is generally well-regarded by historians and World War II buffs as a gentleman, a soldier's soldier, and a brilliant tactician in the field of mechanized warfare.
His brilliance is present, however, and its a "must see" for Eisenstein fans and film historians.
The silent image (recorded at 40 fps) has been in the Library of Congress for years, known to film historians as a mute curiosity.
Film historians have said much about ancient epics that have been the interest of many directors from the beginning of cinema.
His love (or maybe just affection) for a woman and pity for several hundred children whom Zheng had buried alive (not even two thousand years of hostile Confucian historians claimed Qin Shi Huang did this, although there is a legend about him burying 460 Confucians up to their necks and then beheading them)is enough to make this former assassin kill again.
I only hope that no classicists/ancient historians saw "Cleopatra", or, if they did, that they took it as a laugh.
This is a fascinating film--especially to old movie buffs and historians (I am both).
However, in a move that movie historians still are baffled by, at the end of the silent era, Keaton gave up his independence and became a stock MGM actor.
One thing that astonished me about this film (and not in a good way) was that Nathan Stoltzfus, who seems to pride himself on being the major historian on the topic of the Rosenstrasse, was one of the historians working on this film, considering how much of the actual events were altered or disregarded.
The acting is awful, it is far too patriotic and its historical accuracy is not always at its best (Historians would have a field day).
Someone release this movie on DVD so it can take its hallowed place as on of the greatest films of all time in ten to twenty years when critics and film historians look back on the so-called films of the 1990's and see how vapid they were for the most part, and how Lars Von Trier tried to revolutionize and revitalize the international film world with this masterpiece.
I just wanted to relate this story for future film historians and buffs.
So, an event usually claimed as one of their own by Marxist historians, especially in France, is here told from the point of view of a female aristocratic foreigner.
For all the hoopla, respect and recognition this film gets from Kung Fu historians, it still lacks glaringly in a couple critical areas: action and fight scenes.
The flimsy plot isn't meant to be taken seriously - why else make Merlin a heavy when in most, if not all, of the other versions he is more a friend/mentor to Arthur - so if you start wondering aloud why Sir Lancelot who has been sold to historians as the epitome of chivalry and uprightness metamorphoses into a schoolyard bully you're not going to get much fun out of what is essentially a fun movie.
This amazingly wrongheaded analysis simply proves that great historians are rarely fine film critics.
Throughout the entire movie, I could not figure out why we were supposed to care on little bit about either the exploits of the two writers or the two historians.
Pure technological historians will see quaint real work references to 70's bleeding edge technology and can appreciate the advances over the last 40 years.
Also, while this might disappoint you, most historians don't believe King Arthur ever lived or if he did, the stories about him are all false.
Still, it is an interesting curio that old movie buffs or historians might enjoy--just be forewarned that it's far from Warner's best.
Jodha(almost all historians agree thats not her real name) was not his first wife nor his last.
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