Alexander the Great \m/

[Wrathchild]

Roll on January 9th! I'm quite looking forward to this film now I know that Leonardo De Crapwit is nowhere near the thing.

I'm no judge of its accuracy, because all I know about the ancient world's greatest military leader is due to a certain Mr. Harris . If I'd done Ancient Studies in Year 11 instead of Modern History, I might be a bit more edumacated.

W

 

[spawn]

Isnt Genghis Khan the worlds greatest military leader?

 

[Wrathchild]

They both had Maiden songs written about them, so I'd put them on an equal footing.

W

 

[spawn]

Poor Sun Tzu

Id say Admiral Ackbar would have to be in the top 5 also.

 

[Spiff]

Leo was never near this thing, Wrathy. That's the Baz Lurhmann version you're thinking of - there were originally two Alexander flicks going head-to-head but one of them got canned, so Oliver Stone's film with Colin Farrell and Angelina Jolie (playing Alex's mum) is the only one to see at the cinematheque.

And it's called "Alexander".

 

[spawn]

Isnt Jolie a tad young to be playing the mother of a grown man?

 

[Spiff]

Yes, yes she is.

Still, there have been times when a person playing the parent has been younger than the person playing the child. Cary Grant was younger than the woman playing his mum in North by Northwest, for example. There are surely plenty of mature-aged actresses who could do the job with Alexander, though.

 

[Wenda]

Id say Admiral Ackbar would have to be in the top 5 also.

It's a trap!

 

[spawn]

Who is playing Alexander Spiffo?

 

[spawn]

It's a trap!

 

[spawn]

Oh wait, is Colin Farrel Alexander? Wasnt he a Hobbit in LOTR?

 

[spawn]

From the movie...

His Mum. Apparently.

 

[Spiff]

Um, no, he wasn't a hobbit. That was either Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd or that other bloke. But not Colin Farrell.

 

[spawn]

Oh ok, I liked those Hobbits that werent Frodo and Bilbo.

 

[Wrathchild]

Thanks for the new desktop wallpaper there, Spawn

Angelina's two years older than Colin Farrell by my reckoning. I know women married younger in those days, but this is ridiculous. Unless of course Philip of Macedonia was going through a midlife crisis at the time and decided he needed a trophy wife.

Spiff, as ever you are a fount of useful information. When did the Leo/Lurhmann Alexander film get the gong?

W

 

[spawn]

Thanks for the new desktop wallpaper there, Spawn

I never knew you were such a huge Colin Farrel fan?

 

[Wrathchild]

He's a good friend of mine as it happens, so just watch yourself or I'll send him round to Spawn Towers in one of his drunken rages to give you a good talking to.

W

 

[spawn]

Ill tell Angelina to get out of bed and answer the door while I hide.

 

[Wrathchild]

Send her over to my place when she gets up. She can autograph my Taking Lives DVD once the halfwits at Sanity send me the bloody director's cut version I paid for .

Deluxe Edition my Aunt Fanny. The only thing deluxe about it was the price!

W

 

[Spiff]

Wrathy, I think the Baz/Leo version bit the dust some time in pre-pre-production, when it was obvious the Olly Stone version was going to come out earlier and therefore steal its thunder. Good move, methinks.