Exotic corner of history before the French Revolution you want on Westworld?
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Hwen Hoshino
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Exotic corner of history before the French Revolution you want on Westworld?
Find a time period combined with region that would be truly intriguing to explore on the show. Or give a top 3 list.
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MilSpecs
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Re: Exotic corner of history before the French Revolution you want on Westworld?
The Age of Piracy in the Caribbean (early 1700s).
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Montegriffo
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Re: Exotic corner of history before the French Revolution you want on Westworld?
Easy one for me, Battle of Crecy please.
Or Edward III's seige of Sterling castle when he brought up Warwolf and refused to accept the Scot's surrender until he had fired it.
Or Edward III's seige of Sterling castle when he brought up Warwolf and refused to accept the Scot's surrender until he had fired it.
For legal reasons, we are not threatening to destroy U.S. government property with our glorious medieval siege engine. But if we wanted to, we could. But we won’t. But we could.
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Heraclius
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Re: Exotic corner of history before the French Revolution you want on Westworld?
Germany during the Thirty Year's War, the other foundational building block to modern society everyone forgets. It was also considered the worst war in Germany's history by Germans until about 1970 or so when it was overtaken by WW2.
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Ex-California
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Re: Exotic corner of history before the French Revolution you want on Westworld?
Oooh good one.mydogjesse wrote:The Age of Piracy in the Caribbean (early 1700s).
No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session
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Otern
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Re: Exotic corner of history before the French Revolution you want on Westworld?
Pre Colombus Mesoamerica.
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Penner
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Re: Exotic corner of history before the French Revolution you want on Westworld?
Wait are you saying that Edward had werewolfs or just really large war dogs?Montegriffo wrote:Easy one for me, Battle of Crecy please.
Or Edward III's seige of Sterling castle when he brought up Warwolf and refused to accept the Scot's surrender until he had fired it.
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Montegriffo
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Re: Exotic corner of history before the French Revolution you want on Westworld?
See the trebuchet in my sig. That is a replica of Warwolf. Possibly the largest medieval treb' ever built.Penner wrote:Wait are you saying that Edward had werewolfs or just really large war dogs?Montegriffo wrote:Easy one for me, Battle of Crecy please.
Or Edward III's seige of Sterling castle when he brought up Warwolf and refused to accept the Scot's surrender until he had fired it.
For legal reasons, we are not threatening to destroy U.S. government property with our glorious medieval siege engine. But if we wanted to, we could. But we won’t. But we could.
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TheReal_ND
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Re: Exotic corner of history before the French Revolution you want on Westworld?
Sherwood Forest with Robin Hood tbh. Been that way since I was a kid.
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Montegriffo
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Re: Exotic corner of history before the French Revolution you want on Westworld?
I love Robin Hood stories. Have you ever read Walter Scott's Ivanhoe?TheReal_ND wrote:Sherwood Forest with Robin Hood tbh. Been that way since I was a kid.
For legal reasons, we are not threatening to destroy U.S. government property with our glorious medieval siege engine. But if we wanted to, we could. But we won’t. But we could.