I saw Wall E yesterday and enjoyed it, can you guess what I liked most?

Purgatorian Post #1369

They ran out of monkeys?



Purgatorian Post #1351

No, not another book, but a movie. I had forgotten why I downloaded this movie, then at the end I remembered. This movie is directed by one of the directors of the Blair Witch Project. Do you remember the hype around that movie and how many believed it was true? Well this time we know its a movie, but it was an interesting 90 mins.

While the movie lacks a leading star, the movie is interesting to watch, as you want to know more what is happening, and mid-way you discover it is some sort of Science Fiction Movie. I will not say more to spoil it in case you want to watch it.

During the movie, someone mentioned that Alexander the Great encountered UFOs during his escapades. Which made me wonder, so I did some quick searching online, and several sites mention that, however, one cannot verify it to be true, unless you believe in UFOs

1."Date: 329 BC Location:Central Asia,

Summary: Alexander the Great records two great silver shields, spitting fire around the rims in the sky that dived repeatedly at his army as they were attempting a river crossing. The action so panicked his elephants, horses, and men they had to abandon the river crossing until the following day."

2. "Perhaps someone can help to determine the truth or fiction of a claim that [as reported], while crossing a river in 329 B.C., Alexander the Great encountered "silver shields" that swooped down and attacked his troops. It is further claimed that seven years later the shields appeared again and "fired a beam of light" that destroyed part of a wall at the city of Tyre.

These two claims are often made, and in the latter case, the claim is that these events were recorded by observers on both sides of the battle. In the past I have often found that be they true or not, accounts such as these are a part of the historical record. Examples range from the biblical and heretical writings to ships logs, and from military reports to personal accounts like those in the diary of the explorer, Nicholas Roerich. However, in this case I can find no reliable source for the claim. If it is true that this was reportedly observed, it would certainly be a striking footnote in history."

There is also a mention of the British Battle in the 19th Century where only ONE survivor from the whole army was left, " ..the entire force of 690 British soldiers, 2,840 Indian soldiers and 12,000 followers were killed or in a few cases taken prisoner. The 44th Foot lost 22 officers and 645 soldiers, mostly killed. Afghan casualties, largely Ghilzai tribesmen, are unknown.." Very fascinating.

Watch the movie is interested in a quick strange movie.

Purgatorian Post #1332

I did something that I never did before, I downloaded a comic, or a graphic novel, as they call it. Over the past month, I have been looking for new books to read, and on many lists on Amazon, this graphic novel kept showing up. On further search, this graphic novel published between 1986 and 1987 seems to be highly appreciated and seen as an iconic graphic novel from the same person who wrote V for Vendetta and other stories.

The story received several accolades such as " Kirby Awards for Best Finite Series, Best New Series, Best Writer, and Best Writer/Artist, Eisner Awards for Best Finite Series, Best Graphic Album, Best Writer, and Best Writer/Artist, and a Hugo Award for Other Forms / Stan Lee: called it his "all-time favorite comic book outside of Marvel."/ In 2005, Time placed Watchmen on its list of the 100 Greatest English Language Novels from 1923 to the Present. Watchmen was the only graphic novel to be listed/ It was also listed in Entertainment Weekly's 1000th issue as one of the best 50 novels printed in the last 25 years." - Source: Wiki.

I finished the 12 chapters and I was amazed from the start by the graphics, the plot, the interaction of the characters, it was amazing! It is the story of superheros in a fictional world, with the world edging to Armageddon. We discover the background of these characters, how they became who they are, and also experience a magical journey that end, well a bit unexpected, but again, maybe expected. Embedded in the story is another story, which appears in some chapters, that also keeps you waiting to know what happens. In addition, 11 out of the 12 chapters include an additional 4 pages with text describing more details about the history and the details of the characters. Very creative and highly entertaining.

I will not talk more about the story, I am sure many of you have read it already, but for those who have not, you have two options, or three rather, Buy the Novel (available now in several hardbound editions), Download them (MiniNova, Comics) or wait till next year to see the movie, directed by the same guy who did 300.



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