ITT: SUU WILL FIX YOUR HISTORY

[The Good Reverend Roger]

What's the most historically accurate Mel Gibson movie?



edit: nevermind, it's What Women Want. Duh.

I GOT THIS ONE.

Mad Max, Beyond Thunderdome.

Close.

I was going to say Lethal Weapon 2.

Nope.  Tina Turner.  MMBTD wins.

LW2 is actually amusingly historically accurate in some regards to Sewth Efrican history.

MMBTD is AMAZINGLY accurate in EVERY regard of future history.

[Suu]

What's the most historically accurate Mel Gibson movie?



edit: nevermind, it's What Women Want. Duh.

I GOT THIS ONE.

Mad Max, Beyond Thunderdome.

Close.

I was going to say Lethal Weapon 2.

Nope.  Tina Turner.  MMBTD wins.

LW2 is actually amusingly historically accurate in some regards to Sewth Efrican history.

MMBTD is AMAZINGLY accurate in EVERY regard of future history.

"The Hunger Games" before it was cool.

[EK WAFFLR]

How do you explain the amazing coincidences in Lincoln, Baigent & Leigh's Holy Blood Holy Grail?

HMM?

[Suu]

How do you explain the amazing coincidences in Lincoln, Baigent & Leigh's Holy Blood Holy Grail?

HMM?

The incredible lack of storytelling in the modern age.

[Richter]

The Holy Grail, Ark of the Covenant, REAL Lance of Longinus, and last board of the Tree of Knowledge are WHERE?

[Suu]

The Holy Grail, Ark of the Covenant, REAL Lance of Longinus, and last board of the Tree of Knowledge are WHERE?

The University of Rhode Island.

...And you KNOW that's fucking plausible.

[Junkenstein]

So, Crystal Skulls. Aliens or Aliens?

[Cramulus]

Suu, is there a historical precedent for this kind of thing? http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Purity_seal#.UjCkfH_3NPk

When I was larping in germany this august I saw zillions of these accessories - little religious tracts fastened to armor using wax stamps. Did this come from Warhammer? Or did warhammer borrow it from history?



I'm trying to find a good picture of a purity seal on somebody's costume... here's one



that's queen lisette, her costume was really over-the-top with them

you can see some here, too:




I can't find a good closeup, but you get the idea I think

[Suu]

So, Crystal Skulls. Aliens or Aliens?

Lithuanians.

[Suu]

Suu, is there a historical precedent for this kind of thing? http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Purity_seal#.UjCkfH_3NPk

When I was larping in germany this august I saw zillions of these accessories - little religious tracts fastened to armor using wax stamps. Did this come from Warhammer? Or did warhammer borrow it from history?



I'm trying to find a good picture of a purity seal on somebody's costume... here's one



that's queen lisette, her costume was really over-the-top with them

you can see some here, too:




I can't find a good closeup, but you get the idea I think

This is what happens when game designers watch too much anime and other shit and think that scrolls are cool.

Ancient Jews did do something like this, but it was folded and put into an amulet or small bag they wore at all times. They also had to write it themselves. There was nothing like this in the Middle Ages as far as I know.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I think it's cool as FUCK.

[Suu]

IMO, wearing a visible scroll attached to your body like this would make you a target. Because literacy meant you had money, and money meant ransom.

[Cramulus]

This is what happens when game designers watch too much anime and other shit and think that scrolls are cool.

I think they're totally bad ass fantasy costume, I was just curious if they had some historical precedent

[Cainad (dec.)]

Ancient Jews did do something like this, but it was folded and put into an amulet or small bag they wore at all times. They also had to write it themselves. There was nothing like this in the Middle Ages as far as I know.

And, funny enough, things called "phylacteries" are in tons of fantasy games, and most people have no idea where the term comes from.

[Suu]

Ancient Jews did do something like this, but it was folded and put into an amulet or small bag they wore at all times. They also had to write it themselves. There was nothing like this in the Middle Ages as far as I know.

And, funny enough, things called "phylacteries" are in tons of fantasy games, and most people have no idea where the term comes from.

+10 for the use of proper vocab on Cainad's part. 

They had some at the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit...so tiny...tiny TINY.