| M C MonkeyDew | 22 Mar 2011 1:54 p.m. PST |
SJD, I thought that guy who plays Napoleon at reenactments was cast as Steiger? |
| 14Bore | 22 Mar 2011 2:39 p.m. PST |
Rich@ Yes today, HAPPY 80th BIRTHDAY William Shatner |
| Captain Gideon | 22 Mar 2011 6:51 p.m. PST |
SJDonovan what do you have against The GREAT Rod Steiger? Captain Gideon |
| Grand Duke Natokina | 22 Mar 2011 10:00 p.m. PST |
Yes, Happy Birthday, Mr Shatner.
Captain Gideon, I thought Steiger did a good job as Napoleon, but thought that Plummer was Wellington; his perfect Anglo-Irish snob was The Duke to the T!
Weaselhoffen. |
| Sane Max | 23 Mar 2011 3:19 a.m. PST |
3 Pages and nobody has cracked the 'Because William Shatner' Joke yet? I am very proud of you all. Surely you need an agressive and charismatic Italian to play Napoleon. James Gandolfini in Elevator Shoes. Pat |
| Etranger | 23 Mar 2011 5:34 a.m. PST |
He came from Corsica, he had a thirst for pillage
He studied war at Brienne College
That's where guns,
caught his eyeHe told me that his piece was loaded
I said "in that case I'll have a whiff of grape shot"
He said "fire"
and in thirty seconds time he said, I want to mow down the common people,
I want to turn the common people into goo
I want to mow down the common people,
like you Chortle – very well played indeed but far too subtle for most….. |
Chortle  | 23 Mar 2011 5:49 a.m. PST |
Thanks for noticing. It was with great difficulty I refrained from 'translating' the whole song. |
| Goldwyrm | 23 Mar 2011 7:36 a.m. PST |
But who will play Blucher? I'd submit Sacha Cohen as Borat as Blucher. picture picture |
| Captain Gideon | 23 Mar 2011 9:49 a.m. PST |
Grand Duke Natokina I'll agree with you about Plummer but I must say that Rod Steiger as Napoleon was GREAT IMHO. The only other actor who played Napoleon that comes close to Rod Steiger's performance was the actor(can't think of name)in the movie AUSTERLITZ he was very good. Captain Gideon |
| 1815Guy | 23 Mar 2011 11:33 a.m. PST |
The only problem with Shatner playing Napoleon is that the Red shirt guys always died. Whereas as Napoleon it would have to be the blues. |
| HarmonWard | 23 Mar 2011 10:48 p.m. PST |
"How's about Tom Cruise? He's the right size for it…" Napoleon was about 5'7" tall or average height for a man of his time. The misconception comes from the difference between Continental and English measure. |
| M C MonkeyDew | 24 Mar 2011 4:53 a.m. PST |
Tom Cruise is about 5'7" too |
| Captain Gideon | 24 Mar 2011 9:31 a.m. PST |
How about NOT HarmonWard with regards to Tom Cruise. Much as I enjoyed Tom's performance in The Last Samurai he's NOT the actor to play the EMPEROR. And I say again there's NO actor today can play Napoleon but you guys keep coming up with STUPID choices and you'll be wrong. Captain Gideon |
| Old Bear | 24 Mar 2011 12:05 p.m. PST |
Gideon, You really are taking this thread far too seriously! |
| M C MonkeyDew | 24 Mar 2011 12:06 p.m. PST |
Russel Crow. In fact he could play all the parts. |
| Supercilius Maximus | 24 Mar 2011 12:58 p.m. PST |
There could be a scene where he throws a telephone at Roustam. |
| average joe | 24 Mar 2011 1:23 p.m. PST |
What about Gilbert Gottfried as Berthier? I'd tend to think he'd be perfect as the harried CoS… |
| M C MonkeyDew | 24 Mar 2011 3:30 p.m. PST |
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| Captain Gideon | 24 Mar 2011 7:40 p.m. PST |
Old Bear I can take this anyway I feel like and if you don't like what I say you don't have to reply to my posts. I believe that I have the freedom to say what I think and feel and that's that. Captain Gideon |
| Old Bear | 25 Mar 2011 2:13 a.m. PST |
Old Bear I can take this anyway I feel like and if you don't like what I say you don't have to reply to my posts.I believe that I have the freedom to say what I think and feel and that's that. Probably you need to be thinking about a sense of humour transplant. |
| Sane Max | 25 Mar 2011 2:50 a.m. PST |
you do know the 20th century finished some time back – we don't need to cast real actors – do it using CGI Like James Cameron did. Napoleon can therefore be played by Napoleon – we have plenty of good likenesses, we could make a perfectly good CGI Napoleon. Just Blue. and 9 feet tall. with a bow and arrow and a comedy sidekick monkey. We could call the Monkey Gideon. Pat |
| Etranger | 25 Mar 2011 3:34 a.m. PST |
picture and picture The resemblance is uncanny. (Zardoz was NOT involved with either of these photos!) |
| Old Bear | 25 Mar 2011 5:57 a.m. PST |
We could call the Monkey Gideon. That's very unkind.  |
 4th Cuirassier  | 25 Mar 2011 9:10 a.m. PST |
@ Sane Max we don't need to cast real actors Who mentioned real actors? This is Bill Shatner we're talking about. |
| Captain Gideon | 25 Mar 2011 10:02 a.m. PST |
Old Bear I don't need a humour transplant as my humour is very good and when I think something is funny I'll laugh and say it is. Oh Sane Max I've not forgotten about you with your lame ass comment which was directed at me. I'm just speaking my peace. Captain Gideon |
| Ivan the Reasonable | 26 Mar 2011 2:50 a.m. PST |
LOL I don't know about a humour transplant but I'm going to need a rib transplant if this goes on any longer. Priceless. |
