Recent content by Nicholas Bagwell

Perhaps. This does bring up another question: just what was that Stormtrooper armor supposedly made of and why would they continue to wear something so useless?

Nope, just ain't buying it. Stone age societies had enough trouble with bronze and iron age soldiers. Steel and gunpowder won almost every time. Cortes briefly got in a pickle but it still ended with Azteks dead, not Spaniards. There was nowhere near the numerical advantage that would make the...

My only complaint so far? "Now we discuss our plans, our ways, means, policies, and devices." It's my favorite line from the book and they didn't use it. I mean, I know when trying to fit such a slender book into nine hours of superlative cinema you inevitably do not have room for...