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[angelophile]

• 16:21 Just been watching Waterloo. They don't write war movies like this anymore. "My god, sir, I've lost my leg." "My god, sir, so you have." #
• 19:47 You know, coming down with a virus on deadline is not a fun experience. Doubles the awfulness. To cheer myself up I'm sneezing on someone. #
• 21:22 Wow, ITV, you've reached a new low. This has to go down as the worst piece of TV since that nude Keith Chegwin quiz. #

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[wal-lace.livejournal.com]

Have you been watching The X Factor?

(Apparently the Wellington-Uxbridge exchange re: divine participation in limb removal is historical fact, or at least historical anecdote, which is far more important and reliable than historical fact)

[angelophile.livejournal.com]

Yes, the X-Factor prompted my outburst.

Interesting to know about the Wellingon conversation. I recognized that other lines in the movie were documented historically ("I don't know what they'll do to the enemy; but, by God, they frighten me.") but I didn't know about that one.

Great movie though. In the days of CGI something's been lost from those mass battle scenes. When you know that they only filmed about a dozen people in different hats, it's a world of difference between the thousands of extras used in movies like this.