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Post by tbw on Jan 7, 2011 12:59:30 GMT -5
As the title suggest, this one is sometime in the future, and as yet unplanned.
One of the things that I had thought of was a total recreation of the events of that battle day in 1876. Of course it would take a cast of a thousand or more in the attempt to recreate, as faithfully as they could the request. But think of it. What would it be like to gather as many reinactors as one could possibly find and stage such an event. The beginning for the Cavalry would start at the same time in the morning as they opened the march from where they had coffee. And would commence in as faithful a recreation as possible from there. Each commander would act and react to circumstances as they occurred, and the truth, I think, would be found in each and every circumstance.
What are your thoughts on this?
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Post by Cutter on Jan 7, 2011 14:01:47 GMT -5
If they can make a movie of "War and Peace", "Waterloo", etc, this can be done too. I would be very interested in the amount of dust, and smoke from all the weapons would have on visibility.
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Post by joewiggs on Feb 2, 2011 19:33:00 GMT -5
Not to mention that such a cast, following what we know about the battle, would give an authentic panorama of what occurred. Using authentic weapons and battle tactics of that day would reveal a great deal!
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Post by crazycanuck on Feb 9, 2011 14:55:56 GMT -5
I wanna be casted for Crazyhorse !
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Post by tbw on Feb 9, 2011 19:08:14 GMT -5
Are you a re-inactor? This was one of the reasons I suggested this. I think there would be enough interest to stage this thing and pull it off every year. It might be rather difficult to obtain the proper land rights from the owners (off the NPS lands) to get it done, but from past experience, I think even they would go along with it. And Crazy, I think you'd make the perfect Crazy Horse, just my 2 Cents.  |
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Post by crazycanuck on Feb 10, 2011 13:52:01 GMT -5
Thanks T.W for recognizing talent. Good luck,it sounds Crazy,right up my alley, but on second thought I would make a better lump of grass than a Crazyhorse.
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Post by tbw on Feb 10, 2011 19:19:04 GMT -5
Don't put yourself down. I don't think any of your ideas are hair-brained crazy or that bad at all. We all see this battle through different lenses, some are more myopic than others, but it doesn't necessarily mean that they are wrong. And if anything ever comes of this idea, and I am somehow involved in the selection process, i'll make sure you get the nod for CH. ;D
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Post by crazycanuck on Feb 10, 2011 20:35:27 GMT -5
You haven't seen me act T W. I suppose after that boost of confidence I could play a tree down by the LBH , I quess, a step up from a lump of grass on the prairie.
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Post by tbw on Feb 11, 2011 16:41:21 GMT -5
No, I think you'd do just fine, at least as Crazy horse, heck all you'd have to do his climb on, put the spurs to the withers, clinch tight, hang on and watch out for the trees or you'll end up in the grass. Now that'd be a performance to watch, one even Crazy himself would appreciate ;D
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Post by crazycanuck on Feb 11, 2011 17:10:37 GMT -5
You forgot Crazyhorses bone whistle and rifle he used during the battle,I quess I could learn to chew gum and talk at the same time,asking alot.
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Post by tbw on Feb 11, 2011 19:50:43 GMT -5
I was thinking more about the entertainment value and show that would have turned such a spectacle into an every year sensation. And, with you as Crazy, we'd be sure to have both ;D
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Post by crazycanuck on Feb 12, 2011 8:25:04 GMT -5
Okay, I'm a mega star and you can recognize it( talent scout that you are .. pun intended) ,therefore a few demands I expect on set,first I play Crazyhorse and Mod HAS to be Custer, he he, snicker ,second you provide air condition tents,fishing poles and stock the LBH with trout,a guaranteed weiner roast every night around the cozy fire,dances that include the NFL cheerleaders only because I like football and oh yes hammocks. Mod er I mean Custer,he he , snicker, has to ride for three days on a donkey ,he he,snicker to get to the LBH. I Crazy er I mean Crazyhorse get to terrorize him for a couple of hours in the hills when he gets here. Deal,send the contract T.B.W. With those intials I know you are a J.P Morgan type loaded to spend big to get a mega star like me Crazy,he he he.
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Post by crazycanuck on Feb 12, 2011 9:24:23 GMT -5
Oh, I forgot to mention, I will need Halle Berry to play my wife Black Shawl Women , I think she needs a job and income, as she had to drop out of the 2011 coming movie New Years Eve, because of family problems, and she could use the money, because of her money settlement with her husband. Also, my other wife, has to be Charlize Theron, as she said she has no problems wearing contact lenses, making her eyes browner, starring as my other wife, Brown Eyes Woman. T.B.W. , I can picture you right now in your fancy suit puffing on a cigar,sipping cognac and directing your secretary to "git er dun" and land Crazy before that other crazy Canadian James Cameron signs Crazy for another mega like Titanic or Avatar hit.
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Post by tbw on Feb 12, 2011 12:11:56 GMT -5
No, not like JP at all, more like Molly Browns husband after she used the money for kindling. But, if we could somehow get this thing off of the ground, I do think it would be a big hit. But you-your character would be on the right side of the theatrics to laugh your heads off. I could just see it now, The hills above Ash creek are lined with spectators. Varnum, Custer and company have just came back from the Crows Nest and he is now ordering Benteen thusly... He points to that line of bluffs (sic) hills to the south of Ash Creek, the first of which is not more than 50 feet from where he is issuing this order and tells Benteen to look up some Indians in that direction and Pitch in to them. Gray speaks about 'phantom tepees' you and your counterparts have just created 'phantom Indians' and at that moment are in the laughing lodge with Sitting Bull laughing your heads off. Sitting Bull is saying, 'well that takes care of 1/4th of their number in getting rid of ole Sourpuss, what next? How do we get rid of Thunderbutt and Charleyhorse?' You suggest that you terrorize them somehow, perhaps send Halle Berry and Charlize Theron out to hunt wild turnips, let them see just the children playing and the dogs running and everyone else go hide somewhere, oh and don't forget to take your blankets, you mite need them to shew them away like flies if they get to close.
Nope, don't smoke cigars too often, too damn expensive, but I do puff a pipe every once in a while, maybe I could be Sitting Bull, wouldn't mind being on the side that can laugh the most. Don't drink to much either, every once in a blue moon a Guinness or two, or maybe Fosters, nothing stronger than a screwdriver or a Rum and Coke, easy on the Rum. And I'm quite sure I could get Larry tcg to help out, after our first performance it would probably take 3,411 performances more just to get everything ironed out right, especially after they realize the idiocy of what the participants actually said and what they were trying to portray were very much TWO different things. And after your award winning performance, who else could anyone think to play the part of Crazy Horse but you? Hell it would be as easy as falling off a horse.
As concerns contract thing with perks , only if we can convince others of its worth, merit and multimillion dollar potential. Personally, I think if it was staged on the actual ground, it would be bigger than Titanic... and Cameron, hell, he'd probably want the movie rights to it.
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Post by crazycanuck on Feb 12, 2011 13:01:13 GMT -5
Well one !
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