Following Orders

[Femme Falchion]

Warrior Monk..... you are getting mawkish in your old age!   

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Warrior Monk..... you are getting mawkish in your old age!   

Me.....objectionably sentimental? I fear not! I just wanted to extend the courtesy of recognizing their posts!

In my old age? You're not but a close second to me there Sister!!!


*ducks*

[Femme Falchion]

Brother Templar! 

I'm afraid I will have to report your infraction ( a lack of general gentleness and graciousness to women ) to the Ministry of Compromised Chivalry for your comment regarding my age!  Really!!   


*hatchets fly through the air*

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

[Sir William Marcus]

The Last Templar

The one thing that this show did nicely last night was showcase Mira Sorvinos legs in the beginning.    It also revealed a not so popular secret of the Templars, and that was the use of "buoyant" chainmaile. This especially came in handy when they were stranded in the water after the sinking of the infamous ship the Falcon Templar.


Maybe continued....

[Richard de Graeme]

The Last Templar, what I saw of it, was ludicrous bordering on terrible. Could only watch for about 45 minutes and then shut it down.

[Sir William Marcus]

Gotta agree with ya. I was about 45 minutes for me as well before I surrendered.

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

The Last Templar

The one thing that this show did nicely last night was showcase Mira Sorvinos legs in the beginning.    It also revealed a not so popular secret of the Templars, and that was the use of "buoyant" chainmaile. This especially came in handy when they were stranded in the water after the sinking of the infamous ship the Falcon Templar.


Maybe continued....

May I Brother...........

The Last Templar (Part One) After Action Review

1.   One of the knights is wearing a helmet flourish prior to the attack
on the museum. This type of decoration is strictly prohibited by the Templar
Rule.

2.   One of the knights takes a female hostage. These knights were
charged with protecting pilgrims and went into battle with the knowledge
that God was on their side and martyrdom awaited those that fell. Plus, if
you're gonna grab any female in the museum, it would surely have been better
to grab Mira Sorvino...come on..just look at her!

3.   One of the knights takes a glancing upward hit to the face portion
of his great helm from the butt end of the Pope's staff. Having been struck
in the great helm before, this strike would not have left the bruise that
the identified person displayed later in the show when Mira recognized him.

4.   The jousting scene between her and one of the knights was
ridiculous, her using the Pope's office staff and knowing how to couch it,
not to mention that it is shorter than the standrad 14' lance used in the
day. It would have placed her within striking distance of the knight's
fully extended arm with his sword.

5.   They got the correct Grand Master for the time period of 1291*

6.   You can't see Jerusalem from the sea where they were talking about.
Jerusalem didn't fall burning in 1291, it was the city of Acre.  Acre was
the port city of 1291 and where the Grand Master made his final stand.

If they took a boat from Jerusalem, they had bigger issues than the Saracen. They were once flooded in battle in Egypt, but not in 1291!


7.   The grooming standards for the wanna be Templars were more accurate
than those represented in the Holy Land with their long hair.



* Guillaume de Beaujeu, aka William of Beaujeu, was the 21st Grand Master of the Knights Templar, from 1273 until his death during the siege of Acre in 1291.
   
During the siege, he dropped his sword and walked away from the walls. His knights remonstrated. Beaujeu replied: "Je ne m'enfuis pas; je suis mort. Voici le coup." ("I'm not running away; I am dead. Here is the blow.") He raised his arm to show the mortal wound he had received.
Guillaume de Beaujeu was replaced by Thibaud Gaudin , who rode at the side of Guillaume de Beaujeu to defend the town of Acre, besieged by the formidable army of Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Khalil. On 18 May, upon the death of Guillaume de Beaujeu, Gaudin remains in the city of Acre in garrison with some 500. Thibaud Gaudin and Pierre de Sevry, Marshal of the Order, are the last two knights of the Temple who continue to defend Acre. Al-Ashraf Khalil sends messengers to the defenders of the castle of the Temple in order to negotiate an honorable outcome. Thibaud Gaudin and Pierre de Sevry agree to yield to the conditions dictated by the sultan and let a detachment of Moslem riders into their enclosure. As soon as the soldiers entered, they caught some French women. Thinking that to be a treasonous act, Thibaud Gaudin and Pierre de Sevry ordered the Moslems be thrown of the walls. The two dignitaries decide that Thibaud Gaudin will leave the city by sea, carrying the treasures of the Temple (this most likely being the remaining in-country assets used by the Order to support their efforts in the Outremer), while Pierre de Sevry will continue the combat. Acre falls the following day.

[Sir William Marcus]

I didn't think part II could be any worse, was I ever wrong.

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

I too was rather shocked at the limited exposure to "Templars" in a program called "The Last Templar".

This last installment seemed to focus on the developing love interest of the two leading characters, although, through the Templars, a non-believer was saved and shown the power of FAITH. It also had the ever popular Dan Brown theme of rogue Vatican officials with their private assassins helping to cover the evidence trail, because the world is not ready for the "truth".

The big "SECRET" was delivered as the Grand Master of the Order, at the fall of "Jerusalem" (read-ACRE), had a Gospel of Yeshua written in secret. It was with the hopes that its' discovery would undermine the precepts of major monotheastic relgions, and help everyone live in peace, after they "came" to realize the "writer" of the document was only a man....a carpenter.
So thus ends four hours of a book turned movie, that was originally written before Barbara Frale's discovery.

I will say, the only good line from the movie, came out of the second episode, when the FBI agent and the female Indiana Jones are underground about to dig up the hidden secret, when he asks her, "no matter what we find here, let's respect them (the Templars) for what they were....Defenders of the Church".

That's all I have Brothers and Sisters, I recommend you dig out your copies of Kingdom of Heaven, Arn, or even Ivanhoe.....you be more rewarded by their viewings.

[Femme Falchion]

Well, I am sorry that The Last Templar series was so disappointing.     I did read that Mira Sorvino broke 5 of her teeth during the filming of the rigorous boat scene (?) 

Warrior Monk, just curious....did you have a quill and parchment ready to record inaccuracies at the time of viewing? 

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Warrior Monk, just curious....did you have a quill and parchment ready to record inaccuracies at the time of viewing? 

Wow......were you watching me?! 

No, actually it was only 2 installments at 2 hours a piece. Too easy to remember each, if at the beginning of the next day, I get to post them.
You can just imagine Lady LeFay's reaction..........something to the tune of..."It's fiction!"

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

I see our "President" is now addressing the Arab media, even before getting to addressing social issues at home. He is also planning on speaking from an Muslim capital within his first 100 days in office (my bet is his home land of Indonesia), well, as we're all entitled to our opinions........

[Lady Christina de Pond]

  alright I'm going I was playing nice in the sand box but when you said that WM i wasn't thinking nice thoughts so off to do pentance but techniquelly it's WM's fault

[Femme Falchion]

*Sister Hatchet pats Warrior Monk* 

There, there your Eminence.....let's remember your condition....and it just won't do to lead Sister ASHley astray.   Besides, I believe we are encouraged to refrain from discussing the topics of modern politics for this very reason.....