tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605687469909340931.post4725548671368480276..comments2024-03-28T16:29:12.479+00:00Comments on Epictetus - Discourses on Wargaming: Ilkley, the movieEpictetushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17993781308540523271noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605687469909340931.post-27884014355275229542018-08-29T23:02:03.956+01:002018-08-29T23:02:03.956+01:00He was very good in Tamara Drewe as well. I'm ...He was very good in Tamara Drewe as well. I'm not sure what part he's playing. I believe that Jacobi is a priest and Maxwell Martin is a detective. <br /><br />I hope that it gives a more accurate portrayal of Ilkley than Calendar Girls did.Epictetushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17993781308540523271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605687469909340931.post-86733011475250761782018-08-29T21:57:15.253+01:002018-08-29T21:57:15.253+01:00Can't follow that! but if Roger Allam is in th...Can't follow that! but if Roger Allam is in the film, it can't be all bad - he's a real star. Saw him in The Way of the World at NT, 20+ years ago, with Fiona Shaw and Geraldine McEwan, just fantastic! And Anna M-M is no slouch either.. david in suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02945969485547328039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605687469909340931.post-13936181227427172242018-08-29T10:13:12.966+01:002018-08-29T10:13:12.966+01:00Now there's a film that I'd pay to go and ...Now there's a film that I'd pay to go and see. I'm not sure who else would, but you can definitely count me in.<br /><br />If you want some script editing advice, the second-hand shop should be a charity shop; see Mark Dudley's 'Ilkley Old School' blog for background colour. As for the charming chap interested in wargaming and the blues, and with a penchant for married women - implausible beyond belief.Epictetushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17993781308540523271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605687469909340931.post-79414846797216900042018-08-29T03:35:54.356+01:002018-08-29T03:35:54.356+01:00Presumably features a mild-mannered professor with...Presumably features a mild-mannered professor with a sideline in 17th Century wargaming whose homelife is wrecked by the intrusion of a dashing, charming, but spiritually barren colleague. Cuckolded and weak, the professor retreats into his books, there happening upon a Wells-era spell that will supposedly bring toy soldiers to life. He puts this aside as a curiosity, but after a particularly humiliating encounter with his love rival at the Ilkley White Boy Blues festival, he takes to his cups. Some way through a bottle of moderately cheap port he pulls out his 40mm hand-cast New Model Army (cue close ups). Suddenly full of self-loathing he throws it to the ground, damaging it badly. Shocked at what he has done, he remembers the spell, and in a moment of despair, impulsively utters the fateful words "Eye of newt and blood of toad, Oliver Cromwell go go go!" Of course, nothing happens. He dumps the bent and mutilated soldiers outside a secondhand shop, moves away and devotes the remainder of his life to learning the ukelele. <br /><br />Yet unbeknownst to him, the love rival, having tired of the professor's partner, develops an unhealthily consuming obsession with ECW period tactics. Finding a 40mm hand-cast Oliver Cromwell figure in a secondhand shop, he is amused by it. He returns home without making a purchase, but cannot sleep. The next afternoon, drawn back to the shop, he buys the figure. It is fascinating - it almost seems alive! That night he places Ollie on his bedside table by a glass of water. Cue close up: through the water we see the figure wriggle, flex his sword, and wink at the camera.<br /><br />The bedroom light goes out. <br /><br />Cue long shot of Ilkley at night: the camera pulls away; the screen turns black; a stonkingly good White Boy Blues intro commences; the credits roll. Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605687469909340931.post-32969918119482594152018-08-28T21:14:31.664+01:002018-08-28T21:14:31.664+01:00My toy soldier content is at an all time low too. ...My toy soldier content is at an all time low too. Too busy, to tired etc etc.Jackohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01156243437690752780noreply@blogger.com