![]() In the days before Mel Gibson totally lost his mind, he and Randall Wallace had a lot of fun making a pseudo-biographical film about Scottish hero Sir William Wallace and the role he played in the rebellion against England that led to Scotland’s independence and the ascention of Robert the Bruce to the throne. Despite all of its glaring historical innacuracies, this is a fun movie to watch. (And Jeremy Irons looks pretty good in this movie. The costumes are divine, as is the acting from all of the main players. While I’m no fan of Leonardo diCaprio, he did a great job in this movie, playing the double roles of Louis and Philippe. not to mention the star-power of the actors replacing our Gen-Xers above: Jeremy Irons (Aramis), John Malkovich (Athos), Gerard Depardieu (Porthos), and Gabriel Byrne (d’Artagnan). Though taking a more serious turn than the Disney version of the early part of the story, this movie is a great follow-up to #8. Rebecca deMornay does a turn as the sinister woman scorned, and Tim Curry is absolutely delightful as the villain, Cardinal Richelieu.ħ. Point of interest: Paul McGann, one of my all-time favorite actors, played two different characters in this film: Girard, the dandy who was chasing d’Artagnan for ruining his sister’s reputation, and Jussac, one of the soldiers the musketeers fight at the ruins near the beginning of the movie. Sanitized by Disney, Charlie Sheen (my ultimate heartthrob in the late 80s/early 90s) played the religious romantic Aramis, with Kiefer Sutherland as the brooding Athos, Oliver Platt as a portly and quite funny Porthos, and Chris O’Donnell as d’Artagnan-whose role was not center-stage as in other productions of this story. Charlie Sheen and Kiefer Sutherland followed up their success in a boy-band-like version of the story of Billy the Kid (1988’s Young Guns) with a comedic and campy version of The Three Musketeers, which probably had Alexandre Dumas spinning in his grave. If it were a movie instead of a TV show, I would have listed the newest version of the story, the BBC’s current Robin Hood series, starring Jonas Armstrong as Robin, Lucy Griffiths as Marian, the incomparably funny Keith Allen as the Sheriff of Nottingham, and the divinely dark and brooding Richard Armitage as Sir Guy of Gisborne.Ĩ. And Olivia deHavilland is absolutely gorgeous as Maid Marian. Flynn’s line, “Welcome to Sherwood, my lady” from this film! Sure, Robin’s and the Merry Men’s costumes are the most clichéd ever, but that just makes it more fun. I like this movie so much that when my computer starts up, there’s no “Windows” chime-it’s a sound clip of Mr. What medieval movie montage would be complete without a Robin Hood film? And no one buckles swashes like Errol Flynn. It’s worth watching over and over and over just for him!ĩ. The absolute best part of this movie is Rufus Sewell’s portrayal of Marke, the British overlord. This movie would be much higher on my list if the romance didn’t center around an extra-marital relationship. (click on the movie title for an image collage)ġ0. And of course, all of the medieval-set romance novels I read in my teens and twenties when that was the most popular setting for historicals. Basically what I’m saying is: I love stories about those times. Then there were the plays we read/saw in the Shakespeare class that were set during the Middle Ages. Another favorite course was History of the English Language, where I did a research project on the impact of the Norman conquest of England in 1066 on the English language-all the way up through the reign of Robert the Bruce in Scotland, including the origins of the Robin Hood tales. ![]() It’s more than just Beowulf and King Arthur, though there are a lot of great stories written about King Arthur and his knights. One of my favorite undergrad literature courses I took was Medieval Literature. ![]() ![]() ![]() I put it in quotes because some of them are actually more from the baroque/renaissance eras (and, okay, two are actually from the 17th century)-but I think you get my drift. Yep, I’m talking about Medieval Movies! This past weekend, I pulled out an old favorite to watch, which got me thinking about all of the movies I love that are set during “medieval” times. ![]()
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![]() That feeling when you always had great items and service from the same company for years and suddenly, it just fails miserably on every level possible ? Well, that's how we feel right now on set. The sidekick is far from being "universal" as promise. That first "alliance" between Teradek and Paralinx is a mistake. This Sidekick cost us time and money and was just too good to be true. We put the sidekick back in it's case and reached out to the reseller in Canada called Video Link : they won't take it back because we actually turned it on and used it.after a couple of emails and phone calls, they took it back with a 15% "return fee" !!! That's 300$ ! !! So we paid and now it's gone and could not be happier. Last time I had problems with PSF was back in 2013 with Cinetronic Gen2 monitors. I can't believe we still have PSF issues in 2016 with new gear. The only place this is mentioned anywhere (psf issue) is on the Paralinx website. It seems the paralinx units do not convert the signal to a P and just sends it as a PSF signal. What we learned the hard way is that the bolt 2000 linked to the sidekick WILL work with the F55 but the Paralinx units (any model) linked to the same Sidekick will not work with the F55. We then realize the cameras we have been using for the past 3 years (F55 with 4k module) is outputting a PSF signal when Sony menus use 1080P to describe it in it's menus and manuals. We had to check the literature to understand the camera signal was not recognized. And then it happened : screen just reads INVALID FORMAT. Just as we were losing all hope, one of the Tomahawks paired with the sidekick. Pairing this thing with the Bolt was easy and straightforward, but very frustrating with the Paralinx we reached out 3 or 4 times to teradek and paralinx support and got lots of tips that would not allow us still to pair it: removing antennas on sender, making sure the units were at least five feet away ,re-flashing firmware on all units, turning off all other sender / receiver kit on set (we have four running all the time). That is an option I would love even if it meant a couple more hundreds. No option to "store" the channels in the memory and recall them if needed. Second, you can only pair with one device at a time. Understandable and painless but still not an out of the box solution : I can't send the Sidekick on any sets last minute if not with my kits. After promising to keep his new identity a secret, Henry must navigate a double life. :įirst thing first, you have to upgrade every unit you have (TX and RX) with latest firmware, sidekick included. 13-year-old Henry Hart lands a part time job as Kid Danger, the sidekick-in-training to superhero Captain Man. Now we sometime need a third receiver and when teradek announced the sidekick, we jumped on the occasion to try it out as it was the ultimate tool to use with both Teradek and Paralinx units, a dream come true. We use them extensively on 90 days tv series and we have good results. We have 5 complete kits : 2 Tomahawks, 2 ArrowX, 1 Bolt 2000. Been a Teradek and Paralinx user for a while now and mostly happy with their products until now. ![]() ![]() Hal and the Black Canary eventually reached out to Roy and helped him quit heroin cold turkey – which might qualify as a crowning moment of awesome for Roy, since detoxing like that is not only extremely hard but a good way to wind up dead due to the withdrawal symptoms. Luckily, Roy had some friends in his life that weren’t total douches. Depending on the writing, this trait can be a good thing about the character, in that it shows a realistic jerk with a heart of gold, or a bad thing, in that he kicked his own surrogate son out of his home for doing drugs – after spending a lot of time reaming Hal Jordan out for ignoring real-world problems, no less. Yeah, lesson one in the DC Universe: the Green Arrow is an asshole. He had spent issue after issue ragging on Hal Jordan for ignoring the little man, and now he had a chance to lend support to his drug-addicted ward. Its place in comic book history aside, the issue was a really nice chance for the Green Arrow to put his money where his mouth was. Even if it was mentioned, it would never, ever be a major character who was the junkie. Never before had drug addiction been dealt with head-on by a comic book. For the time period, this was a ground-breaking issue and was one of the stories that marked the beginning of the Bronze Age of comics. During that time, Roy had fallen into drugs and become addicted to heroin. ![]() In Green Lantern, volume 2, #85, Ollie wound up revisiting the kid he had basically abandoned so he could run across America on his male bonding trip. In what is probably the most iconic issue of this period, Roy got involved with his surrogate dad’s storyline. This helped separate the Green Arrow from Batman, as Ollie took on more of a social conscience beyond just beating up criminals. In the early 1970s, Oliver Queen lost his fortune and wound up traveling America with buddy Hal Jordan, fighting for the little guy. Insert obligatory “Speedy is on speed” joke here. But despite making some progress, he didn’t really have his own niche in the DC Universe – a problem that would follow him for decades. He wound up on the Teen Titans, where he had a brief relationship with Donna Troy, aka Wonder Girl. While he began as a Robin ripoff, Speedy did turn into a fairly interesting character on his own soon enough. Ollie eventually took Roy in as his ward and acted as the boy’s surrogate father. Whatever the origin, he would eventually get paired with Oliver Queen, the Green Arrow, who nicknames him Speedy because his speed with a bow exceeds even Ollie’s. In both versions, his mother is a non-character who has been out of his life almost since birth. Post- Crisis on Infinite Earths, this origin would get a revisit and it would be established that Roy’s father was a friend to a Navajo tribe and that Roy was raised by the Navajo following his father’s death. Roy’s father died in the crash, but Quoag and Roy managed to survive and lived well on the island thanks to Roy’s excellent archery skills. Here we see the typical nuanced and clever portrayal of Native Americans in Golden Age comics.Īnyway, Roy Harper wound up in a plane crash on an isolated island along with his father and their Indian servant Quaog. The Green Arrow and Speedy used bow gimmicks instead of bat gimmicks. But the Green Arrow and Speedy totally weren’t ripoffs of Batman and Robin, we swear! There are marked differences…well, one marked difference. The Green Arrow had an Arrowmobile, and Arrow Cave, he was a wealthy playboy by day with a child ward who fought crime by night, and so on. At the time, he was just a Robin analogue for the Green Arrow, who himself was a Batman analogue. Roy Harper was introduced as Speedy, sidekick to the Green Arrow, in that duo’s debut in More Fun Comics #73 back in 1941. What I have to offer here is a history of “Roy Classic.” So let’s dive in, shall we? When DC rebooted its universe, he joined up with his buddies Jason Todd and Starfire in Red Hood and the Outlaws, but I’ve read very little of that series or anything else involving Roy since. My knowledge of Roy Harper extends from his early days up until about 2010 or so. Looking at Roy Harper’s history is like watching a train wreck, then watching the sole survivor emerge from the blazing inferno, take six steps forward, then get hit by a speeding car. ![]() He’s one of the first comic book characters to really be involved in some heavy topical issues, but bad creative decisions have turned him into a parody of those very same issues. He’s been a drug addict, a single father, and an amputee. ![]() He’s also been the Red Arrow and Arsenal. He began as Speedy, the Green Arrow’s sidekick. Who is Roy Harper? Well, he’s been lots of different things. ![]() But we all still fight….Everything we need – it’s all within us. ![]() ![]() ![]() Note that moderators will use their own discretion to remove any post that they believe is low-quality or not considered a LPT.īans are given out immediately and serve as a warning. ![]() Posts or comments that troll and/or do not substantially contribute to the discussion may be removed.Do not post tips that are advertisements or recommendations of products or services.Do not post tips in reaction to other posts.Posts concerning the following are not allowed: religion, politics, relationships, law and legislation, parenting, driving, medicine or hygiene (including mental health).Do not post tips that are based on spurious, unsubstantiated, or anecdotal claims.Do not post tips that could be considered common sense, common courtesy, unethical, or illegal.The tip and the problem it solves must be explained thoroughly. 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' since the last line doesn't have a line break.Ĭount_TextLines = IIf(Len(Trim(myText)) = 0, 0, (Len(myText) - Len(Replace(myText, Chr(10), "")) + 2)) ' This gives back the number of breaks so we add 1 to get the number of lines, ' Counts the lines by comparing the contents by the themselves after removing Public Function count_TextLines(myText As Variant) As Integer Hi, i've been trying to get this working too but do run into issues. The only thing you will need to do is make sure that you don't print the contents of column Z when you do your printing. This, of course, allows all the text in the merged cell to be visible. The effect of these steps is that Excel will set the row height based upon the contents of column Z, which just happen to match the contents of the merged cell in columns A and B. Make the width of column Z slightly narrower than the combined width of columns A and B.(Column Z should not be merged with anything, nor should it be marked as merged.) Ensure the text formatting of column Z is exactly the same as in the merged cell, with the exception of merging.In column Z (or some other column outside of your data table range, but not immediately adjacent), put a simple formula reference to column A, as in =A1.Merge the cells in columns A and B as desired.(These steps assume you are merging the cells in columns A and B, and that your data table only includes columns A through K.) The process is described in the following general steps. You do this by using a separate column that is created for the express purpose of setting row height. If you don't want to use a macro, you can fool Excel into setting the row height properly. ![]() Such a macro wouldn't be that trivial to create.) ![]() The macro could then reset the column width, merge the cells, and set the new row height. A good approach is to have the macro determine the column width of the merged area, unmerge the columns, set the first column to that width, and determine the row height required to AutoFit it. One way around the problem is to use a macro to set the row height to the desired height. Doing so, however, apparently has no affect-AutoFit seems to completely ignore merged cells in doing its magic. At first blush you may think that you can use the AutoFit feature (Cells | Format | AutoFit or Format | Rows | AutoFit) to adjust the height of the row in which the merged cell is located. If you subsequently merge that cell with an adjacent cell, even if the adjacent cell has text wrapping turned on, then the resulting merged cell's row height is not adjusted so that all the text is visible.Įxactly why Excel does this is unclear, but there is no intrinsic way around it-Excel just does it. 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