Sergio

The Sack of Rome, then part of the Papal States, followed the capture of Rome on 6 May 1527 by the mutinous troops of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, during the War of the League of Cognac. Charles V only intended to threaten military action to make Pope Clement VII come to his terms. However, most of the Imperial army (14,000 Germans, including Lutherans, 6,000 Spaniards and some Italians) were largely unpaid. Despite being ordered not to storm the city, they broke into the scarcely defended city and began looting, killing, and holding citizens for ransom without any restraint.[3] Clement VII took refuge in Castel Sant'Angelo after the Swiss Guard were annihilated in a delaying rear guard action; he remained there until a ransom was paid to the pillagers.

Benvenuto Cellini, eyewitness to the events, described the sack in his works. It was not until February 1528 that the spread of a plague and the approach of the League forces under Odet de Foix forced the army to withdraw towards Naples from the city. Rome's population had dropped from 55,000 to 10,000 due to the atrocities, famine, an outbreak of plague, and flight from the city.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Rome_(1527)

Context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shooting_Star

15 September 1940 in Marseille. A man cries as French troops are forced to retreat to North Africa.

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"A Frenchman sheds tears of patriotic grief as flags of his country's lost regiments are exiled to Africa", according to the caption in the 3 March 1941 issue of Life magazine. Incorrectly captioned by NARA as "A Frenchman weeps as German soldiers march into the French capital, Paris, on June 14, 1940, after the Allied armies had been driven back across France."

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weeping_Parisian_from_NARA_Ww2-81.jpg

Context: https://lemmy.world/post/23850634

Based on a true story

Trump (c. 1730 – c. 1745) was a pug owned by English painter William Hogarth. He included the dog in several works, including his 1745 self-portrait Painter and his Pug, held by the Tate Gallery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_(dog)

Invasion of the Bee Girls is the subject of this Sunday's "monsterdon" watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!

• Just start watching that movie this Sunday, Jan 19, 2025 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT, which is 2am Monday UTC
• and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live commentary. For example, you can follow that hashtag here: https://mastodon.social/tags/monsterdon
• I usually open two web browser windows on a laptop side-by-side. But you could follow the mastodon commentary on a phone app while watching it on TV or something...

How to watch:

• someone usually streams it on https://miru.miyaku.media/ at that time so check there
• archive: https://archive.org/details/invasion-of-the-bee-girls-1973_202406
• tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/100013352/invasion-of-the-bee-girls I'm still figuring out tubi. it's corporate and not available in EU or Asia, but uBlock currently stops ads (there's just a flicker when they try to load). Their copy seems to be missing 2+ minutes, so it may have been modified
• youtube WARNING: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1FaWxV4sjk WARNING: heavily censored, missing 20 minutes, only watch if nothing else works
• if you want to pay or watch ads and are in the US, look here: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/invasion-of-the-bee-girls

The premise of the movie is that a mad scientist (Ford) is using radiation-mutated bee serum to create an army of female beauties who seduce men to death. One by one, the male victims are killed before the local police catch on to the plans of the infected females.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_the_Bee_Girls

Also see this community's previous discussion of this movie! (e: that has a much higher-quality version of the movie poster...)

context: https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/wilson_s_clay.htm (NSFW)

The Adventures of Tintin is an animated television series co-produced and animated by French animation studio Ellipsanime and Canadian studio Nelvana. The series is based on the comic book series of the same name by Belgian cartoonist Hergé (French pronunciation: [ɛʁʒe]).[1] 39 half-hour episodes were produced over the course of three seasons, originally airing in France, Canada and the United States between 1991 and 1992.

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Along with fans, critics have praised the series for being "generally faithful" to the originals, with compositions having been actually taken directly from the panels in the original comic books.[6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tintin_(TV_series)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqne_QHyfwM

"Every 1's a Winner" is the third single from the 1978 Hot Chocolate album of the same name. The single was released on 4 March 1978 on RAK Records in the UK and Infinity Records in the US. It peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart and number 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100; it was the band's second-highest-charting single in the US, behind "You Sexy Thing".[3][4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_1%27s_a_Winner_(song)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLb9AiTk-YY

Battle Beyond the Stars is the subject of this Sunday's "monsterdon" viewing over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!

• Just start watching that movie this Sunday, Jan 12, 2025 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT, which is 2am Monday UTC
• and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live commentary. For example, you can follow that hashtag here: https://mastodon.social/tags/monsterdon
• I usually open two web browser windows on a laptop side-by-side. But you could follow the mastodon commentary on a phone app while watching it on TV or something...

How to watch:

• youtube (upscaled): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD0tIQMwtmk
• archive: https://archive.org/details/battle-beyond-the-stars-1980
• someone usually streams it on https://miru.miyaku.media/ at that time so maybe check there
• if you want to pay or watch ads, look here: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/battle-beyond-the-stars

it was intended as a futuristic "Magnificent Seven (itself a western version of Seven Samurai) in outer space",[13] ... The film was theatrically released by Corman's New World Pictures and was a moderate box office success, despite receiving mixed reviews from critics.

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Battle Beyond the Stars received mixed reviews from critics due to its similar space opera styling, capitalizing upon the success of Star Wars. Cameron's special effects were praised as being impressive, considering the film's low budget, and helped to open the door for his future success.

In Creature Feature, John Stanley gave the movie three and a half stars, recommending the film for its fun script, special effects and its spirit of fun.[35] Filmink called it one of George Peppard's "best ever films" in which his performance was "warm, funny, touching… this sort of performance was why Peppard remained employed, for all his issues."[36]

Christopher John reviewed Battle Beyond the Stars in Ares Magazine #5:

There is a lot to be pointed up in this picture. There is the fact that every different technology shows different lines of development. Every ship and the way it is operated is distinctly unique.[37]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Beyond_the_Stars

Also see previous discussion of this film in this community!