Funnily enough, it actually wouldn't, as it was during Henry II's reign that trial by combat (introduced by the Normans) went into sharp decline in England as a means of trial for the military aristocracy, instead being largely replaced by trial by a jury of knights.

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There's few things that will cause me to immediately write a project off

*The estate of Henry II Plantagenet, King of England, Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou and Duke of Aquitaine, liege-lord of the Count of Toulouse, the Duke of Brittany and the King of Scotland, sues Lee Daniels and Fox for plagiarism*

It's OK, there are support groups to help you with that.

This sounds like it will lead to a stream of hilarious, wholly original, non-repetitive and high-quality episodes of the Simpsons. I'm feeling the hype, at any rate.

It was, surprisingly enough, actually a really great war.

Next you'll be telling me that South-East Asia isn't just one country.

At least the Korean War actually lasted for three years, instead of just feeling like it lasted for three years.

Yousa needsa to beats it, okey?

I would imagine so.

Only some white men. Let's not be too radical about all this.

AAHM CAWLIN MAHKY MAHK ON YA, YA FAHKIN QWEEAH

This also looks great!

Curveball: he's actually going to appear as a talking rope-bridge to provide some light comic relief midway through the second act.

I'd say "tell them that Kevin James plays the President in it", but that'd too obviously be bullshit for them to write the story.

This just sounds like a quickly-concocted piece of evidence for Franco's defence in a stalking trial rather than a book that a human being, even James Franco, could honestly seriously have written.

ALL ANIMALS CAN SCREAM

This looks great!

I choked on a wrap when I read that.

Yup, it's in there, in the Second Amendment: