These guys were all nuts.

One of Napoleon's Guard Cavalry commanders actually fought a duel six days before the 1815 campaign kicked off.
Because when you're commanding one of the most important units on the eve of a campaign that will determine the future of your country and monarch, yeah, why not risk getting shot…

I'm with the Senator on this.
There's a huge difference between "life sucks, oh woe" and "life sucks, doesn't it? (chuckle)" and Barry Lyndon firmly sits on the latter side of that fence. And Hordern's narration is the main tool for this- the tone is not one of standoffish bemusement, but carries a lot of warmth. Like…

It's not a jacket! It's a pelisse! (throws WCOG off airship)

@Evil Lincoln, you could try Milius' Farewell To The King. They're rather interestingly parallel.

Ah, so we haven't picked up on how the Duelists' story also doubles as an abstracted and symbolic study of Napoleon himself (which really comes out in that stunning, haunting last shot @Jahbulonious Monk mentions).

Colonel Erhart attempting to nonchalantly sit on the edge of his desk is still one of the funniest pieces of physical comedy I've seen.

RIP Mr. Durning, and thank you.

Colonel Erhart attempting to nonchalantly sit on the edge of his desk is still one of the funniest pieces of physical comedy I've seen.

RIP Mr. Durning, and thank you.

This is actually pretty good news for Tron fans (Tronistas?). Since Disney recently landed another franchise with, let's say,…considerably more significant profit potential, for a while it looked like they might just decide "hey, we've got a proper cashcow now, take this bauble away".

This is actually pretty good news for Tron fans (Tronistas?). Since Disney recently landed another franchise with, let's say,…considerably more significant profit potential, for a while it looked like they might just decide "hey, we've got a proper cashcow now, take this bauble away".

Boxleitner quite certainly- he's doing some voice work for the animated series, IIRC, so something in that vein plus some appearances as Alan sounds reasonable. He's always enthusiastic about Legacy at conventions, and was talking about Tron 3 being "in the works" at some of them, so he's probably attached to that…

Boxleitner quite certainly- he's doing some voice work for the animated series, IIRC, so something in that vein plus some appearances as Alan sounds reasonable. He's always enthusiastic about Legacy at conventions, and was talking about Tron 3 being "in the works" at some of them, so he's probably attached to that…

Hi, sorry for not responding sooner, I had not seen your question (haven't been logging into AV Club recently). Not sure what the rules about linking to such sites are in this comment section, but it's online at fanfiction.net and (in a somewhat less readable format, but with links to .pdfs) at http://forums.spacebattl…

Hi, sorry for not responding sooner, I had not seen your question (haven't been logging into AV Club recently). Not sure what the rules about linking to such sites are in this comment section, but it's online at fanfiction.net and (in a somewhat less readable format, but with links to .pdfs) at http://forums.spacebattl…

Interesting description, never thought of it in those terms before.
It's strange then that I'm so fond of Tron and Tron:Legacy yet was nearly completely unmoved by Prometheus.

Interesting description, never thought of it in those terms before.
It's strange then that I'm so fond of Tron and Tron:Legacy yet was nearly completely unmoved by Prometheus.

Harumph. Excuse me. There was also Something Wicked This Way Comes.

Harumph. Excuse me. There was also Something Wicked This Way Comes.

I remember watching an interview with a veteran who said you cannot make a realistic depiction of war in any medium, because you cannot reproduce the ever-present stench.

I remember watching an interview with a veteran who said you cannot make a realistic depiction of war in any medium, because you cannot reproduce the ever-present stench.

Errr…no.
The reason for the soviet defensive weakness wasn't that they were poised to attack. It was that they were going through a massive army-wide reorganisation, and the opportunistic land-grab in Poland and the Baltics gave them a buffer zone but had the side effect of pushing their border past the line they had…