The Eagle (2011)

[BoldHighlander]

The Eagle of the Ninth, by Rosemary Sutcliffe, who wrote a lot of educational historical fiction for young adults. One of my very favorite books in high school; one of two that dealt with Scotland/Northern England. An invalided but young former Centurion sets out with his British slave/companion to recover the eagle of the lost Roman Ninth Legion who had been ordered to march north years before, and had done so until they disappeared- apparently a factual happening. They have to get the eagle because it's being used to rally the northern natives for a massive uprising. Lots of primitive acting out on the part of the Picts. If this movie isn't based on that story, I'm a goose.

That would be it Canuck...thanks!

Anyway, I must see this movie. I demand to see this movie. Bring this movie to me!

[Woodsheal]

Here's a bit of nonsensical fun you might enjoy while waiting for "The Eagle":

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Centuri...r&trkid=222336

[Joe Gondek]

here's a bit of nonsensical fun you might enjoy while waiting for "the eagle":

http://www.netflix.com/movie/centuri...r&trkid=222336

i watched that movie a few weeks ago,
it was predictable but enertaining,
i hope "the eagle is better"

[Oldhiker]

there really are blue people not just painted blue

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...of-blue-people

wikopedia says so
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methemoglobinemia
so it must be true

[Lallans]

there really are blue people not just painted blue

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...of-blue-people

wikopedia says so
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methemoglobinemia
so it must be true

Interesting! Of course the original Britons, the ones in posssession when the Romans invaded, dyed themselves blue using wode, as alluded to in the OP. Or at least that is supposedly where the name "Briton" comes from. If the Picts were a separate tribal culture, it would be surprising if they did the same.

[jwlowry]

there really are blue people not just painted blue

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...of-blue-people

wikopedia says so
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methemoglobinemia
so it must be true

It's true. I saw one when I was little. My grandmother lived in that part of Kentucky. [Insert jokes here]