RedRalph
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An athiest who believes men can be monsters.... youre some man for one man Eco
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An athiest who believes men can be monsters.... youre some man for one man Eco
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i cant find that scene from a soviet movie now, but it's great:
the car of the protagonists breaks down and suddenly out of the woods comes stalin, a replacable part in his hand to save them.
the car of the protagonists breaks down and suddenly out of the woods comes stalin, a replacable part in his hand to save them.
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He was great in the same manner that George Bush was a genius, but no one seemed to notice.
Annex
Tyranny and Mutation
He was great in the sense that he kept his country going through tough times...even if he helped to create some of them in the first place.
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I hope you don't mind me taking this thread a little off course, but I wonder something about that movie.
When Hitler was in his bunker looking at Frederick the Great, did anyone else think that he was thinking about the Miracle of the House of Brandenburg, where the Russians entered Berlin, but the Germans still won the war (sort of)?
Yes. Too bad Hitler didn't still have an army and allies, like ma boy Friedrich did. Actually, that's really not 'too bad' at all, scum needed to go down.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
If there were ever anyone to play Stalin, it would be Robert Duvall. I think Tom Selleck could've pulled it off, too, though.
Because of the mustache, amirite?
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
Absolutely. That, and I always perceived Stalin to be a kind of gritty guy, and Selleck does that well. Kind of gritty, but not The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly kinda gritty.
Yeah, he was great in the same way Hitler brought greatness to Germany in 1946.
He was great in the same way that Kim Jong Il keeps order in his country.
And how Castro brought civil rights to Cubans.
Shekwan
Kim Chi Quaffing Celt
Hitler brought devestation to Germany. Follow the conversation and you'll understand my sarcasm.Whaa?!
aelf
Ashen One
If the Soviet Union hadn't been destroyed, he might be credited a lot more than he is now. Tsarist Russia was, after all, not a pleasant place either, and he did industrialise the country quite dramatically. Given what Russia was like before and after he died, it wasn't an utterly bad reign. Stalin was no Mao.
Shekwan
Kim Chi Quaffing Celt
Stalin just about prevented the same type of destruction happening to Russia though. So I wouldn't say it's the same type of "greatness" you're referring to above.
Both he and Hitler were pretty good at what they did, so I guess that makes them great and movie worthy in a sense. It's just what they did isn't entirely agreeable with a morally correct individual.
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