What historical figure needs to have a movie or tv show produced about them? (lemmy.world)

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[-] Boggy@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Nikola Tesla

[-] first_ad4972@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Current_War Though this isn’t only about Tesla.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Boudica.

Queen of a British tribe that fought the Romans and won, for a while.

[-] Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

She's had a few treatments, just none of them large production Hollywood blockbusters.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

Marcus Aurelius. Philosopher king, savior of Rome, and someone I had fun drawing.

[-] Edge004@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Diogenes

[-] Jerrimu2@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago

John Brown.

[-] tissek@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

While yes! I also am very pessimistic about Hollywood not giving him the treatment he deserves. Could be a bit too radical for profit.

[-] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Vlad III, more commonly known as Vlad the Impaler. It's basically the story of Wallachia's complicated relationships with all their neighbours. The real story is so much more interesting than "spooky vampire".

[-] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

Andrew Wakefield. He's the guy who published a phony study that inspired the Anti-Vax movement. More people need to learn how this always has been a scam.

[-] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

I recently listened to a podcast about Antonín Švehla. Politician from first Republic (1918-1939) and master of compromise, he was as important as Masaryk but now is mostly forgotten.

[-] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

Christopher Lee.

[-] WoolyNelson@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Emperor Norton of America

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

James J. Andrews and the great locomotive chase of the US Civil War.

How this hasn’t been made into a movie is beyond me.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Locomotive_Chase

[-] ofk12@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Rani Lakshmibai

I'd elaborate but it would be a really long post. Best to read the wiki page.

[-] utopia_dig@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Einstein. Or Newton.

[-] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Newton would be great. Wikipedia has a whole page dedicated to his occult studies alone.

[-] Aliendelarge@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Galvarino

[-] Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Freddie Oversteegen

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

[-] Tandybaum@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Bill Blizzard. I really want to see a solid movie about The Battle of Blair Mountain

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