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sizzlinpapaya t1_it87o3z wrote

Black musketeer sounds like a parody you would see on South Park or something.

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Lt_Hatch t1_it892r5 wrote

Black knight starting Martin Lawrence

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sizzlinpapaya t1_it895vz wrote

Great, not I’m gonna go on a Martin Lawrence binge.

Starts up blue streak.

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Leafs17 t1_it8p3lk wrote

Knight* and I loved that movie as a kid

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Watson8555 t1_it8syt4 wrote

Wow I totally forgot that movie even existed, hand thought about it in probably well over a decade, I loved that shit when I was a kid

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spike021 t1_it8rgpo wrote

Hilarious movie. "We already 'ave fiyah"

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jaderust t1_it8cn0x wrote

The name is indeed terrible, but I am intrigued. I read The Black Count this summer about Dumas's father and found it absolutely fascinating. Thomas Dumas's life was supposed to have been a big inspiration for his son's writings and so I wonder if they're going to follow the musketeer regiment that had that name or if they're going to play on Dumas's mixed race heritage and have a character of Haitian descent as Thomas Dumas was.

Either way, if anyone is a fan of history books then The Black Count was a good one.

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brettmgreene t1_it9o3o5 wrote

The Black Count is so damned good and it's ripe for adaptation, so here's hoping!

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jaderust t1_it9w098 wrote

I’ve heard that it’s been optioned for a film but I don’t think it’s in production yet. Either way it could be an amazing film.

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brettmgreene t1_it9ygnm wrote

Oddly, it's the banality of the French colonies and society that really interests me - the idea of people in the 18th century being our contemporaries is always fascinating. Reading about how integrated Saint Dominigue (and parts of France) were was really interesting because it reshaped my understanding of the period. The visuals alone are great - romping around early Haiti, the spice, sugar and coffee trade ships on the sea, French court and the balls of Saint Dominigue ... I can't wait.

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TheAquaman t1_it89dpd wrote

It’s the name of a regiment of the Musketeers - mousquetaires noirs.

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Chataboutgames t1_it8fo8b wrote

No way, this is a Tracy Jordan original for sure.

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Dingus10000 t1_itc9i9e wrote

I much rather watch ‘fat bitch’ than this - it seems hard to watch.

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sgthombre t1_it8ajq0 wrote

For some reason my brain jumped to it being a Black Dynamite spin off

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BIZLfoRIZL t1_it9j3r1 wrote

30 Rock - Tracy Jordan is… Black Musketeer.

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Julius-n-Caesar t1_it8o3q0 wrote

I swear if they make it a fictionalization of Alexandre Dumas’ father.

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anasui1 t1_it8rboo wrote

a bit like Black Frasier, probably 30 Rock's funniest gag

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jedi-son t1_it960qy wrote

I'll bet money it's stupider than that

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