tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post1352151328012840563..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: RPG Talk: Time Travel Tips for Historians and Us Reg'lar FolksSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-55621480326545000282016-05-12T10:44:34.903-03:002016-05-12T10:44:34.903-03:00I've been meaning to check out 2002's Max,...I've been meaning to check out 2002's Max, about an art dealer and a young Austrian painter called Adolf Hitler. It would certainly make for a good jump-on point for would-be time travelers.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-35002266610941690572016-05-12T10:13:54.053-03:002016-05-12T10:13:54.053-03:00"Or buy up all his paintings and turn him int..."Or buy up all his paintings and turn him into a successful artist?" <br />Ha! That's great! Someone needs to make a movie out of this (or at least a robot chicken sketch). 'Hey guys- instead of traveling through time to go kill a baby, how about we just buy some paintings?' Cut to old Hitler, well-admired in front of a gallery of adoring art fans- until he starts expressing his political views. The punchline would probably be someone shouting "You're a jerk, Hitler!" from way off in the distance as the last of the grumbling crowd wanders away.<br /><br />Alternatively, the film version could make for a very unique comedy- in that they basically have to recruit a snake-oil salesman and send him back in time to try and get him to convince other people that these mediocre paintings are actually fantastic works of art; the work of he and his team, despite Hitler's lack of skill and scummy worldview constantly sabotaging their efforts, could make a pretty hilarious independent/low-budget historical film.<br /><br />...Or an RPG setting. :-)Andrew Gilbertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604304361825660940noreply@blogger.com