What? No. No, no, I meant the guy who lost everyone to the plague and went to see Shakespeare's plays, he would have to be... nevermind.
[You like airplanes? He can do airplanes, Peter.]
A trip indeed! After all, mastering flight is often referred to as mankind's oldest dream. People have tried for centuries, attempts even show up in the myths of the old Greek. Imagine being up there seeing the world from above. It's such familiar imagery to us nowadays but back then a lot of people couldn't even picture it – mind you, there was no tv and color photography was in its infancy. There was no way to simply share things like that and it was so new. A set of completely new impressions for the mind.
[He nods at Peter's question, a grim expression on his face.] World War One. The dark side of the technological advancements in the late 19th century. New weapons had been developed, artillery and machine guns and poison gas, sending men and women into one of the most brutal forms of warfare of our history.
can't stop won't stop
[You like airplanes? He can do airplanes, Peter.]
A trip indeed! After all, mastering flight is often referred to as mankind's oldest dream. People have tried for centuries, attempts even show up in the myths of the old Greek. Imagine being up there seeing the world from above. It's such familiar imagery to us nowadays but back then a lot of people couldn't even picture it – mind you, there was no tv and color photography was in its infancy. There was no way to simply share things like that and it was so new. A set of completely new impressions for the mind.
[He nods at Peter's question, a grim expression on his face.] World War One. The dark side of the technological advancements in the late 19th century. New weapons had been developed, artillery and machine guns and poison gas, sending men and women into one of the most brutal forms of warfare of our history.