BryanM wrote:
Bait dogs are a standard tool of the trade. For small dogs, that usually means a quick death. Bigger dogs like yours would have been a "practice bitch", something big enough to look like a real threat without being much of a threat to the real fighters.
Yeah, that's was I was thinking re: dog. He was fairly big but decidedly a runner not a fighter. Then again, import of the typical fighting breeds is illegal throughout most of the West Indies, so who knows what these shitheads were thinking.
Was reading similar recently - aha,
here we go - about pregnant slaves being regarded as twofers, hence systematic slave rape. This was concerning Viking raids on Bristol in the 11th century. I've still not read Vinland Saga partially because that setting via Badass Fightan manga context skeeves me. (I'd be similarly askance on a "Barbary Saga;" nothing pallors hot-blooded tales of glory like a backdrop of industrialised rapemurder)
I wonder sometimes about the similar disgust ye olde might is rights would regard the rule of law with. A chunk of pop culture is ofc that (The Road Warrior and its million knockoffs, chief among them Hokuto no Ken, post-apocalyptica ala
The Road, etc). Larry from accounts one day, Grogon RapeFist the next. Shirt n' slacks one minute, assless chaps the next. Time flat circle etc etc /weed lmao
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Oh hey! Now here's a medieval rapefest I can get down with. Rewatched as part of
Paul Verhoevenfest: But I've Only Seen Robocop, an impromptu Zoom (
*coof*) group watch, also featuring the very decent WWII thriller
Black Book, and MUH FAVOURITE Starship Troopers, and Showgirls! I can't remember the last one, I'd drank too much! I sobered up for grand finale
ROBOTCOP. 
I will still vouch by me ol F+B writeup! It's fucked up and knows it.
Flesh + Blood (1985 / dir. Paul Verhoeven / Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh & Tom Burlinson)Cutthroat 16th century mercenaries take revenge on their swindling patron, stealing his son's betrothed away to their improvised fort. Grotesque triangle involving merc leader, girl and her fiance ensues, as a bloody shitstorm of siege and plague looms.
Quite enjoyed this one. Strongest and potentially most repulsive feature is the air of pitiless savagery. Murder, rape and general atrocity abound - though somewhat leavened by Verhoeven's wry touch, its cruelty is to feelgood medieval romps what
The Cross of Iron is to cheesy WWII schlock. Appetite and survival are all.
"BUT I DIDNT KNOW WHO THE HERO WAS SAPPOSE TO BE" types will
not be amused! Absorbing locations and volatile chemistry between the principle characters along with a lively supporting cast made the 2hr uncut runtime fly past.
Suitable alternate title
Berserk The Live Action: Gambino Den (cited by Miura - fans will dig the setting).
Starring Rutger Hauer as Gambino
And Jack Thompson as Arthur from Ghouls n' Ghosts