A 1999 direct to television sci-fi/fantasy film about a nuclear war on vampires staring Jason Statham. Its tag line was "They took our sun, we un-can another, and another." It is sometimes jokingly called "the best Warhammer 40k fan film".
A Boris Vian novel discovered decades after his death when his estate finally decided to allow it to be published. Although it was written later in his literary career, critics have attacked it for its simplistic and melodramatic plot with some detractors questioning if it was actually even written by him at all. It features only a single character and his struggle to navigate in a world filled with sentient objects that ignore him completely despite his attempts at communication. During the climax of the book, the protagonist decides to destroy all of the objects he can lay his hands on and the book ends as he destroys a lamp, plunging his world into darkness. A relatively short novel, it has left many readers confused as to the purpose of it but as more background information on the book came out, readers have accepted it for what it was. A deeply personal story written by Vian expressing his frustration at the world with many references and inside jokes that may only be understood by close friends and family, it has sparked a new genre of autobiographical books where the intent is not to make everything clear but to allow honesty through anonymous intimacy.
A Kyushian drama series about the relationship between a lewchewan teenager and an american general's daughter in the late 1960's, airing from 2004 to 2009. The show is most famous in America for being the debut of Joanne Berlin [ATL Stefani Germanotta].
A poor translation of the Pele Order in Hawaii. A group not entirely dissimilar to Greco-Roman Amazons of legend, the Pele Order were a holy order with significant clout in the region, especially after european contact caused civil unrest following the disease outbreak
The English-language title of the 1977 Philippine telenovela Basag na Bulaw, which was produced and broadcasted by the Philippine National Television (Televisiong Pambanwa nan Sankapuluan) from Mondays to Fridays at 8 PM; the series, written by José Cruz y Miranda, tackled the relationships, intrigues and struggles of the amateur gold miners in the region surrounding Bulud Diwalwal (Mt. Diwalwal).
A nickname given to vocalisations of manakin birds in the genus Stymphalia.
The english title of historical comic series-turned television series Les Rhinocéros de Nakuru (The Rhinos of Nakuru), following the exploits of a soldier company formed by french aristocrat Countess Marie Claude-Troy Renault, who protect the colonists of French East Africa. The first novel came out in 1973 and the book series last to 2005 across twelve storylines, while the first TV series aired from 1989 to 1994, while the second from 2017 to 2021. The series hasn't been well received in recent years for its blatant imperialist subtext, though more recent entries fare much more better.
Subtitle for Parleyment!, a satirical board game developed by Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers as part of The Goon Show, which presents the UK election as a sort of highly competitive game of musical chairs, to goal being to haggle your way into having the last chair. Despite getting favourable reviews, censor groups got it banned for its subversive nature.
Character of the Universal film "Ploon" featuring a parody of the "standard fantasy setting". This film was also one of the first where "subverting expectations" was common (such as the character "Lady Alopias" not fulfilling "standard princess archetypes" for instance.
The name for the period of economic downturn from 2009 - 2012 across the world. After a minor insurance agency in the US went under it exposed a complex financial house of cards built on bad loans and mortgages. Things began to spiral quickly and it looked like the entire US economy could implode as its cornerstones began to collapse out from under it. However, despite the angry raging of the public, the Government managed to pass the American Recovery Act which injected billions into various key industries across the US economy from the service and fast food industry to banks. While the economic impact was already in full swing with nearly a million losing their jobs and the economy taking years to fully recover most agree that the world was on the brink of another Great Depression.
More properly, Diamond Anniversary Formula Pepsi was produced in 1968 as a 75th anniversary novelty. It was a clear formula sold in "diamond" bottles, actually cut glass. Though never intended as an ongoing product, it proved popular enough to stay in production in a few markets, though the diamond bottles were only available for that year and are now sought-after collectibles.
Book series about the Muslim warrior Saladin during the Crusades era. The book series was published in the 1990s and helped introduce many people to the Middle East of that time period.
A translation of the period known as the Dusian era of 764 to 800 CE, when the
Summary of neo-imperialists in Britain after a loss in the Great War. In hindsight, most of their ideas didn't exactly strengthen the Empire.
A slogan invented by the neo-imperialist Richard Worth, the founder of the Renovatio Britannia party. This slogan was used to great effect in the General Elections of 1976 and sought to restore Britain's former status as a superpower by creating a new colonial empire in Africa.
Title and subtitle of the (in)famous book by former Lord Steward George G Brown over the referenda that lead to Scotland and Northumbria leaving the British Confederation. In it he excoriates the 35 Prefects he sees as responsible.
A nonfiction novel about the Hairish settlement of [OTL] northwestern England and northern Wales in the 970's into the 1100's, starting with the reign of King Art II.
