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I hope a script writer or director ever read this B4 making this story


As I said before, Atahualpa was smart. In 20 days he learned to speak Spanish and a bit of reading, he became a good chess player in prision while Pizarro was illiterate. Atahualpa and all incas never saw a horse in their life and even when a horse approached so close to him that its saliva spilled on his clothes, he kept his reddish eyes in defiance controling his fear. To their sight, armoured white bearded white demons with guns and riding horses was something fearful, like watching centaurs. Remember even today in XXI century the mounted police still inspires respect with horses which are so tall. During most history cavalry charge was the main militar weapon.

In a movie like this the directors and script writers ought to know history in detail. That was a massacre like Rambo 3 when Russian huge helicopters attacked women, children and riders in Afganistan or the scenes in Avatar where the soldiers with exo-skeletons using all sort of modern weapons and ships like airplane-choppers destroyed the N'avis in planet Pandora.

The film should focus on these 160 Spanish , about 67 of them being horse riders, with all the weapons from Carlos V emperor, had at disposition including ancient fire guns like muskets....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musket


... and swords made of steel which chopped off the hands of the Incas. Hundreds of them were killed in little time because Inca's army was left out of Cajamarca and the Incas royal "force" didn't have any weapons at that time. Spanish attacked incas who had no weapons at all so not even a single Spanish was killed. Pizarro was wounded by an accident from his country fellow man.

HORSES AND WEAPONS, FIRE from cannon and BLOOD...

Pizarro spoke of peace and made the incas have confidence by means of gifts including a Dutch shirt and two glasses from Venice.

I don't think the inca emperor wore long hair either though they have been presenting him like this during Inti Raymi ceremonies in Cuzco for many years now. Looks more impressive for the mass of ignorant people I guess.

DECADES BEFORE THE FILM BRAVEHEART a Peruvian film called Tupac Amaru introduced the torture with arms and legs tied with ropes to four horses. Tupac Amaru was the last inca who rebelled against conquerors after Manco Inca after Atahualpa's death. The well known singer in USA borrowed his name from this Peruvian hero.

Check in Google images or youtube TUPAC AMARU with actor Reinaldo Arenas. The same actor was hired to be LORD OF SIPAN sort of Latin pharaoh north of Peru in a documentary.

There's a thin gap between skepticism and cynicism

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