12-28-2004, 08:23 PM
>>Seeing the box cover and the previews were enough to dissuade me from watching it. The movie looks akin to Xena : Warrior Princess .<br>
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Hey now, don't be dissing on Xena. Up until the last few seasons, that was a great show - and it never claimed to be historically accurate or authentic in any way. Hercules was great cheesy TV as well.<br>
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>>The new TV movie "Spartacus" was an attempt to do the same - remake a masterpiece- and it failed of course. I think that's the worst Roman film ever made.<br>
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I'll agree with you there. It had no redeeming qualities whatsoever.<br>
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>>Ever notice that most Roman movies are anti-Roman ?<br>
Why must the Romans always be the villians as if everyone else in the ancient world were so virtuous ?<br>
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Someone has to be the bad guy. And they did kill Christ afterall.<br>
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>>We'll have to wait and see about Ridley's Scott's next project about "Hannibal" (not the cannibal). I hope not to see segmented armor.<br>
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He's also doing another one coming up called "Kingdom of Heaven" about the crusades staring Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson and Jeremy Irons. While Ridley is clearly not a history buff, I do think he's a great director so hopefully it should be an interesting movie.<br>
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Deb <p></p><i></i>
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Hey now, don't be dissing on Xena. Up until the last few seasons, that was a great show - and it never claimed to be historically accurate or authentic in any way. Hercules was great cheesy TV as well.<br>
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>>The new TV movie "Spartacus" was an attempt to do the same - remake a masterpiece- and it failed of course. I think that's the worst Roman film ever made.<br>
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I'll agree with you there. It had no redeeming qualities whatsoever.<br>
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>>Ever notice that most Roman movies are anti-Roman ?<br>
Why must the Romans always be the villians as if everyone else in the ancient world were so virtuous ?<br>
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Someone has to be the bad guy. And they did kill Christ afterall.<br>
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>>We'll have to wait and see about Ridley's Scott's next project about "Hannibal" (not the cannibal). I hope not to see segmented armor.<br>
<br>
He's also doing another one coming up called "Kingdom of Heaven" about the crusades staring Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson and Jeremy Irons. While Ridley is clearly not a history buff, I do think he's a great director so hopefully it should be an interesting movie.<br>
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Deb <p></p><i></i>
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Sulpicia Lepdinia
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Sulpicia Lepdinia
Legio XX