12-29-2004, 08:50 AM
Ave, Deb.<br>
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I cited Xena above Hercules since it was the more successful of the two . I see little difference between them, except Hercules was at least a real Greek mythical figure. Xena came out from left field somewhere .<br>
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As for the anti-Roman movies : Yes the Romans did kill Christ, but even when the Romans are already Christian they're still not depicted as the good guys. Just watch the TV movie "Attila".<br>
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Even in movies that have nothing to do with Christ, thugs like Spartacus, Attila, Boudicca, and Vercingertorix are made the heroes while the Romans are shown as the villians. In spite of that, I still like 90 to 95% of films on Rome. I just wish they'd try a different formula for a change .<br>
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On "Kingdom of Heaven" : Ridley Scott is a great director (though he's made his share of bad films) but I don't like what I've read about his movie. Apparently he's going to demonize the Crusaders and glorify the Arabs. I'm sure he'll show the Crusaders slaughtering all the civilians during the siege of Jerusalem (which is true) and nobody will mention that that was <strong>standard warfare</strong> for thousands of years and continued to be so for centuries after. I believe England's top historian (Keegan) has already denounced the film as non-historical after reading the script.<br>
But we'll see.<br>
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-Theo<br>
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<p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=theodosiusthegreat>Theodosius the Great</A> at: 12/30/04 3:14 am<br></i>
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I cited Xena above Hercules since it was the more successful of the two . I see little difference between them, except Hercules was at least a real Greek mythical figure. Xena came out from left field somewhere .<br>
<br>
As for the anti-Roman movies : Yes the Romans did kill Christ, but even when the Romans are already Christian they're still not depicted as the good guys. Just watch the TV movie "Attila".<br>
<br>
Even in movies that have nothing to do with Christ, thugs like Spartacus, Attila, Boudicca, and Vercingertorix are made the heroes while the Romans are shown as the villians. In spite of that, I still like 90 to 95% of films on Rome. I just wish they'd try a different formula for a change .<br>
<br>
On "Kingdom of Heaven" : Ridley Scott is a great director (though he's made his share of bad films) but I don't like what I've read about his movie. Apparently he's going to demonize the Crusaders and glorify the Arabs. I'm sure he'll show the Crusaders slaughtering all the civilians during the siege of Jerusalem (which is true) and nobody will mention that that was <strong>standard warfare</strong> for thousands of years and continued to be so for centuries after. I believe England's top historian (Keegan) has already denounced the film as non-historical after reading the script.<br>
But we'll see.<br>
<br>
-Theo<br>
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<p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=theodosiusthegreat>Theodosius the Great</A> at: 12/30/04 3:14 am<br></i>
Jaime
