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Brace yourselves... LAST LEGION (late Roman film) - Gordak - 06-12-2006 I wish I was joking about this... http://www.firth.com/lastleg.html Apparantly some producer stole a garbage truck full of "Zeena" and "King Arthur" props before it could make it to the incinerator. If he had to bribe the driver, it probable trippled the budjet of this film. -Similus aka: Sam Johnson Re: Brace yourselves... LAST LEGION (late Roman film) - Tarbicus - 06-12-2006 Agreed. This sagum especially just doesn't look right at all [url:38yjt6og]http://www.firth.com/images/legion/ap002m.jpg[/url] :wink: Re: Brace yourselves... LAST LEGION (late Roman film) - Primvs Pavlvs - 06-12-2006 With a girl that looks like this hock: who cares if its historical or not! Re: Brace yourselves... LAST LEGION (late Roman film) - Narukami - 06-12-2006 The "Mythical Sword" of Caesar...? :? ? ? Perhaps they meant the Sword of the "Mythical" Caesar. From the look of the production stills and the story synopsis this show has the potential of making HBO's Rome the High Water Mark of historic accuracy and authenticity. Then again, as Primus Paulus rightly points out, with a black clad Byzantine "Ninja" like the one pictured above, does historical accuracy really matter? hock: :roll: The gods look down and laugh, if they bother to look down at all... :wink: Narukami Re: Brace yourselves... LAST LEGION (late Roman film) - TraderTrey9785 - 06-12-2006 I'm beginning to think that anyone who has ever enrolled in a Roman History course probably fails to receive any information on the Late Roman Empire...I know in mine, we covered AD 193 - AD 410 in one 50 minute session. I know there is a lot about the Later part of the Empire and it's fall that I am missing, but even this movie seems a little far-fetched. Out of sheer disgust, I am speechless...however, I'll probably go and see it anyway :roll: Re: Brace yourselves... LAST LEGION (late Roman film) - Penfoldicus - 06-12-2006 Swords and Sandals!!! C'mon, how can you hate this classic genre? Re: Brace yourselves... LAST LEGION (late Roman film) - Robert Vermaat - 06-12-2006 I think the barbarians look quite OK :wink: Re: Brace yourselves... LAST LEGION (late Roman film) - Medusa Gladiatrix - 06-12-2006 That movie is based on the novel with the same name by the Italian author Valerio M. Manfredi which is of course highly fictional but nonetheless I thought it was an entertraining read. last legion - Graham Sumner - 06-12-2006 There is an authentic looking late Roman helmet in there somewhere and the guards have long sleeved tunics come on folks what more do you want? Re: Brace yourselves... LAST LEGION (late Roman film) - Narukami - 06-13-2006 What more could we want...? Well, so long as the projector is in focus, the air con cold and the popcorn warm, the audience quiet and the THX Surround Sound cranked up to within an decibel of making my ear drums bleed...indeed, what more could we want. :wink: Narukami Re: Brace yourselves... LAST LEGION (late Roman film) - Robert Vermaat - 06-13-2006 Quote:That movie is based on the novel with the same name by the Italian author Valerio M. Manfredi which is of course highly fictional but nonetheless I thought it was an entertraining read. Entertaining sure, but without almost anything historical hidden in there... Re: Brace yourselves... LAST LEGION (late Roman film) - Arthes - 06-13-2006 Quote:All three will be released in France by Ben Ammar's distribution outfit Quinta... Just to embarass the guys and girls up in Arbeia..... :lol: :lol: [url:2f03wopz]http://www.quintagallorum.co.uk/[/url] Re: Brace yourselves... LAST LEGION (late Roman film) - Frank Miranda - 06-13-2006 Quote:I'm beginning to think that anyone who has ever enrolled in a Roman History course probably fails to receive any information on the Late Roman Empire...I know in mine, we covered AD 193 - AD 410 in one 50 minute session. I know there is a lot about the Later part of the Empire and it's fall that I am missing, but even this movie seems a little far-fetched. Out of sheer disgust, I am speechless...however, I'll probably go and see it anyway UCLA fortunately has some excellent courses on the Late Empire under Drs Mellor and Rapp. Read the book - I'll probably see the movie too, out of morbid curiousity (but I'll wait for the release at the local $3 theater or rent it at Hollywood Video). Re: Brace yourselves... LAST LEGION (late Roman film) - Commilito - 06-20-2006 hey, at least they didnt give the legion segmentata and gladii Re: Brace yourselves... LAST LEGION (late Roman film) - Robert Vermaat - 06-20-2006 Quote:hey, at least they didnt give the legion segmentata and gladiiDidn't they? But that's the point from the first chapter - the 'Last Legion' is supposedly a scret weapon, a force outfitted in the way of the 1st-2nd c. army... Ludicrous of course, but that's how the author wrote it! |