03-20-2007, 12:54 PM
Quote:You are No Fun.
But an interesting topic is how do stage combat people create fantastical, yet realistic combat sequences and battles. They all have bits of history in them and most stage combat people I know read the fight manuals from many different eras and styles.
Sure I am.
'But I'm a historian (ducks).Seriously though (sorry), thsi discussion is limpingon two legs: either there's historical stuff that can be criticised, or it's all fantasy with 'borrowed' historical tidbits. I think the stubbornness with which the producers claim that it's historical opens the door to criticism - they bring it on themselves.
Dare I compare this one to the recent 'King Arthur', which opened with a bombastic statement how this movie represented the 'final truth'?
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
