05-04-2009, 05:33 PM
It never ceases to amaze me how all they can come up with are remakes of classic movies/stories. Really. Does anybody at ABC really think this will be better than the '59 version (or the silent version, for that matter)? For 22 million (pretty much peanuts in movie-making nowadays)? Does anybody there ever think this will be a smashing success?
Like there are no other interesting subjects from Roman history, or even Roman historical novels, that have never been filmed. I'm looking forward to "Centurion" and "Agora", and if it's for that reason only and the movies disappoint, at least it's something new. One thing's for sure: The Italians at least filmed pretty much ANY part of Roman history during the peplum period. Most of the movies were pretty bad, but at least they came up with flicks about Coriolanus, Mucius Scaevola, Domitian, Zenobia etc.
Like there are no other interesting subjects from Roman history, or even Roman historical novels, that have never been filmed. I'm looking forward to "Centurion" and "Agora", and if it's for that reason only and the movies disappoint, at least it's something new. One thing's for sure: The Italians at least filmed pretty much ANY part of Roman history during the peplum period. Most of the movies were pretty bad, but at least they came up with flicks about Coriolanus, Mucius Scaevola, Domitian, Zenobia etc.
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