01-26-2006, 07:16 PM
Quote:Not with those helmets!
Ah, quite so! I confess I was going more on the scenery, which looks very 'Scots highlands' (a bit too 'highlands' really, for Graupius, come to think of it...) - more likely Brigantian Cumbia, I suppose.
Quote:What is that miles doing on his knees? Cutting that alive man's ear off?!
Scalping him, I reckon hock: - a more portable sort of trophy than the full severed head. These must be very 'barbaric' auxiliaries!
One of the best things about McBride is the amount of character he puts into his scenes - those soldiers look genuinely exhausted, having fought all the way up the hill. The centurion is, I guess, calling to the cavalry to pursue the fugitives, although the horsemen themselves look to have had an easier time of things - he could just as well be making a rude gesture at them - "Where were you ten minutes ago??"
Nathan Ross