Troy Too many goddam epics
#1
Posted 02 February 2004 - 05:21 PM
#2
Posted 02 February 2004 - 08:20 PM
If you look at all the realeases, there's the usual number of war movies alongside the himan dramas and the silly comedies. LOST IN TRANSLATION and AMERICAN SPLENDOUR were among my favorites for the year, and MYSTIC RIVER and COLD MOUNTAIN aren't what I'd call "epic." Sure, a lot of folk are going to want to follow LOTR, and we'll see a bit of that for a while, but I bet we get some good space flicks soon, what with this Mars thing coming up.
Also, the next HARRY POTTER should be pretty good. Nothing epic about that.
#3
Posted 02 February 2004 - 11:21 PM
Full plate armor wasn't invented until the 15th century. They're WAAAYY ahead of their of time!
#4
Posted 03 February 2004 - 04:58 AM
Full plate armor wasn't invented until the 15th century. They're WAAAYY ahead of their of time!
Well, that was kinda my point.
#5
Posted 04 February 2004 - 09:20 AM
King Arthur was a real person, but his real history has been botched up, bastardized and skewed into mythology to the extent that his real history is almost completely forgotten.
For one thing, his name wasn't Arthur, it was Lucius Artorius Castor. His real life was more or less a bunch of military campaigns against the Germanic invaders who were invanding Britain at the time. He considered himself a 'son of Rome' and did whatever he could to make sure that Britain remained 'Romanized'.
He almost suceeded, but his son revolted against him and they both died in the battle of Camlann.
Here's a link about him.
King Arthur
It's a small part of an E-book about the Middle Ages and the Hundred Year War.
#6
Posted 02 September 2005 - 09:41 PM
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an obi-wan to go.
#7
Posted 02 September 2005 - 10:23 PM
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#8
Posted 03 September 2005 - 02:22 AM
#9
Posted 03 September 2005 - 11:28 PM
But I believe they did find a city in Turkey that they believe could have been Troy.
Agamemnon was an ass, but I think the 2004 movie over did him as the villain - the lack of gods didn't help.
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an obi-wan to go.
#10
Posted 03 September 2005 - 11:46 PM
I thought the gods would have been a cool touch, but after thinking about it a bit more I realized that it would be insanely difficult for any movie to handle a cast that large with American attention spans so small. Not to mention that hardly any Americans know about ancient greek deities at all except from the Xena warrior princess and Hercules the legendary journeys.
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#12
Posted 04 September 2005 - 03:12 AM
It is plausible, yes.
However, they're not. It's total bullshit. Let's not even mention that more than a thousand years after the alleged events, Homer could remember the names of about 600 characters and how they were all related to one another. Also, how many boats each guy commanded. When it comes down to it, the least credible aspect of the story is the horse. The Trojans would simply never have been able to roll that monster on the sand. It's nuts.
#14
Posted 10 September 2005 - 03:43 PM
i have the same beef with king arthur. meh.