Draugoth
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Dr.Morris79
Member
Phew, thank god it's got Pedro in it. It's been at least five minutes.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Are you not entertained?
winjer
Gold Member
Strange that we have gladiators in the arena, equipped as roman legionaries, and not as gladiators.
Serious, not one single gladiator in those images, in a movie called gladiator.
And of course, as usual in Hollywood, no one uses helmets.
Worst yet, they are using black leather armor. Not lorica segmentata, or lorica hamata, or any real armor that a roman soldier would have used.
At least the gladius seems alright.
Ridley really has a issues with the most basic of historical accuracy.
Serious, not one single gladiator in those images, in a movie called gladiator.
And of course, as usual in Hollywood, no one uses helmets.
Worst yet, they are using black leather armor. Not lorica segmentata, or lorica hamata, or any real armor that a roman soldier would have used.
At least the gladius seems alright.
Ridley really has a issues with the most basic of historical accuracy.
SJRB
Gold Member
After Napoleon it's safe to say he really doesn't give a shit about historical accuracy and just wants to tell a story.
Kenneth Haight
Gold Member
Jinzo Prime
Member
Pedro looks like a random Hispanic guy in Roman cosplay. I hope his performance delivers.
SJRB
Gold Member
What a weird thing to say.
The other dude looks like a random white guy in Roman cosplay. That's kinda what actors do.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
Russell crowe and Joaquín Phoenix was the soul of the first movie.
winjer
Gold Member
You do realize that Hispania was a province of the Roman empire. And some famous Roman Emperors were from Hispania, such as Trajan, Hadrian.
In fact, it would be more common to find an Hispanic legionnaire, looking like Pedro Pascal, than to find a British Legionnaire, looking like Joseph Quinn.
Asides from that, yes, they look like cosplayers playing Romans. Not as realistic Roman soldiers.
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IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
Russel Crowe was supposed to be a Spaniard in Gladiator.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
They would have put Tom Hardy in place of Pedro '' Pascual''
tommib
Gold Member
Waiting for Thelma & Louise: Aftermath for the ultimate blow.
Jinzo Prime
Member
It's the mustache, it's so... specific/stereotypical. Like a guy I would see walking around Walmart.
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
It looks good. All of his films look spectacular. Whether it will be good is another story. I did like that last historical film he did with Matt Damon. Some minor complaints aside.
FunkMiller
Member
Give Scott's track record on the past decade or so... I'm not holding out a huge amount of hope for this. Happy to be wrong.
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IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
He can still put out quality movies. The Last Duel was only 3 years ago.
mansoor1980
Member
Macrinus, a former slave-turned-wealthy merchant with a grudge against the emperors
movie could be good , will watch
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DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
I'll give a chance. Any excuse to see Connie Nielsen and Denzel Washington act in anything! Those two are national treasures IMO!
And in that one shot, my goodness! Joseph Quinn really DOES look a bit like RDJ! He was the best thing about Stranger Things season 4.
And in that one shot, my goodness! Joseph Quinn really DOES look a bit like RDJ! He was the best thing about Stranger Things season 4.
Toots
Gold Member
I got the teaser trailer for that one.
It starts right at the end of the previous movie
ThatStupidLion
Gold Member
sea battles or im out.
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
From what I remember the first one was also highly stylized at the expense of historical accuracy. But at least it wasn't hundreds of millions over budget that time.
winjer
Gold Member
It wasn't perfect, but nit as bad as this one.
For example, the movie starts with Russel Crow using lorica segmentata. Though as a gladiator, the had him using some sort of leather armor, not gladiator equipment.
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
Pedro Pascal got to a certain age and just started Troy Bakering his performances. No visual variety. I expected the dude in the screenshot to pull out Grogu and start talking about Texas.
Halo is Back
Member
I'm not crazy or optimistic about unnecessary movie sequels.
P:axMagellanic
Member
To be fair Trajan and Hadrian were from Italica, a Roman veterans colonia.
winjer
Gold Member
Any roman soldier could get roman citizenship after 15 years. Roman veterans came from all around the empire.
There were several emperors from roman provinces outside the Italian peninsula.
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Chuck Berry
Gold Member
I cant even remember the last time I thought he cared...
Black Hawk Down is the first that springs to mind though
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Based on the pics, I'll take a guess:
Pedro = good guy warrior or slave
Denzel = good guy king or politician
That feminine looking actor = bad guy wormy politician
(Pedro also looks like the guy in the old Canadian show The Beachcombers)
Pedro = good guy warrior or slave
Denzel = good guy king or politician
That feminine looking actor = bad guy wormy politician
(Pedro also looks like the guy in the old Canadian show The Beachcombers)
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ManaByte
Gold Member
Maximus’ son is dead. This is about Lucius
15 years later living in the wilderness and believed to be dead.
Denzel is playing a former slave turned wealthy merchant named Macrinus. Pedro is Marcus Acacius who was a general and is forced to be a gladiator for insubordination.
The “feminine looking actor” is Joseph Quinn and he’s the co-Emperor Geta.
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
Look at Ridley's track record. Every historical movie he's made has been woefully inaccurate where they're borderline offensive. Not Braveheart levels of inaccuracy where the film might as well be fantasy, but not far off.
ManaByte
Gold Member
LOTR is more historically accurate than Braveheart.
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
You mean the two lead actors?
I think Richard Harris as Marcus Arileus was the soul of the film, He sets the tone that the two leads at odds.
Fake
Gold Member
Is this Abby?
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
I don't know why anyone is looking for complete historical accuracy in movies like this.
I can understand if you're looking at more recent history like Malcolm X or MLK or JFK or Watergate or The Vietnam War or something like that.... But 99% of the viewing audience won't know what any of you lot are talking about ... They don't care about the historical accuracy of the type of armor any of them are wearing or what troop formations they're forming or anything like that. They just want an immersive and captivating story and viewing experience. Do they look cool? Do they remind people of what they THINK ancient Romans dressed like?
Shoot, Denzel is too dark to have played Malcolm X and not skinny enough... But he pulled out a great performance as El Hajj Malik El Shabazz.
I can understand if you're looking at more recent history like Malcolm X or MLK or JFK or Watergate or The Vietnam War or something like that.... But 99% of the viewing audience won't know what any of you lot are talking about ... They don't care about the historical accuracy of the type of armor any of them are wearing or what troop formations they're forming or anything like that. They just want an immersive and captivating story and viewing experience. Do they look cool? Do they remind people of what they THINK ancient Romans dressed like?
Shoot, Denzel is too dark to have played Malcolm X and not skinny enough... But he pulled out a great performance as El Hajj Malik El Shabazz.
SirKicksalot
Member
Rome might as well be Coruscant in the first movie. Everything is gigantic!
Scott imitates paintings, not the real life.
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
I'd rather just replay Ryse
It’s a fictional story, so historical accuracy isn’t the problem per se. What we want is some level of authenticity to the period.