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Enjoyed it - pleased to see the gods being part of the story as well.
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Wow. I couldn't get past 45 minutes. So much pale white English guys....
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
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I was quasi engaged for the first two episodes and then just bleh. I finished it in the background but I found it very meh and it had issues due to budgetary constraints. I was hoping almost for a tv version of Gemmell's fall of troy story which was excellent. Instead we got a meh retelling of the Illead that again leaves the gods actual actions out of it.
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I just watcher the Brad Pitt version recently. Say what you will about that mocie, but the hector/Achilles fight was pretty great.
I agree completely. But Troy is a mythical story at this point- you need gods and goddesses! Inscrutable, petty, vicious gods. I would also accept a remake in this style, though I suspect its audience would be small.
Seriously, it's the best concept I've heard since Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
Klawz-Ramming is a subset of citrus fruit?
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Mercurial wrote:
I admire your aplomb and instate you as Baron of the Seas and Lord Marshall of Privateers.
Orkeosaurus wrote:Star Trek also said we'd have X-Wings by now. We all see how that prediction turned out.
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English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleyways and mugs them for loose grammar.
I don't see how Achilles can remotely be called a hero, nothing but a selfish thug/merc for hire.
The portray of Paris in this tv show is a lot more sympathetic than the movie; I really don't like the spy character in the city. The amazon cast is totally off, there is no way those thin stick arms can draw a bow or fight hth with a mermydon.
Big Mac wrote: I don't see how Achilles can remotely be called a hero, nothing but a selfish thug/merc for hire.
The portray of Paris in this tv show is a lot more sympathetic than the movie; I really don't like the spy character in the city. The amazon cast is totally off, there is no way those thin stick arms can draw a bow or fight hth with a mermydon.
I enjoyed much of it - although several episodes in the middle were slow.
I was impressed that most of the people from the Iliad are actually present and with the right names and they did not shy away from just how horryfiying brutal they were - especially the kings.
eg:
Accepting his fate, Hector begs Achilles, not to spare his life, but to treat his body with respect after killing him. Achilles tells Hector it is hopeless to expect that of him, declaring that "my rage, my fury would drive me now to hack your flesh away and eat you raw – such agonies you have caused me
Achilles was one of the best I thought and had some of the best lines - "When you get to the River Styx, tary a while - i will send your wife and new born son to join you shortly." "Hero's" then do not conform to hollywood versions.
Virgil refers to Achilles as a savage and a merciless butcher of men, while Horace portrays Achilles ruthlessly slaying women and childre
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I AM A MARINE PLAYER
"Unimaginably ancient xenos artefact somewhere on the planet, hive fleet poised above our heads, hidden 'stealer broods making an early start....and now a bloody Chaos cult crawling out of the woodwork just in case we were bored. Welcome to my world, Ciaphas."
Inquisitor Amberley Vail, Ordo Xenos
"I will admit that some Primachs like Russ or Horus could have a chance against an unarmed 12 year old novice but, a full Battle Sister??!! One to one? In close combat? Perhaps three Primarchs fighting together... but just one Primarch?" da001
