Oh those wacky Romans!

[dangermousie]

So, all the squee about Rome on my flist made me go digging for other movie/TV productions dealing with the time period.

So I turned to my trusted friend, wikipedia.

In addition to reminding me of my historical crush on Germanicus and of my glee at the nasty barbs historians loved even back then (sample quote from Tacitus on Agrippa Postumus,

Comments

[thelana]

I think I have seen that one. It ran on a local tv station. And I have no memory of it other than the way Peter O'Toole looked in his getup.

[thelana]

BTW, I personally have a soft spot for the Attila two-parter, no matter how unrealistic it might be.

[dangermousie]

Oh, I hated that Attila two parter with a vengeance. It burns, it burns! Seriously :)

The Caesar one was good though...

[thelana]

Was it the bad acting or the history rape? :D

I was hypnotized by the pretty! I'm not responsible for my actions!

[dangermousie]

History rape more than bad acting but the acting was painful enough...

The pretty was excellent but he'd have to have been naked and oiled the whole time for me to overlook the horridness.

[thelana]

Yeah, the history rape was certainly painful. But I guess I was just so happy that for once somebody was willing to portray a less overused scenario or POV.

The pretty was excellent but he'd have to have been naked and oiled the whole time for me to overlook the horridness.

Heh :)