phil25 Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 The sponsorship advertisements during the herald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantagathus Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 written curses were stuck under floorboards, in wells, and in places that would be likely to reach the underworld. Â That was my understanding of what archaeological has brought to light, most particularly with wells & springs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plautus Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 written curses were stuck under floorboards, in wells, and in places that would be likely to reach the underworld. Â That was my understanding of what archaeological has brought to light, most particularly with wells & springs. Â Â Yes, if you ever visit the English city of Bath you will see in their museum a collection of curses recovered from the sacred well of Diana. I love one on particular;" To whoever stole my gloves, may your lose your eyes and hands and die in agony." Â Geej, someone really missed those gloves! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankq Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil25 Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 I was disappointed by Pharsalus too, but the series is focusing on character (IMHO) and we did get the wonderful "unease" of Cranham's Pompey - dolled up in his imperatorial finery but seemingly lost and overwhelmed. Compared to that Hind's fatalistic and calm Caesar, unruffled, but also conveying how much nervous energy he had expended. Â Given the choice between a half-baked battle simply to impress, and the great acting we got, I think we got the better bargain. Â Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spittle Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 How many wonderful battle scenes have you seen on other films/shows? LOADS. Â How many Roman 'TRIUMPHS' have you seen like Caesars on HBO's Rome? None? Â I think they have proritised the spending of 100 million dollars (approx) in an original and relevant way. Â As for Hines being 'constipated'! I could not disagree with you more. He is the essence of Caesar IMHO and the chemistry between himself and james Purefoy (Mark Antony) is just fantastic. Â In series 2 I imagine Octavian will kill Caesars child to Cleopatra when he finds it is Pullo's bastard. Think about it. It will help soften the event. Feeling sympathy for childkillers is never easy and Octavian is one of the shows hero's. just a prediction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankq Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 All this, and the producers don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted October 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Dear Members, just doing the housekeeping , polish , whistle: Â Pharsalus is hereby integrated into the great swamp of all things HBO ! Â Please continue I prithee. Shame we havent got a "doffing hat " icon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil25 Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 I agree frankq, that the "rythmn" of that episode was slightly jarred by the lack of a more visual battle - the lead up, and what we had seen in Gaul in Episode 1 certainly suggested that we might get the cavalry charge later discussed, or something. Â We could naturally debate Hinds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecimusCaesar Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 Pharsalus aside, we will be given the battle of Philippi next season, so that will be woth looking forward to... Â I wonder if they will be keeping to Roman tactics or if it turns into a brawl with soldiers spining and twirling with their swords or picking up their enemies and flinging them through the air (like they usually do in epic movies). Â Maybe they will take the different road and try to portray a realistic ancient battle, perhaps the first ever shown on screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Augusta Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 Pharsalus aside, we will be given the battle of Philippi next season, so that will be woth looking forward to... I wonder if they will be keeping to Roman tactics or if it turns into a brawl with soldiers spining and twirling with their swords or picking up their enemies and flinging them through the air (like they usually do in epic movies).  Maybe they will take the different road and try to portray a realistic ancient battle, perhaps the first ever shown on screen.  Don't get me wrong, I'm all for a good battle, but by dramatising Philippi, might not there be more problems than there would have been with Pharsalus? Not only were two battles fought, but the armies were separated in the engagements too. So, are we going to have the depiction of Antony's initial victory over Cassius, or Brutus' initial victory over Octavian? Or will we just have the final day? What the heck! Come on, HBO, throw more money about and give us it all in all its glory! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankq Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 Don't get me wrong, I'm all for a good battle, but by dramatising Philippi, might not there be more problems than there would have been with Pharsalus? Â Excellent point. From a dramatist's point of view and fight scene coordinator's, it's a much tougher call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecimusCaesar Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 No doubt they will decide to show the last day of fighting with perhaps the others being ignored or only briefly mentioned in some other context. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankq Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 No doubt they will decide to show the last day of fighting with perhaps the others being ignored or only briefly mentioned in some other context. Â Could be, they are already downplaying or ignoring Cassius, who was the one true military man at Philippi and who went out after the first round. Poor Brutus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecimusCaesar Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 I wonder if they will have Brutus running himself through with the sword or will they change his death like they did with Cato's in the first series? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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