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    From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 3 21:49:51 2021
    https://creepycatalog.com/movies-about-the-roman-empire/

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  • From Oh so rich & successful JTEM@21:1/5 to gggg gggg on Tue Jan 12 09:24:49 2021
    gggg gggg wrote:
    https://creepycatalog.com/movies-about-the-roman-empire/

    "Gladiator" was amongst the few so called blockbusters I saw in the
    theaters as a new release. As I recall, at the time I praised it's top
    notch cast & exquisite cinematography though it's script was another
    matter entirely: I invoked the Infinite Monkey Theorem, insisting that "Gladiator" was written by 3 banana-deprived chimps over a long
    weekend. "The Robe" suffered similar flaws, as well as a lackluster
    performance from Richard Burton... upstaged by Jay Robinson. It's
    sequel, whatever it was called, had more Jay Robinson and less of
    everything else.

    Peter O'Toole's "Augustus" would, in a more merciful world, have
    been dragged behind the barn and shot.




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  • From The Old Man@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 13 07:35:41 2021
    On Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 12:24:51 PM UTC-5, Oh so rich & successful JTEM wrote:
    gggg gggg wrote:
    https://creepycatalog.com/movies-about-the-roman-empire/

    "Gladiator" was amongst the few so called blockbusters I saw in the
    theaters as a new release. As I recall, at the time I praised it's top
    notch cast & exquisite cinematography though it's script was another
    matter entirely: I invoked the Infinite Monkey Theorem, insisting that "Gladiator" was written by 3 banana-deprived chimps over a long
    weekend. "The Robe" suffered similar flaws, as well as a lackluster performance from Richard Burton... upstaged by Jay Robinson. It's
    sequel, whatever it was called, had more Jay Robinson and less of
    everything else.

    The sequel was "Demetrius and the Gladiators", reasonable as a semi-religious drama, but forget about any historical perspective.

    Peter O'Toole's "Augustus" would, in a more merciful world, have
    been dragged behind the barn and shot. https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/639989911900110848

    What about "The Last Days of Pompeii" from 1935? It was redone twice, but I've never seen either of those.

    Regards,
    John P. Braungart

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  • From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to The Old Man on Sun Jan 24 09:49:46 2021
    On Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 7:35:43 AM UTC-8, The Old Man wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 12:24:51 PM UTC-5, Oh so rich & successful JTEM wrote:
    gggg gggg wrote:
    https://creepycatalog.com/movies-about-the-roman-empire/

    "Gladiator" was amongst the few so called blockbusters I saw in the theaters as a new release. As I recall, at the time I praised it's top notch cast & exquisite cinematography though it's script was another
    matter entirely: I invoked the Infinite Monkey Theorem, insisting that "Gladiator" was written by 3 banana-deprived chimps over a long
    weekend. "The Robe" suffered similar flaws, as well as a lackluster performance from Richard Burton... upstaged by Jay Robinson. It's
    sequel, whatever it was called, had more Jay Robinson and less of everything else.
    The sequel was "Demetrius and the Gladiators", reasonable as a semi-religious drama, but forget about any historical perspective.
    Peter O'Toole's "Augustus" would, in a more merciful world, have
    been dragged behind the barn and shot. https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/639989911900110848

    What about "The Last Days of Pompeii" from 1935?...

    https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/80831/the-last-days-of-pompeii#overview

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