Can Gladiator II save a genre — and a studio? It would be nearly impossible to compete with the original

The Spectator ^ | 07/09/2024 | Alexander Larman

[Telepathic Intruder]

Every street corner in Rome had a Taco Bell, so the historians say.

[Celtic Conservative]

There were lots of Spaniards. And many Chileans are descendants of Spaniards.

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[SeekAndFind]

RE: I like Denzel but it’s a myth that Hannibal was black.

Hannibal was born in what is present-day northern Tunisia. Hannibal was a member of the Carthaginian civilization, one of many Mediterranean regions colonised by the Canaanites from their homelands in Phoenicia, a region corresponding with the Mediterranean coasts of modern Lebanon and Syria.

The Carthaginians were a mix of Phoenician, Berber, and other Mediterranean peoples. So, Hannibal’s race can be described as Carthaginian or Punic, with a diverse Mediterranean ancestry.

It’s hard to imagine how Hannibal would have looked like. Dark skin is a possibility but a lighter skin is also possible.

[Captain Peter Blood]

He isn’t playing Hannibal, he is playing a very wealthy Roman Merchant.

[Telepathic Intruder]

That’s very true. The Roman gladius, the main weapon of the Roman legions for many years was a Spanish short sword.

[sunny bonobo]

Of course there were Spaniards, but not Mestizos, which Pedro certainly is.

[RedMonqey]

“Put a chick in it, make it lame and gay!”
Oh, wait that has failed every time Disney has tried it.

But they’re going try it anyway(See “Ride if the Rohirrim”)

[RedMonqey]

“Do you eat oysters....!”

[Jonty30]

Studios wrecked their movie system.

[frogjerk]

DEI BS from Ridley Scott. He has lost it.

[doorgunner69]

Only seen peices of the origninal. Did not get me to watch the whole thing.

That guy with all the mascara really bothered me.

[imabadboy99]

when even Gladiator goes woke, you know Western Civ. is in trouble.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

It’s hard to imagine how Hannibal would have looked like.

The Carthaginians were a Semitic people - related to Arabs, Jews, and Ethiopians. Hannibal most likely had darker, olive-colored skin, but he certainly wasn't black, nor sub-Saharan African.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

the now-eighty-six-year-old Scott, too, who appears in recent years to have gone for broke

"Gone for woke" is probably a better description.

[frogjerk]

Gladiator II - Electric Bugaloo

[PUGACHEV]

I agree, Lisa Gerrard, from Dead Can Dance was on the soundtrack, singing an idioglossia or made up language. I believe she was on the soundtrack to Layer Cake too.

[The Duke]

I’ll watch it after I’m certain it has no wokeness or other propaganda. Otherwise, my time is best spent reloading.

[Celtic Conservative]

I concede that that is true. But they couldn't get Antonio Banderas.😁

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[VAFreedom]

still waiting for Titanic 2: Jack’s back

[vpintheak]

Lets just be happy that if they had to have a black guy in it, it was Denzel.