Thread: Gladiator 2 Official Trailer
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J-Roderton
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Calcium
Stupid Spoiled Whore
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I know when I think of the Roman Empire, I think of rap.
Is it a trailer or a summary. They seem to have spoiled the entire thing.
cryptoadam
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OuterSpace
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Production looks good and for a moment it seemed like it might be fun but the more the trailer went on the worse it got. And seeing the Napoleon guy wrote this movie, I'm not too hopeful for anything beyond Scott delivering visuals.
Also I think we all like Denzel and his outing with Scott in American Gangster was great but it almost seemed like he wasn't even trying in this trailer or that his heart wasn't in it? I dunno...
Also I think we all like Denzel and his outing with Scott in American Gangster was great but it almost seemed like he wasn't even trying in this trailer or that his heart wasn't in it? I dunno...
Vyse
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Stopped_Cold_29
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Of course it's some kind of weird Black Power fantasy with Marxist undertones. The original was about family and vengeance. This is about "The Current Narrative".
SirKicksalot
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Neil Young
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Everything is black and gay. This looks just....blech. No interest at all. I'll rewatch the first one.
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:/
If someone really hated life, they could play Assassin Creed Shadows and then watch Gladiator II: Electric Boogaloo on the same day
If someone really hated life, they could play Assassin Creed Shadows and then watch Gladiator II: Electric Boogaloo on the same day
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Calcium
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And while that was equally bad, they were trying to market an unknown quantity to the masses. They don't have to do that here, people have seen the original and it's arguably one of the greatest movies of all time.
This. Got worse and worse the longer it went on. Zero interest. I haven't watched the original in well over a decade. I'll try to do that some time soon. Great flick.
This would have been better if they rebranded it as Sparticus or some other Roman gladiator movie.
Because Gladiator 2 was never gonna work.
Because Gladiator 2 was never gonna work.
O-N-E
Yep, that's a good
O-N-E
Yep, that's a good
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O-N-E
Yep, that's a good
Hinedorf
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Dunno man with all the levels of shit we get today looking at Gladiator 2 makes me pretty grateful for SOMETHING!
At no point will skin color factor in to how dominant of a character Denzel portrays. Does seem weird they would make him a historical white character versus just a wealthy African Slave trader but Denzel never disappoints.
Or you could just watch one of the existing thousands of decent films. Life is too short to waste time swimming in trash.
Gold Loot
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Pedro Pascal about to have a shitstain on his resume it looks like.
And Ridley Scott...
Pedro Pascal IS a shit stain, so checks out I guess.
Polden
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Great trailer. It saved me from wasting $50 at the theater.
This is the guy Denzel is playing:
Macrinus was supposedly of Berber origin and those Roman busts lost color thousands of years ago.
I think it looks like it could be good. Just a poor trailer that shows way too much and don't really hook you with anything in particular. At least Ridley didn't smear the screen in dried dog poo color collection this time.
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maybe it's the multiverse thing again. You know the one where there's black versions of other races but never the other way around. I'm still waiting for the multiverse to spit out a Malcom X movie starring Steve Buscemi. That would be fucking rad!
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Ah, so they're seeking historical accuracy. That's awesome! I definitely see a resemblance in that statue too.
I know you're trying to gotcha but Rome was a huge empire for several centuries. They imported people from every corner both as slaves (that could be freed later) and as new citizens made from regional elites.
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Nah, just exploring the possibilities. I mean, maybe they can make a Gladiator 3 where in the multiverse Maximus is still alive and a black dude too.
And we all know how it turned out. And how it's currently turning out.
Not the same exactly. They were good at converting people to their culture (only pocket of resistance that didn't conform to Roman values was Judea and they were violently repressed many times over). As an empire Rome existed for 6-7 centuries, it's very long run. Stuff that really ruined the foundation happened later, in 4th and 5th centuries, after Constantine reformed it into a semi totalitarian state.
O-N-E
Yep, that's a good
North Africans aren't West Africans. That place is huge and has the largest genetic diversity of any continent. The Berbers aren't black. They're still around today, and while they can tan, they can also be born quite pale. Certainly the facial features are Caucasoid if you had to classify them.