When in Rome...
Sep. 7th, 2010 08:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
secondlina
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Lately I really got into the HBO tv series of Rome. It's a pretty fun series. The boxsets are ungodly expensive, but I managed to find them at the decent price (39$ instead of 80$). I bought them mostly for Link, since it's one of his favorites series. And he was feeling pretty down. But I gotta say, i'm loving it myself. It's a bit more adult then most series I watch (Isa likes things for the kiddies), but it's got pretty tight storytelling. I wonder how authentic this series is. Historically, I can see where they took a few liberties. But i'm wondering how accurate is their portrayal of everyday life. It looks pretty researched.
I remember back when I was a kid I was obsessed by the Greek and Roman Hellenistic societies. Because of "Asterix" and Greek myths of course.
I other mythological news, I also watched the "Percy Jackson and the Olympians - The lighting Thieft" movie. I was... Disappointed. Though amused that actors from the Rome tv series appeared in that movie (what a coincidence!) and also Uma Thurman, the movie was kinda meh. The acting wasn't too great. I liked the book a lot better. My imagination made nicer 3d renders. XD
I want to go back into drawing Slayers fanart. My whole friend list is talking about Lina and Gourry and I want to draaaaw them.
- Isa
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Date: 2010-09-08 01:11 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-09-08 03:52 am (UTC)I've been fascinated with Greek mythology since forever and a day ago, I just always found it interesting. We still use a lot of things that were thought up or created by the Greeks and Romans as well, which is pretty cool. I'm glad we figured out that lead made for bad water pipes though. o_O
Hey, did you ever see Ben-Hur? I suddenly thought of it since a lot of it takes place in Rome (the chariot scene is the best!). It was actually interesting seeing something take place during Rome's occupation of Israel. All things considered, I'm glad Rome fell...
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Date: 2010-09-08 04:34 am (UTC)But yes *waves hand in front of your face* these are not the droids you're looking for. Oops! I mean - you should draw more Lina and Gourry.
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Date: 2010-09-08 02:13 pm (UTC)I've seen Ben-hur when I was younger. Don't rmeember it much though.
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Date: 2010-09-08 10:58 pm (UTC)But I mean those books were just epic. Especially since my books rely heavily on Greek myth too. YAY MYTH NERDS. XD
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Date: 2010-09-09 02:41 am (UTC)Yay, Asterix! A Haitian friend lent me all his Asterix many, many years ago and hooked me on the series. I still have my own copy of Le Grande Traverse.
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Date: 2010-09-09 02:45 am (UTC)I read a ton of Asterix comics for my high school french classes. They were a great way to learn. And WAY more fun than slogging through Le Petit Prince and L'Étranger (btw, I thought both of those books would make sense if I tried reading them in English. I was wrong).
I want to go back into drawing Slayers fanart. My whole friend list is talking about Lina and Gourry and I want to draaaaw them.
Do it!! Doooo it!
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Date: 2010-09-09 04:13 am (UTC)I SHOULD. Fnart sooon!
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Date: 2010-09-09 11:52 pm (UTC)And thanks, the series is really stylized! I'm glad you think I got it well (this series makes me want to purchase and wear togas)
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