Who betrayed Maximus Decimus Meridias?

[Floogeldy]

:cry:

[LastKnight]

1. Commodus Arelius...

i suppose arelius wasnt his surname... i dont know how the roman naming system works...

anyway he was Marcus Arelius's son, but i donno...

[Floogeldy]

3. I mean . . .

. . . someone told Marcus Arelius's son that Maximus and the Senator met, and were planning a coup. Who was that? Was it Oliver Platt?

[southlandshari]

5. No, silly.

It was the busy little bee!

You must have been on a pee break when that subplot was revealed, or in the kitchen, foraging for popcorn...

;-)

[Floogeldy]

6. DOH!

:-(

[southlandshari]

9. Did you find something to eat?

I've got no popcorn to offer, but am sure I can produce an extra Moon Pie and a bottle of Bud, if you are so inclined...

[Floogeldy]

11. Beans with cheese, rice, and baby carrots.

Topped it off with a bowl of Cheerios.

I'll take the MoonPie.

Thanks!

B-)

[southlandshari]

13. It will be a perfect dessert

for your fabulously eclectic supper (that's what we call dinner down around these parts!).

[Floogeldy]

16. Yum yum yum yum yum yum!

B-)

[southlandshari]

2. Someone's been watching TNT...

More than one of us, actually!

[Floogeldy]

4. Heh heh.

Guilty!

B-)

[LastKnight]

7. something wrong with that?

afterall, ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?

[southlandshari]

8. You are GOOD!

And yes, I was so f---ing entertained I watched the dadgum movie twice in a row (total viewing = 26 times by now, I'm guessing!).

[LastKnight]

10. oh, i love that movie...

if i ever have a few hours that i need to pass, i always reach for gladiator first, seems to be a tradition. infact, i think ill watch it tonight.

[southlandshari]

12. Did you see it on the big screen?

Alas, I regret I did not. But I remember the first time I watched it (a friend visiting from out of state wanted to rent it and I had no opinion), I thought it was a stunning movie. Still do.

[LastKnight]

14. unfortuantley i hadnt.

i was 14 when it released, and my parents deemed it too bloody. my college professor uncle got it for me for xmas, figured it was more educational than some videogame i had asked for... thankfully he bought me this instead.

[southlandshari]

18. Catch the present day irony in the scene in the cafe

in which the senators are grumbling about the games that Commodas has initiated for the next several months?

Loosely paraphrased, they are complaining that a dictator can use war, death and games to lull the masses into the position at which they will give up all their rights when scared or manipulated.

Sound familiar?

[mark11727]

15. "Gladiator" was the first DVD we bought after getting a DVD player...

My (then) 8-y-o daughter was helping me set it up, and we ended up watching the movie. When it came to part when it's mentioned that Maximus's wife and son were crucified, she asked me "was he hung up on a little cross...?"

Kids, ya gotta love 'em.

[LastKnight]

17. i hadnt thought of that...

wow... good question...

[malmapus]

19. LOVE THAT MOVIE!!

Its funny, saw it on the big screen when I was with my ex. Funny thing, she was chinese and at the begining with that final battle with Germania. I made a joke about how while her ancestors were all dressed in nice silks, mine were in animal skins fighting Romans :D

[KurtNYC]

20. Gluteus Maximus?

[Lannes]

21. Bigus Dickus

[da_chimperor]

22. Karl Rove, that foul pig-man! I will impale his pasty bulk on my gladius!

The summer heat is getting to me.

:shrug: