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The age of the Gladiators was long after the sun set on the Hoplites."Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?"
Well, perhaps these facts might help:Don't bother me with facts.
I think you might want to dig deeper.Well, perhaps these facts might help:
Gladiators were often poorly armed and had various pieces of obsolete armor (if they were given any).
Their weapons were subgrade and often specialized for arena combat and certainly not military grade.
Actual trained Gladiators were often pitted against weaker opponents who had little or no protection and armed with only a trident or old sword.
Captured prisoners of war were often pitted against professional Gladiators, but they were not afforded their armor or weapons, so there was an intended handicap to insure they would lose.
To be honest, there was nothing glorious about gladitorial combat - Hollywood makes it out to be much more spectacular than it really was.
The games were rarely ever fair.I think you might want to dig deeper.
Romans set up games cancelling out the advantage one had, with a handicap.
No - Rome took their cicenses seriously and didn't allow that sort of nonsense.Was there no breakdancing, BMX or synchronised diving between gladiators then?
I can point you to sources that maintain that the mens 3 meter springboard synchronised diving is the ultimate expression of masculinity and gladiatorial combat, and it has been for several thousand years. I must admit all those sources work for the BBC sport commentary team though.No - Rome took their cicenses seriously and didn't allow that sort of nonsense.
Ahh...now, if he had said "have you ever seen a grown man naked", I would have caught the reference.Geez, GrauGeist - SaparotRob was making a joke with a reference to a scene in the movie Airplane (1980 version) - and you took him seriously.
Sigh.
In the US, NBC's coverage continues to be horrible: too much blather with celebrities, too little time spent watching the events.I only saw a few minutes when they have the Metal Band thrashing one platforms out of the windows of whatever building it was and all the other windows were filled headless mannequins. That was enough for me. I also am sick of cutting away to all the celebrities in the audience at events, who cares.
Snoop Dogg was hilarious last night as he did a mock commentary on the Badminton tournament...
The 2012 London Olympics opening ceremonies where the Queen parachuted into the the stadium and Eric Idle sang "Always look on the Bright side of Life" was far more entertaining IMO.
It was the same in UK but that was the deal they signed. The BBC and ITV only had 250 hours total coverage of live sport, so a lot of blather and interviews with back stories and tears etc.In the US, NBC's coverage continues to be horrible: too much blather with celebrities, too little time spent watching the events.
I was TOTALLY DISGUSTED by that abomination. And then when you have "trans men" performing as women and beating the stuffing out of them, that was too much. Will NEVER, EVER watch another Olympics, EVER!!!!Did anyone watch the opening ceremony for this year's summer games?
I'd be interested in what others thought.
Didn't watch; not into sports that require judging to determine a winner