Scene from the Movie Spartacus, back when epic movies were all the rage. Can’t imagine what a production on this scale would cost today. My understanding is that the extras were actual Spanish Infantry on loan from Spain for the movie, which would explain the precision. Imagine how hard it would be to have to train a bunch of civilians to move like that.
Anyway, the scene is enough to give anybody goosebumps. Imagine being one of the barbarian horde and seeing that monster coming at you. Quite impressive even by today’s standards. Feel free to post up with any you might like. But let’s keep the Martial theme going. I’m sure I’m not the only one that appreciates this stuff around here...
Fugging awesome scene. But what I find really amazing when you compare this with the scene I posted for the original Spartacus is that in the original, it was all real human beings performing those movements. There was no CGI employed. As a former soldier, I really appreciate the precision and coordination it took to get to that tight. It is incredibly impressive.
Fugging awesome scene. But what I find really amazing when you compare this with the scene I posted for the original Spartacus is that in the original, it was all real human beings performing those movements. There was no CGI employed. As a former soldier, I really appreciate the precision and coordination it took to get to that tight. It is incredibly impressive.
^^^^^this
But both worthy!
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You despair, repeatedly, constantly! daily basis? A despair ninny. Sack up, despire ninny.
A Roman police action in Old Palestine from “Risen” (2016) a ’frickin’ awesome movie.
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From Ben Hur, the Roman predecessor to "I don't know but I've been told..."
The scene from the movie:
Testudo means tortoise. It was also a defensive infantry tactic in the ancient Roman army for dealing with projectile attacks, such as archers. Each formation becomes like a tortoise.
From Ben Hur, the Roman predecessor to "I don't know but I've been told..."
The scene from the movie:
Ben Hur is one of the very few cases of a movie being far better than the book. It was written by Lew Wallace, a Civil war officer who was a post war Major General when he wrote it. The story itself would have filled a pamphlet. The rest was totally boring, stuff like 2 page descriptions of the flowers on a hillside.
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