[R] Barbarians (2020,TV Mini-Series, Netflix)
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h0rnyfavn
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PostPosted: Wed, 14th Oct 2020 07:34    Post subject: [R] Barbarians (2020,TV Mini-Series, Netflix)


The six-part miniseries promises to take viewers to the blood-drenched Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, in which Germanic warriors halted the northward advance of the Roman Empire in A.D. 9.

Torn between the mighty empire that raised him and his own tribal people, a Roman officer's conflicted allegiances lead to an epic historical clash.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9184986/




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PostPosted: Wed, 14th Oct 2020 08:39    Post subject:
I really have high hopes for this one - finally one where they dont just let everyone speak english with an accent! Very Happy


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PostPosted: Wed, 14th Oct 2020 16:37    Post subject:
ah, i thought it was the Conan series that had changed name.

will certainly watch...
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PostPosted: Wed, 14th Oct 2020 16:41    Post subject:
So the romans are speaking in old latin, but the barbarians in modern german? wtf Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed, 14th Oct 2020 16:48    Post subject:
makes sense, it's a barbaric language. i mean sound wise Wink I think they're referred to as Germanic, though it does not mean German, but perhaps the language was similar to that more than latin, dunno.

At least it's better than barbarians with a Texas accent.
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PostPosted: Wed, 14th Oct 2020 17:50    Post subject:
The_Zeel wrote:
So the romans are speaking in old latin, but the barbarians in modern german? wtf Laughing


Id rather have it that way than english dialects. I hated the ones in Enemy At The Gates. So stupid to use english when there are actors who can speak those languages.


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PostPosted: Fri, 23rd Oct 2020 20:56    Post subject:
The_Zeel wrote:
So the romans are speaking in old latin, but the barbarians in modern german? wtf Laughing

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PostPosted: Fri, 23rd Oct 2020 22:45    Post subject:
Is there new latin?
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PostPosted: Fri, 23rd Oct 2020 23:46    Post subject:
Anybody saw to give a review?
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PostPosted: Sat, 24th Oct 2020 12:40    Post subject:
6 eps of a little over 30 mins.
It focuses mostly on non-historical characters and events, it's loosely connected to Totenburg, until the battle itself.

It focuses on a group of friends, an a classic love triangle.
Acting-wise, while unequal, it's pretty solid, just like the direction and filming. Competent would be the word.
It goes a bit Euro Cheapo on the CGI edits, but nothing revolting.

Overal decent, and for a ~3h30 movie, it doesn't overstate it's welcome.
I was expecting something more, and it didn't deliver on that.

The language thing didn't bother me at all.

Quite forgettable.

6/10


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PostPosted: Sat, 24th Oct 2020 13:51    Post subject:
What @HubU said. Don't expect something like Rome, it's nothing like that. Good production values, good cast and fun to watch. I'd say 7/10 after four eps.
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PostPosted: Sat, 24th Oct 2020 14:00    Post subject:
Sin317 wrote:
Is there new latin?


yes

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PostPosted: Sat, 24th Oct 2020 14:00    Post subject:
I wish I could turn off the subtitles just for the Romans. It's been quite enjoyable dragging my somewhat rusty classical Latin skills out to translate without subs.

Quite impressive that the Romans all speak with classical Latin pronunciation rather than the more "modern" ecclesiastical/church Latin.

Sin317 wrote:
Is there new latin?


Church/Ecclesiastical Latin has quite different pronunciations. 'V's are pronounced as Vees for example. Whereas classical Latin doesn't have the V sound.
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PostPosted: Sat, 24th Oct 2020 14:29    Post subject:
I bet you watch rick and morty too.
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Any good this show?


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PostPosted: Sat, 24th Oct 2020 14:33    Post subject:
WaldoJ wrote:
I bet you watch rick and morty too.
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Nope just a completely pointless private school upper middle class British education.
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PostPosted: Sat, 24th Oct 2020 14:44    Post subject:
this was cheesy and silly from start to finish, 0 immersion, if you want to know what romans really thought about that stupid eagle watch Rome tv series, best roman stuff there is.
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PostPosted: Sat, 24th Oct 2020 15:00    Post subject:
zTurbo wrote:
this was cheesy and silly from start to finish, 0 immersion, if you want to know what romans really thought about that stupid eagle watch Rome tv series, best roman stuff there is.


As much as I do love Rome, I, Claudius is better for the historical era.

You can't beat Brian Blessed hamming it up as he yells for Varus to bring back his legions.
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PostPosted: Sat, 24th Oct 2020 15:07    Post subject:
seriously u have half your cast waste all their brainpower on dead old latin (that nobody really knows how it was spoken in the first place) in stead of using that brain capacity to put into their acting ... thats a load of bullshit and only a fancypants schmuck can come up with such an idea

the series rome showed us it perfectly works to have romans speak english to suit the civilized narrative ... bloody wankers

yes i "studied" (memorized) 'latin' in school and hated that shit with a passion, fucking fancypants bullshit
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PostPosted: Sat, 24th Oct 2020 15:18    Post subject:
so this is more like vikings with different costumes

rather than Rome if i understand correctly?

hard pass!
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PostPosted: Sat, 24th Oct 2020 17:00    Post subject:
pho08 wrote:
so this is more like vikings with different costumes

rather than Rome if i understand correctly?

hard pass!


I'd say so, yes.


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PostPosted: Sat, 24th Oct 2020 17:13    Post subject:
barbarian goes to roman camp carrying a whore along and say to the legionnaire: yo! orgy!? orgy!? huh duh huh duh /facepalm

...rofl
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PostPosted: Sat, 24th Oct 2020 17:17    Post subject:
That's how it was in olden times man. Looked legit to me.
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PostPosted: Sat, 24th Oct 2020 17:23    Post subject:
Romanticized times.
They didn't announce a whore orgy. They just raped.


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PostPosted: Sat, 24th Oct 2020 18:33    Post subject:
One thing this definitely does better than Vikings, the gear/equipment.

Pretty accurate ratio of lorica segmentata and hamata on the Roman soldiers. No leather bracers or horrible Hollywood leather segmantata in sight.

I wish more shows would put the effort in to getting Roman equipment correct.
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PostPosted: Sat, 24th Oct 2020 19:47    Post subject:
That all depends on the budget and the consultant hired.


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PostPosted: Sat, 24th Oct 2020 23:52    Post subject:
Steelone wrote:

Nope just a completely pointless private school upper middle class British education.

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1 and 2 are still amazing.
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PostPosted: Sun, 25th Oct 2020 02:53    Post subject:
I wish I could remember even 10% of all the mandatory Latin classes from school, it truly feels like wasted time since my brain just silently went ahead and tabula rasa'd everything over the years. I could have learned proper English instead, or anything else really Sad Laughing
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PostPosted: Sun, 25th Oct 2020 03:36    Post subject:
could have learned spanish or chineze , a whole new continent that opens up to u instead of digging in dead roman vile history of corruption and treachery, beaten by simple barbaric nomads from the east

but its soo fancypants and for the smart kids ... Mad i spit on latin bah!

acting was decent, the script was half assed, the sets and props were nice, the combat scenes sucked ass, nothing memorable sadly, failed opportunity to turn it into something memorable like gladiators opening scene, yes a high bar, but the bar was set there and well, cant just ignore it exists, they tried, could have had a better shot with better writing,

but what to expect when u handcuff ur writers and actors to shit they need to translate into some dead language zzzz, germans speaking german was nice, the latin , totally unncecesary
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