The HBO mini-series Rome is off the hook. I heard it is the most expensive "period piece" to date. Any comments? Any one? Is there anybody out there just nod if you can hear me is there anyone at home?
well as the adage says, it wasn't built in a day so it would be expensive to re-create, yes? I don't have T.V. so I have no idea if it's good. HBO usually does produce great series.
Those are my two favorite shows, perfectly timed on Sunday evening so that you can feel somewhat smarter after Rome and less prone to alcohol guiltmares from the weekend after Curb. I agree that Rome needs to come together a little better but the potential is obvious. Another thing, Larry David could use a change of scenary for a couple of episodes.
I had a "Larry David" moment yesterday. So, I volunteered at this soup kitchen after work for a couple of hours. It wasn't really a big deal. I'm talking to one of my friends afterwards and she says, "so did it make you really sad to see all of the homeless people." I say without thinking, "no, not really." she got silent and then shocked, says, "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU"?
In my defense I have to say that I did have many humane thoughts about it and I was not trying to be cold-hearted. They were all in good spirits and very polite. They all talked about some fight that broke out in the park and one guy showed me this French franc coin that he wore around his neck.
I had a "moment" while feeding the homless for community service it was around the time of the September 11th attacks. This one really cracked out dude was going on and on about how all white people were the devil and how he was glad "all those cracka-ass mofo's died in the two towers. So (I was stoned) started to laugh at this guy. And I say: "You can't be serious? You know there were black people in the towers too." And the crack glared a t me with yellow glazed eye's: "If there was a black man in the tower's he was an uncle Tom and no better than any of you devil's." I was serving soup so I say: "Do you want soup or not?" And he says: "You know Lucifer had blue eye's and so do you. Cracka!" I start laughing: "You seriously think I'm the devil? Take some soup or get out of the line man. I don't give a **** but these people beihnd you look pretty hungery, so do something." He glances behind him, back at me, puts his fingers into the shape of a gun and sticks them to my head "pow pow pow I would kill you honkey." At this point all the people in line behind him started to shove him and then about three other dudes tackled him and kicked the **** out of him.........needless to say I was gone. So now I leave the volunteer work to other folks.
I enjoyed the Rome's effort for authenticity, but this question did arise to me eariler in the season. did women really trim their pubic hair during Ceaser's reign
Well if they didn't trim it then they had giant bushes then didn't they??? But they probably plucked it, waxed it and burned it. I think they have scissors (the roman army was the worlds first to cut their hair so the enemy could'nt hold on to it) in the roman times.
Have you ever heard of clay jars found in ancient Babylon filled with phosoric acid and copper wires sticking out of the top??? The world's first battery in ancient Babylon! It just keeps going and going!
