Comments | ainsoph15: HELP ME, MARCUS AURELIUS. YOU'RE MY ONLY HOPE.

ainsoph15

HELP ME, MARCUS AURELIUS. YOU'RE MY ONLY HOPE.

Jun 11, 2011 15:07

The Fall of the Roman Empire is on BBC2 RIGHT NOW. Thank god there is a shit-ton of (really fabulously bad) scenery, because between Alec Guiness, Sophia Loren, Christopher Plummer and Jaaaaaaames Maaaaason (♥), THEY ARE ALL GNAWING ON IT LIKE IT IS SOME SORT OF DELICIOUS CAKE AND THEY CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF IT.

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film, lol

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poetic_self June 11 2011, 17:18:24 UTC

You know, safe some of those drugs for later, just for FUN. *G*

I LOVE YOUR CAPS.

ainsoph15 June 12 2011, 15:41:20 UTC

Not to alarm you or anything, but that was posted without the nefarious influence of drugs - IT WAS ALL ME, BABY XD

(Hello, hello I ♥ you :D)

poetic_self June 13 2011, 07:47:40 UTC

AMAZING ;D

(God, I miss you. ♥)

regicidaldwarf June 11 2011, 18:55:14 UTC

I am so disappointed that this is not available on Netflix streaming.

ainsoph15 June 12 2011, 15:44:49 UTC

Oh no, really, don't be disappointed! It is pretty much the epitome of stodgy swords-and-sandals 'epic' film-making.

Well, unless, like me, you want to watch it just for the lulz, because it is GREAT for that :D The terrible music alone was worth it. At one point I think I even identified a xylophone plunking away in the background. A XYLOPHONE. HOW VERY ROMAN.

regicidaldwarf June 12 2011, 18:49:48 UTC

Dude, I watched the first season of Torchwood and enjoyed it. I have a deep and abiding love for all kinds of bad film. :D

ainsoph15 June 12 2011, 20:12:37 UTC

OH GOOD. In that case, you will love it! I didn't want to think I was somehow deluding you into believing this was some kind of monumental cinematic masterpiece XD Mind you, it is, but for all the wrong reasons.

I also have a weakness for bad films (I can see my well-loved DVD of 'Hudson Hawk' from where I'm sitting *g*) and I LOVED the first season of Torchwood - it was completely fucking batshit insane in the best possible way :D

coeurdesoleil June 11 2011, 23:09:31 UTC

I WISH I LIVED IN BRITAIN. I WOULD HAVE WATCHED THE SHIT OUT OF THAT.
Oh well I suppose I could rent the dvd somewhere :)

ainsoph15 June 12 2011, 15:57:10 UTC

Ha ha, well, like I said to regicidaldwarf, it is really NOT a good film, but if you want to piss yourself laughing at its awfulness, it certainly delivers on that. At one point Sophia Loren actually did the dramatic back-of-hand to forehead and flouncing out of shot (and there may even have been some wailing), and it was all super srz bzns - there was not even the slightest trace of irony. IT WAS AMAZING. AND BY 'AMAZING' I MEAN IT WAS MELODRAMA-FLAVOURED TOPPED WITH MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF HAM.

captsparrow4evr June 12 2011, 04:51:57 UTC

James Mason is God - per Eddie Izzard, at least. Love his God played by James Mason stuff.

ainsoph15 June 12 2011, 16:17:47 UTC

JEEZY CREEZY! ♥ I ADORE Eddie Izzard - such a lovely man :D

Ha ha, I have harboured something of a crush on James Mason ever since I watched 'Journey To The Centre Of The Earth' when I was about eight *g*