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Is it just me or has Hollywood been depicting the roman occupation of Britain through the lens of America's presence in the...

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Is it just me or has Hollywood been depicting the roman occupation of Britain through the lens of America's presence in the middle east a lot after 9/11? Specifically thinking of Centurion (2010) and The Eagle (2011)

the-moti:

kontextmaschine:

Readers?

Now I’m thinking about how The Sopranos was parsing Gladiator in its pre-9/11 2001 episodes

I mean if it was two movies in adjacent years it was probably one movie that got duplicated while they were shopping the script around. Not necessarily a trend.

The Armageddon/Deep Impact thing.