Looks like the BBC has put something decent on for us Brits tonight at 9PM its
called colosseum and it looks like there is going to be some great fight sequnces in it
heres the link colosseum

ah thats something worth watching thanx mikeli!

The Beers in the fridge and Ive hid the remote from her,looks good, anyone watch Henry VIII on Sunday, glad were getting some good T.V. for a change

hey easy it's not fair zero cool gets to watch the beeb for nowt and we got to pay our TV licence

well we pay for tv also dude.....

I just happen 2 get the bbc here and Im glad about it they have great programms just as discovery!

i'll be watching, maybe a gladiator figure on the books next, tv and books give me so much inspiration. i watched henry viii last night and really enjoyed it, thought about picking up the airfix henry vii figure whilst watching it! #:-)

Well! It's 10 Pm and Colliseum has just finished....wow! A superb piece of television. BBC at it's best and only about 50 times better than that crappy movie Gladiator with that Antipodean, amateur Russell Crow in.

Vinnie

yeah thoughly enjoyed it I also found it good for facts like 90% of gladiators werent killed
in the ring

very interesting programme, about time we got some! i wouldn't compare it to gladiator though, two completely different genres.

I'm not comparing it to Gladiator Wally. I'm promoting a drama/documentary I thought was particularly excellent whilst at the same time denigrating a movie I thought was particularly bad. I don't think anybody needs it pointing out that a movie is not the same as a drama/documentary.

Vinnie

Steady on guys.

Well, apart from the 90% statistic, could you spot the difference between Colosseum and Gladiator?

No, neither could I.

I was quite disappointed really. Just my opinion

You couldn't tell the difference? Surely not! They're different genres..........apparently. One is about Roman gladiators, whilst the other one is about er......Roman gladiators. No, hang on that can't be right. Let me try again, one is about the Romans, right? And has lots of gladiators in the Colliseum fighting each other, and the other is about the Romans and has lots of glad.....look! It just is another genre apparently ok? We've been told. We have it on the highest authority.

Vinnie

well its not like he BEEB to get things wrong right! mean they gave us bloodly eldarado
and fame acadamey.
Hey teacher what ever happened to the underground miltitary muesum in North Wales I remember going there about '85 and seening the worlds only surving LRDG chevy which had been found in the desert? if I remember

This is a thoroughly enjoyable post...sorry I missed the doc/drama/ thingy I've only got BBC world service which does not broadcast documentaries only a highly-subjective view of world news. I don't pay a licence fee either. So if you gentlemen would like to get back in the pit, we'd all like to see a bit more blood on the sand...... Jim

I can't actually remember an underground museum in Wales......but it sounds about right for Wales. They've probably converted it into a Welsh Language Preservation Facility. You know......a bit like a pub? Everybody speaking English until somebody English appears when everybody starts speaking Welsh as if it's the most natural thing in the World?


Vinnie

yes teacher I know what you mean had it happen when I went to wales a couple of years ago for a short break the muesum was were all the art from the national gallery was put during WW2 and I belive the bouncing bombs were also stored there I dont think it was too far away from Rhyl

I've just had a very haughty private message from Mar6874 asking me if it was my time of the month! Does anybody know what he means? Lol


Vinnie

The reason teacher got a pm message from me was quite simply because i didnt feel that i should post on open forum what i had to say, which was namely i didnt appreciate being called a wally and having sarcastic comments posted on two other occasions for a comment i made. Sorry to have to post this guys, but felt that your owed and explanation.

Sorry Wilfred. I didn't mean to insult you. I thought your name was Wally.

Vinnie

Aw come on! Try and develop a sense of humour! I think this is hilarious!

Vinnie

Hey time to chill guys Lets call one a good factual documentary and the other a n entertaining bit of fiction. seconds away round 2. :-)

Yup looks like teddies at dawn here fellas

Pompei next week looks good (please no one mention Frankie Howard my stress levels are going up)

Let me try and summarize this thread:

"Gladiator" was a movie about a mathematician who frequently was forced by government agents to fight soviet spies in an arena...

"Gladiator" was a dramadoc about a sinister broadcasting company who threw civil servants to the lions....

A clear difference between the two..... #:-)