Since it's a cartoon it's fine. We go in expecting it to have cartoon logic and cartoon worldbuilding. The fill-pages at front and back have little cartoons of them using magic potion, it's pretty obvious that it's fiction.
So yes, asterix apboelox and dogmatix / Goacinny and Uderzo are sweet!
Maybe you can argue the same is true for that guys film, Gladiator, idk. Ithink i always go into pre-2020s historical films expecting gross inaccuracies, compensated for with fun viewing.
Ridley Scott tends to play very loose with history, and generally uses history more as a backdrop for the story he wants to tell. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
In either case, the adoration for the Classical period in Asterix and Obelix is far superior!
And as I recall, he’s oddly defensive about it, throwing out “Were you there?” like it’s some sort of mic drop, but decades of archaeology, educated inference, textual analysis of multiple sources, and other peer-reviewed research mean nothing.
Sure, Ridley, Marcus Aurelius really wanted to return to the Republic and control by the Senate, and that was because he was a secret populare.
Generally no they're not, but i picked 2020 (probably '15 is better) because there has been more interest in making things that are "historically accurate" and don't dress events up in hollywood spectacle. But it still happens for about 50% of productions.
Generally no they're not, but i picked 2020 (probably '15 is better) because since then there has been more interest in making things that are "historically accurate" and don't dress events up in hollywood spectacle. But it still happens for about 50% of productions.
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lvxferre@mander.xyz · 27 pts · 88d
MrFinnbean@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 88d
The names in these comics were funniest things ever.
I think i need to search my parents house for Asterix and Obelix, Lucky Luke and Iznogoud comics.
DaddleDew@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 88d
Asterix, Obelix and Dogmatix
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 88d
Since it's a cartoon it's fine. We go in expecting it to have cartoon logic and cartoon worldbuilding. The fill-pages at front and back have little cartoons of them using magic potion, it's pretty obvious that it's fiction.
So yes, asterix apboelox and dogmatix / Goacinny and Uderzo are sweet!
Maybe you can argue the same is true for
that guys film,Gladiator, idk. Ithink i always go into pre-2020s historical films expecting gross inaccuracies, compensated for with fun viewing.I just really really love asterix comix.
PugJesus@piefed.social · 10 pts · 88d
Ridley Scott tends to play very loose with history, and generally uses history more as a backdrop for the story he wants to tell. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
In either case, the adoration for the Classical period in Asterix and Obelix is far superior!
wjrii@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 88d
And as I recall, he’s oddly defensive about it, throwing out “Were you there?” like it’s some sort of mic drop, but decades of archaeology, educated inference, textual analysis of multiple sources, and other peer-reviewed research mean nothing.
Sure, Ridley, Marcus Aurelius really wanted to return to the Republic and control by the Senate, and that was because he was a secret populare.
MohamedMoney@feddit.org · 7 pts · 88d
Do you think post-2020 movies are more accurate or why do you make this distinction?
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 88d
Generally no they're not, but i picked 2020 (probably '15 is better) because there has been more interest in making things that are "historically accurate" and don't dress events up in hollywood spectacle. But it still happens for about 50% of productions.
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 88d
Generally no they're not, but i picked 2020 (probably '15 is better) because since then there has been more interest in making things that are "historically accurate" and don't dress events up in hollywood spectacle. But it still happens for about 50% of productions.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 88d
As somebody who grew up reading Asterix, they're canon and none of your dirty lies will convince me otherwise.
Aielman15@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 88d
Inaccurate? You're telling me a small village of Gauls didn't kick that sociopath salad fella's arse?
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 88d
am I in !eurographicnovels@piefed.social ? Are you @JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social ?
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 5 pts · 88d
You have summoned me, and here I am!
But no, this isn't EGN. I didn't even know about this community.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 88d
I'm Skullgrid and I endorse all of PugJesus' content
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 3 pts · 88d
Mucho gusto, and I've certainly seen you around the Fediverse. I guess I'd forgotten you were subscribed to EGN, if I understand correctly?
I'm subscribed to a bunch of PJ's communities, and try to contribute (usually comments, some posts) when I can.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 88d
I was just doing a parody of the "I'm Political Person X and I endorse this message". Thanks for noticing me senpai!
Yeah, I wish I contributed/participated more there, but I suck/am busy.
negativenull@piefed.world · 4 pts · 88d
goes burrrrr
nagaram@piefed.social · 1 pts · 88d
I love Gibbons thinly disguised critique of the British Empire!
MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 87d
Had to be those damn Gauls.