I, Claudius

[weewarrior]

In my never-ending (if slowly advancing) quest to peruse the classics, I've finally started watching I, Claudius, which not only provides a neat opportunity to play British Actor Bingo, but is also way cooler than successor Rome, despite lacking anything akin to a James Purefoy full frontal. Sure, Max Pirkis' Octavian would make a fascinating supplement to Brian Blessed's Augustus, but not only would Livia eat Atia and Servilia for breakfast, even Julia could wipe the floor with Octavia, and I'm pretty sure Tiberius could out-whine both Brutus and Cicero. I'll also never again accept any seer who doesn't cruelly make fun of any advise-seeking young nobleman's afflictions. So much for writhing around in seductive fits.

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[selenak.livejournal.com]

I, Claudius is the best of the best, truly. (Actors, scripts, novel-to-screen, just everything.) Do you see what I meant with my hope that Angela is Heroes' version of Livia?

Re: spot that actor: now I watched this eons before seeing them in other roles, but when I rewatched one particular episode, there was someone with me who suddenly exclaimed "wait a minute, is that Gimli as Evil Picard's sidekick?!?" That statement still cracks me up.

oh, I forgot!

[selenak.livejournal.com]

My I, Claudius Revisited post (http://selenak.livejournal.com/15174.html).

[wee-warrior.livejournal.com]

Do you see what I meant with my hope that Angela is Heroes' version of Livia?

Oh yes, and I do see the parallels, although there is quite a bit of difference between Nathan and Tiberius. Fortunately.

Re: Evil Gimli/Picard: I'm looking forward to it. At least I will probably recognize him earlier - it took me embarrassingly long to clue in that Augustus was Brian Blessed.

(Incidentally, Dune has a similar effect: "OMG, Picard with hair. And is that ... Sting?!")

Thanks for the link!