Historian REACTS to 'Gladiator II' Trailer

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Tristan Hughes, host of ‘The Ancients’ podcast and mega fan of Ridley Scott’s blockbuster classic Gladiator (2000), reacts to the new trailer for the much anticipated sequel, ‘Gladiator II’, starring Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington and Pedro Pascal.

When will the story take place? Did naval reenactments happen in the Colosseum? Did rhinos fight gladiators? Will Russell Crowe return? Tristan answers all.

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00:00 Introduction
00:52 Trailer Starts
01:16 North Africa
02:06 Roman Triumph
02:46 Flooding the Colosseum (Naval Reenactments)
05:49 Emperors Caracalla and Geta
08:30 Naval Siege
10:44 Rhino Gladiator
12:39 Marcus Opellius Macrinus (Denzel Washington)
14:41 Roman Pilum
15:45 The Plot Thickens
18:56 Final Thoughts
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I laughed so hard when he said “ aah yes, the old throw the dust in the eyes of a rhino trick” Brilliant!

AlexArdenti
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(Rhino Enters)
“Right. Okay. Yes. Um. Sooo…”

British Historian Ennui summed up in one moment 😂

nowvoyaging
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I think the North Africa bit was in Egypt. Just a vibe i was getting... Ok maybe the pyramids in the background gave it away

drzoidbergmd
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I don't really get Caracalla's depiction. He was supposed to be a soldier Emperor who had little patience for politics and the court. The whole reason he was regarded as a bad Emperor was because he lavished the military, and absconded his duties as Emperor to go on campaign all the time. The depiction we see here looks more like John Hurt's Caligula from I, Claudius.

MildPsychedelic
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As much as I roll my eyes at sharks in the naumachia scene, I feel confident that the romans would've absolutely put sharks in if they could've.

Edit: I'm going to summarize the point that everyone is making below. While there are great white sharks in Mediterranean. They had no way of transporting and sustaining sharks at that time, considering how difficult it is to transport large sharks using today's technology. Additionally, the colosseum was filled with fresh water from the Tiber, not sea water as Rome is not a coastal city. Saltwater fish have evolved to deal with sea water's high salt content by constantly drinking the water and excreting the excess salt through their gills and urine. This is the exact opposite adaptation used in freshwater fish which are trying to conserve the salt they collect. Putting a shark in freshwater would cause it to lose all its salt and die, and one of the few sharks that can survive in freshwater, the bull shark, isn't found along European coastlines and in the Mediterranean.

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I can see the pitch to Denzel –
"So Denzel, you'll be playing Macrinus, he becomes emperor after the death of Caracalla".
"Great, so is he a great sexy, brooding military hero?"
"Not quite - he was Caracalla's principal financial officer on campaign and became emperor after murdering Caracalla while Caracalla was on the toilet."
“Hmm – rewrite that”.

alexcanduci
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Gladiator didn't need a second movie.

johnsontamati
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I fear this will change peoples perception of the original Gladiator which should have been left to age like a fine wine, It didn't need a sequel.

bravao
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Do we know for certain Ridley Scott didn't just get Caligula and Caracalla mixed up.

Given the casting.

luckyspurs
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They need to do one of these “Historian Reacts” episodes for the Spartacus TV series, and then just show him every sex scene out of context and out of order.

OgYokYok
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I worked with the Art Director of one of Ridley Scott's historical epics. She told me she had frequent disagreements with him over historical inaccuracies. Ridley settled things by telling her "we're not making a f***ing documentary."

nathanrussell-raby
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The 'mound of mud with sticks on the side' is also commonly present in Egypt as rural pigeon coops. Still used till today

ahmedfouda
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"I wonder if it's a nod to the historical..."

It isn't. It's what Ridley Scott had laying about.

tomtruyens
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A prequel would have been better about Maximus and his origins to becoming a general.

IKA
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Cassius Dio is also known for a collection of poems called "Holius Diveus".

Hykje
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Would love a Historian Reacts for the whole movie at some point! PLEASE

lord-licht
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Until Spielberg’s Stanley Kubrick Napoleon series comes out, I’ve just given up all hope. I still think Dan Snow secretly wants to punch Ridley Scott in the face for duping him and all of us into having any shimmer of hope for Napoleon to be accurate in any way prior to it’s release.

spitfiresergi
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The real question is do the sharks have fricking laser beams?

darrenjosephgregory
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I'm not going to pretend that I know anything about the Roman Empire becase I don't, however I love Gladiator (it's my 3rd favorite film of all time and I was done watching it through for the seventh time before ths trailer came out) it's one of the most beautiful films ever made. I am also very into films and story structures as well as detailed critisizm.

After watching this trailer twice, in my own opinion (compared to it's predecessor) this looks like absoulute glossed up nonsense which is sad because thats a harsh truth that adorns many modern films. The first film (while by no means historically accurate in any regard) was perfectly fit together into a masterpiece. The cinematogrophy, the composition, the locations, the dilouge, the goals and intentions, the theme, the characterisation and the music (I listen to Now we are free at least once every day it's such a beautiful piece of music, speaking of which who puts a slowed rapper's corus as the theme to a trailer about the Roman Empire) it all just fits together like a jigsaw creating a perfect image, one of a Father/Husband's undbounded love for his Wife and Son.

This just looks like they took all the epicness, special effects, CGI and Sound effects they had availble and crammed it all into the same jar and forced the lid on. Now I obviously haven't seen the film, none of us have yet. But based on what this trailer is offering for the film, it feels dissapointing.

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When the Gladiator riding the Rhino entered the frame, I was laughing histerically because it felt like the Tigris of Ghaul from the first movie (don't worry I know that he is probably dead by this point) walked back into the Colleseum and was like 'Hello boys, I'M BACK!!'.

TobyLarwood
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I have a feeling Pedro and Denzel will do their best to carry this movie, but it'll probably struggle to be good and get a Napoleon like criticism for Scott again.

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