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To: dog breath
Queen Boudicca

Now there was a gal that would make even Hilliary and Pelozzi quake

10 posted on 02/12/2005 9:30:14 PM PST by maine-iac7 (...but you can't fool all of the people all of the time - LINCOLN)
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To: maine-iac7

There are reports of a Hollywood movie in the works about her, possibly to be produced by Mel Gibson's Icon Productions.

There is a great story there, and it could be a great film, though I can easily imagine Hollywood ruining it by PCing it up. By that I mean it would have Boudicca taking part in the combat herself, striking down one inept legionnarie after another in some absurd display (sort of like the petite Keira Knightley in "King Arthur"). They'd probably also have her eventual defeat be due completely to bad luck or some sort of treachery.

But if they did it right, and had her displayed as charismatic, woman-scorned avenging fury, who destroyed Londinium and defeated part of one Roman Legion, but who eventually lost to the superior opponent, then it'd be great.

That Seutonius Paulinus, with not even two full legions, was able to crush a numerically superior army by using terrain and Roman tactics should not be downplayed.


15 posted on 02/12/2005 9:54:24 PM PST by Aetius
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