Gladiator 2 is OK but man...the Motivational Dead Wife again, huh? Especially since this time the dead wife was much cooler than the actual protagonist - ThreadSky

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exofuture.graphics • 63 days ago

Gladiator 2 is OK but man...the Motivational Dead Wife again, huh?

Especially since this time the dead wife was much cooler than the actual protagonist

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exofuture.graphics•63 days ago

Actually on reflection I'll downgrade that "OK" to "eh". It's visually and sonically spectacular but there's a sense that it's missing a bit of heart. Didn't really care what happened to anyone in the end. Some of the dramatic dialogue moments weren't particularly well-designed either.

exofuture.graphics•63 days ago

Pedro Pascal: wait, I know I killed your wife, but don't kill me!
Hanno: why not?
Pedro Pascal: I also banged your mum
Hanno: oh my god, there's no way I can kill you now, I'm willing to give my life to save yours

didn't give that one a second draft, huh?

exofuture.graphics•63 days ago

Not to backseat scriptwrite, but:
- The wife lives instead
- Pedro Pascal sees her in the coliseum and brings her into the coup plot
- make the tension between them over the opening battle a big theme, they have to overcome their grudge for the shared goal of revolution to stop Rome's wars

exofuture.graphics•63 days ago

Now there's a running throughline with sparks for emotional moments between them, and the characters can neatly motivate each other. You can still have Maximus as someone Pedro Pascal looked up to, but we don't need the "secret son/prince" thing at all, it's tired.

exofuture.graphics•63 days ago

I dunno. There's a few different ways they could've gone that would've been cleaner and more well-rounded than the plot they actually ended up going with. Unfortunate they didn't manage to get there, because the rest of the production really deserved a better core.

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