11-18-2005, 04:25 PM
Quote:Vortigern Studies:h1w437vb Wrote:The flooging scene was awful. i mean, flogging is not something endured so lightly! These whips are heavy and cause immense pain, not to mention bloodloss! The 'stoic' reaction was way too 'hollywood-heroic' for my taste..
That was purely a character development reaction. As we see in later episodes, Titus Pullo's quite the cock-proud swaggerer.
Regarding the commentaries again, the narrator (either producer or director) actually commented on how much more agonizing it would have been in real life because of the little steel spikes or flechettes the Romans tipped their scourges with, and that had Titus been beaten with a real one, he could very well have died as a result.
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