Gladiator 2 - Maximus Died for THIS?!

[@IncredibleMet]

Gladiator has no sequel, Gladiator needs no sequel.

[@NexusKin]

Just like Joker has no sequel, and Joker needs no sequel.

[@xManzi]

Just like Bladerunner

[@douglasgabriel5228]

Theres no sequels in Ba Sing Se, here we a safe, here we are free

[@Mr.E_Bodhako]

There's only one Gladiator! There's only ever gonna be one Gladiator!

[@brysonfreeman7226]

Just like Jaws has no sequels, Jaws needs no sequels

[@thetruth45678]

Pedro Pascal really deserves an Oscar for his portrayal of Pedro Pascal. I couldn't believe it was him onsceeen! I was truly convinced that I was watching Pedro Pascal.

[@daviddiggens8841]

That is the way

[@NexusKin]

Just like others like The Rock, Ryan Reynolds, Jason Statham, Vin Diesel, and Mark Wahlberg.

[@RhysCallinan-hf7qx]

​@@NexusKinI like those better than Pedro. Especially Ryan, Mark and Jason. They also haven't been in as many things as Pedro, with the exception of The Rock.

[@SturmAH]

“Even a Disney remake has more artistic merit” Now THAT is an insult if I ever heard one!

[@bandaid6550]

It's one sin among many, but the revenge plot suffers a lot by having the wife be a soldier. In the original, his wife and son are innocents, killed because of political intrigue he didn't ask for, and they weren't even aware of. They were casualties of the crossfire, killed in a cruel and torturous way simply to get at him. When the wife is a soldier, who dies in combat via arrow (pretty much random chance) it takes away the injustice of it all. It's not hard to see that the husband might want vengeance, but Pedro's character never ordered anyone to kill his wife specifically, just to take the city. It's like swearing vengeance on Patton because some private shot your wife who was shooting at him. It's so inpersonal that it seems irrational.

[@zawarudo1041]

Could even women be allowed into army at that stage of Rome’s history? It this is another esg-aligned slop?

[@kennywilkinson913]

Thanks for this, haven't seen the film and never will because on even on a surface level I'm turned off by it but with each tidbit I find out, it repulses me.

[@motherplayer]

Would have worked if were akin to something like a soldier doing something beyond the bounds of combat, like brutally torturing her or such, but if it's simply the happenstance of getting hit by a random arrow in combat, it feels less justifiable.

[@JoshuaKevinPerry]

When Pedro graces your village., it is the most important day of you life. For Pedro, it was Tuesday

[@hhill5489]

I think that added to the complexity though. You seem like you have it in your mind that it's just a copy paste revenge story.....the idea seems to be that Pedro WASN'T the bad guy. Making the wife's death less injust clarifies this, and makes the forgiveness at the end make sense

[@PeterMasalski93]

Gladiator 1: A new hope Gladiator 2: The empire strikes back Gladiator 3: The return of Maximus Gladiator 4: The Barbarian Menace Gladiator 5: Attack of the Barbarians Gladiator 6: The revenge of Rome Gladiator 7: The arena awakens Gladiator 8: The last emperor Gladiator 9: The rise of maximus

[@Ett.Gammalt.Bergtroll]

"Somehow, Commodus returned."

[@warrentalbot329]

​@@Ett.Gammalt.Bergtrollwell met sir

[@Jim-Tuner]

And if they followed actual Roman history, every one of them would be same story as the first film told over and over again.

[@tigerblue42]

Gladiator 2 is "The Arena Awakens" in your analogy...with a potential Gladiator 3 being "The Last Emperor" and Gladiator 4 being "The rise of Maximus" but I like your thinking 🙂

[@fumeck1674]

Hollywood now is more like.... Gladiator 1: A new hope Gladiator 2: A new hope Gladiator 3: A new hope Gladiator 4: A new hope Gladiator 5: A new hope Gladiator 6: A new hope Gladiator 7: A new hope Gladiator 8: A new hope Gladiator 9: A new hope. Now with 100% more trans

[@billbillinger2117]

In honor of Gladiator 2, I instead watched Gladiator... it was glorious.

[@bentonrp]

I also recommend the director's cut of Gladiator. It's essentially scenes that should have been in the movie but were too big for their budget and the production's timeline. It's phenomenal! :D

[@golfer416]

@@bentonrpWait wait wait! There is an extended cut?!

[@bentonrp]

@@golfer416 It's the best Extended Edition I've seen out of any film! 😊 And that includes all Director's Cuts, Non-Theatrical Cuts, etc.

[@Ett.Gammalt.Bergtroll]

*"Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. And, now, the man of a murdered legacy."*

[@Mr.E_Bodhako]

Gladiator 2: Gladiate Harder

[@Mr_Robotts]

... sounds like a porno

[@pittland44]

Gladiator 2: Etruscan Boogaloo!

[@alexlee4154]

Gladiator 2: Gladiatorer

[@pittland44]

@@alexlee4154 Gladiator 2: Gladiatorific

[@SatanLiterally]

Gladiator 2: Live Free or Glad Hard

[@Goldenspiderducck]

“What’s in the Colosseum, a…shark or something??” - Nicholas Cageus

[@danielefabbro822]

In Italian is "Nicola Gabbia".

[@danielefabbro822]

But the same Nicholas Cage have Italian origins. His surname is "Coppola".

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

@@danielefabbro822 You’re probably right, still gotta hit you with the NEEEERRRRRRRDUH

[@danielefabbro822]

@@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access "probably"? 😎 I am Italian. 🇮🇹👍

[@FireBomberBassist]

Lmao

[@BigBlobProductions]

Gladiator 2: now there are 2 of them!

[@backalleycqc4790]

"They fly now?" "They fly now..." Audience [sigh]

[@Dionysus_333]

Haha so simple but so funny, cheers

[@qZbGmYjS4QusYqv5]

In Critical Drinker's voice: Go away now, Ridley!

[@chasehedges6775]

THIS

[@Clambamthankyoumam]

“That’s all I’ve got to say Ridley. Go away now!”.

[@Autobotmatt428]

As the wise scot said "Oh Ridley Why do you hate us so?"

[@rosecorcoran]

They heard it had to be called Gladiator 2, so they had two gladiators and two emperors.

[@Flaris]

Can’t wait for him to make Gladiator 3. Need the Roman Emperor triplets!

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

🤣🤣

[@daviddiggens8841]

They should have called it GLADIATOR X 2 then for that early 2000's edginess . What's the X mean? Who cares It's badass 😑

[@JohnQC-n3i]

There were at one time even three emperors controlling rome and there was also 4 black emperors from Africa. Learn history

[@donnguyen3795]

@@JohnQC-n3ii think the joke gets over you

[@lintzy398]

Your comparison of Cincinnatus with Ridley Scott is what we Koreans would call an example par excellence of “the beginning meeting the end” (수미상관). Thank you for another masterful review.

[@pittland44]

@@lintzy398 I like that, the beginning meeting the end. Cheers to all you lovely people in Korea from the US of A.

[@lintzy398]

@@pittland44 Same to all of you wholesome Americans in the land of the free and home of the brave!

[@MyViolador]

Maximus earned the loyalty and respect of the gladiators by leading them to victory in a fight they were supposed to lose, while lucius never something of the sort, they just went "oh you good fighter me follow you"

[@buntyhoven9163]

I can imagine the production meetings: "I have one simple request, and that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads!"

[@sethkaicer319]

We who are about to cringe salute you.

[@sharontillinghast435]

❤

[@Sousabird]

"Are you not embarrassed?"

[@flankspeed]

We who are about to ask, "Why..?" ...

[@scionofdorn9101]

AC/DC kicks the door down! 🎵“FOR THOSE ABOUT TO CRINGE, WE SALUTE YOU!”🎵

[@thesixth2330]

The First movie had Maximus in a romantic relationship with Lucilla, but he was not an adulterer. Him and Lucilla even spoke about the boys real father who, was known and respected by Maximus! The relationship between Maximus and Lucilla had nuance and depth but you can't have a man being decent and virtuous any more...

[@s3.14dervision]

It's all just "men bad".

[@defeqel6537]

IIRC they even mention how their sons are the same age

[@tsitsifrance887]

This was my first thought hearing "Lucius is actually Maximus' son". Well put. It bothers me deeply!

[@Lukas-Trnka]

Lucius is not a son of Maximus. Cannot be. Because that would be ridiculous. And they surely don't want to make a ridiculous movie... right?

[@Phoenix0F8]

"You need to dream better, Senator!"

[@VanDutch87]

Little Platoon would make an absolute killing voicing audio books.

[@SatanLiterally]

I'd listen to Prince Harry's book The Spare if Platoon was the narrator.

[@IncredibleMet]

@@SatanLiterallywith the critical drinker interjecting when I least expect it

[@Uzarran]

@@IncredibleMet With the occasional outburst of deranged laughter from Disparu.

[@vespenegas261]

@@Uzarran We need drunk welshy Mauler there as well

[@daviddiggens8841]

​@@IncredibleMetjust for the swear words or perhaps better yet just the "quotations" I agree that would be pretty entertaining, unlike this film

[@jason_eh]

Here for your horror is a summary of both movies... ROFL.

[@xitaris5981]

Epic outro. It's so true that Ridley Scott needs to fuck off before he burns down his legacy further

[@Mr_Bones.]

Idk man, he’s already destroyed so much of it with this ridiculously stupid alien sequels and/or prequels. I don’t know what they are, but they’re low effort garbage

[@davidnicholls5303]

Oh, he's far from done with defiling the rancid corpse that was the Alien franchise, he's just warming up

[@manmaje3596]

@@davidnicholls5303 Romulus was a bit cack, I enjoyed Prometheus and Covenant somewhat even though you are left with more questions than answers.

[@gabbodelaparrawrites]

The Force Awakens all over again.

[@brysonfreeman7226]

And also feels like Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as well with terrible / cheap CGI

[@halomasta21]

Cheap imitations, it’s their attempt to bring us back, make us like them again. “Look, you remember this right? You liked this! Here’s more it’s just as good we promise, please like us again!” Hollywood can’t die fast enough.

[@Adelina-293]

Gladiator 2: Twice the characters, half the quality and zero originality.

[@FartlebySockchuckerThe4th]

Metaphorically, Ridley Scott sacrificed his dignity to flush his legacy down the toilet like Oliver Reed flushed his liver with bottom-shelf rum.

[@westerling8436]

Edgy

[@christianefiorito3204]

I will watch Gladiator 1 and forget about Gladiator 2

[@user-vl9di2ex3i]

Watched it the other month, still fantastic.

[@Clambamthankyoumam]

That’s the best way to go about recognizing and acknowledging great art and films. Only watch Gladiator because us purists don’t want anything to do with that unnecessary sequel under any circumstances.

[@toolegittoquit_001]

But not today 🥲

[@brysonfreeman7226]

Same

[@Greg_Stache]

The Ridley forget he made Gladiator? This is a screen for screen same movie? Well look this is what they should have done for Disney Star Wars!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@michaelpipkin9942]

3:35 I love LP's attitude. So much....

[@frankowalker4662]

Ridley Scott, it's time to give up and rest on your laurels.

[@donweatherwax9318]

As they say a lot, now, we "gave him his flowers". ("He" = Ridley) Unfortunately, those flowers turned out to be coca blossoms, lotuses and opium poppies.

[@frankowalker4662]

@@donweatherwax9318 I've never heard that expression, but I agree with the flower choice. 🤣

[@scionofdorn9101]

What’s left of them…

[@frankowalker4662]

@@scionofdorn9101 True. He keeps breaking the ones he has.

[@user-ns5mt4oo1i]

I found Washington’s Modern day American accent jarring when every other character has a thick accent in film

[@Tenebris_Sint]

Gladiator II vexes me… …I am terribly vexed.

[@thetruth45678]

Lucius: "Maximus? Ha! More like Minimus, amirite ladies? Ladies??"

[@LittlePhizDorrit]

Between this and Napoleon I'm convinced that Ridley Scott has been replaced by a pod person.

[@chasehedges6775]

Gladiator 2 - A sequel that nobody asked for.

[@sharontillinghast435]

Exactly. There are some movies that should stand alone forever. Gladiater was one of them.

[@Mr_Bones.]

Yup, like most sequels. This one even did the famous second sin of coming out 20 after when the it’s target audience aged out and the new generation doesn’t even know what it’s about. It’s almost like it was manufactured perfectly to fail

[@chasehedges6775]

@@Mr_Bones. Exactly. It was DOA.

[@norm-bb3bb]

Just like Joker 2, I'm so sad because I love Joker and Gladiator so much maybe the best i can do is rewatch the original movies.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@norm-bb3bb 💯

[@Box_13]

The twin emperors look more like Fred and George Weasley.

[@TheAdarkerglow]

Hey, I remember that and thus this movie!

[@chasehedges6775]

Bad Nostalgia and Fanservice at its finest

[@daviddiggens8841]

You memba? Me memba!

[@NightmaresinParadise]

movie would’ve been way more interesting if caracalla and geta were the sons of lucilla that she’s lost control over and lucius and macrinus are leading the revolt against them only for macrinus to take control for himself. something like that would’ve provided a link between all the conflicts and not made the characters feel so disconnected.

[@jonbutcher5593]

To Hell with modern Scott movies, the original Gladiator movie Echoes in Eternity - Like Scott's bad decisions nowadays. Thanks for calling this crap out Platoon 👍

[@BarlowPalminteri]

In 1960 Stanley Kubrick and Kirk Douglass gave us Spartacus, the best cinematic sword and sandal experience. The gladiator school, the single combat in its small arena, the revolt of the gladiators, and the spectacular battle scenes with the legions, and a compelling love story. These have never been matched. The Glavatar films of Ridley Scott, like his other films, are cold, dark and, well, alien horror films. The Duelists, an earlier film of his, may be his best work, imo; certainly it has the most compelling characters and an engaging, if simple, story.

[@enigmaodell6806]

I’d argue the wife dying in battle is not a superficial change, as it pretty dramatically undermines the revenge motive. Unless, I suppose, there was a kind of ‘David and Uriah’ moment where maximus and his wife are left out to die on purpose.

[@enigmaodell6806]

Wait no not Maximus, Maximus-lite, whatever his name was.

[@PetraNaefcke]

She's tied to a pillar in the centre of the Colosseum...wait, where did I see that one before??? Ohhh, yes! Deborah Kerr got tied to a stake in the arena, too, in the centre of the arena in "Quo Vadis" (1951) - just that it made sense. As did Sir Peter Ustinov as the crazy Emperor. And I can't help, but the only gladiator film I really need is Kirk Douglas' "Spartacus" - legendary through and through and unmatched to this day.

[@BarlowPalminteri]

I hope Quo Vadis (1951) gets the restoration it deserves. Great entertainment in itself, but also an excellent museum piece, if you’re collecting arena film classics. Ditto Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) and Barabbas (1961), both with terrific arena action. But Kubrick and Douglass made something special with Spartacus (1960) that is simply superior to the derivative Scott movies, in all categories of production and without CGI effects. Spartacus and Wyler’s Ben Hur (1959) are still the best of the best.

[@PetraNaefcke]

@@BarlowPalminteri I couldn't agree more. Especially if it comes to "Ben Hur" and "Spartacus". Had the pleasure to watch "Ben Hur" on the big screen as a teen in the mid-1980s. What a treat! Same as the incredible "Lawrence of Arabia". The films of the 1950s and 1960s are simply unmatched and unrivalled. They had the actors, the writers and the directors to create great things. As for "Spartacus": Kirk Douglas' performance was so intense and he was surrounded by such great co-stars (Ustinov, Simmons, Curtis, Olivier). Scott's version of a gladiator movie is no match for it. Maybe it could tie Kirk Douglas' sandals...maybe...

[@lordmida]

Lucius being Maximus' son is just utter nonsense. Contrived at best, character destroying at worst.

[@defeqel6537]

And utterly unneeded. Nothing wrong with picking up the mantle of a hero who is not direct blood relation to you, especially since he was a friend of your mother and father

[@DustyPazner]

The theme of masculinity is simply gone.

[@LotharMeyer]

Hold up - Lucius is confirmed as Maximus' son? Wow, that is... I cannot even think of adequate word what it is... I mean, that ruins my imagination of Maximus, who I always deemed too just to have any affair that would end up in having a bastard child, given how much he loves his wife and son. He does not seem to be from Roman nobility, as his residence seemed to be rather earned for service (Roman soldiers received ownership of land after serving their time and they could enlist for further service, if I am not mistaken), so there was probably no way he would have gone with Lucilla further than just courteous behaviour followed by bitter realisation that this type of relationship cannot work in the reality they are in. Appearance of Lucius in the movie and Maximus' reaction to it always seemed to me as sad reminder of passing time and that, even though Maximus could have earned the title to have Lucilla as his mistress in the worst case scenario (I mean, guy would have become and emperor, so he would have been as close to dcoming a living diety as possible), he learned that she moved on. He, at least for a while, fell in love, for her it was just a fleeting romance with someone below her status, even a whim, maybe. But no, let's make that as Hollywood-esque as possible...

[@awesomehpt8938]

Gladiator 2 Lucius boogaloo

[@Fecker_Carlson]

Connie Neilsen, Lucilla, still hasn't aged a day 😍🥰

[@danielefabbro822]

Let's be honest here: the movie was trash. But Americans wants an Emperor.

[@HardRockMiner]

Gladiator 2 should just be called Gladiator, again, but we aren't trying very hard.

[@Str0b3l]

Its like when blizzard remastered warcraft 3

[@darkhawk4863]

Well, once Ridley saw that Disney could completely undo the end of Return of the Jedi to make a truly shitty rehash of A New Hope, he determined that he, too, could undo the end of one of his own masterpieces in order to make a shitty rehash of his own work. Is it more or less reprehensible to do this to your own work rather than work you've bought from someone else? I leave you all to determine this for yourselves. For my own part, I'll just paraphrase another great character from a great movie who also sacrificed himself... "Gladiator has no sequel. Gladiator needs no sequel."

[@Willowy13]

There are some truths about diddywood: Star Wars has no sequels, Star Trek has no STD, there is no Doctor after Peter Capaldi and there is only Gladiator.

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

Ridley Scott has clearly hit the point where his best work is long since behind him.

[@Dr.Metalblood]

So the speech was basically "Do better, Senator."

[@altyv_ask]

Also, Gladiator 2: A showcase in cringe dialog.

[@mitchjohnson4714]

Can we make Logan Paul fight lions for our amusement?

[@awesomehpt8938]

I honestly don’t get why they’re still going on about the “dream that was Rome”. In the first one they kept talking about making Rome a republic again. But at that point such a thing was neither practical nor desired. There were too many invested in the imperial system e.g. the army. Because the emperors are who paid them. And towards the end the republic was in constant turmoil due to competing politicians constantly waging civil wars against eachother. Having one guy in charge more or less kept the peace. In the second one this “dream” seems vaguely about “peace, freedom, justice and security and stuff” for Rome. But everyone seems to be concerned about putting someone better in charge of the system that they confusingly seem to want to simultaneously restore and destroy in some fashion. So what is the dream? Republic or more Emperors?

[@Darkstar-se6wc]

Ah, so this is where you drop the episodes as opposed to the feature lengths? Good to know! I could swear the last time I dropped in there was nothing but cactus and cattle skulls, with one lonely tumbleweed off in the distance …

[@AHersheyHere]

If I was a scheming Senator at the zenith of their grab for power, I would also 1v1 a man half my age, a 'Mike Tyson' if you would.

[@NDTexan]

"Don't wait for it to come on to a streamer, because we're at a critical junction. We have been for a little while with theatrical films. If cinema is a thing for you, get out and see both films.” -Paul Mescal This is the exact problem with Hollywood and the people who populate it. They think the entire point of the industry is people love the industry and want to sustain it. That type of mentality is why they forgot a long time ago to actually make good products to see.

[@rosmundsen]

Very good video. Thank You Sir.

[@fuferito]

They really do gingers dirty in this movie.

[@peterm.4355]

Maximus' wife death wasn't the result of the opening battle, puhlease.

[@vsznry]

Bro when Campea said it was Gladiator 1 all over again I got so sad.

[@--ART3MIS--]

hail to the Emperors Beavis und Butt-Head! they ARE a joke, right?

[@CallMeChato]

I was going to watch it because it looked like they had created a CGI Burt Reynolds but then it turned out to be Pedro.

[@LostChord]

God damn it. Now I can’t unsee it AND it’s too late to steal it for the main script.

[@CallMeChato]

@ Hahaha

[@christianefiorito3204]

So glad to see a review from you

[@dr.emilschaffhausen4683]

"At my command, unleash excrement." - Maximus 2024

[@hopethishelps91]

Platoons intelligence and ability to quote South park is amazing

[@mistymoonshine897]

Gladiator is a great, epic, glorious movie. Gladiator 2 is the content of Ridley Scott's diaper.

[@ragred5568]

I hoped it wasn't going to suck. Thanks for saving me 2 hours.

[@Alpha23TV]

0:19 wake up honey, Platoon just posted a brand new… *13 MINUTE VIDEO???* … WTF 😳… Oh boy, he must be taking advice from Drinker 😢

[@rebecccca8]

I remember going to the theartre for the first Gladiator with my dad I was only 10 and was so impressed with that whole world-building, the cold coloured battlefield, the lively exotic market, the desperate man who peed himself in that dungeon before the first fight, the almost breeze you'd feel in the crop scene, the gentle tap after Juba laid down those figurines. I remember getting a 3-vcd box set and would put it on every now and then and I feel that pain Commodos had and always cried along with him every time. And I remember I was so upset (as a kid) that Tom Hanks won that year's Oscar instead of Maximus, I know he deserves it more but still. I gladly went to Romulus and enjoyed the first 15 min of that before it became a video game clip but this, this time I don't think I have the heart to go at all. It's different from Indiana Jones I love that franchise but that's a franchise for fun, this I feel like should not be remade at all.

[@kreese-yi2nb]

Had I even bothered to watch this movie - they would lost me at baboons.

[@syme9925]

Thank you for saving me the trouble of seeing it.

[@scionofdorn9101]

This movie needs a metal intervention. AC/DC kicks the door down! 🎵“FOR THOSE ABOUT TO CRINGE, WE SALUTE YOU!”🎵

[@Jasper_Silva]

3:53 Oof! I can't think of a more disparaging thing to say about any work of art than this 😅

[@kins1894]

The twin emperors are so lightly skin. It seems to suggest that the Targaryen bloodline would be so proud. They did clearly showed Commodus ' s tendencies in 1

[@bentonrp]

True. Caracalla was dark skinned, but he was not the first black Emperor. Septimius Serevus his father was dark skinned also.

[@matthewcarroll2533]

@@bentonrp Just as an aside, saying "dark-skinned" does not necessarily make someone "black" in the contemporary sense. TONS of dark-skinned people (cultures) who aren't "black".

[@bentonrp]

@@matthewcarroll2533 Yeah, that's true. What I meant to say is that we at least know they had features common in darker skinned people. Especially Caracalla. Septimius, to some lesser extent.

[@bentonrp]

@@matthewcarroll2533 *but still there.

[@gr33nsk1n]

​@@bentonrp for some reason mainstream media likes to portray romans of partial levantine or north african heritage as subsaharans.

[@charlesbird2897]

This video makes me want to re-watch the first one. Think it’s been about 8-10 years since my last watch so I’m sure I’d enjoy it again

[@DavidJohnSongwriter]

Pedro Pascal’s new character: Pedro Pascal 😅

[@Daniel111404]

That ending though 😂

[@Perseusgorgonslayer]

"Please for your sake and ours.....EFF OFF!!!"-LOL@lostchord! Stellar comedy right there and on point!!!!

[@unknownfilmmaker777]

"It rhymes." -George Lucas

[@BitesizeUGC]

"You've got to better, Senators."

[@marcbraun5342]

Hearing this is like The Force Awakens all over again. Nevermore I say. Also: Pedro Pascal's character,...Perdo Pascal. Good one. ^^ Also also: We're now at the point were we got Gladiator 2. I never thought there will ever be a Titanic 2, now I'm waiting for the teaser...

[@osmanyousif7849]

The thing that made the first Gladiator work so well was that it was it's own self contained story. Sure, it was inspired by Hamlet and Conan the Barbarian, but it still managed to work in both to tell a cohesive story, with a main protagonist and antagonist. Sure, but Maximus and Commodus have their set of followers and allies who all have their own motivations or goals, but these two are meant to be the primary focus. Thus the big climatic spectacle and heart wrenching finale fits. But in this "sequel", it feels dissonant. Not only does it have way to many characters that don't have enough focus, nor a strong connection for the protagonist, that we want to see the two battle it out in the climax.

[@dannydagerous]

thank you.

[@chasehedges6775]

Same here

[@kingrainbow5432]

1:02 Act Man?

[@Jim-Tuner]

The problem with making any sequel to Gladiator is that Roman history in the aftermath of the point in time is completely horrific and depressing. There just isn't anything much good that happens after the death of Commodus for a very long time. And ironically almost all of it is just a repetition of what generally happened with Commodus. I had a problem with the original ending of the first gladiator for that reason. From a historical point of view, there is NO OPTIMISIM to be had at the time the film ended. It wasn't a point in time where Rome was on the brink of restoring itself. It was a fall into the abyss. Scott in Gladiator was also re-tredding the familiar ground of the 1960s film "Fall of the Roman Empire". The appropriate ending for Gladiator if someone actually wanted to do it in a faithful way would have to have been some sort of examination and comparison of old Roman values to the new Christian values that were on the rise. That "new thing" following Commodus wasn't a restored empire. It was the rise of religion in place of a amoral secular empire. But making something like that would have been impossible these days. Or if you want really daring, you put Edward Gibbon's thesis on the table that Christianity itself led to the collapse of the roman empire and see what can be done with that.

[@trentgoeslive]

SUBBED! I didn't even know you had this channel. Love your stuff man. Thanks!

[@SatanLiterally]

Ridley Scott seems intent on destroying his legacy before he reaches the wheat field. I can't think of a movie less in need of sequel than Gladiator. If you want to do more movies set in the era of the Roman Empire, feel free, but there's no reason to connect them to Gladiator, apart from wanting the association with a beloved movie.

[@Tai_Fung]

I went from a TLP review right to here, my day is going great.

[@toolegittoquit_001]

Me too 😂

[@elderforest617]

Are you sure the sharks aren't mutant sea bass with frickin laser beams?

[@williamcowell1889]

Nothing was ever going to be close to Gladiator, it’s considered one of the best movies of all time. Gladiator 2 was still a fun movie to go watch in theatres .

[@trademarkshelton]

So I finally started watching that hbomberguy plagiarism video that got big a while back. Haven’t finished it yet, but one of the interesting points he made is that plagiarism has a telltale warning sign: when you copy someone else’s work and then try to change a few words to “make it your own”, you end up with lots of little mistakes and the whole thing makes less sense. I don’t know, you said Scott essentially plagiarized himself to make this movie and the way you talk about the final product, that seems like that’s pretty true.

[@PhilipCockram]

Copyright or Fair use ? ...if Ridley put this of YT there'd be a claim for sure .

[@spacemonkeyentertainment6413]

My hot take ? Imo they banked on the naval battle in the colosseum drawing in the crowds and imo it works well enough. The rest of the movie barely matters imo.

[@sthcalguy3024]

I don't know who Pedro Pascal is, or why he's famous, but he's no "tough guy Roman general."

[@santiagosanchez1006]

Even a 2010s slasher movie remake is more original

[@walkir2662]

...that ending is a new take on the Drinker. I loved "sue yourself for copyright" and the 2--in-1 summary.