tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14618504.post1052009419762676082..comments2023-09-30T07:26:39.147-04:00Comments on Modo Vernant Omnia: ::sighs::RaeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01841066344380185598noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14618504.post-7743575877200877902012-06-20T00:29:46.775-04:002012-06-20T00:29:46.775-04:00This is a necropost if there ever was one, but you...This is a necropost if there ever was one, but yours is one of the few sites I've come across that brings this up. <br /><br />I am watching ROME for the very first time (gotta watch something while waiting for GOT S3). HBO got this one completely wrong. Tevye is a yiddish name, it did not exist during this time period (the proper form would probably have been toviah). The liturgy in the synagogue sequences are wrong. Granted - we don't know for sure what tunes or pronunciation was used, but it certainly wasn't nusach Ashkenaz! Mannerisms, dress, language (using the word Hashem? Really?) Ugh - someone on their staff knows just enough to get it all wrong. <br /><br />Is it me, or is his Jewish identity an afterthought? That came out of nowhere in season 1. <br /><br />The series tries to hard to be authentic. Too bad they did not ask the local frum Rav.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14618504.post-56726652082380946762007-01-28T23:32:00.000-05:002007-01-28T23:32:00.000-05:00Hee! Sounds like an apt description, even if it's ...Hee! Sounds like an apt description, even if it's just speculative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14618504.post-46855725172572482872007-01-28T00:13:00.000-05:002007-01-28T00:13:00.000-05:00Yeah, History International is great. They air all...Yeah, History International is great. They air all sorts of documentaries, about all sorts of things. Totally my favorite of all the History Channels. I think I've seen Naked Archaeologist before, but it was a while ago. With so much to do, it's difficult to keep up with that kind of program. <br /><br />I know, isn't it great! I *love* Roman history! You can't really beat it for amazing, bold and unbelievable drama. I think the Vikings can meet it on the unbelievable stage, and they were certainly a bold bunch, but the shear drama and scale of Rome leaves them in the dust, I'm afraid. And Greece certainly has it moments, but still... You gotta give props to Rome for all out, balls-to-the-wall chutzpah in keeping it together against all odds for so long. My Latin prof said to me the other day that I'm a Classicist masquerading as a Medievalist... who knows, she might be right. ::shrugs::RaeShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01841066344380185598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14618504.post-46518728935461875242007-01-28T00:00:00.000-05:002007-01-28T00:00:00.000-05:00Hey.. since you have cable, you might be intereste...Hey.. since you have cable, you might be interested in the History Channel Inernational. Our friends in NC sent us some DVDs of stuff they TiVo-ed, including Naked Archaeologist, which you also might find amusing. :)<br /><br />Roman history IS pretty dramatic without any help from outsiders. :P Where would we be without Caligula's Saturnalia proclamation making gift-giving mandatory? Or the Julian calendar's expiration dates? Or... or... Caesar's campaigns in Gaul and Britain? Now THAT was a good read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14618504.post-42182560092419936982007-01-27T00:12:00.000-05:002007-01-27T00:12:00.000-05:00That's okay... I wasn't very careful when I was wr...That's okay... I wasn't very careful when I was writing my fannish rant, so I probably wasn't careful in explaining the setting. Plus, once "first century" is pretty easy to mistake for another! ;D <br /><br />I do highly recommend the show because they really did do a pretty fantastic job with most of it. There are other little things that they tweaked and messed with in order to have fewer characters (after all, how many characters can one squeeze into a show before it goes way beyond "ensemble cast") and make the show more concise without skimping on the drama (as if that's possible with Roman history?). They're trying to get through something like 22 years of history in 22 episodes, and so far, they've pulled it off very well.RaeShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01841066344380185598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14618504.post-33869472045326269182007-01-26T23:07:00.000-05:002007-01-26T23:07:00.000-05:00Ahhh, so it's not 1st century CE, then. Sorry. May...Ahhh, so it's not 1st century CE, then. Sorry. Maybe I misread it. I've heard good things about it, so maybe I'll look into tracking down the first season DVDs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14618504.post-39900250829462409822007-01-26T20:36:00.000-05:002007-01-26T20:36:00.000-05:00Yeah, that's why it's strange that he would be tal...Yeah, that's why it's strange that he would be talking about Judean rebellion against the Romans in the 44 BCE, which is when the current season of "Rome" takes off, immediately following the assassination of Julius Caesar. I should have made that more clear in my complaints against the show... which is small in comparison to how wonderful it is in all other ways, except this. It really is a very good show overall.RaeShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01841066344380185598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14618504.post-2107852872845627932007-01-26T20:22:00.000-05:002007-01-26T20:22:00.000-05:00Um.. well... there was the rebellion at Masada in ...Um.. well... there was the rebellion at Masada in 73-ish CE... But if he's isolated from Judea because he lives in Italy, would it be possible that word would have circulated? Vespatian did consider it rather a black eye.. Of course, not having access to cable, I've never seen this series and I don't know anything about it except that it's supposed to be quite popular.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com