An Epic Length Review

Andy Duncan, exercising his pen in the guise of a Guild of Film Reviewers reviewer, or as an exercise in Homer length musings, shares his thoughts on the recently released film Troy. I cannot tell how frequently he referred to his Penquin books edition of The Illiad in writing the reivew.  The piece is titled “Troy: The film that launched a thousand trips to the bathroom." You should be able to read it through in one sitting.

Posted by on 05/18 at 05:08 AM

  1. Actually, THE TIME TUNNEL had a great “Trojan War” episode, relying, as always, on copious stock footage.

    The “Nero’s Ghost” episode is cooler, though. It’s actually slightly scary.

    Bare-bones synopsi of THE TIME TUNNEL are at http://www.chapmip.demon.co.uk/tt_crit.htm

    Most episodes can be summed up in one line:

    "The pair witness the legendary siege of Troy in c.1200BC." ("Revenge of the Gods")

    "Tony and Doug try to prevent Custer’s last stand at Little Bighorn in 1876."

    "Silver-skinned aliens arrive in Arizona in 1885 with the aim of taking over the Earth."

    You can have your modern, weepy, decadent “Quantum Leap”. This is the way history should be dealt with: "General Kirk’s idea of sending a bag of grenades and a machine gun to help Tony(during the Trojan War) seems a bit heavy-handed. “

    "Merlin re-directs Tony and Doug to 6th Century England where they help King Arthur to defeat the Vikings."

    ("lung was there too"says lung)

    Posted by John Sabotta  on  05/18  at  07:25 PM

  2. John - Is the series available on DVD here in the USA?  Sounds kind of interesting after reading the plot synopsis supplied via the link.

    Posted by  on  05/19  at  08:25 AM

  3. Apparantly not, although Googling turns up various announcements and rumors.

    There appear to have been Japanese laser discs and perhaps one DVD.

    Posted by John Sabotta  on  05/20  at  07:04 PM

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