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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

I'm sitting here watching the old 1976 BBC "I, Claudius" miniseries & it's funny how many sci-fi & fantasy connections there are. You've got:

Patrick Stewart as Sejanus
John Rhys-Davies as Macro

Brian Blessed (Boss Nass in TPM) as Augustus

David Robb (Kalas from "Highlander") as Germanicus

John Hurt ("1984") as Caligula

Si�n Phillips (Reverend Mother in "Dune") as Livia

Wonder how many more there are...

Posted by Nim Pim (Member # 205) on :

John Hurt, who also played "When I get back to earth I'm going to get some decent food!! *cough* *ack!* Aaaargh, aaaahh!!! *splorf* EEEEEEE!!!! *silence*"

Livia, was she the old bird who stabbed herself repeatedly with a gladius, to illustrate how fun life can be?
I only saw a glimpse of that show when I was about 6 or 7, but I remember that scene, it stuck to my head. And now that you mentioned Reverend Mother I remember her pruny face too. [Smile]

Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

Livia was the scheming manipulative bitch wife of Augustus, former wife of Marc Antony, mother (by Antony) of Tiberius & Drusus, grandmother to Claudius & Germanicus....& an incredible self-serving cunt who ruined the lives of everyone around her. Much like one of my roommates.

It really is a marvelous series, though. Some of the lines are great.

[ June 17, 2002, 11:23: Message edited by: Shik ]