Shik
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posted June 16, 2002 04:01 AM
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...
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posted June 16, 2002 09:27 PM
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.
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Shik
Starship database: completed; History of Starfleet: done; website: probably never
Member # 343
posted June 17, 2002 03:22 AM
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.
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