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I first watched this when I was in the 6th grade and ive watched it about 10 times over the past 15 years or so.
Its not historically accurate but still very compelling to watch . The music is of the same ilk as found in Cecil Demils Ten Commandments , powerful and insistent. I dont really know how to critique actors but you cant help but like Peter Otoole.
There is a scene where Eleazar uses his catapaults to smash the Legions initial work on the ramp and Gallus tells Silva that he will start working on another idea and Silva replies that there is no other idea , the ramp is the only viable plan available and it has to be made to work ; well.... I have an idea..... its gross as all hell but it would keep the legion out of direct battle , require less material and man hours as portrayed in the miniseries and ... heheheh... it would work pretty quickly.
This'll ruin your lunch..... youve been warned :)
Position the catapaults to 4 different sides of Masada, perhaps even manufacture a dozen or so more of them to create , let's say , 5 catapaults to each side . Create platforms for them that allow them to maneuver thus ultimately exposing the whole surface area of the fortress to 'attack' , take the Jewish slaves and set them to making earthen vessels that can be capped with wax or cloth and rope or what have you..... then use the manufactured vessels as latrine receptacles, ( for fifteen thousand legionnaires and another 5000 slaves , all of whom need to use the toilet a few times a day ) , add to that yucky pile all the blood and offal and dung of the daily slaughtered animals then begin a bombardment from all sides , day and night nonstop .Each catapault can be fired say 15 times an hour 15 X 20 X 24 = 7200 toilet bombs smashing all over the surface area of the fortress every 24 hours. It would very quickly befoul every inch of the fortress , toxify any food or water and create not only a gross living area but a poisonous one as well . Add to the back of this hellish siege a standing offer for mercy to the women and children ( or something like that) and just keep up the pressure till they crack.
I wonder how Flavius would have reacted to my suggestion , I can just see O'tooles face as I described my idea. But people back then may have had different constitutions then what people have today , still , it would have been far less labor , almost zero combat and the slaves would have been doing all the 'dirty' work... including cleaning the place up after Eleazar surrendered AND it would have kept well within the timetable Vespasian was under.
Its strange , the things you think up .
It was as the film was approaching its anticlimax that I lose heart , knowing the final fate of the rebels. Eleazar comes off as a likeable guy .... but so does Flavius and Vespasian even.
Those were brutal times ( like current times arent ) and this is not how the siege of Masada actully unfolded , still , its exciting to watch this battle of wits as well as muscle , the scenes with the Emperor are really fascinating as Vespasian portrayed as an idealist whose been muddied by political realities.
I pull out this dvd every so often and rewatch it as this is the best miniseries ive ever seen and ive no problem recomending it .
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