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I find Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero unconvincing, "too normal" to fit the troubled characters that I first knew of watching I, Claudius. Maybe I'm bia
by narag 6y ago
I find Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero unconvincing, "too normal" to fit the troubled characters that I first knew of watching I, Claudius.
Maybe I'm biased, but I feeel the difference even in the images that the reconstructions are based of.
Augustus seems very well done.
- dhosek 6y agoCinematic portrayals can color our mental images. My mental image of Cleopatra is Elizabeth Taylor, as ahistorical as that might be. The oddest along these lines in my head is that I always picture J. D. Salinger as James Earl Jones, thanks to Jones playing a character in Field of Dreams who, in the novel, was Salinger.
- thomasahle 6y agoCheck the article on how each emperor was done: https://medium.com/@voshart/appearance-of-the-principate-pt-i-efa3c759d2b6 https://medium.com/@voshart/appearance-of-the-principate-pt-... I also thought Nero looked weird, but after seeing the other statues, and the historical descriptions, I think it's probably quite good!
- hn_throwaway_99 6y agoI don't know, when I saw Caligula, I thought "Wow, that's exactly how I imagined he would look", like he had that same immature-yet-assholish look of Joffrey in Game of Thrones.
- narag 6y agoThe generated face seems a little wider. Also the eyes of all of them seem very calm. I expected more on the wild side.