But the twist in the end of watchmen was one of the best. Well, I haven't really read the novel so I wouldn't know. I am planning to watch that, with Gerard Butler being there. Speaking of Gerard Butler, you should see Rocknrolla. It's really good. ANd also Layer cake.
wow, new spread fast. You've been talking to elurch?
Movies that I like would be action and war. Sorta like the gladiator and braveheart. Though I do watch horror movies, and there are times when I like them. I just don't watch too much because of the after effects.
Okay I'll add it to my list of manga to start. Which fyi is now more than 30 entries long, lol.
And yeah, that's not surprising, as Hannibal is better known to the general public - most people who aren't heavily into Roman history are more aware of Gaius Julius Caesar and Gaius Octavius Thurinus (Augustus Caesar) as far as Romans go. Note that Nobunaga Oda is also in Drifters. And I'd heard of Shimazu Toyohisa before this too (I hadn't heard of the third guy before, but like I said my knowledge of Japanese history is pretty poor.)
This gathering of historical generals and warriors from both East and West is getting very interesting. Especially since they seem to be key to the whole plot.
Tch! Hannibal Barca and Publius Cornelius Scipio, of course. More commonly known as just 'Hannibal' and 'Scipio Africanus' or 'Scipio the Elder'. Hannibal is best known for marching a Carthaginian army through the Alps to attack Rome and for also losing to them in the end, though he was actually a brilliant tactician and general. Scipio was a Roman general from the same era who earned his nicknames ('The Roman Hannibal', and 'Africanus') for fighting against the Carthaginians in Africa, and like Hannibal was a brilliant general. He's best known for studying his arch-enemy's tactics and adapting them to use against him, though he was certainly a brilliant commander in his own right, too (it's just not what's he's famous for, like Hannibal is famous for the failed march across the Alps.) The Carthaginian empire was obliterated by the Romans, and the ground around the city of Carthage is said to have been ground sown with salt so that they couldn't rebuild. In reality it wasn't quite like that (the Romans actually razed it to the ground but then rebuilt the city as part of their empire), but it's a very popular myth. Carthago is the Latin term for Carthage. Zama is a famous battle where Scipio routed Hannibal's army, decisively ending the Second Punic War.
N.B I don't think they were actually explicitly named in Drifters, but Zama is mentioned, as is Carthago. To me it was instantly obvious who they were.
