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(Has he said anything about the presence of a printed newspaper?
Or, for that matter, the chronologically inconsistent battle techniques?)
But theres one scene in the new picture really, one line that I cant stop thinking about.
Its a tiny, throwaway moment, the kind that could be cut from the movie with little effect.
But for some reason, it has seized hold of my brain.
As he runs away, we hear one of them asking the villagers, Have you seen this boy?
What could that something be?
Did the ancient Romans have witness sketches?
They obviously didnt have photographs.
(Though it would be very funny if Scott cut to a Roman soldier holding up a Polaroid.
Some audiences today probably think Polaroidsarethat ancient.)
Id like to imagine that the soldiers were holding up a perfectly carved little marble statue of the boy.
Or, hell, maybe a full bust that they were lugging from village to village.
(I grew up readingAsterixcomic books, which derive much of their fun from such anachronisms.)
Often, they do this to make a broader point about the World We Live in Today.
But if you are going to tie your movie to the modern day, I say go all out.
So what do I know?
(I could ask Ridley Scott, but I suspect hed just tell me to go fuck myself.)
Its entirely possible they did have some sort of sketch they could have shown.
