Happy to have helped Nick! Keep up the amazing work!

Did you really had to blur out Alexander kissing his mom?

KZfaq have forgotten the reason why so many people switched off mainstream television and turned to KZfaq in the first place. ATTENTION KZfaq: You are slowly turning into the censored, nitpicked, over regulated thing we once loved that fact that YOU WERE NOT. Wake up before it's too late.

True

I can tell by your profile pic

I made a joke with my friends that Greek people always yell but the topic is either The Greek Debt Clock or Constantinople/Istanbul I always wondered if I am right

As an Irish-American; yeah Greek, Italian, and Spaniard friends yell a lot lmao

Ahh so Greeks and Armenians are identical

There's definitely enough material there. Starting with a pilot episode around Chaeronaea's time, you could easily get a few seasons of exciting content. One of the things that pissed me off most about the movie was how Ptolemy skipped over the entire Anatolia campaign, the Mediterranean sieges and the Egypt adventure in one sentence. There's so much awesome material there they could have used! And even after Alexander's death, the wars of the diadochi are plenty exciting themselves.

A game of thrones like power struglle between the 4 kingdoms which ends with the invasion of the romans

There is a movie

There is a movie

@Ryan Yeager - I would love that.

I think it is unconscious too haha

Maybe but does he ever "divorce" his Mother when he finds out the truth?

@@ConnorLonergan He blinds himself with a pin and wanders off into the desert, so in a way, yes he does.

and is not real

@@dariusalexandru9536 And?

Yup.. it was the quickest way to solidify their rule

I don’t know, I’ve been listening to a series of lectures on Alexander and it seems that he truly came to believe was a divine being after subjugating Egypt, as opposed to saying it to increase his standing like usual.

@@throbbingfellow1136 I'm sure that Caesar started buying into his own propaganda after winning the civil war as well.

I think Kanye said he was fathered by Zeus.

I thought Caesar was Venus?

Phillip ll. Yeah he tamed Greece with his phalanx and sarissas

@@deankruse2891 To the best of my knowledge Alexander's military was pretty much inherited lock stock from Phillip II, if he made any changes (prior to the conquest of Persia and taking of eastern recruits) they were minor. Not to disrespect him. Hell Caesar did not invent the Roman military system, but is still a brilliant general. However I have more respect for military leaders like Napoleon or Yi Sun Sin who were not only tactically brilliant, but who also created or revolutionised the military machine they used.

What I was saying was Phillip innovated and used that army to bring the rest of Greece under his hegemony. Phillip was no Alexander though. Napoleon and Caesar both studied Alexander’s strategies, along with the rest of the western world continuing today

Alexander used the cavalry and peltas in stronger and more efficient roles than his father and he also integrated eastern troops later on during his campaign. Alexander also did away with the baggage train that was standard for the Macedonian and Greek armies and made the men carry much of their own kit. Come to think of it, he innovated quite A bit.

@@deankruse2891 As I said, I'm not saying it to disrespect Alexander. It's why I mentioned Caesar. Just because someone didn't invent the military machine they used from the ground up doesn't mean they're not a tactically or strategically brilliant. However as I said I have more respect for leaders who were not only brilliant generals, but who also revolutionised or built their war-machine from the ground up. Especially if their methods (as in Napoleon's case) were only made obsolete by technological change and not because someone else created a better system with the same tools. The changes you're describing don't sound all that major to me, and I acknowledged he did change things, but it was hardly in line with the changes Phillip made, and I mentioned his integration of Eastern recruits in my comment. As for, 'people still study their tactics!' this is a bit of a meme. Military academies like to teach by example, but most of these tactical and strategic ploys were not new. Every competent general understands them. What makes a brilliant general is knowing when to use which. That was Alexander's greatest gift; his sense of timing and ability to read a battlefield, knowing where and when to apply pressure to have the greatest effect. This is a trait found in most great generals, and it's hard to quantify who was better at it. No doubt Alexander was one of the best, but I wouldn't call him the best.

Nice summary. The character Oedipus is indeed a tragic figure.

Damn! Oedipus got it so freaking bad.

We had to act this out in drama class

That's why it's called a theory.

Wrong, the complex entails an unconscious desire for sex with one’s mother. So it makes sense they would pair Oedipus’s lack of awareness with the psychoanalytic theory’s unconscious desire, both things you aren’t mean to be aware off

It was a pretty good morale boost- your own king and general knowing you by name and deed. You weren't just a nobody sent to the meat-grinder to die for his glory- him and you break bread and share wine and all the risks and hardships of war together. Just that speech alone makes them more than willing to fight and die on his behalf

But it still sucks for the audience, who will never remember any of these guys.

@@thekraken1909 The ones with more lines are easy to remember.

Of course he remembers the name of his generals. There is nothing special about it

He made them feel important so they would follow him into battle.

Or an HBO show like Rome.

@@elperrodelautumo7511 I'd rather see it on the big screen...

Or just make the whole philip part a prologue and focus on Alexander's conquest of anatolia and the middle east

And he utilized cavalry

HAIL KING PHILIP!!!

@Klaidi Rubiku HAIL!!!

Cavalry Wedge Formation!

@@nulolove yeaaaahhhhh!!!!!!

Recent evidence suggests that Porus won He wounded Alexander Killed his favourite horse and forced him to retreat back via a different route than that Alex had taken while coming into India

@@dcmhsotaeh Alexander defeated Porus in the battle and made him a satrap. His army mutinied and that's why he didn't push on across the Hyphases. They'd heard rumours that the Nanda Empire possessed an army 5x greater in number than their own. It does amuse me how it seems to be a trope of online Indian nationalism that people talk about how India repelled Alexander even though India was not a state. Alexander's army conquered a good part of India and multiple tribes including the kingdom of Porus but later turned back. Alexander was not forced by Porus to return a different route. The reasons why he chose it are disputed but Porus is definitely not one of them. And what I find even more amusing is that even when Indians take this turn-back as a sign of repelling the Greeks, most are completely ignorant of the Indo-Greek Kingdom, a successor-splintr of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom which pushed a lot further and conquered a lot more in India than Alexander achieved. So even if there were any verifiable truth to 'India' as a whole defeating Alexander (for which there is none, he never lost a battle), him being 'repelled' becomes immaterial when you consider that a post-Alexandrian Greek state did what he didn't, crossed the Hyphases, and conquered and subjugated a significant part of India.

F V R Y Indian name for Indian subcontinent was Bharath .All Indians right from Porus day’s and even earlier called themselves as Bharathiya ( Indian) All poets writers etc of ancient India always depicted Indian subcontinent as Bharath .There are any number of verses in Sanskrit texts delineating Indian boundaries as to be from Himalayas to Indian Ocean .India is the modern name for a smaller part of Akhand Bharath ie larger India Through there were numerous small and big kingdoms in this larger India called akhand bharath the people of this area were always united under the Hindu religion which was called Sanatan Dharma Most westerners have a half baked knowledge of India and have a brainwashed notion that it was the British who united Indians and created today’s India .This is not true since before the British There were at least seven rulers who ruled entire Indian subcontinent and even beyond . West has achieved much in human history and we in the East admire the rapid rise of pale skinned people (of a small peripheral area of Asian continent )from dark ages to modernity Asians are proud of their past and realise that they had a little slip about 500 years ago and theywent backwards for a few centuries .But that era is over . The influence of asians ie Arabs and Persians was a major factor in European awakening .Europe learnt most of its newer ideas from its contact and even its rule ( Spain under Arabs)under Asians Greece gained more from Persia than it gave to Asia as a whole .westerners should accept that there were more ancient, refined ,cultures marital powerful ,clever races and people before the advent of the Greeks Romans and before renaissance .The west is actually a newcomer on the human achievement scenario .The rapid rise of Japan Korea and recently China ,India, Indonesia is changing the world power balance .Asia is once again the big boss of the world .Why the west even today needs to lie cover up falsify history of other great peoples is still a big question Alexander’s defeat at the hands of Porus in the area bordering Afghanistan (Afghanistan was called Gandharva desh at that time and was part of Indian cultural and historical sphere but inside India)is very reminiscent of Russia’s defeat in Afghanistan and American defeat in Afghanistan The afghan and Punjab people in that area are known to have defeated all invaders over the centuries Alex’s troops being “ tired” “ fatigued” “ giving back “ Kingdom to Porus “mutinied” etc etc are laughable excuses inserted by biased western historians Europeans need to come out of their superiority myth The world is fast changing The need for world citizen is more acute than ever before .Europeans ought to Stop thinking like colonial whites and be proud of human history as a whole including Afro Asian and Amerindian history The era of white skins being an inch better than their Asian and African brothers and counterparts is certainly over.

@@dcmhsotaeh I said a state not a nation. These are different. Greece wasn't a state either for most of its classical history but it had a concept of its own existence. And no none of this has anything to do with Western bias against India. Porus did not defeat Alexander.

fvriovs you wouldn’t believe the spew of historical revisionism from Hindu nationalists I see seriously I saw a comment once where someone actually tried to claim Alexander was killed by poison from a poison tipped arrow which is ridiculous considering he died in all the way in Babylon and unlike what is believed about the circumstances of Alexander’s death he likely wasn’t poisoned by anyone Greek or Indian.

Great Dictator Aladin did the same. Do u want to go to Alexandria or to Alexandria?

​@@futureisyours3016Aladin💀

​@@futureisyours3016he wished his opponents a painful death and fed prisoners sand

There are thousands of places named “Washington” in America. To my knowledge he didn’t name them himself. They were named in is honor after he died.

Jalal Hussain aye that would be great. just one thing no constant spam of pointless sex scenes like game of thrones.

Could be a prequel to Rome!

First of all they should remake Rome, it was cancelled way to quickly, it was originally supposed to have 5 seasons instead of 2.

Except not terrible in season 2.

HBO should have continued Rome. And yes, a series on the scale of GoT for Alexander and his campaigns would be epic but it would not draw the same audience that GoT did unfortunately.

+T2266 You're goddamn right.

absolutely. i’d believe whatever she goddamn told me

I’d b bustin nuts

Yes, but he wasn't greek

@@ethanmatthews4561 If you wanna push your historic revisionism online you can do so elsewhere. Alexander's father himself had to prove his family's ancestry from Argos to be allowed in the Greek-only Olympics. Theres tons of other evidence but if you are unwilling to listen to all the experts and historians that are in agreement about this , this is a waste of time.

well it kind of is. Macedonians especially were known to be emotional and expressive in this manner.

Pretty sure it's common to shout when you're angry and arguing with someone, I don't know why this was even brought up in the video...they shout when they are angry and arguing against someone

Eyhan Matthews Ancient Macedonians were from Greece.....

I wish they would do Raiders of the Lost Ark

Exactly

Hahah got em!

No one sparks ancient Macedonian anymore it's a dead language

they should watch the greek language version?? although a good thing would be to have characters from the same place have similar accents

I always thought the same thing.

"Everyone is shouting in this movie" I mean.... us Greeks are VERy very very loud people... could be historical accuracy lmao

It is like the stylists had never seen natural blond hair before, and in some scenes the black regrowth is really obvious and jarring. He needed a violet toner rinse STAT.

He looks like an Australian cricketer

@@MsLJK85 Maybe its because Alexander used to wash his head with saffron to try to keep his blonde hair. So maybe his wig like hair is accurate too

If you believe Jennifer Aniston.

@@sebastianborisjonas ask Brad Pitt.

Dead ☠️ 💀

Too right

Based

Тhere's no Great that can defeat this Russian!

Killer-Toni what about a flute busting Prussian?

Names fridrich the great, became the first secretairy of state

Olibique attack tactics, ain't exactly straight.

Hard as steel on the field, gentile in the palace!

Alexander 100% had Cyrus’s legacy on his mind

@@LandersWorkshop yeah, but still he could've marched on the coast. Making the resupply easier when the ships did catch up. Also, you would have a higher chance of meating settlements and if you were about to die of thirst, you had water nearby. It's salty, but if you boil it it's fine. And even then, he didn't need to go through the deassert inland. He could've gone around it to the north. But he didn't want to march back the way he came cause that'd look like a retreat.

@@LandersWorkshop If you ask anyone, they'd take sickness over thirsting to death anytime. Besides, as I said. On the coast they could supply, in the deassert they couldn't. An army doesn't march on it's feet, but on it's stomach after all.

You cannot just simply boil ocean water and drink it... that would remove bacteria and germs but the salt would remain.. desalination is needed to drink ocean water..

that's why he wanted to keep going east, to get as far away from her as possible

@@williambenetos5115 lmao

with a mom like that i would find easier to follow oedipus footsteps than achileus tbh...

I got confused when i watched this movie as a kid, i was like 'wait, isnt she his mommy?, Wait he is gay?'

@@jangkarsuci8885 Yes to both... lol

Well, it's even more understandable since his mom is actually just 1 year older than him in this movie....

@@jangkarsuci8885 Now leftists want to make the whole world like this.

Hey a fellow Indian

There is a moment where a trunk is cut in the revisited, but I could not say if it is what I think.

Porus had a porous border is how Alexander defeated him.

Awww poor elephants :( I really dont understand poachers...fucking cunts ,should be skinned halfway and stringed by their testicles.

Holy shit thats sad

Tv is too low budget he deserves his own movie trilogy

@@meep3035 I'm thinking that start with Philip and Olympia giving birth to Alexander all the way towards his death. probably be 15 seasons of a TV show maybe.

Exactly!

Where'd you hear that analogy?

Just A+? How about a gold winning medal champion at international highschool and university competitions in math,arts and sports repeatedly.

Yeah the editing was weird, but I think the amount of characters was find given they were real people and important companions

Dean Kruse even more reason why a tv show would have been more appropriate

Agreed that an HBO series would be the best way to tell Alexander’s story, but the big screen is a special medium that is there to immortalize him in a way that a TV series could not. Hollywood would be even more bored with a trilogy, so a 4 hour epic is the only choice, along the lines of Lawrence of Arabia

Dean Kruse fair enough

I think I've seen it 3 times but could never really get glued to it. It's too vast and all over the place, I finally gave up lol

Okay that is funny as hell lmao

That's a good possibility.

If that is true this guy have let his Ego take over his mind.......getting so many men killed by heat and sand is really a STUPID move!

Get help or get laid, goodluck

whatever helps your ego

+Heisenberg now I've always wondered how did he get his navy from the Mediterranean into the Persian gulf? Or did he build a new navy after taking Babylon

Well yeah I do too but the reality is historic movies often don’t make money. That’s why we don’t get many of them. Honestly I think Oliver Stone could have cut costs a lot and still been able to tell the story he wanted. Many of these scenes border on opulent.

But maybe too accurate.

The music was indeed divine!

The music rocks. Vangelis was the *perfect* choice to score it!

The music is divine and enjoyable, but horrendous, I mean, who uses the chariots of fire synths in the BC times?

no this movie is boring and it makes me want to sleep

History records three different accounts, one which is presented in the movie (Plutarch's account i believe), but also combined with Arrian's account of him handing his signet ring to Perdiccas. Arrian, Diodorus and Curtius all acknowledge the story of "Toi Kratistoi", and i believe it to be the most accurate, but then again, it is the more interesting. Now consider he actually meant Craterus, why would he? Alexander had no successor by choice, and during his 13 years on the throne, he had ample time to appoint someone. Yet he never did. Not even Hephaestheon was named successor, and there doesn't seem to be anyone in Alexander's court he really cared about enough to find worthy to carry on his legacy. Craterus is also characterized as a staunch traditionalist, someone opposed to Alexanders own pretentions of divinity and persian custom. This is not to say Alexander didn't trust him. No sir! He most likely were sent to Macedon to relieve Antipater of his post and in reality become the new "king" of Macedon. Lastly we need to consider the "Toi Kratistoi" through the lense of historical narrative. Diodorus, who is the main proponent of this view, wrote 300 years after Alexanders death, and he wrote world history (Library of History). My point being that he must have been well aware of how the story of Alexander's successors eventually would turn out, and in this create an interesting point of the origin of the conflict. Either portraying the "toi kratistoi" as a bitter challenge from Alexander, or as an appointment of the one person not in Babylon, the seed of conflict was planted. Diodorus being the earliest of our sources, we cannot know the accounts that already existed from Alexanders death, or if Diodorus created one to make sense of what happend.

Alexander was kinda a dick obsessed with glory so It isn't really a stretch to assume that he meant the strongest.

Imagine you were moments from death from fever and delirium. Do you think your last words would be a Generals name that fought for you decades ago?

John L Even by Alexander standards plunging his empire into civil war just for the hell of it would be a bit of a dick move

Darth Cronal who expects to die at 30?

Keep in mind Nick has to keep his videos somewhat condensed and explaining that the modern idea of nations is a very modern concept would be a whole video itself, so it's easier to just say "Greece" which most the audience will understand rather than trying to quickly explain the idea of city states.

@@Sergei_Ivanovich_Mosin well he is stupid for thinking alex is a narrsasitic and that he planned his death

Demosthenes would disagree

Phillip united Greece in the league of Corinth not Alexander

​@@thedragondemands5186 aeschines would disagree with Demosthenes 😉 what's your point

I agree. I don't know why people assume with such sureity that it was out of spite.

@@Prometheus7272 well the more knowledge gained about Alexander he was a very spiteful man. Especially because he strong sense of destiny about himself and anyone who challenges his world view was a threat to him.

@@Prometheus7272 to the strongest is basically a blessing for civil war. Having a clear line of succession is a very important thing especially great empires such as this where civil war is detrimental.

@@808INFantry11X What's wrong with having a sense of destiny around you.

​@@Prometheus7272Well if it reaches God-like destiny then there is a problem

#BringBackTheOldIntro

+FOX 12 No, use it as an outro

***** Yep. I even like the new intro. The old one was better.

+FOX 12 Well I watched it one time and than I just skip it. But it was not hard thing to do since it was exactly first 60s.

the old intro is certainly epic and I do believe that it is the better of the two. I don't think anyone is honestly saying that it's absence is destroying the channel. but as viewers it is proper for us to let the creator know our opinions. he may even appreciate it. I suggest a poll/survey.

+Sultan I'd watch it

I agree with you. HBO or Netflix can do it I believe. Violence and sex it would be huge then slyly add in historical facts. It's a win win!

+Ricky Marasigan (peepinR) If HBO made a series about Alexander with the same attention to detail and authenticity they had in Rome. I would probably absolutely love it.

Agree. Oliver Stone has seen combat. His battle scenes were going to be realistic and chaotic. I adored this movie when it first came out and I adore it still

​@@benjalucian1515 likewise, I think I watched it like 6-7 times already, including the director's cut and the final revisited cut, and I'll probably watch it again and again, it's my favorite historical/military movie in addition to Kingdom of Heaven (director's cut), cheers!

Europe already had monkeys.

This movies a complete shitshow and follows the most outdated research.

@@kramhorse much of this movie is accurate

+VictoryGames Yeah I had to watch it before putting this vid on. Really puts me int he right mood for this video. He did such an amazing job on the intro, it's a shame he caved. If people don't want to watch it they should just skip ahead. It's not that hard.

+VictoryGames The fact is, the short intro is the smart move. It leads to less people clicking away in the first 10-15 seconds, which I cannot believe people are ADD enough to do but stats do not lie. The new intro is more informative about what you're about to watch and introduces Nick in cartoon form from the start. The old intro was awesome but didn't really tell you what you were about to watch, and Nick's cartoon avatar clashed pretty hard with the show's visual theme of "ornate museum" up to that point.

REST IN DEATH OLD INTRO!

same

I think you should review the last of Mohicans

No.

A. Jolie is not that attractive.

I'd tap that. Not going to lie..

@@thepsychicspoon5984 u r goddamn blind

@@thepsychicspoon5984 I think she was very beautiful in this movie

I'm in a glass case of emotions right now!!

many like it. this channel just nitpicks a lot. so it's expected.

After9Design Well, what breed was Bucephalus?? Because it might not exist anymore. So they just used whatever modern (Freisians are a fairly old breed though; just not THAT old) horse breed they thought would "fit" Alexander. Since, you know, Freisian horses do look rather stunning, almost "regal" in appearance and behaviour. Them being used as mounts by knights in medieval times, probably also helps in using one to portray a warhorse without it seeming too unrealistic (although I doubt that was a main concern for the filmmakers; they probably just focused on how great it looked on screen).

Nekhet, according to Wikipedia "A massive creature with a massive head, Bucephalus is described as having a black coat with a large white star on his brow. He is also supposed to have had a "wall eye" (blue eye), and his breeding was that of the "best Thessalian strain." That means he was Greek.

After9Design Hmm.. That raises the question if any current Greek horse breeds (if there are any left that is) would have any members that would fit those criteria. I can see why they used a Friesian horse though; the black coat (although it lacked the star), the large, somewhat "heavy" build, the fact they were used as warhorses back in the day etc. Still would be interesting to see if the Thessalian breed Bucephalus was of still exists or if there are any breeds who descend from it.

Well they cast an Irish man to play a Macedonian, so should they have cast a Macedonian?

Bucephalus was of Thessalian breed,it was short and strong. The breed still exists,but because it is a purely war breed it is not used. Fun fact:Many of the Mongolian horse breeds are of Thessalian descent,see the video about the Heavenly horses.

Agree., just like the miniseries Rome. It was really annoyed to see 20 years of Alexander's life being cramped into a movie. Just doesn't do him justice.

Way too expensive

Sorry man. It's bad enough the sources on his sotry are mostly anti-Persian propaganda, but this shit? Turning into an HBO pornography? Wow. Now that's next level horseshit.

I suppose we should never say never

This movie was quite a while back. Hope they do another one soon. New mini series would be great but leave out all the nonsense

EXACTLY!!!

Greeks literally called the eleans barbarophonoi for their dialect even though they spoke greek

@array s No, jackass. He means the different accents of the actors are to be interpreted as the different regions of Greece of the generals in the film.

In the movie, "Alexander", The Macedonians had Irish accents, The Athenians had English accents, and Olympias being from the Greek Kingdom of Epirus had a Russian accent. It is true, that Greece being a country of mountains and valleys had city states and kingdoms that were isolated from one another and each developed its own distinct dialect and accent, but nevertheless, all were Greek! Macedonia is not a country, its just another Greek Kingdom! The slavs of former Yugoslavia love to be called Macedonians, but are no more Macedonians than Ronald MacDonald!

@@HopliteWarlord preach brother!

Saying Macedonia was not Greek is like saying Ionia or even the Peloponnese was not Greek because it wasn’t Attica

Hoplite Warlord Macedonians USED to be Greek. They even spoke a dialect of Greek. (All be it a very harsh dialect, but still) They are now Half Slav and Half Greek. They now also speak a Slavic Language.

+Garret LeBuis Took the words out of my mouth.

Craterus meant strong in greek

Totally agree with you. That Aristotle scene blew me away and I nearly included it but I just didn't have time in the end

+Geordie Walker Good old Christopher Plummer.

Wolf Strife He has a very nice voice

Geordie Walker Well, you know Canadians.

I watched Alexander and this reminds me of the 300 and 300 rise of an empire.

Same here.

Yes! The Last Emperor!!

It’ll probably be illegal to watch it in China though lol

YES

Adi Adiani - You're a complete tit for posting this comment more than once.

Me.

I think you're glorifying it for the wrong reasons.

Overall agree, but I'm not so sure about Pompeji the Great. Dude didn't even get to the palace after being crowned before getting his head cut off.

Trump The Great. Yes. No? 😆

Theodosius?

Comparing the achievements of someone like Frederick of Prussia to Alexander kinda makes Frederick's "The Great" status seem a bit undeserving. He won the Silesian Wars and annexed some territories from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, that's hardly comparable to conquering most of the known world in 10 years.

+Moving20 I would put also "All quiet on the western front" on the list, too. It's based on a novel about the horrors of WWI. They were quite faithful to the material, and hired even soldiers who fought in said war. Which isn't that hard, given that the war only happend 15 years prior. But it still moved me deeply.

+Moving20 Glory The Thirteenth Warrior Gettysburg Lincoln The Crucible Gallipoli The Great Debaters Skokie The King's Speech The Revenant The Social Network The Imitation Game Selma The Help 10000 BC Gandhi The Last Legion The Pianist Paths of Glory Spartacus The Fifth Estate 12 Years a Slave The Other Boleyn Girl War Horse Steve Jobs (either Michael Fassbender or Ashton Kutcher) Bridge of Spies Amazing Grace Dunkirk Hawking Turn: Washington's Spies Rome (HBO) Last of the Mohicans The Flowers of War The New World Argo (2012) The Last King of Scotland I'd really like to see more films that aren't about war. Of course, historical war films are good too, but having too many of them gets kind of stale.

+Jimmy Yang admiral: roaring currents? Red Baron?

Daniel Allan bishop heahmund

Right on

Man that's possibly my favorite movie ever.

jason m. Weirdly, I just watched it. I honestly found it boring.

Jesus Christ yeah

Makes "Dances with Wolves" look pale in comparison.

Also is very weird because Colin Farrell is an incredible actor with countless subdued and nuanced performances in his career Must be over dicecting by Ridley Scott Or he was too young and overwhelmed by the role

​@@TheJunmengoOr it was just wrong casting. Farrell usually plays his best roles when they are nobodies. It's very hard to play someone so larger than life in a subdues, realistic way.

It isn’t Colin Farrell’s fault that’s Oliver Stone’s direction.

Way better than something generic as "the Great" we have tons of "Great" people, but who would face someone called "the Bleedin' Deadly"?

sander heutink Nah , "bleedin deadly" is very blunt Dublin slang for "great". So people in Ireland took the piss out of the film by calling him "Alexander the bleeding deadly" Like an american kid saying "alexander the sick mannn , yo !"

Oli Faelaen alexander the lit is my favorite

Oli Faelaen , no we didnt

Yes we bleedin did . It was even slagged of as such on Ray Darcy . I heard of it first when my brother said "Have you seen Alexander the bleedin deadly ?" He then explained it . Look , if your really irish , did you not find his Dublin accent a bit ridiculous ?. I know a country man would , if he said "Oh Be Jeezes , Id be up for a bit of craic in Persia so I would" Or a Londoner if he said " Caww Blimey , we soon sawr off those facking Persians . Gonna get on the dog an bone (phone) an tell de missus "

allanmacauley I would have let English fly by since it’s spoken by the actors but using Latin is just silly.

@Perpetual Motions English uses a slightly modified version of the Latin alphabet, with a couple of exceptions: Latin has no U or W.

@@SnazzyBoBazzy It's to get into the mood of the movie. Nobody can read Greek and a modern day audience will recognize many ancient names in Latin but not Greek.

@@allanmacauley But at some point of the movie Alexander is writing on a piece of paper (papyrus?) with the title "TAX SYSTEM" spelled out in Greek alphabet.

They should do a recasting of this movie.

+Bobby Siecker I only listen to Shakespear in the original Klingon.

+MrSingularity44 #KingJamesonly XD

sine moderamine Seriously, the smugness made it so much worse

Adam Frazer I’m happy they ended Rome. I’d rather have fewer seasons with more focused writing than 4+ seasons of filler episodes. I think for Alexander, Season 1 should be his early life all the way up to his crossing of the hellespont. Season 2 would continue the story and end at gaugamela (idk how to spell it) Season 3 should show the Indian campaigns and his death and should show his empire breaking up.

@@acceleration4443 I second that, imagine a scene of the Siege of Tyre that would be something to marvel at.

I can think of so many times in history that would do great as a Game of Thrones style thing Sengoku Jidai, Era of the three kingdoms, 30 years war, I could go on.

The diadochi wars would be the best of it. The successor kingdoms fighting to claim Alexander's legacy... until the Romans arrived that stopped their petty squabbling.

Sounds kinda lame tbh. Its just one guy kicking everyone's ass.

There are many movies out there that "should" have been masterpieces. They've had it all: Good story, great cast, awesome director, etc. But they still bombed. There are a million different things you have to take into consideration when making a movie, a million things that need to come together in a perfect way to really make a true masterpiece at the end. Just one decision from one of the many, many people involved in the process, can lessen or even ruin the whole thing. Sometimes all it takes are baseless accusations of racism, made by a small but very loud minority that wouldn't even watch the movie to make a great film flop, like "Ghost in the Shell".

lol good obserbation

Nice one 😂😂😂

Lol. Are we there yet?

A lighthouse in Alexandria maybe?

I’ve constructed it many times in CIV what are you talking about?

Is it to guide ships safely to port?

I would say many people don't know what Alexandria even is.

Agreed! He is a splendid actor

He would make a great Nero if they made a motion picture about him

He already played a Roman Emperor in Gladiator.

Yup at the time Alexander came out I got pumped by watch a bunch of sword and sandal movies. Halfway though in the theater I thought the same thing. Joaquin would have been perfect. I always imagined Alexander as somewhat like Commodus at least emotionally. Just make him actually be a badass and bam perfect.

i see him more as a Ceaser or napoleon