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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7942082, member: 19463&quot;]You just answered your own question.&nbsp; Even if a historian is hired to input suggestions, the bottom line is the bottom line.&nbsp; Some egomaniac producers care nothing about any truth other than there is no job for them tomorrow if they don&#039;t sell tickets today.&nbsp; If Commodus is not weird enough, mix in a little Caligula or a dash of Nero.&nbsp; Be careful not to make the hero seem unheroic.&nbsp; That is why I liked Game of Thrones.&nbsp; When you start on a planetary system that has two suns and a map unlike anything ever seen, dragons are not a big step and get a pass from people who would have been offended had they been written into historical fiction about Britain.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For the umpteenth time here I&#039;ll ask: Why have they not made a mini series based on the life of Julia Maesa?&nbsp; (Look up what that name means before you cast her.) In the first season she sees her baby sister marry Septimius and have sons while she only has daughters.&nbsp; In the second she sees Caracalla kill Geta and spots an opening for advancement of her family.&nbsp; Season three could not be made for Netflix (too wild for them) and would end with Maesa changing grandsons without batting an eye.&nbsp; The opportunity for bastardizing history of this period would make &#039;Caligula&#039; look PG.&nbsp; Ask who you would cast based on what is known about the characters and what would allow the result to get an R rating.&nbsp; What parts of the story would you have to change to avoid offending any large segment of the ticket buying public?&nbsp; Elagabalus would be an obvious Oscar for costume design.&nbsp; Come to think of it, that part of the story would not be possible so we would probably get a watered down version spiced up with some Commodus and Caligula antics for good measure.&nbsp; When I was a kid, I had a Davy Crockett hat.&nbsp; What headgear could they sell to promote this period?&nbsp; </p><p><a href="https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/saga-davy-crocketts-coonskin-cap" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/saga-davy-crocketts-coonskin-cap" rel="nofollow">https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/saga-davy-crocketts-coonskin-cap</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Coins to assist in casting:</p><p>Septimius:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1374825[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Domna:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1374824[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Caracalla and Plautilla:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1374826[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Geta:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1374830[/ATTACH] </p><p>Maesa:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1374829[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Elagabalus:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1374828[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Macrinus:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1374827[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Severus Alexander:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1374831[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin dealer Bruce McNall dabbled in movie production but never did one on ancient history.&nbsp; I wonder if he ever considered such a project.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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