[jimnotgym]

Would you choose the weapons, armour and tactics as described in the Iliad? Even though it is thought they are inaccurate for the time period that they think the Iliad is set? Not so easy I would say.

And the extra you describe, where does he appear on screen? Front and centre, or in the fourth rank behind the people in better costumes?

And the longboat, does it appear on screen in its original form, or with additions to make it look more period accurate?

[bee_rider]

> Would you choose the weapons, armour and tactics as described in the Iliad? Even though it is thought they are inaccurate for the time period that they think the Iliad is set? Not so easy I would say.

Either “best attempt at historical accuracy” (although that would have been difficult given the sparse record), or “true to Homer’s anachronistic story” would have been reasonable ways to go. Sounds like they picked neither, though…

[protocolture]

>Would you choose the weapons, armour and tactics as described in the Iliad?

Thats fine but my ultimate preference would be fully period.

Theres an old painting of jesus getting stabbed by Longinus kicking around, and Longinus and the other romans are wearing modern (at the time of painting) Italian plate harness with sallet helms.

The reason we dont depict romans like this painting, or wearing modern army fatigues and carrying rifles, is that we know better.

>And the extra you describe, where does he appear on screen? Front and centre, or in the fourth rank behind the people in better costumes?

The gist here is that most of the costumes are rentals with a few exceptions. The extra himself is barely on screen, but he is one of apparently a large number of people in the same outfit. YMMV.

The costumes they have created for the film are no better in accuracy, the batmanesque helmet for Agamemnon has been thoroughly ridiculed online and I wont bother going over it again here.

>And the longboat, does it appear on screen in its original form, or with additions to make it look more period accurate?

They took the dragon head prow down at least. Not much more than that has been done.