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Why are they speaking English in this?

posted 11 years ago by Yukandueet
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I thought people in 33 AD were supposed to speak Roman or something. English hadn't even been invented yet!

[–] firechicken 11 years ago

You're an idiot. Hahaha..."speak Roman".

So you want all the actors to learn Latin and Greek as well as memorizing their lines in both languages, you ass? Then we'd have to read subtitles.

Would you want this level of authenticity for all movies now, where we'd all have to read subtitles, you retard?

[–] Yukandueet 11 years ago

Your mom is the retard.

[–] sackofwhine 10 years ago

He's right tho, you're a dumb tard. Go to hell for being so naive and stupid

[–] Yukandueet 10 years ago

Your mom is a dumb tard.

[–] firechicken 9 years ago

you're stupid as hell, you old ass grandpa....and that goes for your fat pig of a dead mother too.

[–] Yukandueet 9 years ago

Well I would come back and say your mom's even stupider than hell for not aborting your ugly dumb ass, but she probably kept you around to help de-louse her vagina hairs on the weekends so maybe she's not as dumb as she looks.

[–] Carpenter_Fan 11 years ago

I can't believe you are asking this question.

Watch Apocalyptica if you are looking for period realistic language.

"Tonight's celebation is a travesty. We're honoring murderers."

[–] ronaldt49 11 years ago

Kind of like the Bible has everyone speaking "Thee" or "Thou"!!!

No one in that area of the world spoke the King's English.

For an idea of what was spoken back then in that area of the world, just watch your news from that area currently.

[–] THX1701 11 years ago

They did it for Passion of the Christ. But this was a revolutionary thing in modern film to use dead languages.

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[–] THX1701 11 years ago

S h i t, they even made a modern silent film.

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[–] euronick61 8 years ago

They used Latin in the 1976 film Sebastiane too

[–] Voting_for_a_Ficus 10 years ago

Why are all the men circumcised?

[–] marineproductions1 9 years ago

Same reason the aliens appearing in sci-fi films speak English.

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