What main characters die? - Pompeii (2014) Discussion

[–] setvenharis 11 years ago

Yep...and Milo.

In fact.. everyone.

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[–] hmc1991 11 years ago

Your answer: http://youtu.be/74BzSTQCl_c?t=10s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y45x1OJI6SM

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[–] briangcb 10 years ago

LOL, I'm glad I saw your post because I was just about to post the exact same thing.

End Of Line.

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[–] bobmccanless 10 years ago

GREAT response! It's more cataclysmic than "Titanic" - EVERYBODY dies (sorta like, "Mars Attacks!" 😛 )!!!

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[–] omega-sesshoumaru 11 years ago

everyone

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[–] bizz-2 11 years ago

All.

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[–] bloovee 11 years ago

The horse might have made it.

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[–] alidede 11 years ago

And he acted very well in the movie and he was only decent actor who survived

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[–] Ultros7 11 years ago

The horse is the only good character in the movie.

In fact, watching it all burn was kind of poetic. Just end this movie already, go go volcano.

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[–] bazkie 11 years ago

This thread is hilarious.

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[–] zekk4hire 11 years ago

Though it isn't shown, the horse would have died too. Top speed for horses for an extended time would clock no higher 35-40 mph while a pyroclastic flows go anywhere from 60-150 mph.

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[–] BureauCat 11 years ago

Yeah, I felt bad. For the horse.

The romance/melodrama plot was ridiculous in so many ways. The first half of the film was almost unwatchable. Even the second half was ridiculous: Pompeii perished under a rain of white volcanic ash, "Not with a bang, but with a whimper." It was Herculaneum that perished under a pyrocaustic flow. The volcanic bombs were noticed at sea, but were not a major cause of death. The tsunami is very questionable; it wouldn't have affected Pompeii (which was a ways inland) and archaeology shows that it didn't affect the arcades on the seashore of Herculaneum, so probably a tsunami doesn't belong in this movie at all.

There is a documentary about Pompeii that did an excellent job. For one thing, it showed people dying in the streets, and then flashed to the plaster casts made of their bodies by achaeologists. Very touching and effective. . . and true.

Pretend something clever is written here.

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[–] king_of_bob 11 years ago

It was Herculaneum that perished under a pyrocaustic flow.

It was both, actually. Herculaneum just happened to be hit first. But Pompeii was encased in pyroclastic(not pyrocaustic) flow as well.

it wouldn't have affected Pompeii (which was a ways inland)

What are you talking about? Pompeii was a coastal city with a seaport.

There is a documentary about Pompeii that did an excellent job. For one thing, it showed people dying in the streets, and then flashed to the plaster casts made of their bodies by achaeologists. Very touching and effective. . . and true.

I'm pretty sure I know the documentary you're referring to(narrated by Leonard Nimoy). But those casts couldn't have been made if Pompeii hadn't been hit with a pyroclastic flow. Ash would simply rain down on people, it wouldn't encase them, which would be required to make the molds you mention.

Prof. Farnsworth: Oh. A lesson in not changing history from Mr. I'm-My-Own-Grandpa!

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[–] BureauCat 11 years ago

Thanks for correcting "pyrocaustic." I was thinking of the Roman hypocausts (heated floors.)

However I stand by my statement that the pyroclastic flow didn't strike Pompeii. If you have a source to cite, I'd love to read it.

I always figure that the first person to speak doesn't need to prove anything, but if you go out of your way to say that someone is wrong, then you should back it up.

Also, Pompeii was not on the coast, although it was nearer the coast than it is now. It was on a river and there was a port at the mouth of that river, but the city itself was not a port. It's analogous to Rome/Tiber/Ostia. This might be just a matter of semantics; I'm not going to worry about it.

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Pretend something clever is written here.

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[–] king_of_bob 11 years ago

However I stand by my statement that the pyroclastic flow didn't strike Pompeii. If you have a source to cite, I'd love to read it.

"As dawn breaks, the cloud collapses for the last time. Between 06.00 and 08.00 huge pyroclastic surges pour onto Pompeii killing everyone still there and smashing remaining buildings. The cloud collapses for the last time and darkness spreads across the Bay of Naples. "

http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/past_exhibitions/2013/pompeii_an d_herculaneum/pompeii_live/eruption_timeline.aspx

I always figure that the first person to speak doesn't need to prove anything, but if you go out of your way to say that someone is wrong, then you should back it up.

That's actually the exact opposite of how this works. The onus is on the person making the claim, not the people who dispute said claim.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophic_burden_of_proof

Also, Pompeii was not on the coast, although it was nearer the coast than it is now. It was on a river and there was a port at the mouth of that river, but the city itself was not a port. It's analogous to Rome/Tiber/Ostia. This might be just a matter of semantics; I'm not going to worry about it.

Yes, it absolutely was on the coast. Again, it had a seaport, which would be impossible for a landlocked city.

http://www.paestum.de/en/pompet01.htm

"Starting from 200 B.C. (after the 2nd Punic War) the seaport (before the eruption of 79 Pompeii was situated by the sea) developed into an important commercial centre with a substantial textile manufacturing business."

http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/how-did-city-pompeii-develop

"Pompeii was a seaport city; commerce served as the foundation for its later growth."

And I don't know what maps you're looking at, but Pompeii was situated on the Gulf of Naples which opens into the Mediterranean sea. Which is the ocean.

http://www.deepseawaters.com/image/mediterranean_sea.jpg

Your attempt to blow this off as semantics is just lazy. You could have easily looked all this up but you didn't bother. You could have even offered some kind of argument. But instead, all you do is pass the buck.

Prof. Farnsworth: Oh. A lesson in not changing history from Mr. I'm-My-Own-Grandpa!

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[–] TryMyMartini 10 years ago

Yeah, I felt bad.

For me.

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[–] king_of_bob 11 years ago

You are VASTLY understating the speed of a pyroclasic flow. It can actually reach speeds of up to 700 km/h(that's 450 mph). There's no way they should have even made it to the spot where they have their kiss.

Prof. Farnsworth: Oh. A lesson in not changing history from Mr. I'm-My-Own-Grandpa!

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[–] maryjean1164 11 years ago

Hahaha! But, no, I don't think he made it either.

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[–] Professor59 11 years ago

Nice one.

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[–] sanji_fan 11 years ago

All of them.

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[–] surpan 11 years ago

Everybody.

"Oh lord, Do we have the strength to carry on this task in one night? Or are we just jerking off."

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[–] phantom_pixie 11 years ago

Everyone dies, except a horse.

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