![]() ![]() ![]() Yes, you can roam the streets of ancient Pompeii in the comfort of the toga you’ve been saving since college. You should also virtually explore Pompeii on Google Street View. In conjunction with this movie’s release, I couldn’t help but be reminded of the most excellent board game of a similar name, The Downfall of Pompeii, which, incidentally, was really hard to find for a while, but is now back in print. Imagine no longer, my friends, all the multimillion dollar eye candy, drama and beauty and no doubt incorrectly portrayed tragedy of one of histories well-known and documented natural disasters is now in a theater near you. And then can you imagine that if things weren’t tragic enough already for Jon, that his race against time is actually about outrunning an impending pyroclastic flow (we’re talking hot gas and rock traveling at up to 450 mph (that’s 700 kilometers to my friend Andy), rushing down like hell unleashed at a blazing 480 degrees Fahrenheit (250 degrees Celsius). I imagine that his true love could be the drop-dead gorgeous daughter of a wealthy merchant, and who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman senator. I suppose that a slave who looks exactly like Jon Snow ( Kit Harington) could become an invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love. on the Mediterranean that there was an epic story developing. I suppose it’s possible that back in 79 A.D. ![]()
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