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	The Second Punic War
	February 19th, 2018
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	I want a war epic made about the Second Punic War. It doesn't have
	to be about the entire war, I suppose, but it must capture Cannae,
	the rise of Scipio Africanus, and ultimately the salting of
	Carthage.

	Back in the day there were rumors of Vin Diesel making a Hannibal
	movie. I'd settle for that at this point. We have movies about all
	sorts of random crap!

	I let myself toy around with the idea of writing the script for
	about 2 whole minutes. That was nice, then I remembered I'm not
	a scriptwriter nor have I ever shown any talent or interest in
	that direction. Nope, I'll settle for someone elses art, thank
	you.

	You know how the universe sometimes seems to latch on to ideas
	you've had or talked about and suddenly it's all the rage and you
	got no credit for it, damnit? Maybe this can be one of those
	scenarios. Let's have a whole string of Roman films get made. We
	haven't had a Caesar movie in a while. How about Augustus? He's
	pretty wild. Or Nero... come on! Someone make a Nero movie. I'm
	sure there's enough British pride that we could sell a Cymbaline
	film, even. See that... I'll take fringe Romans.

	I would very much like something exciting to look forward to.

	Well, crap. That sounds suuuuuper depressing. I didn't mean it
	that way, but then I read it and was like... Ugh.

	I've got exciting things to look forward to. At the very least,
	there's a 40lb lump in the next room who represents about
	a bajillion of those things. But still... I would love to put
	a shining star on top of this excitement tree. Toss a little
	tinsel around and stare up at the glory of a god-damned,
	monther-fucking, Ridley Scott directed, Hans Zimmer scored,
	action-packed adventure starring Vin Diesel and for some reason
	Michael Ironside in a romp across history in the testosterone
	dump, "AFRICANUS". (In theaters May 2020)