Gladiator 2 – What Went Wrong?

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How Gladiator 2 contradicts itself. Or; when you try to do something new but also want to hit the same comfortable beats of the beloved original.

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0:00 The Sequel Problem
0:38 How Gladiator 2 breaks Maximus
3:05 What was it trying to do?
8:32 Trouble in the Foundation
9:30 A Non-Descript New Hero
11:40 A Purposeless Mystery
13:12 In Search of Meaningful Spectacle
17:45 The Contradiction Emerges
24:37 A Sequel's Worst Sin

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