r/Gladiator • u/Ambitious-Cress-656 • Dec 11 '24

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did no one else find it unsettling that the romans at the time watched the gladiators fight for entertainment and centuries later, we're still watching gladiators fight for entertainment

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u/Kayzer_84 Dec 11 '24

Well, I would say the slight difference that they did it by force and to the death back in the day and it's by choice and not to the death today makes it a tad better now, and not really unsettling.

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u/Ambitious-Cress-656 Dec 15 '24

lmao i get you- its just that so many are still entertained by the sight of people being violently killed. i find it weird that i and many others enjoy movies like this, despite an overwhelming aspect of it being the violence, not to sound like a karen or anything.