In one of his cries to the crowd, Maximus yells, "Are you not entertained? Is that not why you are here?" Mike and Dan talk about how Ridley Scott's Gladiator (2000) asks its viewers the same questions. Mike lovingly calls this the "best worst movie" (as opposed to a different Ridley Scott film that he contends is the "worst best movie"); Dan praises the film's lack of irony, and Mike argues that there is only one possible moment to choose for discussion and that Dan has chosen the wrong one. They end by noting that the writers get to have their hero/martyr cake and eat it, too. So scrape off that tattoo, sharpen that sword, and take a listen to Mike and Dan as they try to win the crowd! No tigers were harmed during the recording of this episode.
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