Speaking of buff guys with swords...

I'm not a Brad Pitt fan by any stretch of the imagination, but check this poster for the upcoming 'Troy' movie. Mary likes.

I don't know anything about this movie, but I don't think casting Brad Pitt as Achilles is necessarily a bad idea. My impression from the Iliad is that Achilles is young, arrogant as hell, somewhat immature and absolutely fearless, and I can see Pitt in that kind of role.

And Peter O'Toole is in it! (Along with Orlando Bloom and Sean Bean, apparently.) derryderrydown, do you know more?