onepict Review of Caesar's Doomsday War

Caesar's Doomsday War (2021–2022)

Overall, well done, but undone by dubbing French archaeologists

[6/10 · 7 May 2022]

I thoroughly enjoyed the presentation, but could not but be surprised that every French archaeologist and historian is not permitted to speak French with the usual subtitles presented in English. Instead, every French speaker is dubbed by a different and very posh, plummy Oxford English accent. Given that the very topic of the documentary is Caesar's imperial ambitions for the empire and attitude to "barbarian" Gauls in France, it seems a tad ironic. Would have much preferred to listen to the French experts in French, and as needed reading subtitles in English.