Spartacus: Blood and Sand

[tiggymalvern]

Wow.This is just like HBO's Rome, except without the good sets, good script and good actors. Which leaves, um, the nudity, and... nope, I'm empty apart from the bare flesh. I haven't seen actors pasted onto such bad CG backgrounds since the 80s BBC, it's so retro!

Comments

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I gather it's already got a second season? Gah, I would much rather have had more Rome.

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

It does? I haven't been following the news. Ack, and when I think of all the good stuff that gets cancelled...

I don't know about Rome - I think the second season was a little less tight, it didn't quite have the direction after they killed Caesar, although it was still good. I think it was probably a good choice to end it when they did and end it well, rather than have it drag out.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I think a third season got canned, and that affected the quality of the narrative in the second season (Babylon 5 syndrome). The narrative about the Jewish characters, for example, didn't really get developed or go anywhere. Apparently a movie is in the works...

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

A movie? Interesting, especially given how many of the main cast they killed off!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Start with Caesar and work down!