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gordon1975 wrote:First epesode was great,RIP Andy Whitfield,but the new dude has finaly grown on me,its looking good so far,oneof the best things on telly
krusher wrote:gordon1975 wrote:First epesode was great,RIP Andy Whitfield,but the new dude has finaly grown on me,its looking good so far,oneof the best things on telly
Spartacus is still great but his new enemy Crassus is just FANTASTIC! Here is a guy who doesn't have his head up his ass like the other Romans. This guy is smart, humble and most importantly a match for spartacus in both strategy and combat. The new season certainly stepped things up, not only with the bigger budget but with how fucken epic the first battle was. I think that with this new season Spartacus can finnaly compete with Game of Thrones and the walking dead. Ashar will always be missed though he was a great villain in the 2nd season.
gordon1975 wrote:krusher wrote:gordon1975 wrote:First epesode was great,RIP Andy Whitfield,but the new dude has finaly grown on me,its looking good so far,oneof the best things on telly
Spartacus is still great but his new enemy Crassus is just FANTASTIC! Here is a guy who doesn't have his head up his ass like the other Romans. This guy is smart, humble and most importantly a match for spartacus in both strategy and combat. The new season certainly stepped things up, not only with the bigger budget but with how fucken epic the first battle was. I think that with this new season Spartacus can finnaly compete with Game of Thrones and the walking dead. Ashar will always be missed though he was a great villain in the 2nd season.
completly agree,its epic,whoever makes this,i hope they keep on the same kinda track,when sparticus gets nailed up,im hoping theres more to come,keep going until Caesar and beyond
krusher wrote:gordon1975 wrote:krusher wrote:gordon1975 wrote:First epesode was great,RIP Andy Whitfield,but the new dude has finaly grown on me,its looking good so far,oneof the best things on telly
Spartacus is still great but his new enemy Crassus is just FANTASTIC! Here is a guy who doesn't have his head up his ass like the other Romans. This guy is smart, humble and most importantly a match for spartacus in both strategy and combat. The new season certainly stepped things up, not only with the bigger budget but with how fucken epic the first battle was. I think that with this new season Spartacus can finnaly compete with Game of Thrones and the walking dead. Ashar will always be missed though he was a great villain in the 2nd season.
completly agree,its epic,whoever makes this,i hope they keep on the same kinda track,when sparticus gets nailed up,im hoping theres more to come,keep going until Caesar and beyond
yup its moving quite fast at this rate i don't see the story (Spartacus) lasting past season 5 but im sure if they do a good job with the characters ceasar, pompey and crassus they can easily do a spin off carrying on the story for an even better show. So far I like Crassus would love to see him have his own show and his own story after the Rebellion is crushed.
gordon1975 wrote:krusher wrote:gordon1975 wrote:krusher wrote:gordon1975 wrote:they aint short of material,told the story very well so far,this,walking dead,and board walk should keep me going for this year
krusher wrote:BTW you should try Game of Thrones, its fantastic.
Army of GOD wrote:This is going to be their last season and I heard that they're going to end it on a high note (you know, instead of Spartacus' execution). I hope I'm wrong though.
First episode was great and I agree completely with the description of Crassus. His son reminds me of Glabber and Batiatus ("He's just a slave daddy, he's an idiot.") though Crassus is very intelligent and physically capable.
Should be a great season.
jigger1986 wrote:Ive been watching the show since the beginning and I have to say, to me its just not as good as it used to be. First off no one could replace Andy (he was a monster) Liam does a decent job, but I still dont like him as much in the role. (Likely bc Andy did it first)
Im not that huge a fan of the "300 stlye slow-mo over the top blood scenes" but Ive always accepted them as part of the entertainment that Stars is trying to produce. However in this season (well the 1st episode) it seemed like there was way too much of it!
My friends and I have always refereed to the show as Spartacus: Blood and Boobs (in homage to the 1st season title Blood and Sand) and we knew that blood and boobs is what we were going to get, however I find myself wanting more of the complex character development and backstabbing.
I dont know, just bored of it I guess. I will likely still watch it until the end, but its not as good as The Walking Dead or Game of Thrones (as mentioned by someone else in the thread)
#Gannicus is the best!
#Bring back Rome! (the HBO series)
-jig
denominator wrote:Admittedly, I'm 2 episodes behind (just watched episode but I have to say I'm disappointed with the third (fourth?) season.
The first and second followed the historical recounts of Spartacus quite well, but this third season has drifted quite far off. The main events are out of sequence (Crixus' death), and characters exist that simply never did in this context (Caesar, Tiberius Crassus). It seemed to me through season 2 and the first 3/4 episodes of season 3 they were aiming for a 4-season run, but then decided to do it in 3 so have sped everything up. Episode 8 was particularly bad with the split of Crixus and Spartacus, then Crixus is magically right at Rome and fighting the epic battle.
I can only hope they stay true to the history in the end - all historians agree that Spartacus was killed in the final battle, but his body never found.
Also, it seems clear to me that they are trying to set up a spinoff with Caesar and Crassus, and follow their rise to power in Rome and the Senate following the Third Servile War.
Army of GOD wrote:denominator wrote:Admittedly, I'm 2 episodes behind (just watched episode but I have to say I'm disappointed with the third (fourth?) season.
The first and second followed the historical recounts of Spartacus quite well, but this third season has drifted quite far off. The main events are out of sequence (Crixus' death), and characters exist that simply never did in this context (Caesar, Tiberius Crassus). It seemed to me through season 2 and the first 3/4 episodes of season 3 they were aiming for a 4-season run, but then decided to do it in 3 so have sped everything up. Episode 8 was particularly bad with the split of Crixus and Spartacus, then Crixus is magically right at Rome and fighting the epic battle.
I can only hope they stay true to the history in the end - all historians agree that Spartacus was killed in the final battle, but his body never found.
Also, it seems clear to me that they are trying to set up a spinoff with Caesar and Crassus, and follow their rise to power in Rome and the Senate following the Third Servile War.
Oh come on, it's a historical drama. No series or movie has ever kept with the facts.
I enjoyed what they did with Crassus and Caesar even though it wasn't awfully accurate. Really, the only two problems I had with season 4 were (1) the change in settings and plot made it more difficult for the producers to emphasize the gladiators. Like, It seemed like all of the main gladiators (Spartacus, Crixus, Gannicus, Agron, etc.) were always right next to each other be it in their encampment or while in battle which just seems slightly unlikely. It just irked me a little. And (2) Naevia was a horrible actress and her character was painfully bad. I understand what they tried to do, they just didn't do it well (Naevia transitions from a sweet, passive girl to a pissed off motherfucker after they save her from the mines). I just hated, hated, hated both the new actress (first season actress was a hell of a lot better) and the character and was happy when she finally died.
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