Spartacus: War of the Damned US Pace
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There is already a general thread for Spartacus War of the Damned
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1670589
but as the UK are going to be a couple of weeks behind it would seem to make sense to have separate threads to minimise the risk of spoilers.
So, spoiler tags for unaired episodes an historical fact please (yes, I know, but a lot of people don't know their ancient history:D )
And can I kick of the thread with - don't be eating while watching the first episode:eek::D They seem to have upped the gore quotient slightly this year:D
Lots of blood & guts and a slightly gratuitous soft porn scene for Gannicus - not that I'm complaining mind. So typical Spartacus but add to that our new player - Crassus. He seemed a bit.....wet. You think how can such a man be the richest person in Rome. Then the fight with his pet gladiator & then the twist, that he had deliberately given away the position of the gneral's villa just to gain title and command - I didn't see that coming:D
Some fantastic scenes between Gannicus & Spartacus, Cixus & Naevia and Agron & Nasir just to remind us why they are here. Some marvellous story telling filling in Spartacus's advance.
Overall, glad to have Sparty back - Saturdays weren't the same without him:D
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1670589
but as the UK are going to be a couple of weeks behind it would seem to make sense to have separate threads to minimise the risk of spoilers.
So, spoiler tags for unaired episodes an historical fact please (yes, I know, but a lot of people don't know their ancient history:D )
And can I kick of the thread with - don't be eating while watching the first episode:eek::D They seem to have upped the gore quotient slightly this year:D
Lots of blood & guts and a slightly gratuitous soft porn scene for Gannicus - not that I'm complaining mind. So typical Spartacus but add to that our new player - Crassus. He seemed a bit.....wet. You think how can such a man be the richest person in Rome. Then the fight with his pet gladiator & then the twist, that he had deliberately given away the position of the gneral's villa just to gain title and command - I didn't see that coming:D
Some fantastic scenes between Gannicus & Spartacus, Cixus & Naevia and Agron & Nasir just to remind us why they are here. Some marvellous story telling filling in Spartacus's advance.
Overall, glad to have Sparty back - Saturdays weren't the same without him:D
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Does anyone know who played Craccus sparring partner I recognise him from something
Brilliant start to the season
It was Richard Norton
He's been in loads of things BUT I wonder if you are confusing him with someone who looks incredibley similar like I did to begin with.....that person I am struggling to name lol
He reminded me a bit of Victor Mature but I think I know the actor you're referring to and I can't think of his name either
As long as they don't do a 'Gladiator' ending. I may kill my television with a rousing outburst of swearing that Batiatus would have been proud of if they do.:D
Me too!
I had no idea that Crixus and Gannicus are not entirely fictional characters and, along with Spartacus of course, took part in the Third Servile War.
Yep, lets hope for a good solid no holds barred ending!
As was Doctore Oenomaus
i've missed it.
:mad:Language!!!:mad:
I think you meant to say
"By Jupiters Cock, gratitude for show most excellent. Absence has been most grevious."
I do hope they don't abide by history for the end though.
LOL...Nice.
I know it's a bit cartoon-y but crowds and some effects have never really been that convincing IMO. They specialise in the gore really.
There's a
"Oh go on then, I'll have a small bag of gravel" especially.
lol - yes that is exactly what i meant.
You're a very naughty boy:D
It was nice to see Spartacus effected by the massive loss of life but it makes Glauber's & Batiatus's attacks on rival villa's seem like a little shaving accident:eek:
Liking Caesar:D I'm guessing he has to keep the beard in order to go 'under cover' later? That'll be something:D
Lots of action and setting up for the rest of the season, not so much with characters though introduced to JC & the woman in the city may be important later.
And yes. The stoning. Thanks Glowbot - guess what my first thought was when the stoning scene started?:D
I'm Team Laeta. :cool:
And it's a masterstroke for that very reason. They're really emphasising the fact that not all the Romans that the slave armies are massacring are as cruel and contemptible as others.
The great thing about Batiatus and Lucretia was that there were times that you sympathised with them, even though they were the principal villains. Glaber was far less interesting a foe because there was no reason to root for him. Crassus has already shown himself to be a complex character, in some ways worthy of admiration.
The fact that they've put a little grey back into this black and white conflict makes it all the more interesting.
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Oh, I definitely agree. It's fascinating to watch.
I totally disagree. I've never seen television do large battle sequences as well as Spartacus has in the last two episodes. Game of Thrones could learn a thing or two from Spartacus.
We'll never get full pitched battles in the Braveheart style, but these little battle vignettes against the backdrop of CGI work really well.
And right from the very first episode, Spartacus has intentionally favoured a graphic novel art style which is hinted at in the title sequences. Everything from the way the colours of the landscapes look painted, and the way blood flows is hyper-real and over-the-top, but that's the nature of the show. It's total excess.
Obviously some perverted barbarian practice he picked up whilst fighting out east;). I recall during the "Operation Spanner" trials back in the late '80s that various eye popping things could be done for 'pleasure' so I really wouldn't be suprised if Little Caesar was indeed being scraped until blood flowed:eek:
Interesting portrail of Caesar so far - very arrogant and cock-sure, though already knows he has the breeding but not the cash to really make it. I wonder if he will suffer some defeats to temper that arrogance?