the new big budget series from HBO (co produced with the BBC) begins soon on yankee tv...i only hope that it finds its way over the pond sooner rather than later
I've seen it so far...and it is good! the writing on par, the action typical...and the actors are great! Still...I'd rather that HBO had concluded Carnivale properly before going on to this one tbh...
well it got a bit quiet in the middle...and went out with some of the most gory dismemberments on the small screen...titus pullo is the man...chopped off a guys head with his own shield...legs and arms were flying and he laid waste a shed load of gladiators...move over maximus
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I'm still in the first season of the show. Very entretaining and great cast, I love Niobe very well written character and good actress too.
James Purefoy's in this show as well, as Marc Anthony and while I love the actor Marc Anthony is just too damn annoying in the series. Octavian's great too, love the character.
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I think the problem for me for this one is that because it was the last season, they tried to put into so much history in a such a short amount of time. It might feel kinda lost to me.
The first season was right on the money in terms of pacing.
"the other studio"?...that'll be the BBC then?...the worlds largest media broadcasting group
but yeah...Rome was brilliant...i made a thread before the 1st season came out and it got about 3 replies....pretty much sums up what happened to Rome...it died from lack of interest...shame really cause it was one of the best dramas i've ever seen
It had actually reached a concluding point. It had rushed to get there- Season 2 clearly covered ground that they would have liked to have done in two seasons- but there is not much more for them to do before they start to overlap with I Claudius, which I suspect they are loathe to do (especially the BBC).
They could do a tv movie to tie up any loose ends and have Octavian become Augustus but that's about all. As soon as Marcellus (Octavia's son) becomes City Magistrate and Agrippa resents him for that, feeling that Augustus has abandoned him, I Claudius has started.
(Mind you, any tv movie would have to explain how completely and utterly wrong Atia was about Livia- there was never a greater or more dangerous woman than Livia. Mind you, Atia's personality is 100% made up in Rome anyway)
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Two seasons felt appropriate. The quality of the shows were very high quality. The production, writing and acting rivals the quality of most films. Each season had a story to tell that would be told over an entire seasons worth of episodes. It is very easy to watch the two seasons of Rome as stand alone serials apart. I am glad that the series didn't have a chance to become redundant and sloppy.
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