Spartacus Blood & Sand

Serro · **Posted:** January 26 2010, 1:46 pm

Anybody else catch the new spartacus show on Starz? More blood and guts and T&A packed into a single hour of television than I've ever seen before.

Done 300 style. I thought it was ok. CGI was crap, but it entertained me overall. Nothing on par with Rome, which I thought was excellent.

You can watch the first episode at starz.com. Definitely NSFW.

Phobyk · **Posted:** January 26 2010, 3:05 pm

My buddy watched it... he said it was pretty damn good, he got it off the intraz-webz I believe.

I don't think I get the "Starz" channel up here in Canada-land, figures. Definitely looking forward to watching it, just not sure how I'm gonna do that yet.

Saneo · **Posted:** January 26 2010, 6:06 pm

I watched the first episode on Netflix. It was ok- definitely not nearly as good as Rome.

Entaro · **Posted:** January 26 2010, 8:42 pm

I was a little put off by the trailers. It seemed amateurish and perhaps second rate (compared to say, Rome or any HBO production). Nevertheless it seemed to have a cool theme and I am interested.

Lugh · **Posted:** March 04 2010, 5:46 am

Lucy Lawless naked...Sold!

Tons of blood and sex all over... pretty well done story..

Shady romans...oppressed barbarians all good... :barb2:

Entaro · **Posted:** March 04 2010, 10:46 am

Yeah I've been watching this one online when I can find the episodes. Pretty cool series - lots of fucking and killing.

Orphen · **Posted:** March 04 2010, 12:43 pm

Every week they add a new episode on netflix instant. Pretty good series, like it a lot.

Saneo · **Posted:** March 04 2010, 1:14 pm

I have not been able to get myself excited about this series.

Draggon · **Posted:** March 12 2010, 9:54 am

Yeah this series kinda surprised me. I watched the old Spartacus as a kid and remembered liking it alot so I thought I'd check out this series on Netflix even though I thought it would be subpar. Pretty damn good though.
Almost X-rated with all the orgies and the like - lol

. Awesome arena fights too. Have to give it a thumbs up so far.
Oh yeah, and they say "Jupiter's cock" alot. Not sure if that's a plus or a minus, but it's funny almost every time I hear it.

Thorgrim · **Posted:** March 16 2010, 1:43 am

I've watched them all so far and have grown to like the series more every week (I also thought the series started out "meh" but was still decent). I like the T&A for sure but I am a nerd in the sense that I like seeing all the different armors Spartacus wears. I especially liked the armor he had in episode 9, where he is laying in bed thinking back to all his most recent arena battles. ANYway . . . :kasharin:

One thing I am learning about the Romans is that they swear often and creatively . . . lol

(Jupiter's c--k for example)

I never saw ROME but was told it was awesome so I may try to check it out.

Draggon · **Posted:** April 29 2010, 3:35 pm

Sucks man... Andy Whitfield (aka Spartacus) has Lymphoma. Season 2 production has been halted.
http://tv.ign.com/articles/107/1076036p1.html

Kinda crazy how he and Michael C. Hall (Dexter) both have the same shit.

Entaro · **Posted:** April 29 2010, 7:16 pm

Yeah thats too bad. Sounds like he might be ok though considering the early detection. Show was pretty awesome, and I seemed to notice the over-the-top CGI was toned down from start to finish. Season Finale was pretty awesome.

Draggon · **Posted:** April 29 2010, 9:56 pm

I agree. Seems like they were learning alot as they progressed through the season. Almost every episode was better than the one before. I think the one where he took out Claudius Glaber's men with a wooden sword was probably my favorite. That whole scene was like, "Yeah, kiss my ass you pompous Roman sonofabitch."

Saneo · **Posted:** April 29 2010, 10:53 pm

Hmm, maybe I'll have to give it another shot. I was really turned off of the show after a few episodes.

Serro · **Posted:** April 30 2010, 12:28 am

Saneo wrote:

Hmm, maybe I'll have to give it another shot. I was really turned off of the show after a few episodes.

The first few I thought were rather so-so. Then it really started getting good with all the political intrigue and the power plays. The writing I thought was excellent, and I enjoyed Batiatus' character in particular.

Worth another shot in my opinion if you were among the many that had probably with the series based only on those first 3 episodes.

Entaro · **Posted:** April 30 2010, 10:22 am

Serro wrote:

Saneo wrote:

Hmm, maybe I'll have to give it another shot. I was really turned off of the show after a few episodes.

The first few I thought were rather so-so. Then it really started getting good with all the political intrigue and the power plays. The writing I thought was excellent, and I enjoyed Batiatus' character in particular.

Worth another shot in my opinion if you were among the many that had probably with the series based only on those first 3 episodes.

^ x2. Like the others said it really picked up momentum once the Capua plot started to pick up on it's own after the first few episodes. Great writing and twists.

Serro · **Posted:** May 11 2010, 11:46 pm

Before there was Spartacus, there was MOAR SPARTACUS!

And below, my favorite quote from the whole series NSFW:

Thorgrim · **Posted:** June 09 2010, 1:38 am

The finale was awesome! I hope to see another season so I hope Andy will be OK . . . My only disappointment was that I wanted to see that cousin (Lykinnia - sp?) naked but she got perished . . . :diefarmer:

Ahearn · **Posted:** June 09 2010, 11:39 am

*pokes* Hey guys.

And for those who are fans of the series, they are doing multiple things:
- Andy (the actor of Spartacus) is now Cancer Free
- In July they are filming the 6 episode prequel series showing the Rise of the Ludus which airs in January
- As soon as they are done filming that, they are going right into Season 2, which I presume will air after the prequel airs

Tenkiller · **Posted:** June 09 2010, 5:15 pm

Damn I'm gonna hav to rent Rome. I've been into The Tudors but not enough battles for me.

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