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Slimebeast on 10 January 2012
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MontanaHatchet said:
Slimebeast said:
MontanaHatchet said:
First 3 or so episodes are nothing special. The rest of the first season is amazing and definitely worth the watch. Then there's Gods of the Arena and the upcoming Vengeance if you want to watch more.

I assume you're talking about Spartacus: Blood and Sand.

Nice. Tell me about Gods of the Arena and Vengeance.

About Rome, I was excited at first but after a while I realized it was too much "Dallas". The acting was sloppy and the overall atmosphere too lighthearted and comical. Also there were hardly any battle scenes and the scenerey/architecture wasn't that impressive.


I thought Rome had some great performances (particularly Marc Antony and Cicero). The architecture was certainly impressive, and it didn't have a lot of battle scenes because it was a dialogue-focused show. Different strokes for different folks

As for Spartacus, you essentially have the first season of the show (Spartacus: Blood and Sand). It focuses on the rise of Spartacus as a gladiator and his beginning as the leader of the slave rebellion. Gods of the Arena is a prequel series which focuses on the rest of the gladiators in the school before the arrival of Spartacus and the events leading up to Blood and Sand. It is equal to if not better than Blood and Sand in quality. Vengeance is the upcoming second season of the show which I'm looking forward to greatly, although it will feature a different actor in the role of Spartacus.

Edit: I would recommend watching Blood and Sand before Gods of the Arena so you know the characters better and you can better understand their development in the prequels.

Wow, nice. So three full seasons in total for this Spartacus series? That's heaven for a Sword-and-Sandal lover!

Now I also plan to download Game of Thrones (again, not on Swedish TV). Montana, what do you think of Game of Thrones?

Marc Antony was the dark haired guy and Cicero the blonde guy in Rome? Both soldiers. I got tired of them after a while. I watched the whole series though.