Anyone else watching "Spartacus: Blood and Sand"?

[Deric]

WOW is all I can say about the last episode of the season.

 

[DARTH SABER]

BY JUPITER'S ****!!
One of the few totally satisfying season finales I have ever seen.
thumbsup

DS

 

[Robot Monster]

He's a sleazebag to be sure but his back alley dealings and backstabbing is nothing compared to Batiatus and Lucretia. Ashur is self centered and sleazy but then, he's a slave so he's going to do what he can to get ahead. Batiatus and Lucretia are borderline pure evil.

They have a wonderful collection of scum and backstabbers on that show. I enjoy that they do (like the show Rome) portray people acting with the morals of the time they are from.
Lucretia has just been a great character and it's been great to see Lawless in a role that does not make me think of Xena at all. Well done.

 

[Lancer]

awesome final episode.

what a good season, it just grew and grew, great at laying down the groundwork, building up the layers.

nice

roll on season 2

 

[vader71]

That was a bloody ending to the season...wow. Looking forward to a second season.

 

[Clutch]

Spoiler

I was kinda sad to see Quintus and Lucretia bite the dust because they were such good bad guys.

Other than that, holy fudgin' hell that was good!

 

[Mechamaniac]

SWEET ending to the season!

Here's hoping Andy Whitfield a speedy recovery so they can get on to Season 2!!

 

[DrMaul]

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Here's hoping Andy Whitfield a speedy recovery so they can get on to Season 2!!

Season 2 production is scheduled to start up again in July, from what I've heard.

 

[BDK]

HOLY CRAP.

I started after the lame episodes getting hooked by catching bits and pieces of the series and caught the finale and GOOD LORD. I knew from the ending of the last episode it was going to be bloody but had no idea it was going to go like that.


I can't wait for the 2nd season now.

 

[Utinni]

Now THAT was a season finale!!! AWESOME!!!!

- Jeff

 

[DavidS]

excellant finale!

WOW

 

[Wolvster1]

Thought I'd BUMP this one up..

Any word on how the next Season is coming along ?

I know with the health scare things got put
on hold, but has there been any word yet ?

:confused

 

[DrMaul]

Thought I'd BUMP this one up..

Any word on how the next Season is coming along ?

I know with the health scare things got put
on hold, but has there been any word yet ?

:confused

Production of a 6 episode prequel (which will screen in January), starts in a little over a month. Andy Whitfield will only be required to make a few appearances, so can continue to recover and train before the actual second season starts filming.

 

[0neiros]

Yup, what he said. It will cover life at the ludus (sp?), We'll likely see how Bartiartus got in such financial straights, Crixus fighting as champion, and a lot of nice filler material that will really flesh out season ones characters.

 

[RPGnerd]

I love he show, but I see it as "Fantastic History" (mixing history with mythological fantasy) in the vein of 300 (though very different).

It can't be compared to Rome, it's a different genre...but the storyline is more gritty and less idealistic than 300 (and yet stay creative and fantastic).

They effectively had an Ogre in the series, a monster the hero could not just immediately dispatch. The supernatural change in weather the series uses is effective. On some level it's like history as REH would write.

 

[Solo4114]

So, I finally finished season 1 of Spartacus: Blood and Sand. I have to say that when the show premiered on Starz, I was skeptical. It looked to be capitalizing on the spectacular series that Rome had been on HBO, coupled poorly with the art aesthetic of 300 complete with CGI everything and a lot of gratuitous sex and violence.

But I finally gave it a chance and I'm here to say it was damn fine. The stylistic stuff never really did it for me, although they toned it down considerably as the series progressed. And, amazingly enough, the writing and acting ended up really impressing me. For all the 360 pans and buckets of blood thrown about, for all the "scandalous" sex scenes and "strange customs" of the Romans on display, behind it all there was a real show about characters who were played realistically and relatably, if not always sympathetically.

For those on the fence about this show, I -- Mr. Complainer About Everything -- highly recommend it. If you can get past the goofier elements of the show and look beyond it, there's good stuff waiting. Looking forward to starting Gods of the Arena and, hopefully, season 2 soon.

 

[epilepticsquirl]

glad that you finally gave it a chance. :thumbsup I thought the slow mo was annoying at first but like you said they backed off to maybe once an episode, lol.
Gods of the Arena doesn't disappoint and answers a lot of questions from Blood and Sand.