Saw a preview for this today on Starz, figure I'll watch the 1st eps on Friday to see if it's any good.
Can't help but complain about the blatant "borrowing" of
300's art style, though. The camera work, postFX coloration and slow mo are all a bit too similar for my tastes. Where's the creativity these days? Starz is no HBO, that's for sure.
http://www.starz.com/originals/spartacus/SpartacusBloodAndSand_101
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Ill watch the 2nd episode and hopefully it was just a low budget pilot and the rest are good. its already been renewed for a second season eh.
Dude. That was greek. This is Roman gladiators. If anything when I saw the preview, I was thinking Gladiator rehash.
Worse, taking a classic like Spartacus with Kirk Douglass and shitting out a TV series.
And here you go. The original Spartacus.. on Hulu. Accept no substitutions.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/104106/spartacus
Wasn't saying it was Greek, just saying they completely ripped the visual style of 300. The original Spartacus movie is a classic, just like Clash of the Titans. nothing can really replace them
@Pixel - that's disappointing. I didn't know the 1st eps was online though, I'll have to check that out. Hopefully they'll ease up on the obligatory slo-mo shots.
Doubt there's spaceships but apparently there's enough nudity and sexual encounters in the season to have some people label it as soft core porn...
There was a lot of interesting shit that took place even after Augustus' rule.
Probably in those times, without internet and all, sex is what you do when bored.
Well to be fair, it's less a nod, and more of a wink-at-Gladiator-while-humping-300's-leg. :P
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Just finished the first ep, and it's kinna fun, if not incredibly juvenile. It's like the director basically said "ok, I want 300, mixed with a bit of Gladiator, but we need more EDGY! Everyone's gotta say FUCK and CUNT all the time, and we need more blood, and MOAR TITS!"
"Just finished the first ep, and it's kinna fun, if not incredibly juvenile. It's like the director basically said "ok, I want 300, mixed with a bit of Gladiator, and a whole lot of Rome! Because everyone loves blood, and MOAR TITS!"
FIXED!
- 300 'inspired' <cough> art direction
- Reminds me a lot of Rome as well
- boobies and va jay jay everywhere!!! weeeeeee......
- Xena!!!
ok, maybe a little.