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Topic: Spartacus: Blood and Sand (Read 202600 times)
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Threash
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Did anyone else catch the first episode of this? its basically 300 + Gladiator + tits. Pretty much all it takes to keep me happy at this point, if they also manage to make it as interesting plot wise as Rome that would be ideal.
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« Last Edit: January 25, 2010, 01:18:34 AM by schild »
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JWIV
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Got it on my DVR but haven't watched it just yet.
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Ceryse
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Having seen the first two episodes *cough*, I have to say I was extremely surprised by the show. I went into it with extremely low expectations (it coming from Starz) so that may be why I thought it was good. Still, I doubt they can fuck it up enough in the first season for me to stop watching. Who knows? I may even watch it on television as it airs (something I almost never do with shows anymore).
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Margalis
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I watched 2 minutes of it, looked like a cheesy 300 rip off.
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vampirehipi23: I would enjoy a book written by a monkey and turned into a movie rather than this.
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Threash
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I watched 2 minutes of it, looked like a cheesy 300 rip off.
They replaced the homo-eroticism of 300 with a shit ton of tits, whats not to love? |
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Riggswolfe
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I'm going to watch in the vain hope that I get some Lucy Lawless tit out of it.
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ashrik
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I'm going to watch in the vain hope that I get some Lucy Lawless tit out of it.
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schild
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It's like a serial made-for-TV movie. So bad it's good.
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Did anyone else catch the first episode of this? its basically 300 + Gladiator + tits. Pretty much all it takes to keep me happy at this point, if they also manage to make it as interesting plot wise as Rome that would be ideal.
What a great description. Downloading now! |
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Slyfeind
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I'm going to watch in the vain hope that I get some Lucy Lawless tit out of it.
Ask and you shall receive! Is she still hot? I lost track of her after Xena, and I'm afraid to look for photos of her now. |
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Reg
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She's not bad. Don't you remember her from BSG more recently?
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Lakov_Sanite
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I'm going to watch in the vain hope that I get some Lucy Lawless tit out of it.
Ask and you shall receive! Is she still hot? I lost track of her after Xena, and I'm afraid to look for photos of her now. Granted she's only 42 but she's aging well imo. |
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Slyfeind
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She's not bad. Don't you remember her from BSG more recently?
Never watched it. |
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Teleku
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Yeah, she still looked fine in BSG.
Also, for shame Slyfeind!
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Musashi
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300 - plot + tits. For most it's a fair trade-off. However if you've got to have a plot, you might as well skip this.
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Threash
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300 had a plot? This has a plot, its the plot from Gladiator.
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HaemishM
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This has a plot, its the plot from Gladiator. That's the one reason I haven't bothered to be interested. |
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Arthur_Parker
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This is well worth a watch, pretty good so far.
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Threash
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This has a plot, its the plot from Gladiator. That's the one reason I haven't bothered to be interested. Right, i didn't mean it as high praise or anything, just that "300 - plot" seemed a bit silly seeing as whatever passed as plot in that movie was a lot thinner than what we are getting here. |
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Slyfeind
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Yeah, she still looked fine in BSG.
Also, for shame Slyfeind!
Yeah, just wasn't my thing. The first scene I saw of BSG was some chick jacking off some dude, and I thought "Huh, so that's the kinda show it is." And never went back. |
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Engels
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Ok, there were nowhere near enough tits to justify this gawd awful show. The 300 was a Shakespearian masterpeice by comparison :P
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angry.bob
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They need to get rid of the 300 stuff in the fight scenes, but other than that it's not bad. The level of T&A is nice. Also, it's got Haldir/Darken Rahl.That actor needs to keep a moustache so he can twirl it when doing these cheesy villain roles.
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Samwise
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Haldir/Darken Rahl.
Oh my god, I didn't realize until this moment those were the same guy. That's awesome. |
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shiznitz
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I watched the first episode on Netflix streaming last night. I can see where some people are getting their gripes from. The flying blood could be considered ridiculous if you are expecting some semblance of reality. I saw the spattering blood as more of an aura around the show. The blood flying is so excessive, it becomes part of the scenery not part of the action. The perfect example of this is when Spartacus gets hit in the head from behind in the arena and the blood fans up to fill the screen. Maybe I am giving the director too much artistic credit here, but I found that all that blood added a dramatic aura.
This show is worth checking out some more.
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Engels
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Really people? The dialogue was on par with a porn flick for crying out loud! Is it the boobs or the occasional full frontal?
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I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
I LIKE being bounced around by Tonkors. - Lantyssa
Babies shooting themselves in the head is the state bird of West Virginia. - schild
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HaemishM
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Can't it be both?  |
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shiznitz
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Second episode only confirmed what I said above about the director using the blood for dramatic effect.
Oh yeah, and Lucy Lawless boobies! Great scene with her and the idiot brother from the Mummy movies.
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Teleku
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Yeah, just wasn't my thing. The first scene I saw of BSG was some chick jacking off some dude, and I thought "Huh, so that's the kinda show it is." And never went back.
It's really not "that kind of show" (though they won't shy away from that). Watch the mini-series and then the first episode of the regular season. If you don't hunger to watch more after that, then don't bother.  Spartacus sounds like a high budget softcore movie from the way everybody has described it so far. So good job all, you've convinced me to give it a try. |
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caladein
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Finally watched the first two episodes on Netflix IW. It's Legend of the Seeker on premium cable, which is not a bad formula in my eyes.
They toned down the slow-motion-fights and sex a bit in the second episode so I wonder where the equilibrium's going to be. Legend of the Seeker was really heavy on the former early on and then it basically disappeared, for the better.
It's not even so-bad-it's-good, it's genuinely good at what it's trying to do.
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Painful, horrific acting and dialogue. It is really really bad.
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schild
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High Quality Story/Dialogue/etc, Good Special Effects/Action/Etc, Boobs.
Pick two.
Californication picked 1 and 3.
Spartacus picked 2 and 3.
I'm failing to see the problem.
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shiznitz
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The show just needs to bring back Xena's little red-headed sidekick as a sweaty slave girl and give us the lesbo scene we always hoped for.
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Riggswolfe
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The show just needs to bring back Xena's little red-headed sidekick as a sweaty slave girl and give us the lesbo scene we always hoped for.
I'll be in my bunk... |
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MrHat
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High Quality Story/Dialogue/etc, Good Special Effects/Action/Etc, Boobs.
Pick two.
Californication picked 1 and 3.
Spartacus picked 2 and 3.
I'm failing to see the problem.
You are on to something. |
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waffel
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Checked out the first episode last night. I enjoyed it. Has blood, fighting with limbs being cut off, looks like 300, and they space the tits out through the show. Can't ask for much more.
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