Spartacus: Blood and Sand

[Segoris]

Drinking game: drink beer if tits are shown, twice if there is sex, a shot if there is bodily contact with blood, two shots if a limb or head is chopped off.

Try and last more than 10 minutes.

This will compare very nicely with my old game of drinking everytime there's a swear in South Park the movie. I'm in!

[Slayerik]

Drinking game: drink beer if tits are shown, twice if there is sex, a shot if there is bodily contact with blood, two shots if a limb or head is chopped off.

Try and last more than 10 minutes.

Tonight, I shall do my best.

I think any time Sparticus screams in rage would be decent too.

[Segoris]

For bonus points, take a drink for every time someone says cock or fuck.

I'm looking forward to the next episode even more then I was now.

[Ghambit]

I wonder how many babies have been made because of this series.

[MrHat]

Another great episode.


If a little   .

That new slave girl is still white hot though.  Glad we'll be seeing more of her.

[Ozzu]

I sure didn't see that coming.

[JWIV]

Another great episode.


If a little   .

That new slave girl is still white hot though.  Glad we'll be seeing more of her.

Having finally caught up to Whore, I agree with this statement. 

[Riggswolfe]

I sure didn't see that coming.

I did. It's been telegraphed for awhile and was telegraphed heavily that entire episode. Still, that wasn't how I thought it would happen and it was...

[Paelos]

I sure didn't see that coming.

I did. It's been telegraphed for awhile and was telegraphed heavily that entire episode. Still, that wasn't how I thought it would happen and it was...

Nobody good lives.

[Ard]

God that episode was just brutal.  Like you said, heavily telegraphed, but the execution, literally, was just disturbing.

[waffel]

Another excellent episode. Even when they  I still love it.

[Cyrrex]

That episode was terrible.  And amazing.  Holy fucking shit.

Also, Ilythia might just be my favorite TV character of all time after these last few episodes.  Quite aside from the fact that she's really hot.

[Ghambit]

A breakthrough for softcore porn actresses everywhere.

[Samwise]

It is amazing how much this show wrings out of me.  I can never make it an entire episode without going HOLY SHIT FUCK WHAT at least once.

[climbjtree]

Maybe episode 10 should have been titled "Whore" instead of episode 9?

[Slayerik]

Maybe episode 10 should have been titled "Whore" instead of episode 9?

[Cyrrex]

Honestly, they could title most of the episodes "Whore" and it would somehow be appropriate.

I'm still shaken up over the last episode. 

[Bunk]

Any bets that they will manage to find an even more end for Crixus's girlfriend? It seems pretty obvious that that's where they are heading next.

I'm also curious to see if we get any type of confrontation between Spartacus and the Magistrate's son.

[Slayerik]

I bet Batiatus somehow tries to manipulate this to it being his arch rival's doing. Even though he gave the order.

In the end, Sparty will fuck the rival up but find out he was played by Batiatus, again.

Or I'm completely off. I must say I like the show for keeping me guessing.

[Ghambit]

Anyone else think this show should be a candidate for best on TV?
I get a kind of BSG "sleeper hit" vibe from it.

What I'd love to see is some kind of twisted romance between Spartacus and Ilythia, whilst the new slave-girl gets jealous and Ilythia ends up actually becoming a slave herself.

[Samwise]

What I'd love to see is some kind of twisted romance between Spartacus and Ilythia, whilst the new slave-girl gets jealous and Ilythia ends up actually becoming a slave herself.

[Cyrrex]

What I'd love to see is some kind of twisted romance between Spartacus and Ilythia, whilst the new slave-girl gets jealous and Ilythia ends up actually becoming a slave herself.

   I'm for anything that includes either Ilythia or slave girl getting nekkid.

But yeah, this is the best TV I can remember since pretty much forever.  It'll never win any meaningful awards, obviously.

[waffel]

When Ilythia was being all slutty at the pool with the kid I was like  then she stripped and I was like 

But then she twisted the poor kids mind and I was like 

[tgr]

My progression in that scene was to to .

I began watching this just for the tits, but it's surprising me by being an awesome show in its own right.

[DLRiley]

Anyone else think this show should be a candidate for best on TV?
I get a kind of BSG "sleeper hit" vibe from it.

What I'd love to see is some kind of twisted romance between Spartacus and Ilythia, whilst the new slave-girl gets jealous and Ilythia ends up actually becoming a slave herself.

BSG was a sleeper hit for nerds...

[stu]

I wish Legend of the Seeker were a bit more like this show.

[Samwise]

I wish Legend of the Seeker were a bit more like this show.

Yes.  Although Legend of the Seeker is a good show in its own right, IMO, and pretty edgy for broadcast TV.

[Cyrrex]

I don't know...I just started watching Legend of the Seeker (2 or 3 episodes) and I'm not sure I can get into it at all.  Does it get better?  In any event, it doesn't hold a candle to Spartacus.

[Samwise]

Legend of the Seeker is cheesy fantasy, pure and simple; if you don't like that sort of thing, you probably won't learn to.  It's got much more in common with Xena than with Spartacus.  Better than Xena, though, IMO.

[Tarami]

Same. I've really, really tried to get into Legend of the Seeker, but I just end up hiding my face in my palms. Spartacus follows some kind of relatively character-driven narrative while Legend of the Seeker just jumps from deus ex machina to deus ex machina. The books might have been mildly fresh when they were first published but now... well.

[Threash]

Didn't Legend of the Seeker just get canceled?

[Ghambit]

We'll get our gritty, sex/blood-laden Fantasy show when Game of Thrones comes out... which is like the only reason I currently have HBO.

[Riggswolfe]

Any bets that they will manage to find an even more end for Crixus's girlfriend? It seems pretty obvious that that's where they are heading next.

Cripple already saw them so that is coming soon. Again, telegraphed. I've been saying to my wife for awhile that Zena will find out and off her in a very brutal fashion. She'll probably be mutilated in some way and then crucified.

[Samwise]

Xena's crueller than that.  She'll order Spartacus to fuck the slave girl while Crixus watches, and then kill her.

[Cyrrex]

Nah, because at some point I think Crixus and Spartacus have to find some common ground, and I don't think Sparty fucking his woman is going to help accomplish that, even if he's been forced.  But I like the way you think!  It seems highly plausible that slave girl is either going to die horribly or get sold to Selonius (or whatever) for some old man lovin...something to piss Crixus off.

Also, seems clear that Spartacus and hot slave girl are finally going to hook up.  I imagine SHE will die, and he'll find out that Batiatus is behind both her death and his wife's death.  That'll be the beginning of the end.