Spartacus: Blood & Sand

[anonymous-user]

Apart from some slightly dodgy CGI - absolutely awesome!

it has everything!

Some classic lines from John Hannah - he's really shot up IMO i only thought he could speak Scottish

"Ahhhrgh the snake has arrived! - Walking as if human!"

Legendary!

Edited by anonymous-user on Wednesday 28th April 20:41

[chris watton]

What channel?

[MrV]

chris watton said:

What channel?

Bravo or you could torrent it and watch it all

Second season has been given a green light but been put on hold as the guy who plays Spartacus has had to start treatment for Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

[AdvocatusD]

I've torrented the entire season. It's just AWESOME.

The first episode makes you wonder whether this is going to be Godawful or fantastic. I tell you mate, it's SUPERB!!!

Muscles, hot girls(topless more often than not), fighting, terrible accents, awful dialogue and interesting CGI.

Funnily enough, the combination makes it completely epic. Enjoy.

[anonymous-user]

MrV said:

chris watton said:

What channel?

Second season has been given a green light but been put on hold as the guy who plays Spartacus has had to start treatment for Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Seriously? That's awful, he is excellent in the role

[MrV]

digimeistter said:

MrV said:

chris watton said:

What channel?

Second season has been given a green light but been put on hold as the guy who plays Spartacus has had to start treatment for Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Seriously? That's awful, he is excellent in the role

Mores the shame but yes started treatment for it about a month ago

[Famous Graham]

There's talk of a "prequel" series around other characters to fill in time whilst he's receiving treatment.

The whole series is worth a watch - the starting episodes are appallingly acted and very contrived, but then it builds up some great politics and machinations. The last 3, especially, are excellent.

[Jasandjules]

I saw an advert for that last night, looked interesting. Might have to check it out then.

[Yeast Lord]

The last one is joyful viewing I must say.

[chippy17]

unaware of this, must watch looks great fun

noticed sam Raimi is involved so perhaps a bit tongue in cheek?

[Nish]

I was wondering why there wasn't a thread on this yet.

Seen the entire first season, ultimate bloke series.

As mentioned it has everything! Watch/download in HD if possible, some great scenes when the CGI works lol

[Lurking Lawyer]

MrV said:

chris watton said:

What channel?

Bravo or you could torrent it and watch it all

I couldn't be arsed torrenting it so thought I'd wait for it to hit UK TV.

Have I already missed the first episode then.....?

[ajprice]

They had this on Charlie Brooker's "You Have Been Watching" series. It looks like a comedy OTT version of 300, which is comedy OTT itself! There were many many warnings before showing the clips about the gore, and I was expecting the worst as I'm not one for seeing bloodjuice, but I was just laughing at it all.

[anonymous-user]

ajprice said:

They had this on Charlie Brooker's "You Have Been Watching" series. It looks like a comedy OTT version of 300, which is comedy OTT itself! There were many many warnings before showing the clips about the gore, and I was expecting the worst as I'm not one for seeing bloodjuice, but I was just laughing at it all.

Who ?

Have you watched it at all?

[ajprice]

ajprice said:

They had this on Charlie Brooker's "You Have Been Watching" series./quote]

digimeistter said:

Who ?

Have you watched it at all?

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/you-have-been-w...

No I haven't watched Spartacus, apart from the clips on YHBC. From what I saw of Spartacus, I'd call it 'funny for the wrong reasons', maybe 'so bad its good'.

Edited by ajprice on Thursday 29th April 17:03

[MrV]

Lurking Lawyer said:

MrV said:

chris watton said:

What channel?

Bravo or you could torrent it and watch it all

I couldn't be arsed torrenting it so thought I'd wait for it to hit UK TV.

Have I already missed the first episode then.....?

25th of May so a couple of weeks yet Mark

[chris watton]

MrV said:

Lurking Lawyer said:

MrV said:

chris watton said:

What channel?

Bravo or you could torrent it and watch it all

I couldn't be arsed torrenting it so thought I'd wait for it to hit UK TV.

Have I already missed the first episode then.....?

25th of May so a couple of weeks yet Mark

Ah, thanks for that - I have been going through the Sky planner and couldn't find it! Now I know why..

[Conian]

Lucy Lawless (Xena) naked...... nuff said

[anonymous-user]

ajprice said:

ajprice said:

They had this on Charlie Brooker's "You Have Been Watching" series./quote]

digimeistter said:

Who ?

Have you watched it at all?

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/you-have-been-w...

No I haven't watched Spartacus, apart from the clips on YHBC. From what I saw of Spartacus, I'd call it 'funny for the wrong reasons', maybe 'so bad its good'.

Edited by ajprice on Thursday 29th April 17:03

Maybe you should actually watch it before passing judgement based on a light entertainment shows' review

Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 29th April 20:32

[JustinP1]

ajprice said:

From what I saw of Spartacus, I'd call it 'funny for the wrong reasons', maybe 'so bad its good'.

I think that was part of it from what I saw.

I thought it was pretty good. Very shallow, but pretty good.

It has the music and story from Gladiator.

It has the filming style of a (cheap) 300.

It has the script humour of Rome.

By the last one I mean that they seem to get their swearwords from a 2000 year old 'ideas wheel' where on one side you have the names of gods, and on the other side it has the names of sexual organs. For example:

"By Jupiter's gonads!"

"By Venus' c***!"

And yes they do say c*** a good few times, but every time it is done in such a way it is unintentionally very funny.