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HBO\'s "Rome" to present more realistic look at the
Quote:Glad to see another fan of Deadwood - the best TV seen in many years I think the problem with Deadwood was that it was all shot on location, and the costs were hugely expensive ($3m per episode?).

Deadwood is shot at a set about 10 miles from my house, in the Santa Clarita Valley above Los Angeles in California. The SCV has become a "second Hollywood" and may movies and TV shows (as well as documentaries for the History Channel that Legio VI has appeared in) are shot there, so "location" costs ought not be any more than for any other hour-long TV show set in a historical period. My friend Caius Man, who is also a co-founder of Legio V Victrix and our first centurion, was one of the production supervisors on Deadwood and just got done filming the second (and final?) season. His hours were brutal and he's not that sorry to see the end of the season, though he of course loved the show.

As to Rome, I'm fully aware that the armor, costumes and such can be nitpicked to death (hey, we're reenactors-- that's what we DO). And the show is not everything I personally would have hoped for. But it's still, in my view, the best thing that's been done on Rome since "I, Claudius" and I still enjoyed just about every episode. I'd like to see it go on and on, but two seasons and 24 episodes ought to cover a lot of ground. And I'm very much looking forward to seeing Octavian come into his own...[/i]
T. Flavius Crispus / David S. Michaels
Centurio Pilus Prior,
Legio VI VPF
CA, USA

"Oderint dum probent."
Tiberius
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Re: HBO\'s "Rome" to present more realistic look at - by Anonymous - 02-02-2005, 03:51 AM
Celts - by Paullus - 02-10-2005, 11:37 PM
Ho hum - by Nathan Ross - 08-09-2005, 11:39 PM
Re: Ho hum - by Robert Vermaat - 08-10-2005, 05:13 PM
ROME - by Graham Sumner - 08-11-2005, 09:27 AM
Rome Pictures - by Graham Sumner - 08-11-2005, 12:20 PM
Tableware - by Nathan Ross - 08-11-2005, 02:46 PM
A bit off-topic, - by Neuraleanus - 08-22-2005, 07:38 PM
Another review - by Neuraleanus - 08-25-2005, 03:17 PM
Only on the Ides of March - by Neuraleanus - 08-25-2005, 08:38 PM
Whistles? - by Neuraleanus - 08-29-2005, 02:17 AM
A roman whistle - by Neuraleanus - 08-30-2005, 02:15 AM
Draco? - by Arthes - 08-30-2005, 08:01 PM
Re: Draco? - by Robert Vermaat - 08-31-2005, 05:38 PM
Re: HBO\'s "Rome" to present more realistic look at the - by Anonymous - 09-06-2005, 05:14 AM
Rome set for 2007 season - by Arthes - 09-12-2005, 06:38 PM
Re: Another review - by Marcus F. - 09-17-2005, 11:28 PM
George Caeasar Bush - by Caballo - 09-18-2005, 02:19 PM
Re: Another review - by Comerus Gallus - 09-20-2005, 04:06 PM
Free Rome episode DVD - by Arthes - 10-16-2005, 09:00 PM
Rome - by Carus Andiae - 10-22-2005, 10:51 AM
Sex in the civitas - by Nathan Ross - 10-22-2005, 02:32 PM
Caesar\'s child - by Antonius Lucretius - 10-25-2005, 01:20 PM
Rome - by Vlad the Impala - 11-03-2005, 08:06 PM
Rome - by Vlad the Impala - 11-03-2005, 08:27 PM
You poor Brits - by Neuraleanus - 11-04-2005, 12:29 AM
Re: You poor Brits - by Arthes - 11-04-2005, 11:57 PM
Check out the cavalry shield - by Neuraleanus - 11-06-2005, 06:50 PM
Re: You poor Brits - by Arthes - 11-07-2005, 09:18 PM
Latest Episode of HBO\'s Rome - by Narukami - 11-08-2005, 04:23 PM
Tunic Wars III - by ambrosius - 11-10-2005, 02:10 AM
Roman Helmet - by Graham Sumner - 11-10-2005, 03:49 PM
Follywood helmets - by ambrosius - 11-10-2005, 10:39 PM
Re: Follywood helmets - by Robert Vermaat - 11-11-2005, 12:24 AM
Re: Follywood helmets - by ambrosius - 11-11-2005, 01:44 AM
Roman Helmet - by Graham Sumner - 11-11-2005, 02:06 AM
Re: Follywood helmets - by Marius_Ursus - 11-18-2005, 04:22 PM
Rome in summer 2006 in German TV - by Uwe Bahr - 01-07-2006, 03:44 PM
Re: HBO\'s "Rome" to present more realistic look at the - by Anonymous - 01-23-2006, 09:34 PM
Re: HBO\'s "Rome" to present more realistic look at the - by Anonymous - 01-23-2006, 11:49 PM
Rome Returns - by Narukami - 04-28-2006, 06:57 PM
Re: Rome Returns - by Robert Vermaat - 04-28-2006, 10:28 PM
Re: Rome Returns - by Marius_Ursus - 05-02-2006, 08:16 PM
HBO\'s Rome on DVD this August - by Narukami - 06-14-2006, 08:51 PM
Rome on DVD - by Caius Fabius - 06-15-2006, 04:00 AM
Re: HBO\'s "Rome" to present more realistic look at the - by FlaviusCrispus - 07-24-2006, 07:16 PM
Rome helmet - by Graham Sumner - 08-03-2006, 04:39 PM
out on DVD season I - by Caius Fabius - 08-15-2006, 03:39 PM
helmet - by Graham Sumner - 11-01-2006, 08:30 PM
Rome - by Graham Sumner - 01-15-2007, 08:58 PM
HBO Rome -- A Battle At Last... - by Narukami - 02-12-2007, 04:12 PM
Rome beefs - by bigdummy - 02-19-2007, 06:06 PM
Re: Rome beefs - by stevesarak - 02-19-2007, 06:36 PM
Re: Rome beefs - by bigdummy - 02-19-2007, 06:50 PM
Re: Rome beefs - by stevesarak - 02-19-2007, 07:09 PM
Re: Rome beefs - by Narukami - 02-19-2007, 08:29 PM
re: pila - by rkmvca1 - 02-25-2007, 06:10 AM
Re: re: pila - by SOCL - 02-25-2007, 06:35 AM

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