09-06-2005, 05:14 AM
Did anyone watch this week's episode? It was fabulous, even better than the first one. I'm very impressed with this series.
Sure there are inaccuracies, but I'm much more interested in their creating dramatic scenes and good characters than them having exactly the right armor or whatever.
So far they've done an outstanding job of making Rome feel more "real" -- the city actually being colorful (as opposed to everything being bleached white), focusing on lower class characters and areas, actually showing the "weird" stuff (the taurobolium in the first episode, for example, and slaves watching while their masters had sex).
Only thing is, I wish they had set it in a different period than the fall of the Republic. Everybody does that and everybody already knows the story by heart. Oh, how I wish they had picked the reign of a later emperor, particularly in the 3rd century. Would've given them a lot more artistic freedom too. But at least they've shown that they have something new to bring to this particular story. Would be nice to focus a little more on the soldiers... Caesar and Pompey are boring in comparison. Pollo is such an awesome character so far.
Sure there are inaccuracies, but I'm much more interested in their creating dramatic scenes and good characters than them having exactly the right armor or whatever.
So far they've done an outstanding job of making Rome feel more "real" -- the city actually being colorful (as opposed to everything being bleached white), focusing on lower class characters and areas, actually showing the "weird" stuff (the taurobolium in the first episode, for example, and slaves watching while their masters had sex).
Only thing is, I wish they had set it in a different period than the fall of the Republic. Everybody does that and everybody already knows the story by heart. Oh, how I wish they had picked the reign of a later emperor, particularly in the 3rd century. Would've given them a lot more artistic freedom too. But at least they've shown that they have something new to bring to this particular story. Would be nice to focus a little more on the soldiers... Caesar and Pompey are boring in comparison. Pollo is such an awesome character so far.