Television Critique Corner

[Minor Axis]

I was browsing through my Roku's/Netflix T.V offerings and stumbled across Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, the Stars series, a follow on prequel to Spartacus: Blood and Sand. I was thinking wow, another Rome... wrong! This is Rome on the cheap with weak writing, excessive gushes of symbolic blood, entirely filmed in a stage with backgrounds painted in, and sexual depictions all most falling into the softcore porn realm. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against graphic sexual encounters which tend to be stimulating, but please, give me a good story and good acting too! This show is short supply of both. Now we also just started watching the original series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and it's not much better.

Do viewers here love this stuff?

So the important tip here is that you can watch Stars for free on Netflix.

 

[Niamh]

I haven't seen it yet but a friend of mine recommended it highly - Though I suspect it's more to do with the fit men rather than great storylines/writing

 

[Minor Axis]

I haven't seen it yet but a friend of mine recommended it highly - Though I suspect it's more to do with the fit men rather than great storylines/writing

Yes plenty of 'fit' men, and an adequate number of nubile females and lots of references to cocks, as in every other sentence.

 

[Minor Axis]

Just finished up Spartacus:Blood and Sand on Netflicks. Not as good as Rome, but about half way into the 1st season it grabbed me. Good ending.

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I don't think John Hanna carried the role of Biatiatus so I'm pleased he did not survive.

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For the second season I heard they have a replacement for Andy Whitman who had to quit due to cancer. Aceshowbiz.com