Spartacus-'the most explicit, violent series' ever made

[Devrim]

John Hannah defends nudity and sex in Spartacus

The actor, who stars in 'the most explicit, violent series' ever made, says his only concern was the language


http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2010/5/14/1273851830676/Spartacus-006.jpg

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/may/16/john-hannah-nudity-sex-spartacus

Has anybody else seen this. I watched the final episode last night. If so, what did you think?

Devrim

[Angry Young Man]

It looks bloody appalling. Total dreck.

[BAM]

i saw the first episode online ... lots of blood, bit of nudity and swearing - and some bad acting too ...

I love the Kubrick movie, but first impressions of this weren't good ... does it get any better? Is it so bad it's good?

[brigadista]

i really enjoyed it

[Sasha]

shit acting, shit historical accuracy, shit special effects, shit eroticism
to be short an shit serie on al fronts

[Angry Young Man]

shit acting, shit historical accuracy, shit special effects, shit eroticism
to be short an shit serie on al fronts

How do you make a show about near-nude men fighting to the death shit eroticism?

[brigadista]

i think you are taking it too seriously - its a soap

[bawbag]

it is bollocks, they try to fancy it up with slowing everything down, the effects are horrendous, plenty of shagging in the first few episodes to entice you in and keep you watching, but it all gradually disappears

really poor show.

[Sasha]

How do you make a show about near-nude men fighting to the death shit eroticism?

dont know, maybe because its just an poor ripoff of 300 instead of the real thing

[RedStarOverChina]

dont know, maybe because its just an poor ripoff of 300 instead of the real thing
There's a recipe for making fantastic movies alright.

Jesus, a poor ripoff of 300? How bad does it have to be?

[x359594]

I love the Kubrick movie...

The Kubrick Spartacus has the advantage of a screenplay by Dalton Trumbo (Hollywood black-list victim and fellow traveler) from a source novel by Howard Fast, a Marxist who wrote popular novels with a social conscience. I presume this current version has nothing to do with the Fast book.

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

Watched about 20 minutes of it the other night and had to turn it off it was quite simply dire.

In fact, it would have to be improved greatly to be worthy of being called 'dire'.