Spartacus: War of the Damned
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:43 pm
The last season of Spartacus begins Friday night and is replayed lots during the weekend.
It's on STARZ...
It's no longer a story f gladiators but a blood-drenched retelling of the Second (?) Punic War when the real Spartacus rebelled and led an army of slaves and gladiators against Rome.
I predict heads will roll, blood will flow, lots of bloody deaths in slow motion by swords and spears. DId I say blood will flow?
I agree that this should be the last season. As a critic pointed out, Spartacus was Upstairs Downstairs with blood sport, naked bodies, raging sex, and lots of killing, spilling of blood, hot sweaty muscular men with their buttcheeks exposed and their man-parts dangling, and blood, lots of blood, really lots of blood.
But back to this being the last season -- why reinvent history - the Romans win - that's the reason.
They might have played the gladiatorial seasons longer but those were steamy soap operas with gladiatorial blood sports thrown in.
And what are they going to do to top the last season's finale where Ilithia gives birth and lucretia gives her a helping hand (Now that was an ending to end all endings), where Ilithia saves Glaber her estranged husband from death at the hands of his mistress (you have no idea how far my eyes opened at that scene), and the gladiator fight in a circle of fire... Too many good things to ruin with endless story lines.
It's on STARZ...
It's no longer a story f gladiators but a blood-drenched retelling of the Second (?) Punic War when the real Spartacus rebelled and led an army of slaves and gladiators against Rome.
I predict heads will roll, blood will flow, lots of bloody deaths in slow motion by swords and spears. DId I say blood will flow?
I agree that this should be the last season. As a critic pointed out, Spartacus was Upstairs Downstairs with blood sport, naked bodies, raging sex, and lots of killing, spilling of blood, hot sweaty muscular men with their buttcheeks exposed and their man-parts dangling, and blood, lots of blood, really lots of blood.
But back to this being the last season -- why reinvent history - the Romans win - that's the reason.
They might have played the gladiatorial seasons longer but those were steamy soap operas with gladiatorial blood sports thrown in.
And what are they going to do to top the last season's finale where Ilithia gives birth and lucretia gives her a helping hand (Now that was an ending to end all endings), where Ilithia saves Glaber her estranged husband from death at the hands of his mistress (you have no idea how far my eyes opened at that scene), and the gladiator fight in a circle of fire... Too many good things to ruin with endless story lines.