Rome

Perry Winkle · 01-14-2007, 07:40 PM

It starts in 20 minutes. Got your popcorn ready?

JayMcGee · 01-14-2007, 07:52 PM

is this the Beeb series? If so, excellent stuff - not to be missed.

Happy Monkey · 01-14-2007, 08:03 PM

I think it's a BBC/HBO collaboration. And the opening credits are on right now!

JayMcGee · 01-14-2007, 08:06 PM

Thats the one. Aired over here last year. Well worth watching... up there with 'I, Claudius'

JayMcGee · 01-14-2007, 08:10 PM

..... and, to get in the right frame of mind, you might want to put a littlle tomato ketchup on your popcorn.....

Perry Winkle · 01-14-2007, 09:08 PM

Solid episode. I've got high hopes for the season.

!SPOILER WARNING -- EP: Passover -- Highlight to read!

I think the writers are on shifting ground by setting Titus and Vorenus on what appears to be a Mafia story-line. Tricky storytelling, at least for American audiences that already associate HBO with Mafia through Sopranos.

I hope they pull it off well.

Spexxvet · 01-15-2007, 11:06 AM

I missed it! Have to catch it on demand.

wolf · 01-17-2007, 01:28 AM

I was lucky enough to be home to watch it. I loved season one, am wondering where they can go with season 2 ... a darn awful lot of stuff happened in that first episode.

Happy Monkey · 01-17-2007, 10:30 AM

Octavian's ascention to emperor over Antony and Cleopatra?

Once it's over, it might be cool to watch Rome, then I, Claudius. But it would be hard to see Rome's Octavius turn into Brian Blessed...

wolf · 01-17-2007, 10:45 AM

The Octavian stuff is a given, I was more wondering about our less royal characters ... Verenus and Pullo. I've speculated my way through a couple of variations, and it's basically not good.

Pie · 01-17-2007, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JayMcGee

Thats the one. Aired over here last year. Well worth watching... up there with 'I, Claudius'

I used to call it "I Clavdivs". :p

Perry Winkle · 01-17-2007, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

The Octavian stuff is a given, I was more wondering about our less royal characters ... Verenus and Pullo. I've speculated my way through a couple of variations, and it's basically not good.

The good thing they've done is to fill out Pullo's character by showing his tender side and exposing him to politics and intellectualism. And they've shown that Vorenus doesn't deserve, or even fulfill, the lofty "golden child" position he holds in the series.

Perry Winkle · 01-21-2007, 08:57 PM

Good episode this week. We thought we'd seen the wrath of Vorenus before...I have a feeling that's nothing compared to what's coming.

Perry Winkle · 02-18-2007, 09:00 PM

Anyone know what's going on with the Jews? I'm not very familiar with Judaism before 1,200 AD.

Perry Winkle · 03-06-2007, 04:56 PM

Anyone else think the woman who plays Gaia (Zuleikha Robinson) is just incredibly gorgeous? She oozes sex. Amazing.

01-14-2007, 07:40 PM	#1
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	Rome It starts in 20 minutes. Got your popcorn ready?

01-14-2007, 07:52 PM	#2
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	is this the Beeb series? If so, excellent stuff - not to be missed. __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

01-14-2007, 08:03 PM	#3
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I think it's a BBC/HBO collaboration. And the opening credits are on right now! __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-14-2007, 08:06 PM	#4
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	Thats the one. Aired over here last year. Well worth watching... up there with 'I, Claudius' __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

01-14-2007, 08:10 PM	#5
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	..... and, to get in the right frame of mind, you might want to put a littlle tomato ketchup on your popcorn..... __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

01-14-2007, 09:08 PM	#6
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	Solid episode. I've got high hopes for the season. !SPOILER WARNING -- EP: Passover -- Highlight to read! I think the writers are on shifting ground by setting Titus and Vorenus on what appears to be a Mafia story-line. Tricky storytelling, at least for American audiences that already associate HBO with Mafia through Sopranos. I hope they pull it off well.

01-15-2007, 11:06 AM	#7
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	I missed it! Have to catch it on demand. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

01-17-2007, 01:28 AM	#8
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I was lucky enough to be home to watch it. I loved season one, am wondering where they can go with season 2 ... a darn awful lot of stuff happened in that first episode. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-17-2007, 10:30 AM	#9
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Octavian's ascention to emperor over Antony and Cleopatra? Once it's over, it might be cool to watch Rome, then I, Claudius. But it would be hard to see Rome's Octavius turn into Brian Blessed... __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-17-2007, 10:45 AM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The Octavian stuff is a given, I was more wondering about our less royal characters ... Verenus and Pullo. I've speculated my way through a couple of variations, and it's basically not good. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-21-2007, 08:57 PM	#13
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	Good episode this week. We thought we'd seen the wrath of Vorenus before...I have a feeling that's nothing compared to what's coming.

02-18-2007, 09:00 PM	#14
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	Anyone know what's going on with the Jews? I'm not very familiar with Judaism before 1,200 AD.

03-06-2007, 04:56 PM	#15
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	Anyone else think the woman who plays Gaia (Zuleikha Robinson) is just incredibly gorgeous? She oozes sex. Amazing.

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