So, obviously I have heard of this show before but never got around to seeing it. Have been watching it since yesterday (brought the first series with me on my trip and watched 5 episodes on the plane) and I'm loving it.
If it had more gay sex it would be perfect. :P
You'd be late for your own funeral.
I also checked that the actor playing Octavian was 17 when they started shooting the series.
So perving about him is: legal. :P
M.
There is gay sex in the second season I think.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 16, 2009, 07:25:35 AM
You'd be late for your own funeral.
"If you don't go to other peoples' funerals, they won't go to yours." --Yogi Berra.
Quote from: Martinus on October 16, 2009, 07:19:41 AM
So, obviously I have heard of this show before but never got around to seeing it. Have been watching it since yesterday (brought the first series with me on my trip and watched 5 episodes on the plane) and I'm loving it.
If it had more gay sex it would be perfect. :P
Six Feet Under has mucho faggotry, and it's a few years old now...perfect for you.
Quote from: Josephus on October 16, 2009, 03:18:01 PM
Quote from: Martinus on October 16, 2009, 07:19:41 AM
So, obviously I have heard of this show before but never got around to seeing it. Have been watching it since yesterday (brought the first series with me on my trip and watched 5 episodes on the plane) and I'm loving it.
If it had more gay sex it would be perfect. :P
Six Feet Under has mucho faggotry, and it's a few years old now...perfect for you.
I watched it two years ago. :P
HBO and Showtime are my favourite networks.
I pretty much hated the show. Too much titty and jaw-jaw, not enough cohorts killing shit.
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 16, 2009, 05:09:37 PM
I pretty much hated the show. Too much titty and jaw-jaw, not enough cohorts killing shit.
It was definitely not a military history of the period, to be sure.
What saved it for me was the grit, the score, and the acting. Except for later Octavian, it was pretty much perfectly cast for its purposes.
Pullo and Vorenus are on my list of favourite fictional charactars evarh! :D
It was a brilliant show, historicity be damned.
Quote from: Slargos on October 16, 2009, 06:25:37 PM
Pullo and Vorenus are on my list of favourite fictional charactars evarh! :D
It was a brilliant show, historicity be damned.
Pullo for me, for sure. Vorenus was far more generic (and Kevin McKidd a more limited actor, from what I saw). I loved Ciarán Hinds as Caesar, though, more than anyone in any other role on the show.
Quote from: grumbler on October 16, 2009, 05:45:57 PMExcept for later Octavian, it was pretty much perfectly cast for its purposes.
Would you rather have had Brian Blessed? :P
Quote from: Slargos on October 16, 2009, 06:25:37 PM
Pullo and Vorenus are on my list of favourite fictional charactars evarh! :D
It was a brilliant show, historicity be damned.
I still think of Pullo when I see you post.
Quote from: grumbler on October 16, 2009, 06:41:33 PM
Quote from: Slargos on October 16, 2009, 06:25:37 PM
Pullo and Vorenus are on my list of favourite fictional charactars evarh! :D
It was a brilliant show, historicity be damned.
Pullo for me, for sure. Vorenus was far more generic (and Kevin McKidd a more limited actor, from what I saw). I loved Ciarán Hinds as Caesar, though, more than anyone in any other role on the show.
Ceasar is perfectly cast for me, both in terms of his looks and his behaviour, that's exactly how I would have imagined him.
Quote from: Slargos on October 16, 2009, 06:25:37 PM
Pullo and Vorenus are on my list of favourite fictional charactars evarh! :D
It was a brilliant show, historicity be damned.
I like Pullo, but my favourite character is Atia. :lol:
Quote from: Lucidor on October 17, 2009, 07:43:45 AM
Quote from: Slargos on October 16, 2009, 06:25:37 PM
Pullo and Vorenus are on my list of favourite fictional charactars evarh! :D
It was a brilliant show, historicity be damned.
I still think of Pullo when I see you post.
:blush: :hug:
Quote from: Martinus on October 17, 2009, 07:50:27 AM
Quote from: Slargos on October 16, 2009, 06:25:37 PM
Pullo and Vorenus are on my list of favourite fictional charactars evarh! :D
It was a brilliant show, historicity be damned.
I like Pullo, but my favourite character is Atia. :lol:
Quelle surprise :rolleyes:
Quote from: Slargos on October 17, 2009, 08:03:00 AM
Quote from: Martinus on October 17, 2009, 07:50:27 AM
Quote from: Slargos on October 16, 2009, 06:25:37 PM
Pullo and Vorenus are on my list of favourite fictional charactars evarh! :D
It was a brilliant show, historicity be damned.
I like Pullo, but my favourite character is Atia. :lol:
Quelle surprise :rolleyes:
I just think she is a wonderful mother. :P
Why am I not surprised. :rolleyes:
Only seen parts of it. OK I guess.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on October 16, 2009, 07:27:20 PM
Quote from: grumbler on October 16, 2009, 05:45:57 PMExcept for later Octavian, it was pretty much perfectly cast for its purposes.
Would you rather have had Brian Blessed? :P
That has to be the most retarded choice for Augustus ever. Fucking BBC or whatever...
Quote from: Threviel on October 17, 2009, 03:40:22 PM
That has to be the most retarded choice for Augustus ever. Fucking BBC or whatever...
I think you utterly missed the point on why Blessed was chosen for that role...
Quote from: Martinus on October 16, 2009, 03:54:09 PM
I watched it two years ago. :P
HBO and Showtime are my favourite networks.
Both passe. In another quarter-decade you'll be raving about how fabulous Salvatore Romano is and how much you want to fuck Don Draper.
Quote from: grumbler on October 17, 2009, 10:34:14 PM
Quote from: Threviel on October 17, 2009, 03:40:22 PM
That has to be the most retarded choice for Augustus ever. Fucking BBC or whatever...
I think you utterly missed the point on why Blessed was chosen for that role...
Being able to bellow about Varus and the eagles? :P
Quote from: Queequeg on October 18, 2009, 02:07:59 AM
Both passe. In another quarter-decade you'll be raving about how fabulous Salvatore Romano is and how much you want to fuck Don Draper.
That reminds me. I'm still angry that Providence has never been released on DVD. I'd snatch up all the seasons at once! <_<
Quote from: Martinus on October 17, 2009, 07:50:27 AM
Quote from: Slargos on October 16, 2009, 06:25:37 PM
Pullo and Vorenus are on my list of favourite fictional charactars evarh! :D
It was a brilliant show, historicity be damned.
I like Pullo, but my favourite character is Atia. :lol:
great cans
Quote from: grumbler on October 17, 2009, 10:34:14 PM
Quote from: Threviel on October 17, 2009, 03:40:22 PM
That has to be the most retarded choice for Augustus ever. Fucking BBC or whatever...
I think you utterly missed the point on why Blessed was chosen for that role...
Could you please tell me? If the reason is good enough I might even manage to watch more than 20 minutes...
Quote from: garbon on October 18, 2009, 03:43:36 AM
That reminds me. I'm still angry that Providence has never been released on DVD. I'd snatch up all the seasons at once! <_<
The sister on Providence is an old friend of my families'. She's Mormon. Watched over me as a little kid in Sunday School.
Quote from: Threviel on October 18, 2009, 09:42:17 AM
Could you please tell me? If the reason is good enough I might even manage to watch more than 20 minutes...
Because Blessed isn't paying Augustus, he is playing Augustus
as perceived by Claudius: loud, sometimes kind, but more than a bit thick when it comes to family. Blessed plays the Augustus of the books quite well, even though he isn't particularly believable as the historical Augustus "as we know him."
And you have to accept the stage-like production values of the series as a given. This wasn't a flaw in the production, it was a deliberate production decision.
I agree with Grumbler: this isn't Augustus the world-conquoring emperor, this is Augustus the guy completely unable to handle his truly horrible family. :D
One of my favourite scenes is the one where Augustus is reviewing the line of guys alleged to have fucked Julia, and at one point in a sort of angry dispair roars: "Is there anyone here who has *not* had sex with my daughter?!"
Quote from: Queequeg on October 18, 2009, 10:00:49 AM
The sister on Providence is an old friend of my families'. She's Mormon. Watched over me as a little kid in Sunday School.
I wonder why she agreed to play a role on what was essentially a small city version of Sex and the City.
Quote from: Malthus on October 18, 2009, 02:14:14 PM
I agree with Grumbler: this isn't Augustus the world-conquoring emperor, this is Augustus the guy completely unable to handle his truly horrible family. :D
One of my favourite scenes is the one where Augustus is reviewing the line of guys alleged to have fucked Julia, and at one point in a sort of angry dispair roars: "Is there anyone here who has *not* had sex with my daughter?!"
Hehe, yeah that's awesome.
For the record, Octavian is now my favourite character in "Rome". And not just because he is cute but because he is clever. :P
Quote from: Martinus on October 18, 2009, 02:39:17 PM
For the record, Octavian is now my favourite character in "Rome". And not just because he is cute but because he is clever. :P
Yeah, he does the "sneaky little shit" thing very well.
I love the part when he fucks Octavia, and then fucks her, figuratively. :P
You're going to be in for a disappointment in season 2. The casting and portrayal of older Augustus is bizarre.
Quote from: Pitiful Pathos on October 18, 2009, 07:24:59 PM
You're going to be in for a disappointment in season 2. The casting and portrayal of older Augustus is bizarre.
Agree. That totally didn't work for me. Given the ability of Hollywood to "age" people (and vice versa)* [insert Dorsey joke here], I would have thought it possible to retain the excellent Max Pirkis through the whole series. The transition to older Octavian/Augustus just didn't work for me. Maybe if he hadn't been following such a terrific performance it might have worked.
*Famously, making the twenty-five year difference between the ages of Peter O'Toole and Katherine Hepburn disappear in
The Lion in Winter.