Reaper M,
Fair reply. I did not follow through with the series because my gag reflex overcame me. Stick-to-it-iveness (somewhere in the 3rd season) failed me, and I subsequently failed to "fall in love" with any of the characters. Perhaps the final straw was watching John Hannah's sex face while he received fellatio while in soliloquy. Not my thing. Even my gay friends who used to rave and salivate several years back all yawn about it now...old hat, they say, on to the next thing. Commodity, that's Starz' objective, little more. So, without knowing the level of post-graduate western civ. studies a person has, do not mistake my understanding of well-documented Roman depravity. Nor does that mean I need Steven DeKnight to show me weak soft porn in order to tell the story of Spartacus. However, Starz wanted the revenue, so they did.
yes the show did have a learning curve, but if you were patient with it, you would realized that it deserves to be praised
Indeed, you are right about this...but then, so did Treme, M*A*S*H, Breaking Bad and The Wire, none of which had to stoop to such tawdry levels in order to draw larger audiences.
give the effects a chance, give the actors a chance, and most importantly give the story a chance.
No, Yes, and Yes. I accept this challenge, CGI, excepting. I believe I could begin to adopt your opinions more easily without distractions inherent in the too-articulate image manipulation with each glistening drop of blood, and all those penises, god, who can concentrate on the character development with all that going on. I stand by my original post.
You said something about a snowfall, there's this fragmented quote:
the first episode had snow effects that made b-movies seem like
YET.
I recall the snowy segues used in the series, but they're just a CGI program. I'm too used to the great directors of photography of immortality to care, yet. There's Philippe Rousselot, Vittorio Storaro, or the great Freddie Young; these men divined cameras like they were a body part (
like Miles Davis with a trumpet), not some software simulation that almost imitates life. You may say that's only my opinion, but my opinion is right in that the camera doesn't require the prevaricating nature of the computer-generated replacement of film.
don't just dismiss it because you felt like a prude while watching it.
Low blow. Just when you impressed me with a legitimate opposing, thoughtful and original opinion, you bunt. Certainly, you know nothing of my feelings. Be better than that.
Here's my challenge: watch Kubrick's
Spartacus. You may even hate it, but the second time you watch it, many years from now, you may not.
Beer--now there's a temporary solution ~ Homer Simpson
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