Hard to watch after Spartacus the series
I had never seen this before, and I recently watched the whole new Spartacus series. Maybe I should have done it the other way around, because after getting used the imagery and pacing of the show, this just felt really slow and "tame" in comparison. I could only watch it for about 1 hour, then I had to stop. Perhaps I will continue one day, but I don't know.
Maybe I am just too spoiled by the spectacular fights and tons of blood in the show :)