Spartacus TV series

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Did anyone like these series? I watched them recently and was very surprised at how good they were. There was lots of fighting and violence with blood, and also lots of graphic sex scenes. But they told the story of Spartacus very well and made me feel we should all start a revolution LOL

I've apparently got a low tolerance for the blood, so I'm slowly working through the early part of the series, but I kind of like it. I'm really looking forward to Crassus turning up. It's a shame filmmakers and scriptwriters focus on the time right around Caesar and the formal transition to empire though, or the later imperial corruption. They really ought to do a series that focuses on the politics and intrigue of the middle Republic, particularly right around the second Punic war. You'd get blood, and much less of it Roman-on-Roman, comradery, a greatness of spirit, and a truly epic conflict, though it might be too big and foreign this far in the future to do it justice even on the big screen.

I don't think Crassus turns up until the 3rd series. If you are only on the 1st series you have a way to go but the second series is only 10 episodes. The production seems to get better too, almost as good as a high budget movie. And the original actor from series 1 dies so they have to replace him in season 2 with a new actor but he plays the role well.

I think Spartacus should be regarded as a hero to us all and I think the world needs someone like him now.

I watched the final episode of the final season last night and it was sad.

Love this show. It's "Game of Thrones" in Roman times. One of those shows where the episode ends, and you nearly break your mouse trying to select "Next Episode" because the cliffhanger was that good.