― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 18:02 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm going to miss Indira Varma.
― M. White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 18:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 18:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 18:20 (eighteen years ago) link
I felt pretty bad when Niobe died, but I think they had to do it. Lucius Vorenus is going to be feeling really guilty in future episodes about his professional screwup in letting Caesar get killed, which would eventually grew tiresome, so they had to mirror that with the more resonant private screwup/loss.
I'm on the side of those who thought the catty intrigue ended up a little on the soap opera side- a few extra arched eyebrows and instead of Ancient Rome, we would have been in Viejo Mexico. Contrast that with Caesar's power plays, which I pretty much bought hook, line and sinker. Usually I have my radar up and think "haha, that actor thinks he can puff up his chest and glint his eye and pontificate and I'm going to believe he is a powerful man. I'm sorry, but life isn't like that, baby" but in this case the writers and especially the actor really pulled it off.
I thought Vorenus/Pullo were great characters, an excellent good cop/bad cop team of one thinking/controlling/repressed guy and one lusty/impulsive/acting out guy. The grumpy straight arrow that is Lucius Vorenus is a type that is near and dear to my heart.
― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 18:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 18:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― M. White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 18:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― M. White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 18:45 (eighteen years ago) link
No, that sort of thing I generally find sad and tedious (which means I've found it somewhat difficult to get excited about Rome the actual historical empire, which was after all all about that sort of shenanigans). If it's done in the service of a cleverly turned out plot (P.G. Wodehouse/"Scott Tenerman Must Die" style) then I'll put up with it.
In general hour-long tv shows haven't interested me.
― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 19:51 (eighteen years ago) link
anyway, pretty good, I was hoping ceaser would be around for longer though. bring on cleopatra I say.
― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 00:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 01:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 01:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Gukbe (lokar), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 01:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 01:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Gukbe (lokar), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 01:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 01:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― geoff (gcannon), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 01:36 (eighteen years ago) link
Comedy replies are OK as long as I get a serious one too. Thanks in advance.
― zebedee (zebedee), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 11:25 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.hbo.com/rome/episode/season1/episode10.html
― mason storm (mason storm), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 11:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― milo z (mlp), Friday, 12 January 2007 01:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― Candy: tastes like chicken, if chicken was a candy. (Austin, Still), Monday, 29 January 2007 14:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Redd And The Blecch (Ken L), Monday, 29 January 2007 14:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― Candy: tastes like chicken, if chicken was a candy. (Austin, Still), Monday, 29 January 2007 17:21 (seventeen years ago) link
this series is really chugging along. i wish it had more seasons to come, as this series really should have ended with Phillipa, and the third would be all about the triumvirate falling apart, ending with the Cleopatra fiasco.
i don't want to see cicero killed.
― The Ultimate Conclusion (lokar), Monday, 29 January 2007 17:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― Candy: tastes like chicken, if chicken was a candy. (Austin, Still), Monday, 29 January 2007 17:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― Candy: tastes like chicken, if chicken was a candy. (Austin, Still), Sunday, 4 February 2007 06:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― milo z (mlp), Monday, 5 February 2007 07:04 (seventeen years ago) link
Phillipi is still two episodes off. Hope next week is more than just build up, though presumably a helluvalot has to happen.
Not so sure about Simon Woods. More Posca and Cicero, please.
― The Ultimate Conclusion (lokar), Monday, 5 February 2007 15:50 (seventeen years ago) link
Hell yeah more Posca and Cicero!
― Candy: tastes like chicken, if chicken was a candy. (Austin, Still), Monday, 5 February 2007 15:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Thursday, 22 February 2007 04:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― Bill Magill, Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael White, Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― rrrobyn, Thursday, 22 February 2007 16:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael White, Thursday, 22 February 2007 17:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― rrrobyn, Thursday, 22 February 2007 17:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― Gukbe, Thursday, 22 February 2007 18:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― David R., Friday, 23 February 2007 15:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― accentmonkey, Friday, 23 February 2007 15:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― rrrobyn, Friday, 23 February 2007 16:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― accentmonkey, Friday, 23 February 2007 16:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― aimurchie, Friday, 23 February 2007 16:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― Gukbe, Monday, 12 March 2007 14:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― David R., Monday, 12 March 2007 14:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael White, Monday, 12 March 2007 14:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― David R., Monday, 12 March 2007 14:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Gukbe, Monday, 12 March 2007 15:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 12 March 2007 18:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― accentmonkey, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 10:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Sunday, 18 March 2007 23:28 (seventeen years ago) link