I just finished Rome.

[Regs]

Ray Stevenson was excellent in his role.


[q]Cleopatra too... mm. i'm off to do some googling [/q]

Get a job!

 

[Homerboy]

i could see that. the sets and costumes were elaborate. i for one am glad they dropped a ton of cake on two seasons though :awe:

you can certainly tell that they cut the 2nd season short.

Spoiler

i was hoping Marc Antony would have went out with a bang instead of a whimper... i liked his character... even though he wasn't really a "good guy", i really wanted to see him take out a bunch of Centurions and die that way instead of the suicide.

Well they did kinda want follow history and all...

I personally think Rome is singularly the best "show" that has ever been on TV. Anything more than 2 seasons would have ruined it.

 

[DesiPower]

The second was going to end with the death of Brutus. Third and fourth season would be set in Egypt. Fifth was going to be the rise of the messiah in Palestine.

Five season would have been too bad, but I guess when a good series is cut show it becomes even better!

 

[meltdown75]

Ray Stevenson was excellent in his role.


[q]Cleopatra too... mm. i'm off to do some googling [/q]

Get a job!

i'm at work

 

[meltdown75]

Well they did kinda want follow history and all...

I personally think Rome is singularly the best "show" that has ever been on TV. Anything more than 2 seasons would have ruined it.

haha, true, i totally forgot about that during the watching of the episode

did Lucius Verenus die at the end? I can't seem to recall. He was on his deathbed but I wasn't sure if they actually showed him dying. BADASS character.

 

[Homerboy]

haha, true, i totally forgot about that during the watching of the episode

did Lucius Verenus die at the end? I can't seem to recall. He was on his deathbed but I wasn't sure if they actually showed him dying. BADASS character.

If I recall they never show him ACTUALLY die, but Pullo brings the children to what you assume is Lucius' deathbed. I think Pullo may allude to him dying too, but you never see an actual "Death"

That being said, the ACTUAL history on Lucius and Pullo is quite interesting. IIRC they are 2 of the VERY FEW soldiers ever named by name in any Roman writings:

He appears, along with Titus Pullo, in Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico, Book 5, Chapter 44. The episode describes the two as centurions, approaching the first ranks, who shared a bitter personal rivalry. It relates how Pullo charged the enemy (the Nervii) in the heat of battle. Pullo casts his javelin at one of the enemy from a short distance, but he is simultaneously pierced by a spear and surrounded by other Nervii preventing him from drawing his sword. At this moment, Lucius Vorenus, following Pullo from the fortifications, reached the site of the mêlée, engaging the enemy in hand-to-hand combat. After slaying one of the enemy and driving back the rest, Vorenus lost his footing on the irregular terrain. As the Nervii drew closer to him, Pullo came to his rescue. After slaying many of their opponents, the two retreated to the fortifications amidst roaring applause from their comrades in arms.

 

[meltdown75]

Titus kicked ass.

my favourite death was that of the tall Gaul-looking fellow with the skull / mace thing in the forum.

For Lucius to drive that sucker into his shoulder right next to his head... well... that was such a fitting death!

 

[Homerboy]

Titus kicked ass.

my favourite death was that of the tall Gaul-looking fellow with the skull / mace thing in the forum.

For Lucius to drive that sucker into his shoulder right next to his head... well... that was such a fitting death!

THIRTEEN!!!

Oh and you will love The Wire too. So very very good.