Is HBO's Rome worth watching?

[Bateluer]

Hmm, I may have to get HBO. . . and a digital cable subscription . . . and a TV . . .

 

[HybridSquirrel]

Originally posted by: Nutdotnet

Originally posted by: HybridSquirrel
i liked it

You do realize the second season is running right now right?

i am now i thought they cut it off after 1 season, will be watching from now on

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: chambersc

Originally posted by: Excelsior
Without a doubt. It is fantastic!

And it was "killed" due to the ridiculously high budget.

I read an article in The New York Times about this some months back. I believe they said it cost $4million per episode.



OP: Yes, Rome is worth it. It's an EXCELLENT show. Wanna know another good show on HBO -- Extras. For the life of me, I don't know when the eps come on, though. I catch 'em on but never remember when they played later. Can someone help me with the regular time that it airs as well as the reruns?

It's more than $4mil/episode, the total cost of the first season alone was $100mil(split between HBO, BBC, and RAI), which comes out to over 8mil/episode. In reality many of the costs are fixed(i.e. the very expensive sets), so the actual per-episode costs are much lower.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Lumathix

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
I liked it, not as good as Carnivale.

Well, one man's trash is another man's treasure I guess. I thought Carnivale was horrible, but Rome is my favorite show.

Did you watch Carnivale from the beginning of season 1? I did not really start to like it until I had watched the first three episodes, then I was hooked. I admit that it would be very hard to get into if one was to just watch random episodes.