Only one more episode of Rome left!

[MazerRackham]

LOL when I came in here I thought you were talking about Jim Rome...

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: y2kc

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: FleshLight
I can't believe they're gonna have him become emperor and war with Anthony in 2 episodes =(

Well I read a small spoiler at ETWeekly and they said that theres too much to cram into the last episode so people are going to be shocked and saddened by the ending. Also sounds like Antony isn't going to die in the historical accurate way.

Vorenus and\or Pullo are going to die, that's the sad part i think... Great show, gonna miss it.

I think its going to be something like Pullo kills Vorenus

 

[GoingUp]

And they could have easily made a third season instead of cramming the second into 10 episodes

 

[FleshLight]

Well they're going to have to cram a gigantic sea battle, another battle at Alexandria, suicides of Antony and Cleo, death of Caesarion, and the banishment of Lepidus in 1 episode in order to go out with a bang - the beginning of the Roman Empire.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

Jeez second season is almost over already? I better start downloading.

 

[ViRGE]

I hope they set things right with Vor's children, it's going to be a sad ending if things stop as they have been the past few episodes.

PS Go Titus Pullo!

 

[Accipiter22]

is there a lot of sex in this?? *fires up bit-torrent*

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
is there a lot of sex in this?? *fires up bit-torrent*

Yes, in the finest HBO tradition*.

*You'll probably get more than you bargained for

 

[FleshLight]

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
is there a lot of sex in this?? *fires up bit-torrent*

There's full frontal of both sexes. I remember one scene where Atia is giving someone this slave with a huge wang (like halfway down to his knees) and the camera just panned in on it for 10 seconds or so.

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob

Originally posted by: jpeyton
You guys should be thankful for 2 seasons. Rome is a fantastic achievement for HBO, but fiscally questionable. I'm glad the execs had enough scruples to realize the show needed to be made, and properly (read: no expense spared).

I don't know about that... Some of the battle scenes looked low budget, and you didn't really see all that much of "Rome" itself.

It's a TV series, hot a 2-hour blockbuster.

The budget for Gladiator was $103 million, for 2.5 hours of edited footage. A season of Rome done at that scale would cost HBO $500 million per season, which is unfathomable for a TV series (and would likely bankrupt the company).

Still, $100 million per season is nothing to laugh at. It's still epic in scale for a TV series, especially since most of the costs went to things like set design, costumes, production, etc (unlike Friends, which was expensive simply because of star power and inflated salaries).

You may think "you didn't really see all that much of 'Rome' itself", but the sets constructed for the show are the largest in world (5 acre backlot & 6 soundstages).

 

[John]

Livia, Octavian's hot young wife, looks like she's figured out how to tame her husband.

I'm really looking forward to the season finale, but on the flipside I'm disappointed that there will not be a 3rd season.

 

[JEDIYoda]

yeah,,there should be a 3rd season!!

 

[Keblerelf04]

I had almost pulled the credit card out and ordered HBO until I heard that they were canceling rome a couple months back.
Now there is nothing on there I want...Deadwood is gone...sopranos is gone after this year...rome is gone...I guess that leaves entourage...which I haven't seen anything mentioned about it for awhile. So is there even anything on HBO???

 

[mb]

Sign the petition! http://www.petitiononline.com/rome_hbo/petition.html

 

[GoingUp]

Last one starts in 10 min on the east coast

 

[ultimatebob]

Once again, HBO goes the cheapskate route and skips over a crucial battle scene :|

If they ever brought bring back this show, I hope that they do it on a network that's willing to spend the money to do it right!

 

[Descartes]

I'm disappointed that it's over so quickly. At first I honestly thought the acting was fairly weak, but things have come together quite well over the past year. The actor that now plays Octavian does a great job, imo.

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Once again, HBO goes the cheapskate route and skips over a crucial battle scene :|

If they ever brought bring back this show, I hope that they do it on a network that's willing to spend the money to do it right!

Out of all the battles that occurred at the time, there was only one very short interlude. This show isn't about the battles themselves; rather, it's about the characters surrounding them.

 

[GoingUp]

SPOILERS!

Well I was left crying like a little girl there in the middle, but I think it was a good end to the series.

 

[John]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Once again, HBO goes the cheapskate route and skips over a crucial battle scene :|

If they ever brought bring back this show, I hope that they do it on a network that's willing to spend the money to do it right!

HBO/BBC did a marvelous job with Rome. So what if a few battles were cut short......it was all about the story IMHO. Even though the entire series didn't adhere to history as we know it I still enjoyed every minute of it. This series rates up there with Deadwood and Band of Brothers AFAIAC.

 

[spacelord]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Bummer. I'm going to miss all that gratuitous sex and violence

I haven't watched ANY Rome yet.. so I guess I have sex and violence to look forward to.

 

[Red Dawn]

The series finale was awesome, too bad they didn't do as good a job with the series finale of Deadwood.

Anybody know what new series are in the works for HBO?

 

[archiloco]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
The series finale was awesome, too bad they didn't do as good a job with the series finale of Deadwood.

Anybody know what new series are in the works for HBO?

no idea, but loved the last sentence

SPOILER:::::::::::::



















Well, about your father............


wonderful ending to the series. wonder if they are going to do fictional series with cesarian and the other son.....

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
The series finale was awesome, too bad they didn't do as good a job with the series finale of Deadwood.

Anybody know what new series are in the works for HBO?

Thats a good question. No more Sopranos, Rome or Deadwood.

Entourage and Big Love are entertaining, but can't compare with the top three.

 

[maddogchen]

damn...no more Rome

I knew they were gonna skip that last battle! damn only one episode there was no way to wrap everything up with that in it. In the beginning I really liked Octavian and hated Antony, but in the end I felt sorry for Antony and didn't like Octavian's wife. The worse was Cleopatra, its all her fault! hehe.

 

[Exterous]

Fantastic episode - finally got a chance to watch it on dvr. Too bad Vorenus died, I really liked him (although they would have had a tough time reconciling him with his children if he lived)

Cleopatra finally got what she deserved

Crap.....now I won't have that OR BSG to look forward to. What am I supposed to do sunday night now?