Whoa... is Rome better than Game of Thrones?

[Jeeebus]

Saw that Rome is on Amazon Prime streaming, so figured I'd check it out today... 4 episodes in the first season and this show is excellent. It's like Game of Thrones tittays and violence, but minus Game of Thrones filler.

Why the hell is this only two seasons?

 

[FleshLight]

The set was too expensive and burned down

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Why the hell is this only two seasons?

Why does any show get canceled? It didn't make money. The show had production cost issues from day one, it was too expensive to make given the ratings, so it got axed.

 

[HN]

Rome is excellent. GoT is even better on a bigger scale

IMHO

*edit*
I was ok with rome ending at S2. didn't seem to be going anywhere.

now Deadwood getting nixed at S3 -- that was a tragedy. cocksuckers.

 

[maddogchen]

yes Rome was an excellent show. Sad that it only was two seasons.

 

[Ns1]

So you're saying there's violence and titties?

 

[The Boston Dangler]

rome was crap. after they were picked up for a 2nd season, they were out of caesar's history to mangle, so they made up some bullshit that was even worse. worse than sopranos, about as bad as deadwood but better to look at.

 

[Printer Bandit]

i couldn't understand rome and lost interest.

maybe i need to go back and try watching it again.

 

[Jeeebus]

i couldn't understand rome and lost interest.

maybe i need to go back and try watching it again.

what's not to understand? Some Pompous guy is jelly of Little Caesar's pizza so a bunch of people kill each other while girls show us their tittays. Simple enough concept.

 

[Printer Bandit]

what's not to understand? Some Pompous guy is jelly of Little Caesar's pizza so a bunch of people kill each other while girls show us their tittays. Simple enough concept.

maybe it was the british accents.

 

[zinfamous]

Rome is excellent. GoT is even better on a bigger scale

IMHO

*edit*
I was ok with rome ending at S2. didn't seem to be going anywhere.

now Deadwood getting nixed at S3 -- that was a tragedy. cocksuckers.

Indeed.

But both shows had the same production cost issues. For Rome's sake, I think the writers knew well in advance, and so were able to craft a decent closing storyline to end the short series. I think Deadwood was somewhat last minute, with either some hashed together final two episodes...or it was just cancelled after that 3rd season with no prior notice? I think that's what happened, actually.

I think both were better than GoT.

 

[zinfamous]

i couldn't understand rome and lost interest.

History.

Or, maybe go back and read Shakespeare's version of Julius Caesar if none of that is familiar to you. That is the first season of Rome.

 

[Childs]

Rome was great, although I'm not sure I'd say it's better than Game of Thrones. They're about the same, although GoT teases you with all these interesting possibilities but hasn't really delivered on any of it yet. GoT does have some good moments though. Maybe I'd say season one of Rome was better than any season of GoT, but GoT had some really cool moments here and there.

 

[SSSnail]

The set was too expensive and burned down

:thumbsup:

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Rome was great, but it did get noticeably weaker after March 15ish. Didn't help that Octavian/Augustus came off as a whiny nerd. I wouldn't say it was as good as Game of Thrones, but it's definitely one of HBO's better series (and that's a network with a lot of great series).

 

[thedarkwolf]

Carnivale
Since we are talking about great shows that got canned by HBO too early.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4D3UdxM3OU
And 7:55 of nothing but cocksuckers

 

[GasX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4D3UdxM3OU
And 7:55 of nothing but cocksuckers

I was thinking of posting that, so I'll post my sig instead...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2Q7YRDL90E

 

[z1ggy]

Tits....? Violence...??

COUNT ME IN!!


...but no soft floppy wieners right??

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Saw that Rome is on Amazon Prime streaming, so figured I'd check it out today... 4 episodes in the first season and this show is excellent. It's like Game of Thrones tittays and violence, but minus Game of Thrones filler.

Why the hell is this only two seasons?

Many of the actors and actresses from Rome made it to GoT too:

Julius Caesar = Mance Rayder
Brutus = One of the Tully characters IIRC (don't remember his name)

There were a few others too. I agree that Rome was an excellent series but I wish they would've had more of Caesar's exploits. I thought I heard that HBO realized that they made a mistake cancelling Rome and were working on another Roman series, but I might be mistaken.

 

[acheron]

Never watched Rome, but if it's on Amazon streaming I should give it a try.

 

[Jeeebus]

...but no soft floppy wieners right??

Some chick just gave some other chick a slave dude as a gift - and he had a huge dong all dressed up with a gold chain or something. I felt a little... well, ya.

 

[PricklyPete]

Rome was awesome! I have been re-watching it with my wife and I forgot how much I enjoyed it.

 

[qliveur]

Tits....? Violence...??

COUNT ME IN!!


...but no soft floppy wieners right??

Nope, none. None at all. :sneaky:

Some chick just gave some other chick a slave dude as a gift - and he had a huge dong all dressed up with a gold chain or something. I felt a little... well, ya.

Hush, you.


As for the show itself, it started out great but got very mediocre after Caesar.

And Deadwood got so tedious that I couldn't even finish it.

 

[poofyhairguy]

I think it was better. GoT has too many things that appeal to the common person, like it has a ceiling on how smart it could be. Rome was a joint venture with the BBC, which added that extra production budget and class.

It was meant to run 4+ seasons, but when that wasn't going to happen the second half of season 2 tries to cram a half of a season of ideas into single episodes. But despite that, it is amazing to watch.

 

[Squeetard]

The Spartacus series is excellent as well.