No not the classic with Kirk Douglas and Jean Simmons, the Premium Cable show with Lucy Lawless and some other guys. I'll sum it up for you: The 300 + Monty Python + Evil Dead + Kill Bill + Porn.
We couldn't begin to take it seriously. The blood is overly exaggerated like in Kill Bill and the story is fictionalized into an unrecognition. Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert (Hercules/Xen)are producers. The biggest news is that the actor who played Spartacus, Andy Whitfield, died far too young from cancer and was replaced in "Bewitched" style with Liam McIntrye.
We've only watched 3 episodes, and have stopped. It's just not that good and just a non-stop porn fest. It's like EVERYONE was told they'd get paid more if they got naked. Spartacus (which isn't his real name) starts off as a Thracian chieftain who at first aligns with the Roman Republic, then breaks ties after the Roman general takes them away from the barbarians attacking Thrace. They Romans catch him and his wife, throw him into the ring with the other defectors and his wife in slavery and survives his fight against 4 gladiators. He's bought by John Hannah's character (who played Brendan Fraiser's brother-in-law in the Mummy franchise) and he tries to climb out from there. What follows is a side story with him and his fellow gladiator friend (a freeman who sold himself in slavery to support his wife and kid) his owners (John Hannah and Lucy Lawless) struggling with debt, the team Champion and the house slave girl, and Roman politics.
You're not missing much, and it's practically porn. The Saw movies are more appropriate for God-fearing people.
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We've only watched 3 episodes
That's two more than I watched. I concur with your review. It was really disappointing. All the more so because I really like a well done period piece, which this is definitely not.
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