Spartacus :Blood and Sex ..I mean Sand

Totally a waste of time - sort of a hodgepodge of Glatiator,300 and Caligula with the fight scenes strangely being the least compelling part.
Notable for the over the top violence, badly out of place expletives, explicit nudity and not much else.

Overall I'd give it a 4/10
The over-use and blatant ripoff of the 300 slow-mo monochromatic violence highlighted by the bright red splatter of blood started off old and got irritating very quickly - a case of style over( and instead of) real tension.
Also not much about the character Spartacus to cheer for at this point other than he has an incredibly hot wife who like every other woman (and man - yes there is male full frontal) loses her clothes( and has sex ) at every opportunity.

That fact along with getting to finally see Lucy Lawless's tits is basically ( at this time) my sole reason to continue watching.
Shallow yes but there are worse ways to spend my time than watching beautiful women getting naked.
Heroes for example.

Naked Hollywood actresses always are a good reason for watching a shit move :)

It's a series

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1442449/

and it's already been greenlit for a second season without even one episode aired yet.

A shame that shit like that is on Tv and yet Jericho was taken off the air!

They made the mistake of not getting Ashley Scott naked.If they had it would have been good for another year or two.:rolleyes:

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I agree with you a total rip off of 300 and Gladiator shallow....

I didn't see Spartacus Blood and Sand. :P
It does look like a rip off of 300, HBO's Rome and The Tudors all in one.


I'll give the first few episodes a chance. There is nothing else to watch on Sunday or Monday nights.

Not bad for a 41 year old...

Spoiler: Show

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She Wishes...

I loved Rome. 300 and gladiator were good too, so I'll be giving it a try for sure.

Downloading it now. :)

Yep it looked good. Will see on 22.01.2010 :)

it looks more like a game than a movie

Saw the first two episodes...seriously those Romans are like rabbits. Sex for celebration, Sex just cause, even Sex while having an idle chat.

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ah, those were the times :smoke:

Violence, sex, nudity, men in tight leather (er..I mean, men with swords and bulging muscles fighting and getting dirty and sweaty) and conquering other men evil.

Looks fuckin' awesome watchable.

Sometimes a sword isn't just a sword .

Mrs MBM


Coincidentally to Spartacus Erin Cummings and Lucy Lawless co-star in this.

http://www.bitchslapmovie.com/

Sex sells and I'm buying.

:lol:

I guess my twins will be goatees...:P

You have a fan club IdolEyes787

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1442449/...nest/154504170
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1442449/...nest/155539914

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Coincidentally to Spartacus Erin Cummings and Lucy Lawless co-star in this.

http://www.bitchslapmovie.com/

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Xena is in there for about 45 seconds and even knowing when to look, is almost unrecognizable.
There are other attractions however and I thought Bitch Slap was great.

It's a good show so far. We'll see if it can live up to Rome.

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I enjoyed the way the story was sort of told in reverse but otherwise I didn't like it anywhere as much as I thought I would.This is a bit of a horndog comment but it was a cop-out to promote/center the whole thing on the ( considerable ) sex appeal of the leads and then never as a film ( except for the violence) never get past first base.

On the whole it reminded me of Sin City just with bigger breasts and even less point.

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Damning indeed.

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Just watched the first 2 eps. Well you are right, although naked women are more interesting than Heroes there is a big BUT. Rome had naked women but it was historical accurate. Just hope there are more new ladies coming next weeks

I will give a couple of episodes and then deside if I'm gona continue to watch it or not. Hard to deside right now to be honest.

I love this show although its historical accuracy is well ... "Look a naked chick"!

Just watched the trailer, reminds me of Gladiator/300. Might wait for better sources to download.

so, i finally made it thru the 1st episode. took 4 tries. i hate the dialog, the over use of the slow mo is badly done (too repetitive) and i can't say i like the acting either. the only good thing that's came out of this so far is that i felt like playing Titan Quest as soon as he put on that helmet of his.

while i don't mind tits in my movies using them to sell this series isn't something that's gonna save it imo. i could just watch porn. so far i've watched ep1 & 2. i thought 2 was the better episode, but the show has to start somewhere? i guess i'll watch episode 3 now and see wtf. lol, mostly so i can move it out of my "to watch" folder.

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episode 3 was ok for this series. i'm still not used to the silly blood cg effects tho. best part of ep3 was when blond gladiator dude was told to fuck sum chic. if i was ever pulled out of formation and "told" to fuck sum chic that woulda been a nice treat.

Most TV shows=Shit CGI.

Yeah the first episode was funny in a bad way. The second and third episodes toned the action a bit, making it less over-the-top than in the first episode. As long as they continue to develop the story, and have sensible action scenes, I'll stick with it.

I love the sex and violence in this tv serie.

the latest episode was pretty damn good

season 1 is over and i thought it was pretty damn good minus the 1st episode. not sure if i just wasn't ready for this series or i didn't like it for other reasons, but it ended quite well. it's too bad that Andy Whitfield was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. seeing how of his misfortune season 2 is delayed indefinitely. plans of a prequel series is in talks, but other than that it may be over for the champion.

Yeah I was totally wrong with the initial impression.The producers themselves even went as far as to say that they had little time to prepare and the first episode was more of an experiment than anything.
Anyway somewhere along the line it turn into a pretty great series with a truly compelling story to tell.
The finale sort of underwhelmed me though which is surprising ,or maybe due to the fact ,that I was looking forward to it so much.

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I was really shocked that they killed of Batiatus since both according to historical accounts and the movie he survived to play a major role in things later.
As for Spartacus' final fate who knows since history is pretty vague on that one.

it's Great See the Blood Feel in the Arena and watch alot of sex
but the next season call revenge (i hope see mira Again)
by the way (spartacus actor have cancer now So maybe the Next season may late)

I hope see Aurelia again :x

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yes, but naked.

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yes, but naked.

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+1

Hope the next season will be as good as the first one, one of the best tv-series i've seen in a long time... perhaps even better than stargate: universe :)

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A shame that shit like that is on Tv and yet Jericho was taken off the air!

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exactly my friend

I've only seen the first two episodes and found it historically inaccurate, over dramatized and no real plot. Did the episodes improve over the season?

The producers themselves admit that the first episode wasn't all that they wanted it to be.It was apparently quickly shot with little pre-production due to the network looking to get the series on the air as soon as possible ( hence the overly done "300' effects and lack of character development).

Really though the whole thing takes about 4 -6 episodes to get going so if you aren't prepared to hang in there for that long you might as well quit right now.
Btw others may have a different opinion but as much as I ended up enjoying the series I thought the finale sort of sucked and looking at "historical fact" I can't see next year possibly being as good as this one.

i enjoyed this series i hope they make season 2