HBO's "Rome"

[CatWoman]

It's fucking killing me.

I bought the Season One DVD set and am completely HOOKED!!!

Where the hell is Season 2????

When is it going to start?????

I am completely in love with Pullo, rogue that he is :)

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. OMG! THEY KILLED CAESAR!

Those bastards!

[Patiod]

2. My S.O. has started watching that on rental CDs

We heard it was good. I figured he would like it though, because he had loved "I, Claudius"

[CatWoman]

3. thanks to DUers

(specifically Aristus), I too bought I, Claudius.

A very worthy series. I love that too.

But Rome is da bomb!!

[Ravenseye]

4. Supposedly January 2007

But season two will be it. No season three. THe show costs too much to produce apparently. You can see it though. Quality production.

I was a bit dissapointed after a few episodes though. They seemed to be taking their time following history then they really started jumping forward. They skipped by ten years in the blink of an eye. Ah well. Good television nonetheless.

[CatWoman]

5. nooooooooooooooooo

just one more season? :cry:

[LeftyMom]

6. Season 2 will focus on more on Octavian, iirc.

And as far as I know, it still starts in January.

[CatWoman]

8. I wonder what will happen to Atia?

IIRC, Octavia, at Octavius' request, married Antony. He divorced her at Cleopatra's demand.

[tinfoil tiaras]

7. OH SHIT

I need to watch that. It looks good. Romans/Roman history/anything to do with Romans is my guilty pleasure. If something about the Romans is on the History Channel--I'm there. hehe.

[LiviaOlivia]

9. Starts JANUARY 7, 2007

Airdate - Episode - Title
1/07/07 - # 2.01 - Passover
1/14/07 - # 2.02 - Son of Hades
1/21/07 - # 2.03 - These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero
1/28/07 - # 2.04 - Testudo et Lepus (The Tortoise and the Hare)
2/04/07 - # 2.05 - Heroes of the Republic
2/11/07 - # 2.06 - Philippi
2/18/07 - # 2.07 - Death Mask
2/25/07 - # 2.08 - A Necessary Fiction
3/04/07 - # 2.09 - Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus
3/11/07 - # 2.10 - De Patre Vostro

from link:
http://boards.hbo.com/thread.jspa?threadID=800005184&tstart=5&mod=1163950916336

[CatWoman]

10. thank you very much

:hi:

[Hell Hath No Fury]

11. "YOU FUCKED YOUR SISTER!"

My favorite line of the entire first season! :D

I too am completely hooked on the show -- I like how everyday life is portrayed, including the Roman graffiti.

And, yeah, Pullo is a total hottie. The actor who plays him (whose name I am completely forgetting) started as an interior designer before turning to the stage. He had a good-sized role in the BBC series "At Home With the Braithwaites".

Can't wait for the new season.

[CatWoman]

15. HAHAHAHAHAHA

And you notice after that, Octavia become a complete lump of clay?

:hi:

[Aristus]

12. Like I said before, Cat, I just couldn't get past the first four or five

episodes of the first season. The history and interpretation of Roman culture was just too wonky for me. Although I had to admit, the production design was excellent for the most part.

One of the things that put me off was the scene where Atia was having sex in a huge bed in a great big open salon, in full view of the slaves. The truth is, even the wealthiest and most decadent Romans usually had sex in tiny, windowless cubicles in remote parts of the home. Most Romans were sexual prudes of the first magnitude.

Also, they seemed to be pulling a "Deadwood" by emphasizing the filth of the city. True, much of the city was filthy and disgusting, but places like the Forum and around the major temples were normally kept well swept and mopped, with grafitti and dirt marks frequently erased or painted over. The Forum was the center of the Roman world and a popular tourist attraction. The Romans wanted their visitors to be impressed by a clean, well-tended city. Plus, the Forum would not have been nearly as muddy as depicted in the series, since most of it was paved over.

These may seem like petty gripes, but if they keep me from enjoying the show, then why watch?

[CatWoman]

14. Hey Sweetie

:hi:

good points about the forum.

I was even remarking to myself that it couldn't have been that dirty.

[RevolutionaryActs]

13. Don't you just love it?

I've been waiting, and waiting, and waiting for it start again! x(


Come on January!

[Courtesy Flush]

16. I never heard of it!

I don't have HBO. I have to hear second-hand accounts of these things to know which DVDs to rent. I just added Rome to my NetFlix Queue.