>only 2 seasons
>tfw no prequel season about Tiberius Gracchus
A tragedy greater than Cannae
I feel like Caesar was never developed properly. I never understood what his motivations were. He just did shit and was kinda competent and that's it.
>>69715894
I will never get over how fucking terrible those Gauls' costumes are
Did they go all out on the Romans and had no money left?
>>69715898
Literally the very beginning of the show tells you he's beloved by the people and army and the only one who can stop him from asserting total control was the senate, and they try to cuck him so he does what anyone would do in that situation and preemtively attacked them by marching on Rome with his army.
>>69716085
That whole scene looked like shit 2bh
>>69715725
Shame.
Shame on the house of HBO, shame.
>>69716117
they gave up on doing battle scenes at all after it too.
>there will never be another Marcus Antonius as based as James Purefoy
yes, it is a shame that it they didn't keep it going until it turned into a shitshow, then kept it going for a few more seasons after that, like every american tv show.
>>69716117
I dunno, I thought it was interesting. I can't think of any melee battle scenes that actually bothered to show rotating soldier lines to keep the unit refreshed.
>>69716541
Maybe the greatest casting of all time
>>69715898
>one of the single most written about people in human fucking history
>not developed
I mean yeah they didn't go super in depth with him but maybe they assumed people would be somewhat knowledgeable about fucking Julius Caeser.
>that scene with the gauls around a fire with their dead king
What the fuck was that anyways? Was that supposed to set something that never happened?
>that scene with the gauls around a fire with their dead king
What the fuck was that anyways? Was that supposed to set something that never happened?
>>69718623
>>69718624
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT
two too many
ITT: Shows that /tv/ said were great but were actually mediocre
>>69718882
Breaking Bad
The Sopranos
I would say The Wire but mediocre is a compliment for that garbage.
>>69716085
I don't see whats wrong with them, are they not accurate?
>>69719216
What shows do you like
>>69718882
Commit suicide
>>69719360
haha nah pham
>>69719318
Girl Meets World
Deutschland 83
Halt and Catch Fire
>>69715725
I really loved the portrayal of sex in teh show.
THey didnt give a fuck about making women uncomfortable, they portrayed them as the subjugated fuckdolls they were for all of history.
I love the scene where the commander is getting nervous coming back from war so he decides to just randomly stop somefarm girl and fuck the hell out of her with the entire army watching.
He just blows his load in her and walks away.
The girl didnt even put up a fight or really mind, they knew their place.
>>69719551
>>69718623
They cremated their king.
How retarded do you have to be to not understand that scene?
>>69718624
vercingetorix is kind of a big deal to the frogs
>>69715878
The Gracchi Bros were garbage, and their crimes cursed Rome. A Marius vs Sulla series would be more relevant, and more interesting.
possibly the worst Rome thread on /tv/ ever
may you all be crucified
>>69723600
lemme guess, not enough CONSOLES!!!!!!!and newsreader memes that everyone has seen 10,000,000,000x?
people like you are very tiresome
>>69719738
>Have you ever fucked a woman that was not crying or expecting to be paid?
i didn't like the portrayal of Octavian (all around poor, more so in the second season). Mark Anthony was top notch though.
>>69716085
Well the gauls only appear in that one scene
>>69715725
There was a fire that burned the sets down and it was too expensive to replace
>>69716085
I don't understand, the scene looks pretty cool to me.
>>69715725
>not in latin
Rome is by far the best thing HBO has ever produced. The only thing that comes close is BoB.
Do you think we'll ever get a prequel set in the Punic Wars with Scipio Africanus and Hannibal as the main characters?
>>69717424
This
Before I watched it I heard "rushed," "cancelled" etc. so i was woried that the ending will bi shit. But it turned out to be great so there is no real loss there. There was never a guarantee that next season would have been good.
>>69716085
>I will never get over how fucking terrible those Gauls' costumes are
What are you talking about? If anything they look too ornate for a bunch of Gallic tribesmen levied together to break Caesar's siege of Alesia.
>>69726745
>no sequel with Belisarius, Justinian, Totila and Theodora
>based Town Crier will never publicly call you faggot
why even live
>>69726745
I thought it was pretty mediocre, honestly. What possessed them to just skirt around all of the political intrigue to focus on some made-up bromance between Pullo and Vorenus?
>>69726475
You take that back!
>Although I a agree about the older Octavian.
>ywn fuck pic related
>>69727011
>ywn fuck
>>69726475
Kid Octavian was awesome, both the character and the actor.
Adult Octavian was creepy as fuck, which probably was the intention.
>>69717839
>hurr durr you should already know about a character because he's historical
Lazy fucking excuse senpai.
>>69726836
>no early days of Rome season with based Camillus
>no Punic wars season
>no Greek wars season
>no Gracchus brothers season
>no fall of Rome season
>>69727103
Caesar wasn't much of a character in the show anyway. More of a force of nature that affects other characters. Like a god in some Greek play.
Like poetry, it rhymes.
>>69727145
>reading Shakespear's Julius Ceasar
>tfw it turns out that Brutus was actually a good guy
>>69727103
>I'm a gigantic fucking retard who doesn't know basic First Grade knowledge
That's you. That's what you sound like.
>>69727125
Fall of rome would've been the best route
>normal people and corrupt men, good men get BTFO by the barbarian cleansing.
>>69715725
yeah, it shouldn't have existed at all
>>69727302
*You* shouldn't exist at all, you jumped up little faggot.
>>69726825
But it was rushed and there were literally three seasons combined to one which makes it obvious that the next season would have been good because it would have actually been the same but less totally rushed.
>>69727569
Dunno man, the only thing I remember feeling out of place wasVorenus's deathbut only because up to that point he seemed to have been protected by the gods (not his family though lel) and then suddenly he waskilled off. But he has done a pretty great thing in the process so it was all good.
>>69727828
The series is pretty jarring for anyone who actually knows anything about Roman history. They skip at least 80% of the political intrigue between Caesar and Pompey, nevermind the second triumvirate.
>>69727188
Always felt for Brutus.
The score in this show was top-tier.
There's a bit in the coronation of Octavius where the chords sequence climbs up and peak with a slightly creepy discordant chord.
To top it off there's a little facial twitch from the actor that gets accompanied by some percussion.
It's fucking genius.
I also like Bruno Heller's writing.
I tried this show and dropped after 3 episodes, when does it get good?
>>69728619
faggot
Favourite character? Mine has to be Marcus Antonius.
He's based as fuck. Like if Season 1 Jaime from GoT became a ruler.
>>69716117
>>69716085
>>69717564
Like this guy said
>Rotating lines
actually liked it and the savage pounding on shields. That's what battles would've looked like back then too. Not a swift cheorographed attack.
Season 1 was 10x better than 2
Marc Anthony is portrayed pretty close to the historical records
I liked the naked red haired ladies in the series the best, Cleopatra, close second
I want to lick Cleaopatras ass.
>>69729458
shit tasteon your tongueBAZOOPER
>>69726925
>What possessed them to just skirt around all of the political intrigue to focus on some made-up bromance between Pullo and Vorenus?
Because it wasn't I, Claudius and politics were only a part of the story?
>>69723510
>No friend ever served me, and no enemy ever wronged me, whom I have not repaid in full
Based
I watched the series at least 10 times break because I ran out of internet
Good shit
>>69726925
pullo and vorenus were vehicles for what roman life was like for non-emperors
