Jesus Christ, that second season was a complete fricking mess.
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Jesus Christ, that second season was a complete fricking mess.
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It was a mercy kill, they wanted to do the moronic thing and end it with the israelite on the stick. Why the frick do these morons have to keep shoving israelites in stuff about Rome?
true, if I was hbo and the Rome writers told me it was all a jesus thing I would dump that shit in s02 as well...
Ridley Scott is trying to do the same thing with gladiator 2 and christianity btw
>gladiator 2
>set in ~195 ad
>Christian’s are basically just weird offshoot israeli cults in Greece, Anatolia and Syria at that point
How would that even make sense beyond like a history nerd Easter egg or Christian’s in The background of a random scene
I dunno, but the rumours are ridley scott wants to do "spirituality" "christianity inserts" in glad 2
I think it was supposed to be more israeli uprising kino with every other guy being a prophet than actual christslop
An actual full blown epic of the israeli uprisings including Masada and the sacking of Jerusalem and the expulsion of the israelites
The series was canceled before s2 even began. We're lucky for what they cobbled together.
I will never get this meme. Season 2's only flaw was featuring less of pic related, who was the highlight of season 1. You can't really blame the show for that given history
HE WAS A CONSUL OF ROME!
It's flaw was cramming 4 seasons worth of story into one season. HBO is a c**t. A stupid c**t that doesn't know when it's got a good thing.
>make a show starting with crossing the rubicon
>instead of a multi season show that goes through the rise of Marius and Sulla, the social war, the invasion of the Cimbrii, Mithradates and the civil wars all the way through the death of Antony
I hate Hollywood so much and their in un-originality
They would've expanded on the history had the funding of the show not been diverted to fund pic related, which was also hugely expensive
I love Boardwalk but it wasn't worth Rome
Did Scorsese strong arm them to give the money to his show?
That and plus, unlike your girlfriend, BBC pulled out of it
No need. Boardwalk Empire came on right as The Sopranos was ending. They even offered James Gandolfini the lead role but he turned it down.
HBO wanted a crime show because their crime show was ending, and got that.
The Wire doesn't count because it's gay and overrated Black person shit
Considering how shit the show became after the second season, it wasn't worth it at all.
That's a LOT of shit to cover. You'd have to have 8 seasons just to flesh all that out. That's almost 100 years of continuous events. As much as I'd love to see a fleshed out movie about Sulla I just don't see it ever looking. Nothing will ever capture the man. He was too unique and based for this world. Everyone itt needs to read Plutarch's Lives if they havent.
Nah you could start with Sulla and Marius around 90bc and cover the next 50ish years with some time jumps.
I suppose you don’t need to go all the way to actium but you could wrap it up in like a super long 90 minute episode that just hits the highlights of Octavian and Antony
I dunno like I said if anyone was going to bother with a Sulla/Marius show or movie it'd have to start with sulla an acholic street urchin hanging out with hookers and actors to contrast him being Dictator and wrecking mithridates then the senate later in life. And to contrast Marius not being a roman and a "new-man" and his struggles with the roman elite.
Can easily be done with them both as
Mid level officers in the field and back in time politicining in the first couple of episodes in the first season
The whole show would basically bounce back and forth contrasting both men until they clash
>The whole show would basically bounce back and forth contrasting both men until they clash
Ohhh it sounds so good. Nothing quality of this level could be made today though
Closest we've ever come.
Damn I never knew there had ever been a depiction of Sulla in film
I never see it talked about here much. Someone posted a scene probably 7 years ago in a rome related thread which is why I know it.
I’ve never heard of this movie which is wild as I’m a rome freak it must not be very good
Would be fun to do this scene about historical U.S Presidents instead
There’s really not much to the rise of Sulla that wouldn’t have been repeated with Caesar and then Octavian’s ascent.
Yeah that’s why it’s more interesting since Sulla and Marius broke all the taboos but ceasar and Augustus get the credit
In reality by the time ceasar crossed the rubicon rouge generals fighting for dictatorship was the norm going back 40 years
I think a solid writer with studio faith that it would lead somewhere in the end could’ve done some great contrasts with how everyone was alright with Sulla seizing control just for money/power and the Optimates committing regular political terrorism but then losing their minds over Caesar doing it for hubris with less bloodshed, but HBO would’ve never stuck it out
The Aventine stuff was really boring, 'What if we showed everybody the original mafia...in Rome!' but the Palentine storylines were still great.
Show was supposed to be much longer but it was canceled before Season 2 even started shooting so they tried to wrap everything up in one season.
Bust a nut to nude Kerry Condon in this show many a-times
This show is seriously overrated. It's really not all that good.
The first season is good, the guy that plays Cesar is perfect as is Antony without some of those performances it would be forgettable
You’re a dumb homosexual with a bad opinion
it has its moments tbqh but it is overrated. HBO's try hard attempts at "sexiness" and Pullo and Vorenus's storylines are boring
yes I know some pleb is going to get pissed off at that sentiment
no, it was just way too short and rushed
I want to brutally murder everyone who was involved in it's cancellation
Yeah the second season is fricking terrible. First is absolute kino though.
I just wanted Atia to step on me
American TV always does this. Starts out strong and then shits the bed.
I don't understand, season 2 was packed with kino moment after kino moment.
>is the continuation of Rome in your path
It goes by at a breakneck speed but I think the streamlined version of every plot line is pretty good. I’d rather have a show tell me what it was planning to do rather than end with no resolution
The original plan to end it with Pullo killing himself was stupid so I’m kind of glad it didn’t end up there, Timon being at the rise of Jesus Christ and changing his nature sounds interesting but it’s 50/50 on if it would’ve been a great arc or clunky