HBO's ROME

[Broccli_Head]

The budget constraints show in the way they handle the battle sequences but I can forgive them being clever instead of throwing a little money at it and doing only a half assed job.

it woudl be hard to reproduce even with a movie budget...however the rehash later in the episode was right pretty close. as was the pressuring of pompey to give battle apparently...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pharsalus

http://heraklia.fws1.com/battles/pharsalus/

 

[Mark CMG]

it woudl be hard to reproduce even with a movie budget...however the rehash later in the episode was right pretty close.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pharsalus

And all the more dramatically conveyed, coming from the mouth of the defeated. Defintely clever, and well played. High marks from me, if that wasn't obvious.

 

[fett527]

I didn't mind the gloss over of the battle. This is character driven and that would have detracted from the show.

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

Wow. As I'm not an expert on Pompey Magnus, I did not see that ending coming. It's funny, but at the time I took it for a bit of Hollywoodizing history, as I didn't figure the way he died could have been that cinematic. WRONG. I went on Wikipedia the next day and that's pretty much exactly how he bought it, right down to being left in the surf.

 

[fett527]

Wow. As I'm not an expert on Pompey Magnus, I did not see that ending coming. It's funny, but at the time I took it for a bit of Hollywoodizing history, as I didn't figure the way he died could have been that cinematic. WRONG. I went on Wikipedia the next day and that's pretty much exactly how he bought it, right down to being left in the surf.

Yeah. Pretty cool. I've been doing kind of the same, looking up the history after the episodes.

 

[Broccli_Head]

Yeah. Pretty cool. I've been doing kind of the same, looking up the history after the episodes.

As am I. There was this show called Life and Death in Rome that was shown on the History Channel the week HBO's Rome first aired. There was one episode where they used the epitath of a centurion from his tomb as their template for that show. Woudl be cool if there were a real Vorenus or Pullo from which inspiration was gained.

 

[MaxKaladin]

Woudl be cool if there were a real Vorenus or Pullo from which inspiration was gained.

There was. Titus Pullo and Lucius Vorenus were the only two soldiers in his army ever mentioned by name. They took liberties with them (Pullo was a Centurion in real life) but they are inspired by real people.

 

[Broccli_Head]

haha! found it. its like their first scene in episode 1. nice job screenwriters and directors!!

http://ummianum.typepad.com/my_weblog/entertainment/

 

[fett527]

haha! found it. its like their first scene in episode 1. nice job screenwriters and directors!!

http://ummianum.typepad.com/my_weblog/entertainment/

OK, now that is kick-ass!

 

[Mark CMG]

This week...

"Caesarion" Episode #08.
Caesar arrives in Alexandria and meets the king; Vorenus and Pullo free Ptolemy's incarcerated sister; Caesar seeks payment from Egypt for past debts. Adult Situations; Language; Nudity; Graphic Violence.