Rome - Season 2. Starts tonight!

[Mark CMG]

The fate of the Republic is no longer in Cicero's hands.

 

[Berandor]

Heh, yeah. What the hell was Hermann Broch thinking when he wrote The Death of Virgil?

Shakespeare is probably the most important, if not the best, of all English dramatists, but writers adapt other writers all the time (the idea that one "improves" on another, or that one would even attempt to, generally misses the mark). That we see Shakespeare as being somehow above such adaptation ultimately says more about our schools than about the plays themselves.

Well, I just think the speech is particularly good, and a television writer doesn't exactly have leisure time to come up with great phrases and stirring emotional speeches. Plus, I'd say the speech is reasonably well-known, so comparisons would occur instantly. And in these circumstances, I'd say trying to do the speech would likely end in failure.

 

[Ulrik]

The fate of the Republic is no longer in Cicero's hands.

You could argue that the doors of the senate are pretty important to the fate of the republic

 

[sckeener]

Ok...I just caught up (minus last night's episode)

1)Was Brutus' body ever found? Do we know if he actually died in the fighting?

2)my girlfriend hid her face during the Titus taking of the slave/whore. She figured the wife would walk in....I was wondering if it even mattered. I mean wasn't a slave consider beneath a wife? I think my GF was projecting today's morals on to the scene.

3) Got to love political marriages. Makes it suck to be royal or politically important. I wish I could get my players to see that, but I don't think they care much about their character's families.

 

[Mark CMG]

Bit of a scuffle among the colleges.


I think in this version Brutus's head was sent back in a jar, no?

 

[Vigilance]

I have to say... Season 2 of Rome is better than Season 1.

And Season 1 freaking rocked.

This is one of the best years of television I've ever seen. The way they give human motivations to the political alliances (Octavian's mother getting Antony and Octavian to work together), the way the "groundlings" are used to show what's happening in the various camps (Pullo and Vorenus sliding in and out of Antony's company, then Octavian's, then back to Antony, splitting up and getting together at just the right times).

Absolutely magnificent.

 

[Steel_Wind]

Yes it has been. And Sivilia's exit was... memorable! (wow)

It's a shame that all of this will end in two episodes. (There will be no Rome Season 3, btw.)

My biggest beef with HBO has been that their DVD compilation costs are just WAY too freking expensive.

I know it's a big company and you would think they would really investigate their pricing of these boxed sets with focus groups and so forth to determine the best price point for this stuff ...but I truly doubt that they pay much attention to them.

If Rome was released for 60 or 70 CDN a box per season - I'd buy it. In a heartbeat. But they are priced so high above that they never get into most retailers in the first place - who don't want to carry many $120 sets in inventory that they know won't sell.

Reduce the price - the thing would sell - and they would make more money = Family Guy effect - and then there's money enough to justify a season 3 and 4. I just..

I don't get it. I really don't. Sad.

 

[Fast Learner]

My biggest beef with HBO has been that their DVD compilation costs are just WAY too freking expensive.

I know it's a big company and you would think they would really investigate their pricing of these boxed sets with focus groups and so forth to determine the best price point for this stuff ...but I truly doubt that they pay much attention to them.

Bwuh? The pay incredible attention to the pricing. I bet they make way, way, way more money this way. In a few years they can reduce the price on some of the older stuff and sell a ton more of them, rinse, repeat.

I'd be huge money they have absolute top accountants and marketers pricing this stuff. HBO is hugely moneymaking: they just only want to support shows that are huge, not just big.

 

[Steel_Wind]

Bwuh? The pay incredible attention to the pricing. I bet they make way, way, way more money this way. In a few years they can reduce the price on some of the older stuff and sell a ton more of them, rinse, repeat.

I'd be huge money they have absolute top accountants and marketers pricing this stuff. HBO is hugely moneymaking: they just only want to support shows that are huge, not just big.

Maybe; then again, maybe not.

The number of these units on sale in shops in Toronto is exceedingly low. Sopranos? Yes. At reasonable prices. The rest. No. Even Band of Brothers in its metal box was very hard to find - and now is simply not for sale anywhere in town.

It's the fourth largest metropolitan area in North America. It's not like it's a small market.

Retail stores would not carry Rome season 1 here. I never saw it - not once. I inquired and was advised it could be "special ordered".

So, on that evidence, I'll have to politely disagree with this.

 

[Alaric_Prympax]

Steel_Wind I understand the way you feel. I'd try the online stores DeepDiscount.com and Buy.com and possibly Overstock.com (though I've never ordered from the latter) they're usually a lot cheaper then retail stores and I have always gotten free shipping from DD and usually with Buy though both do offer expedited shipping if you want that (I can wait the extra time with the free shipping). Just a couple of suggestions.

It's a shame there won't be a S3 for Rome, it's one of the best shows on television.