Spartacus Blood and Sand is Best New Show This Year

Jul 2, 2010

by peterh

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Ancient Rome is one of my favourite periods of history, and I love books, movies and tv shows set in this period. Even if I didn't already have an affinity for this period in history I'd still love this series. Watching the first episode it starts off relatively simply and the gratuitous amounts of action and sex draws you in. A few episodes later and more layers of the story are revealed, the gratuitous amounts of action and sex continue, but you also realise just how god the actors and how intelligent the writers are.

Andy Whitfield plays Spartacus brilliantly and I hope he gets over his illness soon. This show has already been renewed for a second season before the first even aried, but because Andy isn't available for filming they've also decided to do a prequel, filling in some back story for the other gladiators at the ludus. This will hopefully feature even more about Batiatus who runs the ludus and is played by John Hannah, who is perfect for the role. He chews through the scenery and delivers some great speeches and lines through the series, and his character is someone to watch.

Right now I'm looking forward to the second season and wondering whats going to happen after the dramatic and action packed season finale.

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FM_ALEX October 26, 2010

Great review, the title says it all.

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