HBO ROME

[FFactory0x]

I never watched this show and was flipping threw channels only to stumble upon it tonight just as the soldier was entering the gladiator pit. IT WAS INSANE!!!! Bloody as hell and nuts. It wasnt cheesy at all. How is the whole series?? Worth getting into?

 

[Mo0o]

It's a little on the slow side. Not like gladiator really

 

[aberdeen5]

Very good series, great writing.

 

[FFactory0x]

So I just was lucky to catch an action packed part

 

[imported_hscorpio]

It's one of the best shows on! A friend recommended it and now my gf and I are hooked.

 

[whistleclient]

Originally posted by: aberdeen5
Very good series, great writing.

QFT

 

[imported_hscorpio]

Originally posted by: FFactory0x
So I just was lucky to catch an action packed part

There are some good action scenes, but don't expect it to be like 'The Gladiator' as someone else said above. I think its more about the politics of Caesar and showing what roman life was like.

 

[imported_malcontent]

I have watched it a couple of times, but can't seem to get interested in it.

 

[Zim Hosein]

I have a question about this show, why do the Romans have an English accent?

 

[drifter106]

Hey that one chick that is an auntie to Juilius does a good job of hiding her British accent..have heard her off camera and wow...really ENGLISH...

she's the one in bed with everybody...

sure glad to see that one dude (roman soldier) not get killed in the arena for murder...kool dude...I think the series goes into reruns now....they have scripted a lot of it to pretty much go along with history... whats gonna happened after Julius gets the knive from Brutus? Got this feeling it will go downhill from there...

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
I have a question about this show, why do the Romans have an English accent?

'cause an Italian accent wouldn't seem like Serious Acting to most Americans

It's a convention of historical dramas that English accents can be used in place of any others.

 

[whistleclient]

Originally posted by: drifter106
Hey that one chick that is an auntie to Juilius does a good job of hiding her British accent..have heard her off camera and wow...really ENGLISH...

she's the one in bed with everybody...

sure glad to see that one dude (roman soldier) not get killed in the arena for murder...kool dude...I think the series goes into reruns now....they have scripted a lot of it to pretty much go along with history... whats gonna happened after Julius gets the knive from Brutus? Got this feeling it will go downhill from there...

she was also in Patriots Game as one of the IRA terrorists

 

[necine]

It's an amazing show. I watch it EVERY sunday, religously.

 

[hypn0tik]

Excellent show. Definitely worth watching.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
I have a question about this show, why do the Romans have an English accent?

'cause an Italian accent wouldn't seem like Serious Acting to most Americans

It's a convention of historical dramas that English accents can be used in place of any others.

Case in point "Enemy at the Gates"

 

[RadioHead84]

True it may not be as action packed but damn is it a good show. It tells some very good stories and is written very very well. It is also not afraid to show the way things might have been(sex and all). But really..you should expect that from an HBO series.

 

[Coquito]

Don't support it! By the time it's two seasons in, HBO will pull the show from under you & complain about rising production costs. They won't even consider selling off the rights to a studio capable of more. They'll just sit on it & proceed to work on a new show to grab your attention away from the situation. Sort of the way a boyfriend beats her girl, but she keeps coming back in hopes he will change.

Beware!

 

[imported_hscorpio]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
I have a question about this show, why do the Romans have an English accent?

It's funny that you ask why Romans are speaking english with an English accent, instead of the more obvious question of why they are speaking english in the first place.

 

[Crazee]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
I have a question about this show, why do the Romans have an English accent?

Cause no one knows what a Latin accent sounds like

 

[Giscardo]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
I have a question about this show, why do the Romans have an English accent?

Funny you should ask that. We read Julius Ceasar in 10th grade English, and we had to each act out or give a speech from the play. I did the "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears..." speech.

After I was done a kid raised his hands and said "Why did you give your speech in a British accent?" I didn't know why.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: hscorpio

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
I have a question about this show, why do the Romans have an English accent?

It's funny that you ask why Romans are speaking english with an English accent, instead of the more obvious question of why they are speaking english in the first place.

From watching Stargate and Atlantis he's learned that every alien race (and every displaced tribe / ethnicity of humans) in at least four different galaxies speaks perfect English

 

[Xyclone]

I'm enjoying it so far.

 

[SackOfAllTrades]

"Don't support it! By the time it's two seasons in, HBO will pull the show from under you & complain about rising production costs. They won't even consider selling off the rights to a studio capable of more. They'll just sit on it & proceed to work on a new show to grab your attention away from the situation. Sort of the way a boyfriend beats her girl, but she keeps coming back in hopes he will change. "

Rome is actually a joint effort by HBO and the BBC, supposedly this season cost 109 million to make.

So by you saying don't support it is helping you kind of prove your point (HBO has done this to alot of their shows).

And if you can find any entity willing to spend 109 million dollars for around 12-13 hours of "product," please let me know, I have a resume to submit.

As for why English accents are used: it would most likely involve Shakespeare's effect on entertainment. In a more classical sense, the English accent is used to portray antiquity. Given an ancient setting the accent gives it a "classic" sense. (I heard alot of Scottish accents in Alexander and it really did not help).

 

[y2kc]

Good show overall, what i don't like is the lightning speed in which they are telling the story. They could have stretched the Julius Ceasar storyline over two seasons easily, three seasons even, but 12 (i think) episodes in and the guy is about to get assassinated already. Heck, he just was proclaimed "ruler for life" this week.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: y2kc
Good show overall, what i don't like is the lightning speed in which they are telling the story. They could have stretched the Julius Ceasar storyline over two seasons easily, three seasons even, but 12 (i think) episodes in and the guy is about to get assassinated already. Heck, he just was proclaimed "ruler for life" this week.

$200million? $300million?!?!?!?!?!?