Hey guys!

I just finished watching all episodes of Blood and Sand, and Gods of the Arena, and I'm absolutely loving it! In this thread we can discuss episodes, characters, etc. along with anticipate, or perhaps speculate on the next season; Spartacus: Vengeance. They had to replace Andy Whitfield (Spartacus) because he was diagnosed with cancer. But they found a replacement for him. I'd still miss him though.

Does anyone else watch this show? Which season did you like more? Who's your favorite character? Favorite episode?

I watched them when they were airing, very good shows. I was more interested in the Blood and Sand episodes.

Ha it's funny cause we were just discussing that :laugh:... :mellow: *cough cough* I enjoyed the series, both Blood & Sand and Gods of the Arena. It's "a bit" over the top but I guess that's kinda like a trademark :shrug:

Yeah, that's what reminded me. :laugh:

It is definitely over the top, but that's what I love about it. Especially the fight with Theokoles.

I've only watched Blood and Sand. Almost all of the episodes were like half violent bloodbath, half softcoe porm, but then a lot of these HBO series' are like that. Still it had an interesting story and I want to see where they take it from here. I'm just waiting for all the new episodes to show up on Netflix instant queue.

It's a "starz" series, I think HBO just airs it. The story is based on historical events, but the details and intricacies they made up are pretty cool too.

Edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GObQ_VCGu6w is the trailer for Season 2, in case anyone hadn't seen it yet. Looks pretty awesome to me. I won't ruin it by saying anything yet. Watch it first.

liked Blood and Sand but Gods of the Arena really felt like they where trying to buy time for Andy Whitfield.

I liked both seasons although sometimes I got a bit dissapointed by the story and character development. Those didn't feel very believable, and especially in the first half of season 1, they had to rely on violence and six to keep the audience entertained.
It did improve somewhat during the latter half of season 1 and in the prequel, so I'm definitly going to watch Vengeance.

Yeah, that's what they were intending, since they didn't know whether or not he would be able to come back. But it's okay, because GoA gave us Gannicus, and if you watched the trailer for Vengeance you'd see that he's coming back.

I love this show.

I am surprised by how much the new actor looks like Andy Whitfield. Has anyone heard any updates on his fight against cancer?

Well it looks like http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/12/arts/television/andy-whitfield-star-of-spartacus-series-dies-at-39.html last night because of the cancer. Terrible outcome, he was a great actor in Spartacus.

Just came on to say the same thing. Upsetting.

Aw man, that svcks, really liked his work in the first series.

Worse still, he leaves behind his Wife and two kids. R.I.P.

What's this? I heard of the show first time in my life 15 minutes ago, then I saw it mentioned in 3 websites, and now here Where did this show suddenly come from?

Aw man that really svcks. He did a great job in the first season and I was hoping I could see him in future movies sometime. RIP.


Pistolero it's a Starz show and I think it's been out for a year or two now. At least the Blood and Sands series..it's a great watch. Kinda grotesque and graphic but still good overall.

Yea saw he dies yesterday.It's a shame, he played the role really well.

Whenever someone says that about Spartacus (or most modern films based on ancient history for that matter) I cringe a little. The only thing it has in common with real historical events is that there was some Thracian gladiator called Spartacus who escaped and killed a whole bunch of Romans and eventually was defeated and killed along with all his people. Everything else about the show's story is completely made up.

They did definitely succeed in creating a very believable setting, life in the Roman Republic is depicted very accurately. I was especially impressed with how they depicted the relations between slaves and their owners. In Gladiator for example, you never really see how [censored] hard life for slaves could be. In Spartacus it is much more realistic. Quite shocking at times, but Roman society was very brutal.


Gannicus was cool and all, but I was mostly interested in Oenemaius and Crixus, they are both great characters portrayed by amazing actors. And Barca is [censored] awesome.


Too bad, I was still hoping to see him again in later seasons. I've heard that the new guy is pretty good though, and the supporting cast is great as well so I think the new season will be just as good as the first two.

This is not how I wanted to start my day.

Yeah, it's definitely sad Andy is no longer with us. RIP.