EPT[TV] Spartacus Vengeance - Page 20
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shizna
United Kingdom803 Posts
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Haemonculus
United States6980 Posts
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Assault_1
Canada1950 Posts
On March 04 2012 11:04 Haemonculus wrote: Ok, so, Gannicus is Han Solo. He shows up all maverick loner in-it-for-himself type and is all "nah i don't really believe in your rebellion" and then he leaves but he comes back out of nowhere at the last second to save the day. Calling it right now. spoilers from the preview below?... it showed glabor threatening gannicus, so if hes getting into trouble with the romans thats obvious incentive to come back with spartacus and his homeboys. But ya he'll probably come back at a convenient moment. | ||
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henjebenje
Australia73 Posts
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Arkless
Canada1547 Posts
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IMScientist
Italy125 Posts
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XenOmega
Canada2822 Posts
"I used to be a whore. But then, I took an arrow through the neck" Anyone bothered by the fact that their english is so fluent? I would expect less from slaves/gladiators. But they speak so much better than I can (ok, maybe not...) :O | ||
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Elegance
Canada917 Posts
Glabor is the new Batiatus! | ||
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Raekhor
Belgium97 Posts
On March 05 2012 07:17 XenOmega wrote: Just wanted to say : "I used to be a whore. But then, I took an arrow through the neck" Anyone bothered by the fact that their english is so fluent? I would expect less from slaves/gladiators. But they speak so much better than I can (ok, maybe not...) :O I'm sure it's based on Latin grammar, it's how they spoke back in those days. | ||
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XenOmega
Canada2822 Posts
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On March 05 2012 07:17 XenOmega wrote: Just wanted to say : "I used to be a whore. But then, I took an arrow through the neck" That part of the episode was even more forced as your joke =P I thoroughly love the show, but seriously she ran over what seemed to be a fair distance to get the bow in order to take down a little unarmed blondie that was across the small courtyard, surrounded by gladiators. At any moment, Gannicus and Spartacus could have died - and she shot an arrow right between them instead of yelling or anything. No doubt the arrow was the only way to stop her! I guess they wanted to quickly get rid of the character to avoid having branching off another problem. | ||
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sgxmitchy
154 Posts
On March 05 2012 10:42 Djzapz wrote: That part of the episode was even more forced as your joke =P I thoroughly love the show, but seriously she ran over what seemed to be a fair distance to get the bow in order to take down a little unarmed blondie that was across the small courtyard, surrounded by gladiators. At any moment, Gannicus and Spartacus could have died - and she shot an arrow right between them instead of yelling or anything. No doubt the arrow was the only way to stop her! I guess they wanted to quickly get rid of the character to avoid having branching off another problem. Also I think it was to show Mira's potential to be a archer for the coming episodes. But yeah dat duel was pretty sick, sucks she had to stop it | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On March 05 2012 10:44 sgxmitchy wrote: Also I think it was to show Mira's potential to be a archer for the coming episodes. But yeah dat duel was pretty sick, sucks she had to stop it I told a friend it's a new way to avoid doing a full blown montage. Results! | ||
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ATeddyBear
Canada2843 Posts
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Assault_1
Canada1950 Posts
its pretty shitty against arrows and at the end of epi 6, what was that dreadlock guy using for weapons, two shards of metal? | ||
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wolfhead
23 Posts
On March 07 2012 14:25 Assault_1 wrote: was the two sword fighting style actually used IRL, and considered the most advanced or w/e? its pretty shitty against arrows and at the end of epi 6, what was that dreadlock guy using for weapons, two shards of metal? According to wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimachaerus), based on the difficulty of wielding two sword, the style would have been favoured for more experienced/skilled fighters. I also think he was just using daggers with a ..wider.. blade that made it appear he was holding two metal shards. Edit: after watching that scene again - yeah they were definitely two daggers | ||
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Khanz
France214 Posts
 .While I enjoy this show for its entertainment values, did anyone notice the poor US propaganda against Syria? ... /!\ Spoiler /!\ ... Okay, I have not read the historical gladiator / spartacus books. But isn't it a little weird/shady that the Syrian Ashur is being the only guy who betrays everyone ? He is the only one to kill children and women, he is the evilest by far, we could easily have empathy towards the romans compared to Ashur. Any correlation with the actual war ? I think it's pretty clear though ... Not to mention the oriental ("arab"-ish) music during every single violent bloody fights ... I havn't even analyzed it much more but it's already blattant propaganda imo. Thoughts? | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
Anyway, let's not forget how much Romans backstab each other whenever they have an opportunity. The women use the men to gain some sort of notoriety, men will kill or screw over other men to gain power. Batiatus was fully ready to kill to reach political office. Glaber murdered an important roman politician. I think you're very deluded if you think Asher is the only one who betrays people - and even if he was, it wouldn't be "propaganda". Be serious, please. You're being absurd - it's like some sociology student trying to be clever. | ||
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Talack
Canada2742 Posts
On March 08 2012 13:53 Djzapz wrote: Propaganda against Syria from almost 2100 years ago? Yeah no I don't think so. One guy's behavior shouldn't be enough for you to accuse the writers of something like that. I suspect you're too used to ridiculously overly politically-correct things. Anyway, let's not forget how much Romans backstab each other whenever they have an opportunity. The women use the men to gain some sort of notoriety, men will kill or screw over other men to gain power. Batiatus was fully ready to kill to reach political office. Glaber murdered an important roman politician. I think you're very deluded if you think Asher is the only one who betrays people - and even if he was, it wouldn't be "propaganda". Be serious, please. You're being absurd - it's like some sociology student trying to be clever. I dunno man. Before I started watching this show I really wanted to visit syria. Now I just want to kick syria in the balls. | ||
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Khanz
France214 Posts
On March 08 2012 13:53 Djzapz wrote: Propaganda against Syria from almost 2100 years ago? Yeah no I don't think so. One guy's behavior shouldn't be enough for you to accuse the writers of something like that. I suspect you're too used to ridiculously overly politically-correct things. Anyway, let's not forget how much Romans backstab each other whenever they have an opportunity. The women use the men to gain some sort of notoriety, men will kill or screw over other men to gain power. Batiatus was fully ready to kill to reach political office. Glaber murdered an important roman politician. I think you're very deluded if you think Asher is the only one who betrays people - and even if he was, it wouldn't be "propaganda". Be serious, please. You're being absurd - it's like some sociology student trying to be clever. No i'm not being absurd, I'm very serious. You completely misreaded my post. I did not say romans didn't kill nor betray anyone. And if you don't believe in propaganda of our time, it's your right, but don't shit on others because you assume you can read. What I'm saying is the following: it is clear to me that Ashur is the evilest over romans and gladiators. Don't get me wrong, i'm not Syrian nor do I defend any side, but what I do know is that everything you see and watch is not historically true and often mislead for poor interests. And to be clear, i'm not saying propaganda is Spartacus TVShow's purpose. The most blattant scene is when Glabber offers him a chance to prove himself, that precise moment when Ashur is surrounded by romans; they all yell at him: "Fucking Syrian, ah ah ah, fucking Syrian [...]". The following scene is Ashur and his men killing women and children, this scene is particularly noticable because we rarely see neither romans nor gladiators killing children and women savagely in Spartacus. Plus as I said above, whenever there is a violent scene with slowmotions, a sweet "arabish" music comes to cover up the whole scene nicely. This might be insignificant for some of you, but unconsciously your brain get a very straight up message  . And no I didn't study proper sociology eventhough I did study literature and cinematography. Do you think the average young people who watch this show will have a nice picture of Syria and Syrian people? Ahh.. hollywood. | ||
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