EPTThe new Spartacus has a hard act to follow, and he's not doing too well, IMO. I agree with Drowsy in that he looks similar but doesn't have the same presence on the screen as Whitfield. Anyway RIP and GLHF to the new guy.
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Zealotdriver
United States1557 Posts
The new Spartacus has a hard act to follow, and he's not doing too well, IMO. I agree with Drowsy in that he looks similar but doesn't have the same presence on the screen as Whitfield. Anyway RIP and GLHF to the new guy. | ||
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Laids
United Kingdom596 Posts
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Assault_1
Canada1950 Posts
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Zealotdriver
United States1557 Posts
On January 23 2012 09:47 Assault_1 wrote: Not sure why everyone is missing Andy Whitfield, his character in the first season was really average, and was generally not very interesting in terms of dialogue/emotions etc. It wasn't the actor's fault of course. Because http://www.starz.com/SiteCollectionImages/Spartacus2009/downloads/MH_Spartacus_Workout.pdf ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/kYNoo.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/VqG38.jpg) | ||
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PartyBiscuit
Canada4525 Posts
On January 17 2012 22:43 GGTeMpLaR wrote: I honestly have an extreme hatred for this show because of the fact that it isn't more like Rome lol, instead it's more like 300 -.-, which I thought was a total joke given that I was expecting another historical war epic not some comic-book video-game hack-n-slash movie with a plot designed for 12-year-olds. Granted I only watched the first episode because the cheesy combat/romance made me want to barf, Rome just set the standards too high I guess and spoiled me. It just makes me wonder what was going on with the world that it got canceled and everything scrammed into the 2nd season, whereas this show has already made it to a 3rd (?) season. Spartacus is probably to me, an example of a show, that could get past (mostly) it's ridiculous flaws. I did not watch it during the initial airing, so it's much easier to "get into" since you can get through the bad episodes quickly. The pilot is trash. I don't think thinking about it retrospectively, or giving it more analysis in re-watches will ever change that. The dialogue is horrible, the tits are too unnecessary, and the blood splashes almost make 300 more believable. The story itself looks like it was entirely based on Gladiator the movie. I "almost" stopped watching it at that point, but if you stick with it past the first 4-5 episodes, it begins to really turn at the half way mark. The blood/slow-motion are toned down a bit, so that it's gory, but doesn't have a gigantic wave of stop-motion blood when someone gets piked. The acting settles down, the dialogue is not bad, and the story between the characters becomes very strong. Gods of the Arena (which should be watched after Blood and Sand, despite being a prequel) is a much more consistent series and is generally better all around imo. | ||
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Talack
Canada2742 Posts
On January 23 2012 09:53 Zealotdriver wrote: Because http://www.starz.com/SiteCollectionImages/Spartacus2009/downloads/MH_Spartacus_Workout.pdf As someone who has done and stuck to that workout for 4 months, I have NOTHING but respect for how ridiculously hard their job was to only have 45 minutes a day to work out. It's an insane workout that took me a month to even complete it properly without 2-3 minute breaks between each exercise. And Andy's character in the first season packed so much emotion into such a short season that rivals most 4+ season long character developments that I see on award winning shows. People hate on some shows just because they come in with so much bias to start sometimes >< | ||
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Nazeron
Canada1046 Posts
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ZombieGrub
United States712 Posts
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aznfury
United States11 Posts
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Drowsy
United States4876 Posts
On January 23 2012 11:17 Talack wrote: As someone who has done and stuck to that workout for 4 months, I have NOTHING but respect for how ridiculously hard their job was to only have 45 minutes a day to work out. It's an insane workout that took me a month to even complete it properly without 2-3 minute breaks between each exercise. And Andy's character in the first season packed so much emotion into such a short season that rivals most 4+ season long character developments that I see on award winning shows. People hate on some shows just because they come in with so much bias to start sometimes >< What I liked about Andy's presence and portrayal of Spartacus was that he oscillated seamlessly between grave severity and casual indifference/amused mastery in the face of psychologically and physically traumatizing circumstances. The character itself "acted" and put in a different face for Batiatus and the nobles, his gladiator buddies, and but still gave us glimpses into his actual self when he was with Varo or by himself. He was dynamic, varied, and unpredictable at times, yet you got a really strong feel for what he would do or say in a particular situation. | ||
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Vindicare605
United States16117 Posts
On January 23 2012 14:43 Drowsy wrote: What I liked about Andy's presence and portrayal of Spartacus was that he oscillated seamlessly between grave severity and casual indifference/amused mastery in the face of psychologically and physically traumatizing circumstances. The character itself "acted" and put in a different face for Batiatus and the nobles, his gladiator buddies, and but still gave us glimpses into his actual self when he was with Varo or by himself. He was dynamic, varied, and unpredictable at times, yet you got a really strong feel for what he would do or say in a particular situation. The fact that Starz went and made a prequel when Andy was diagnosed as opposed to simply replacing him right away showed how much they also liked him and wanted him back. It's really a shame. But I think people are expecting a little too much from Liam in this thread. We can't expect him to play the character EXACTLY as Andy did, because they're two completely different actors. Immediately one major difference I've noticed in how they portray the character is that Liam's Spartacus seems to respond to hardship with anger while Andy's responded to it with sadness first and then rage. Although there's only been one episode to go off of so it's really hard to tell. The supporting cast is still amazing and it's still Spartacus and Andy's original interpretation of the character took a little while to grow on me, I expect Liam's to do the same. | ||
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Arkless
Canada1547 Posts
On January 23 2012 12:02 ZombieGrub wrote: Lucy Lawless made the first episode INCREDIBLE. I have to admit, I was very disappointed with the new actor, for many of the reasons already listed, and the plot for the first thirty minutes...I didn't buy it. Maybe it was the new actor, but some of the decisions made (I don't want to spoiler, but it's a romantic plot decision ><) just didn't flow from season 1 to season 2 imo. Regardless, I got halfway through the video and just fell in love because of the chemistry between Lucretia and Ilithyia. Crazy Lucretia is amazing. Oh I totally agree. Infact, that kind of made me mad. It made when spartacus talked about his wife seem insincere. | ||
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Coal
Sweden1535 Posts
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ChuCky.Ca
Canada2497 Posts
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Assault_1
Canada1950 Posts
On January 28 2012 10:04 ChuCky.Ca wrote: yay I finally get to watch the first episode tonight sooo happy been a long wait its been out since last week  | ||
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Zealotdriver
United States1557 Posts
Chucky couldn't get it to work on the Starz website (the web player was pretty buggy for me, but i made it work). However, it was pretty good quality, imo. Not quite up to "scene proper," but shit, it was legit and free. | ||
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ChuCky.Ca
Canada2497 Posts
i know but not international | ||
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InToTheWannaB
United States4770 Posts
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Terry Bogard
36 Posts
On January 23 2012 09:47 Assault_1 wrote: Not sure why everyone is missing Andy Whitfield, his character in the first season was really average, and was generally not very interesting in terms of dialogue/emotions etc. It wasn't the actor's fault of course. Are you fucking kidding. Just YouTube any clip of the first season and see the rage and emotion and pain in the guy's face, then compare it to the new guy who has the same blank expression pretty boy wide-eyed look in every scene. | ||
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dAPhREAk
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