Rome

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:38 pm 0

Anyone watch this?

It is only 12 episodes so I'm happy to commit to it like I wouldn't usually with the likes of Lost.

So far it is all good fun, zippy plot, major amounts of gore and teh boobies. Like Gladiator crossed with I, Claudius crossed with Caligula crossed with Desperate Housewives. All the major actors are great, especially the guy playing the beefy jack-the-lad roman soldier and Brutus. Polly Walker, the IRA woman from Patriot Games, looks half her 39 years as Atia, probably my favourite character and she would have been even if she wasn't rutting like a wildebeest every ten minutes.

Great stuff so far, let's hope the series keeps it up.

BlackJedi · Post by **BlackJedi** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:41 pm 0

Be aware that the BBC has seen fit to compress the first three episodes into two*, so you're missing 50 minutes of ancient Roman goodness unless you find alternate means to watch it.

The series is 12 episodes, BBC are showing 11.

*Not boobies and stuff, surprisingly, but dialogue and background and characterisation.

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:43 pm 0

BlackJedi wrote:*Not boobies and stuff, surprisingly, but dialogue and background and characterisation.

Not to worry

I'll get the rest on a DVD box set if the series stays this ace. I did rather think the whole thing was sprinting along somewhat.

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:44 pm 0

...but you are absolutely sure I've not missed one second of Polly Walker naked?

I have to see it all, you understand.

Rhythm · Post by **Rhythm** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:46 pm 0

Yeah, someone I know's just poste this on another forum:

And it's been fucking CUT already!!!

You see Caesar's daughter die in childbirth with Pompey rather upset and the entire scene is gone. It should have been between the talk of selling slaves and Caesar reading the letter.

More cuts... Jesus Christ BBC, why bother spending so much money with HBO if you're going to trim parts of it?

Oh dear it gets worse : the first two episodes have been turned into one 50 minute episode, the BBC are fucking insane.

Download the show's first two episodes at least, this is bizarre.

Ok the end of tonight's "first" episode is 25 minutes into the second proper episode, so that's 75 minutes of Rome that's been cut down to 50, if you're wondering why some scenes didn't go on as long as you thought they might or something felt missing you now know why.

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:31 am 0

I thought that was rather good!

I found the shagging scenes vaguely unsettling... Not because of the shagging, but because there were usually people milling around, old women getting on with their knitting at the bedside and so on.

Shame on the BBC for cutting it down, though. I would've thought they'd have more integrity.

WalterMß · Post by **WalterMß** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:49 am 0

Hello back again guys..... I happened to come here again and found this topic with the name of my city on it.

From the first few line I guessed that it's nota Llamasoft meet-up in Rome (which would sound as strange as a bald sheep in a tan of Guinness) but..... flashes apart, .... well

Dvorak · Post by **Dvorak** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:57 am 0

Walter, hey!

It's been a hell of a long time.
Good to have you back here.

Viscount Charles · Post by **Viscount Charles** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:06 am 0

Interesting - so the BBC haven't cut bits out for the usual reasons (taste, decency - good old-fashioned censorship), but because they can't find time in their schedules for one extra episode? How odd.

korruptor · Post by **korruptor** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:09 am 0

I've been hooked on this via torrent. Cracking TV

Elk · Post by **Elk** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:27 am 0

The women suffered for their art.. I mean was I the only one to notice shaved pubic regions?

TFO · Post by **TFO** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:27 pm 0

Rhythm wrote:Yeah, someone I know's just poste this on another forum:

And it's been fucking CUT already!!!

You see Caesar's daughter die in childbirth with Pompey rather upset and the entire scene is gone. It should have been between the talk of selling slaves and Caesar reading the letter.

More cuts... Jesus Christ BBC, why bother spending so much money with HBO if you're going to trim parts of it?

Oh dear it gets worse : the first two episodes have been turned into one 50 minute episode, the BBC are fucking insane.

Download the show's first two episodes at least, this is bizarre.

Ok the end of tonight's "first" episode is 25 minutes into the second proper episode, so that's 75 minutes of Rome that's been cut down to 50, if you're wondering why some scenes didn't go on as long as you thought they might or something felt missing you now know why.

The question is, how does this guy know that so much has been cut?
And what are the reasons behind it if true - to avoid the Daily Mail moral minority backlash maybe?

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:32 pm 0

TFO wrote:The question is, how does this guy know that so much has been cut?And what are the reasons behind it if true - to avoid the Daily Mail moral minority backlash maybe?

He'll have seen it when it was broadcast on US television recently.

Rhythm · Post by **Rhythm** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:50 pm 0

HGFB wrote:
TFO wrote:The question is, how does this guy know that so much has been cut?And what are the reasons behind it if true - to avoid the Daily Mail moral minority backlash maybe?
He'll have seen it when it was broadcast on US television recently.

Yeah, what H said.

Post by **Muttley** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:52 pm 0

WalterMÃŸ wrote:Hello back again guys..... I happened to come here again and found this topic with the name of my city on it.

From the first few line I guessed that it's nota Llamasoft meet-up in Rome (which would sound as strange as a bald sheep in a tan of Guinness) but..... flashes apart, .... well

Hi WalterMÃŸ

Muttley