thread: 2011-02-16 : OH MY GOD OH MY GOD
On 2011-03-03, Gregor wrote:
Personally I found the first few episodes of Blood & Sand terrible. The next few episodes were just kinda bad. The second half of the season (roughly eps 7-13) suddenly become quite darn good. But Gods of the Arena? Wow, that was just awesome begining to end. In my opinion GotA is better filmed, better choreographed and better acted than B&S. Also ridiculously less over the top in its violence. But more importantly I also found it better written, more consistent and considerably tighter.
So, I dunno, I can under no circumstance recommend anyone watch the first half of B&S, I can reservedly suggest watching the rest but I will recommend GotA to anyone anyday, except if they hate tits and blood so much it will blind them to the played-to-a-hilt drama.
I also wonder what will happen with season 2 and onwards. Absent John Hannah the show will lose a lot, and the Roman politicking was a big part of the draw, I wonder if they can keep the same gravity with a bunch of runaway slaves.
