Paid Members Halitosis Romantic Posted April 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 And remember, every time you watch Spartacus, or tweet with the hashtag #Spartacus, Woy gets a sausage. At least, I assume he does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted April 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 I think that the main part of my reason for suspecting that I will hate Spartacus immensely is John Hannah. I don't think I've ever seen him in anything that I liked, and I've slightly hated him ever since Four Weddings And A Funeral, which I utterly detest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted April 12, 2012 Moderators Share Posted April 12, 2012 I think that the main part of my reason for suspecting that I will hate Spartacus immensely is John Hannah. I don't think I've ever seen him in anything that I liked, and I've slightly hated him ever since Four Weddings And A Funeral, which I utterly detest. Â Weird, because I was exactly the same. I couldn't have disliked him more. "Ugh, for fuck's sake, that tombstone-headed Scottish fuck is in this " Fast forward four or five weeks, I was clapping with glee every time he came onscreen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Yeah, he's a revelation. Plus Xena is fantastic too, a really nifty actress. Â As Woy says, it opens out from a 300-alike bloodfest into this great character-driven story, whilst still keeping all the blood and tits. It's quite reminiscent of Deadwood in that way - its language particularly is often poetically violent and obscene. Â The only thing I'd criticise is that the budget is clearly tiny - it often resembles one of those 70s BBC dramas set in one room and a fake street that passes for an entire city. In some respects though it only adds to the charm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Halitosis Romantic Posted April 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 Somehow, by some freak of nature, neither I nor my accomplice had ever seen a single episode of "Lost". We're now making up for it, with nightly marathons on Netflix. It's blinding so far, although I think my extreme tiredness made the start of season II seems a bit crappy, as I was dropping off every couple of minutes and having a dig in the ribs wake me up to finish the 'sode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted April 12, 2012 Moderators Share Posted April 12, 2012 (edited) Fantasticly gripping start to a show, isn't it? Â Prepare for some massive disappointment! I don't know anyone that stuck it out all the way to the end and doesn't regret it. I was smart and just stopped watching it. Edited April 12, 2012 by Chest Rockwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Halitosis Romantic Posted April 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 I've heard cryptic rumors that it epically goes all to shit, but I'm used to that - "Heroes" is my benchmark of something only having the impetus for one good season, but I'm going to keep the faith with "Lost" till it loses it completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Somehow, by some freak of nature, neither I nor my accomplice had ever seen a single episode of "Lost". We're now making up for it, with nightly marathons on Netflix. It's blinding so far, although I think my extreme tiredness made the start of season II seems a bit crappy, as I was dropping off every couple of minutes and having a dig in the ribs wake me up to finish the 'sode. Â It's not your tiredness, the series fell off a cliff quite early into Season 2 and never recovered. That was the point at which they started contradicting things they'd set up in series one, and it became obvious that it was all being made up on the fly by people with Red Bull for blood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted April 12, 2012 Moderators Share Posted April 12, 2012 Nah.. S2 was patchy but still pretty watchable, and with good cliffhangers most of the time so even if you thought the episode you just watched sucked, you still wanted to watch the next one. Â I stopped watching halfway through Season 3, when SPOILER - Highlight the black box to read Adebisi died , as that was the final straw for me in a show I had been gradually losing interest in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamtheman Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 the 4th and 5th season of lost are fantastic. and the 3rd season has one of the best cliffhangers in recent memory. i enjoyed most of season 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Dent Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I kind of skip read the last few posts as I don't want to know anything, but I've just started Lost as well. Halfway through season 1 and really enjoying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted April 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 Lost is utterly fantastically brilliant up untill season 6. Best to stop watching then and come up with your own endings for the characters and explanation for the secrets because they will probably be better than what the show came up with. Â The thing is if you watched it week to week the show often felt very slow, but when you watch it back on DVD in bulk viewings the seasons come off 1000 times better and more rapid paced. Also, people shit on season 2 but it has probably one of the top 5 episodes the show ever did and also probably one of the best twists the show ever did. It's probably the weakest season overall though. The first half of season 3 is hit and miss, but it really kicks into high gear near the end. Season 5 is probably the strongest overall season IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted April 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 "Heroes" is my benchmark of something only having the impetus for one good season, but I'm going to keep the faith with "Lost" till it loses it completely. Â see, if i've kinda been expecting this to goto pot. I'm almost at the end of Season 3 and i still think the show is great. I think the fact that i expecting it to go shit has left me pretty surprised. It definitly feels like they made it up as they went along but it keeps me entertained. Always had the same feeling with Lost, but the same with that, it's always a fun watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted April 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 Weird, because I was exactly the same. I couldn't have disliked him more. "Ugh, for fuck's sake, that tombstone-headed Scottish fuck is in this " Fast forward four or five weeks, I was clapping with glee every time he came onscreen. Â Hmm. Well, I might try it at some point but I'm restricting myself to one comedy series and one drama series at a time or I don't have the time. I have a vacancy in the comedy slot now that I've sacked It's Always Sunny, which I'm filling with The Bernie Mac Show because I liked the few episodes of that I saw. I'm on to series 2 of Cracker now. Â "L-I-V..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted April 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 Well this "Derek" is really shit isn't it? Â It's basically the entire series of The Office condensed into half an hour, but all the great characters have been replaced with Karl Pilkington being himself and David Brent has been replaced with a mentally disabled David Brent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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