Spartacus: Vengeance (Spoilers)

zordude said:

Lucy Lawless is still hot, and her scar isn't so bad for someone that went crazy and was all alone.

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How could she have survived? The last we saw her, she was bleeding out. Now her wound's been tended to, and it had to have been tended to before they found her.

One thing I'm seriously missing are the training scenes in the luddus, and since House Batiatus is no more, I don't think we'll be seeing them anymore.

Holy cow, can the new Spartacus cry. I swear, you could barely see his eyes for the tears.

Greg

Definitely off to a good start.

The gore and violence was over the top in this episode...even for this series. But I'm sure things will settle a bit. Hopefully not too much.

Andy Whitfield will be missed. Nice that at the end they had a small tribute.

The new Spartacus was OK, and he doesn't have that Gladiator physique, but I'm not holding that against him.

The sex seemed to be amped up a bit too. Some of the scenes in the (you had me at) whorehouse were ... well, I'll just say it looked like a fun place.

The new guy doesn't have Andy Whitfield's cockiness and arrogance yet but I'm willing to give him time to grow into the role.

Mira is one fine looking woman.

Yep, I liked Andy better but maybe if the new guy had started with the series and been replaced by Andy we would be saying the same thing. I don't see where this is going. There seems to be factions, the Doctore doesn't want to join them. They have no Roman allies. They will probably have to raid villiages to feed the crowd making more enemies. Nat Turner was Friederich the Great compared to this guy.

sieglinde said:

There seems to be factions, the Doctore doesn't want to join them.

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Wikipedia has some interesting, possibly* spoilery information about the historical main characters.

Spartacus
Crixus
"Doctore"

Interesting so far is how they've tweaked Crixus's motivation for going to south Italy to make him more sympathetic.

*"Possibly" because who knows how much they're going to stick with even what little history we know...

Rob Helmerichs said:

Wikipedia has some interesting, possibly* spoilery information about the historical main characters.

Spartacus
Crixus
"Doctore"

Interesting so far is how they've tweaked Crixus's motivation for going to south Italy to make him more sympathetic.

*"Possibly" because who knows how much they're going to stick with even what little history we know...

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Interesting. I didn't think at all that Crixus and Doctore were based on real people.

It was ok, I'm glad I didn't watch the second season so it goes right into where I left off.

Fl_Gulfer said:

It was ok, I'm glad I didn't watch the second season so it goes right into where I left off.

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This IS the second season...

(There was a prequel mini-series between the first and second seasons.)

Rob Helmerichs said:

Wikipedia has some interesting, possibly* spoilery information about the historical main characters.

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What an a-hole Glaber is, not only does his wife have to live in the house where a massacre took place, she's got to look after a deranged Lucretia. You have to think she'll get her wits back at some point and then the fun begins.

Seppius - Seppia appear headed to a Caligula-Drusilla situation

The whorehouse has alot of 'modern' implements.

Ment said:

What an a-hole Glaber is, not only does his wife have to live in the house where a massacre took place, she's got to look after a deranged Lucretia. You have to think she'll get her wits back at some point and then the fun begins.

Seppius - Seppia appear headed to a Caligula-Drusilla situation

The whorehouse has alot of 'modern' implements.

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I still think of Glaber as Darken Rahl (the character the actor played on "Legend of the Seeker").

I'm glad the series is back! RIP Andy.

Ment said:

What an a-hole Glaber is, not only does his wife have to live in the house where a massacre took place, she's got to look after a deranged Lucretia. You have to think she'll get her wits back at some point and then the fun begins.

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Do you blame him? He knows his wife well, she made her own bed there. Not that Glaber ISN'T an a-hole, he couldn't be near as bad as Batiatus. Maybe.

Greg

Glaber only married her to rise in the ranks. I don't think he loves her.

heySkippy said:

The sex seemed to be amped up a bit too. Some of the scenes in the (you had me at) whorehouse were ... well, I'll just say it looked like a fun place.

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Now, not only can one warn that you will go blind, but you might end up with a sword through your neck.

gchance said:

Do you blame him? He knows his wife well, she made her own bed there. Not that Glaber ISN'T an a-hole, he couldn't be near as bad as Batiatus. Maybe.

Greg

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At least Batiatus was sometimes a funny a-hole.

Good episode for week 2! I'm glad to see flashbacks are still a big part of this show. Good to see Papa Batiatus and the young Onabadassamanious origin story.

Plenty of blood, plenty of boobs.

heySkippy said:

The sex seemed to be amped up a bit too....

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Wasn't much different than S1...