Spartacus: War Of The Damned [Starz - US] Spoilers!

Cantona's Collars · 03-02-2013 11:59pm

evil_seed wrote: »

what was going on in that scene? The one with
the bj and knife
?

:eek::eek:

He was getting rid of a few 'souvenirs' he picked up on his travels,Tiberius mentioned it when he walked in on him.

LionelNashe · 13-02-2013 12:32am

zerks wrote: »

He was getting rid of a few 'souvenirs' he picked up on his travels,Tiberius mentioned it when he walked in on him.

Tiberius says "years abroad led you to strange pleasures" as if he thinks it's something kinky. I read that we will find out in the 4th episode.

Galwayguy35 · 13-02-2013 7:04am

Good first episode, hope the rest of the series is the same.

Thargor · 13-02-2013 2:09pm

LionelNashe wrote: »

Tiberius says "years abroad led you to strange pleasures" as if he thinks it's something kinky. I read that we will find out in the 4th episode.

I took it to mean he was having genital warts lanced or something but they both seemed to be enjoying it, honestly no idea WTF was supposed to be going on in that scene

PhiloCypher · 24-02-2013 1:40am

Thargor wrote: »

I took it to mean he was having genital warts lanced or something but they both seemed to be enjoying it, honestly no idea WTF was supposed to be going on in that scene

haha now we know , gotta say love the forethought they seem to be putting into this season both in terms of the little details like this and the broader scope , if it maintains this sort of form till the end of the season it will be up there with Blood&Sand as the best season of the show for me. The certainty that comes with a set end date seems to have set the writers mind to purpose .

Sidenote : Kudos to the actress who took over the role of Naeivia , she took alot of stick from some quarters last year but is kicking some serious butt so far this season , I question if the previous actress could have played this new kick ass version of the character as convincingly.

After his scene with Fabia I am now officially onboard with the rumoured Caesar spinoff , turns out Todd has the chops to go with the swagger.

Kirby · 24-02-2013 11:50am

Not impressed with the 4th ep. Awful episode. All round. From the dialogue which felt especially stilted this week.... to the fight scenes.... to the general poor pacing.

I like the show but this was the first time I actually thought to myself "I'm bored" while watching an episode. This is definitely not the same show as season 1.

TwoShedsJackson · 24-02-2013 3:31pm

Not sure how you managed that tbh, that was the best episode in a long time.

dave1982 · 24-02-2013 5:41pm

I reckon we will see main characters dying off in the next few episodes, Naeivia hopefully will be the 1st.Who will end up killing Spartacus is anyones guess now

Compak · 25-02-2013 12:53am

Kirby wrote: »

Not impressed with the 4th ep. Awful episode. All round. From the dialogue which felt especially stilted this week.... to the fight scenes.... to the general poor pacing.

I like the show but this was the first time I actually thought to myself "I'm bored" while watching an episode. This is definitely not the same show as season 1.

What!!!!!!!!

Was an absolutely incredible episode, without a doubt the best episode of Spartacus that remains in my memory. Brilliant progression in both camps.

I am, however, waiting for the thorn of Naeivia (wannabe Xena) to just die, or something to happen that won't have Crixus moaning and moping.

Biggins · 25-02-2013 4:18am

Compak wrote: »

What!!!!!!!!

Was an absolutely incredible episode, without a doubt the best episode of Spartacus that remains in my memory. Brilliant progression in both camps.

I am, however, waiting for the thorn of Naeivia (wannabe Xena) to just die, or something to happen that won't have Crixus moaning and moping.

Have to agree. I was totally gripped by that episode.
I was still waiting (still am) for one once slave character though to get her deserved comeuppance.

Caesar is turning out to be a right clever Iago (see Shakespeare - not the cartoon character!).

25-02-2013 7:37pm

Gannicus isn't

dead

is he?

If he is:

Blondie German's gonna kill Crixus lady

CastorTroy · 25-02-2013 7:57pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Gannicus isn't
dead
is he?

If he is:
Blondie German's gonna kill Crixus lady

Nope. Sure he was there at the end when Spartacus came out. But she's still more than welcome to kill Naevia

dave1982 · 26-02-2013 12:22am

I'm hoping it will be Gannicus that kills Spartacus

PhiloCypher · 26-02-2013 12:30am

dave1982 wrote: »

I'm hoping it will be Gannicus that kills Spartacus

Why would you hope/think that was a possibility and why have you spoilered it being that its pure speculation on your part.

dodderangler · 26-02-2013 1:04am

The fella with the red beard at the start who wouldn't give the people bread
He's a assh0le hope he gets plugged next

langer91 · 26-02-2013 1:40am

This season is easily way better than last season. gutted this is the last ever season its getting better with every episode! Team Gannicus FTW

dave1982 · 26-02-2013 2:20pm

PhiloCypher wrote: »

Why would you hope/think that was a possibility and why have you spoilered it being that its pure speculation on your part.

Do you not notice the tension building between the two?he was never 100% behind him from the beginning.

I "speculate" they would make a great fight.

Are people not allowed speculate?

I consider him a lot better character than Spartacus

I have added spoiler because not every might know the ending to this season, ha ha if I hadn't some one else would moaning about it.

Naeivia who is the most annoying character ever in the series I hope she dies soon

PhiloCypher · 26-02-2013 4:47pm

dave1982 wrote: »

Do you not notice the tension building between the two?he was never 100% behind him from the beginning.

I "speculate" they would make a great fight.

Are people not allowed speculate?

I consider him a lot better character than Spartacus

I have added spoiler because not every might know the ending to this season, ha ha if I hadn't some one else would moaning about it.

Naeivia who is the most annoying character ever in the series I hope she dies soon

I think you're allowing your desire to see who would come out top in a Spartacus Gannicus rematch cloud your judgment as to where the true source of tension is in the rebel camp and it certainly isn't between those two.

They fought in season 2 after Spartacus suspected him of taking their money so speculation as to how awesome a fight between them would be is unnecessary.

Of course you are allowed speculate , I just thought the spoiler tags were unnecessary given there is really nothing to suggest what you indicated, will actually happen, that said , not everyone has seen the film or knows the actual history and thus and thus the fates of certain characters so you were probably right to be safe rather then sorry.

Artful_Badger · 27-02-2013 12:19am

Episode 4 was brilliant, best episode since Liam came into it. The brutality and madness of the episode culminating in Spartacus' scene at the end kinda bumped Liam up on the "I'm Spartacus" scale a bit too.

titan18 · 02-03-2013 3:27pm

Oh, man, that was awesome. Could kinda see some of it coming, but what an end. God, I hope German girl doesn't die, she's so hot

LionelNashe · 02-03-2013 3:41pm

Pretty good alright -the writers haven't lost their knack for the unexpected

dave1982 · 03-03-2013 1:54am

Holy ****

cadea · 03-03-2013 2:50am

That was outstanding!

deco nate · 03-03-2013 4:18am

omg.that was an amazing episode

dodderangler · 05-03-2013 2:15am

Really wish someone would kill that naevia b1tch
She does my head in , talks to much crap
I might watch next episode online now just to see what happens next

Kirby · 05-03-2013 10:32am

That was pretty good. I enjoyed that. Better than ep 4 anyway which everyone else seemed to love and I thought was an absolute mess.

Using Crixus to trick the romans was a nice touch. Although Crassus is too wiley a customer for that.

dave1982 · 05-03-2013 6:38pm

5 down 5 to go.I wonder will all the main Rebels still be alive for the finale?

I thought Agron was a goner in that episode, episode ended badly for him

dave1982 · 05-03-2013 11:49pm

I don't buy DVDs but i'll buy this

Headshot · 05-03-2013 11:53pm

I was so gutted when he passed on

Such a big lost to the tv series and his family

I still have a tear in my eye when I think about it

dave1982 · 06-03-2013 8:39am

dodderangler · 06-03-2013 9:06am

He really was the best spartacus even though he was only in one series he was first in series and we'll never know how much better the series would've been if he hadnt of passed but I'd imagine a lot better and emotional when it ends
He just seemed to be more believable when it came to speeches and the way he fought
But Liam done what he had to and stepped up to replace a natural
can't fault him for that

Thargor · 06-03-2013 10:49am

I dont think they could have found a better replacement tbh.

Artful_Badger · 06-03-2013 3:06pm

Thargor wrote: »

I dont think they could have found a better replacement tbh.

I'm pretty sure they could have, the vast majority of primary and secondary characters past and present have been absolutely fantastic. But they failed miserably in replacing Andy with Liam. He wouldnt even have made the grade of "Background gladiator number 5" in Blood and Sand or Gods of the Arena.

dodderangler · 07-03-2013 3:13am

Just watched episode 5 blood brothers
Pretty exciting and best episode so far without question
Looking forward to release of next one spoils of war

TwoShedsJackson · 07-03-2013 8:50am

Thargor wrote: »

I dont think they could have found a better replacement tbh.

Maybe they could have and MacIntyre took most of Season 2 to get into the role, but he's doing a decent job now. As long as you accept he's not a patch on Andy Whitfield there's no need to be disappointed really.

Clareman · 07-03-2013 11:04am

As someone who has lost far too many people to cancer and has witnessed first hand treatment and it's impact I don't think I could ever bring myself to watch that documentry, but it didn't stop me donating €20, great idea for fundraising.

In regards to the best Spartacus, of course people are going to think the first 1 is the best, but he was allowed grow into the role as part of the on-scene character, growing from a Thracian warrior to being a gladiator. It's strange to think that if it wasn't for him dying season 2 might have been completely different.

PhiloCypher · 08-03-2013 2:51pm

dodderangler wrote: »

He really was the best spartacus even though he was only in one series he was first in series and we'll never know how much better the series would've been if he hadnt of passed but I'd imagine a lot better and emotional when it ends
He just seemed to be more believable when it came to speeches and the way he fought
But Liam done what he had to and stepped up to replace a natural
can't fault him for that

Andy's Spartacus didn't speechify all that much he was more about the whispered gravitas, Liam on the other hand was given too many speeches in second season to the point that by the end they ended up becoming a parody of themselves. As to the way he fought I didn't have a problem with it , he looked competent enough with a sword, the problem lay in his physique which was more like a slightly buff house slave then a ripped Gladiator, thankfully they have Liam wearing armor now so this is less of an issue.

Artful_Badger wrote: »

I'm pretty sure they could have, the vast majority of primary and secondary characters past and present have been absolutely fantastic. But they failed miserably in replacing Andy with Liam. He wouldnt even have made the grade of "Background gladiator number 5" in Blood and Sand or Gods of the Arena.

I think you are being overly harsh tbh While I wasn't a big fan of season 2 or Liam for that matter, he has grown on me this season. My problem lay with the fact in season 2 the driving force for everything Spartacus did was Revenge on Glaber for Sura but due to the recasting I had a hard time connecting emotionally with any of those scenes as for me Andy was the one who had lost a wife not Liam. Thankfully this season their has been less speechifying, less dependence on emotional touchstones from the first seasons and due to the armor he sports less scenes featuring his "background gladiator number 5" physique to bother me and as such I'm finding I'm enjoying the season a lot more.

Artful_Badger · 08-03-2013 3:59pm

PhiloCypher wrote: »

I think you are being overly harsh tbh While I wasn't a big fan of season 2 or Liam for that matter, he has grown on me this season. My problem lay with the fact in season 2 the driving force for everything Spartacus did was Revenge on Glaber for Sura but due to the recasting I had a hard time connecting emotionally with any of those scenes as for me Andy was the one who had lost a wife not Liam. Thankfully this season their has been less speechifying, less dependence on emotional touchstones from the first seasons and due to the armor he sports less scenes featuring his "background gladiator number 5" physique to bother me and as such I'm finding I'm enjoying the season a lot more.

He's grown on me too to some extent but just for the mere fact that I have to accept he's Spartacus if I want to watch the show and he's been in the role so long. But that doesnt mean I think he's good in that role even though he has got somewhat better.

I get what your saying about Sura and the connection with Andy and it probably did add to it. But it wasnt the sole reason I found it hard to accept him. He as an actor/fighter just wasnt upto the level of the rest. I thought personally they tried to write around his deficiencies too by over doing the slow mo fight bits and his speeches. And avoiding actual well done fight scenes that tied most of the rest to their roles as gladiators.

I agree on the last part though. I'm enjoying this series much more than the last one too but its still a long way from the quality of Blood and Sand and Gods of the Arena. Partially due to the change in scenery and partially due to poor recasting imo.

dave1982 · 09-03-2013 2:57pm

Can't remember last time I watched a tv show that my heart was pounding as much as it was for this episode :eek:

titan18 · 09-03-2013 3:12pm

That was fantastic. Whole episode revolving around Gannicus just made it so much better

Richard Dower · 09-03-2013 3:20pm

Deknight wasn't lying....a killer final season worthy of the first.

dave1982 · 09-03-2013 3:24pm

titan18 wrote: »

That was fantastic. Whole episode revolving around Gannicus just made it so much better

Gannicus can carry his own spin off show no problem, I was full sure he was gonner in this episode

dodderangler · 09-03-2013 4:52pm

dave1982 wrote: »

Gannicus can carry his own spin off show no problem, I was full sure he was gonner in this episode

Just wait until you see episode 6 spoils of war
Gannicus best episode without question

LionelNashe · 09-03-2013 5:46pm

Ha. Get out of this one, Spartacus. It looks like the writers are setting us up to expect something like the escape from Vesuvius, but they're hardly going to repeat themselves. Maybe the rebels are going to make hang-gliders out of their cloaks.

cadea · 10-03-2013 3:09am

Wow it just gets better episode after episode, i'm actually bummed out it's gonna be over soon, such an improvement over vengeance!

Geomy · 10-03-2013 9:38am

Is this going to be shown on Tv 3 ?
I missed a few episodes on Sky

dave1982 · 11-03-2013 10:54pm

ITS ON!!

Artful_Badger · 12-03-2013 12:34am

Good episode but the scene where Gannicus fought the pirates was really badly done, and the Pirates of the Caribbean type score to his swash buckling escape was a bit out of sync with the rest of the show.

dave1982 · 12-03-2013 12:38am

Artful_Badger wrote: »

Good episode but the scene where Gannicus fought the pirates was really badly done, and the Pirates of the Caribbean type score to his swash buckling escape was a bit out of sync with the rest of the show.

I was thinking Zorro for Gannicus when he was on the horse and Indiana Jones when Spartucus slid under the door before it shut...minus the last second hat grab:D

Thargor · 12-03-2013 12:49am

Artful_Badger wrote: »

Good episode but the scene where Gannicus fought the pirates was really badly done, and the Pirates of the Caribbean type score to his swash buckling escape was a bit out of sync with the rest of the show.

I thought that whole thing with Roman-lady being given to the pirate to Gannacus killing them was brilliantly done tbh, great scenes, he's one of the best characters in it.

Nobody mentioned Roman ladys epic body yet btw?

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