Rome - HBO

Ashur · Post by **Ashur** » March 14, 2007, 11:48 am

Cleopatra has the slutty look down.

I enjoyed last episode immensely.

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » March 19, 2007, 3:58 pm

Pullo vs Vorenus in the finale? Looks probable.

Great episode btw.

Xatrei · Post by **Xatrei** » March 19, 2007, 4:30 pm

I really hate that the premature cancellation of the show is forcing so much to be crammed into so few episodes.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » March 19, 2007, 10:07 pm

Well, it may be that the season was already done filming before the cancellation came through, so this could be how it was intended. The leaps in time are a bit disconcerting tho.

The title of this episode could have been "Angry Sex". Damn. At least Pullo is good and primed to kill some people now.

Xatrei · Post by **Xatrei** » March 19, 2007, 11:25 pm

From what I read last year when the cancellation was announced, the writing for season 2 had been completed, but filming had not yet started. Once the cancellation became official, they reworked things to try to tidy up the ending. This was based on various bits & pieces gathered from fan & spoiler sites, as there was precious little official information available.

Moonwynd · Post by **Moonwynd** » March 20, 2007, 2:17 am

Fuck HBO for treating their fans like shit - First they cancel Deadwood after three seasons because the creator wanted to do a surf noir series.

Do a little cost benefit analysis before you start filming a series like Rome. Surely someone in the numbers department could have the foresight enough to tell them how costly it was going to be to produce the show.

The only positive thing I can say is that HBO doesn't jump the shark...

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » March 20, 2007, 12:30 pm

Actually, they cancelled Deadwood because they fucked up the overseas deal to where they actually lost money by showing it in Europe. Since they couldn't redo the deal and already lost a lot of money (supposedly), they had to pull the plug. It definately wasn't due to ratings or critical praise.

They did however give The Wire a final season so I am really happy about that at least.

Abelard · Post by **Abelard** » March 25, 2007, 1:33 pm

The series finale is tonight.

I'm so sad this awesome show is ending.

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » March 25, 2007, 2:40 pm

This superb series ended too quick, the ending will be too abrupt.

Pullo is ready to go though.

Ready to destroy! Crush Your Enemies, See Them Driven Before you etc...

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » March 26, 2007, 1:44 pm

Pretty weak ending I thought. Everything up until they left Egypt was great though.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » March 26, 2007, 9:59 pm

Zamtuk wrote:Pretty weak ending I thought.

I thought the same thing. I was a bit bored by the whole Anthony/Cleopatra presentation myself. I didn't find whoever was playing Cleopatra to be an especially good actress.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » March 27, 2007, 2:05 am

Rome will be an all time classic series for me. The ending (last two episodes) weren't the best of the lot but I think that's because of having to rework things. Still, they had plenty of great acting.

I'm not sure about Cleopatra either. It was a bummer to see Mark Antony go out that way.

While the older Octavian did a fine job, the younger Octavian was a much more memorable character.

Seeing Pullo strangle the slave that killed his wife was perfect.

Remember the episodes leading up to the final two when you look back on season two.

HBO screwed things up on longevity but man are Deadwood and Rome classics.