I hated how they ended his character. Dude was a gladiator that got taken out embarrassingly by a house servant. Thought he was a great villain, even had a good reason to be a dick, was crippled with a cheap shot by Crixus and bullied by the other Gladiators. I might check it out I thought the actor was one of the highlights of that show.
Should have been “what if they didn’t kill Gannicus and he just went around railing high class tail and killing Romans?”
Aka “what if gannicus’ cock continued to rage on?”
he was good on The Expanse as well. Limited range, but good at what he does.Idk I thought he was perfect in that role
Idk, there was certainly a LOT of gay sex before
I probably have the highest opinion of Spartacus's first two seasons than anyone on this forum. They are, minute-for-minute, the best written action-drama in TV history... or on the very short list of nominees.
But the last 2 seasons? Mixed bag. Still a great show biz its flaws were giant spotlight on the overall quality of the show.
As for this new spin-off, this reminds me of the Prison Break show from several years ago. A show that had one amazing season, then 3 seasons of shit, then a TV movie that was shit..... and a sequel season many years later, that was shit.
Now Spartacus never was shit... but the magic was gone after the 2nd season, and it was definitely gone after Prison Break's 1st season.
And I liked Ashur as a character, he was a great scheming villain you'd love to hate.... but making an alternate timeline show around him not dying? Denying the revenge so many characters received with his death?
And its a Spartacus show without Spartacus?
I may watch the 1st episode out of curiosity, but my expectations for it to be anywhere close to the first two seasons are rock bottom.
In my opinion, there's already a precedence for having a Spartacus TV series without Spartacus. Andy Whitfield portrayed Spartacus. Tragically, Whitfield had to go to war against terminal cancer.
Whitfield gave the new seasons of Spartacus his blessings. Afterwards, Liam McIntyre portrayed Spartacus.
Also, the season that was called Spartacus: Gods of the Arena barely had Spartacus in it.
Rest in peace, Andy Whitfield.
I probably have the highest opinion of Spartacus's first two seasons than anyone on this forum. They are, minute-for-minute, the best written action-drama in TV history... or on the very short list of nominees.
But the last 2 seasons? Mixed bag. Still a great show biz its flaws were giant spotlight on the overall quality of the show.
As for this new spin-off, this reminds me of the Prison Break show from several years ago. A show that had one amazing season, then 3 seasons of shit, then a TV movie that was shit..... and a sequel season many years later, that was shit.
Now Spartacus never was shit... but the magic was gone after the 2nd season, and it was definitely gone after Prison Break's 1st season.
And I liked Ashur as a character, he was a great scheming villain you'd love to hate.... but making an alternate timeline show around him not dying? Denying the revenge so many characters received with his death?
And its a Spartacus show without Spartacus?
I may watch the 1st episode out of curiosity, but my expectations for it to be anywhere close to the first two seasons are rock bottom.
But he’s so much older now. He’s almost 50 now and he’ll be playing what.. his 20-30 year old self?That's key. And ashur is played by the original guy too. It's like an early Christmas present, this news
Sounds a bit desperate, but I said the same thing about GOT:HOTD, and that ended up pretty good, so I'll wait and see.
Agree about first 2 seasons vs last 2. The training at the ludus....the arena fights....the interaction between them all. Batiatus was a frickin' amazing villain. Then then last 2 seasons were obviusly about the wars and gathering armies vs armies. Which were still fantastic to me but didn't have the magic of the first 2 seasons. It might be time for me to rewatch this series
Agron should have died. Gannicus should have lived. He was the perfect character to continue the story.As someone that's rewatched the first 2 seasons six times, I wholeheartedly recommend it.
The Lutus & Gladiator arena were perfect settings, each with their own conflicts for the cast of characters. Confinement, slavery, & death.
The last two seasons were missing these conflicts, and the worst case scenario for the characters were to die on the field of battle, but that seems like a victory in comparison to what they escaped.
(And most of them did meet that fate, with a few lame exceptions)
Don’t get me wrong, I liked Agron. But, he should have died and Gannicus should have lived.Agron should have died. Gannicus should have lived. He was the perfect character to continue the story.
And its a Spartacus show without Spartacus?
Don’t get me wrong, I liked Agron. But, he should have died and Gannicus should have lived.
The only thing the show missed on was a death vision of Gannicus meeting Crixus in proper combat in the afterlife.