Rome - 2x01

[fembuck]

Goddaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn!

Just got through watching a screener copy for the first episode of the second season of Rome, and I was totally right to be an impatient bitch and not wait until it aired to watch it because that was some good watching right there.



Glad to see the action pick up exactly where it left off at the end of last season. Antony literally running through the streets of Rome for his life, Atia sobbing uncontrollably into the bossom of one of her slaves, Octavian (looking manly, Max Perkis sure grew up) trying to maintain some order, Octavia stewing with rage at the part she played and calling Servilia a "bitch pig", which cracked me up.

Everything with Vorenus in this episode was brutal, and it just got more and more brutal as we watched the aftermath of Niobe's death. When Kevin McKidd cries, you feel his pain dude. From Vorenus lashing out at his kids (he could give Servilia a run for her money in the ol' curse department), to him stumbling around Rome completely gonzo, to Pullo rushing to his side as soon as he hears of Caeser's death and taking care of him ("Brother Vorenus" awwww), to the ending with Erastes Foreman. Holy hell, that was intense.

Random interjection: in this episode all of the ladies hair was made of awesome. I think because they were supposed to be in mourning, they didn't get their 'did' the way the usually do, so it was all flowing, and vibrant and hella hot.

The political angle of the show was also excellently developed this episode, and easier to follow than a lot of the political mechanisations on the show. Octavian shows off his mad brain power and then gets Antony to basically do his bidding, which he does with style and pinash. It was a hell of a ride seeing the conspirators plans slowly begin to unravel as soon as they had carried them out, to their ultimate retreat at the end.

And there were just some really nice character moments like the scene between Servilia and Brutus, and Octavian and Pullo, Pullo and Vorenus, and Servilia and Calpurnia.

And despite the dark tone of the episode there were also some really hilarious lines, not to surprisingly mostly from Atia and Antony.

I can't really think to much right now, I'm still glowing in the wake of the episode. If this is the quality of the rest of the season, it's gonna be good, good times.

Comments

[trufflehog.livejournal.com]

oh, i'm sure he'll do just fine. i'm just bitter because i adore max as octavian. his mannerisms and pouting are perfect :)

the age factor is one of the reasons I found the pairing so hot.

okay. THANK YOU. that was one of the things that sucked me in. i do kind of have a thing for the younger/older pairings and this one is just fantastic in the worst ways.
octvilia. haha. but anyway, i have to agree about servilia and atia. they're so very adorable in torturing eachother.

we just finished watching 2x01 all together and noticed some strange little (and utterly useless) things. like the fact that brutus' eyebrows look just like the angry emoticon ---> >:(