HBO's ROME
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Um, HBO's ROME ... I know that we just met and everything, and you're older than I am, but I just ... you know, I feel like we click ... and, well I'd really like to see you again.
Seriously, though ... I dug the pilot for this show. I'm sure that some of that love comes from the fact that it wasn't ABC's EMPIRE (because that show made my head hurt, really bad, like someone kicking me in the head with a steel-toed boot bad), but it was also just a really good show.
From what I could tell, it got the history right (um, the immaculate lower grooming of the female stars might've been a bit ... ah, modern, okay I'll just say it, they had Brazilian waxes), and the acting was fabulous, the sets magnificent, and the stars HAWT.
The Good:
1. Atia of the Julii. Polly Walker rocked the hell out of this role. Atia was strong, manipulative, charming, sexy, devious, mocking, uncompromising and for like a millisecond caring. She's like an ancient (and more ruthless) Julie Cooper-Nichol (or Ava Moore, Famke Janssen's wonderfully evil character on Nip/Tuck). I was mesmerized every time she was on screen, and I know I'm going to love to hate. Plus, she is very, very hot. And managed to have some ho!yay with Servillia. And so far ... often nude.
2. Octavian. I loved the portrayl of Octavian, very accurate from what I can remember of my ancient history. Intelligent, delicate, and arrogant. As someone on TWoP pointed out, he kind of reminded me of Draco Malfoy: Antiquity! Especially his little act of revenge after he's rescued. Good character, great acting, definately looking forward to seeing this character develop.
3. The sets. The hustle of bustle of Agora was nice to see, really gave a feel for the city of Rome, and not just palaces, and villa's and the Forum and whatnot. That being said, the sets for all of those places were lovely as well.
The Bad:
Not much here actually.
1. I pretty much hated the opening credits.
2. In the interest of far play, there needs to be more male nudity (because it's not far to make the ladies bare the whole burden, though I'm not complaining about that either).
3. Needs to work on the time/space thing a little. It seemed like people were moving around officially quickly, giving very little sense for the distances they had to cross to get places. It seemed like Brutus got from Gaul to Rome like the next day, as if he had an overnight flight or something, which was jarring.
Could put more in the good category, but I'm getting sleepy, so let's just say that everything I mention looking forward to seeing more of was also good.
Looking forward to seeing more: Marc Antony, Brutus (who was delightful), Verenus and Pullo, Caesar, and mostly because of the last scene she was in Octavia.
enthralled]Um, HBO's ROME ... I know that we just met and everything, and you're older than I am, but I just ... you know, I feel like we click ... and, well I'd really like to see you again.
Seriously, though ... I dug the pilot for this show. I'm sure that some of that love comes from the fact that it wasn't ABC's EMPIRE (because that show made my head hurt, really bad, like someone kicking me in the head with a steel-toed boot bad), but it was also just a really good show.
From what I could tell, it got the history right (um, the immaculate lower grooming of the female stars might've been a bit ... ah, modern, okay I'll just say it, they had Brazilian waxes), and the acting was fabulous, the sets magnificent, and the stars HAWT.
The Good:
1. Atia of the Julii. Polly Walker rocked the hell out of this role. Atia was strong, manipulative, charming, sexy, devious, mocking, uncompromising and for like a millisecond caring. She's like an ancient (and more ruthless) Julie Cooper-Nichol (or Ava Moore, Famke Janssen's wonderfully evil character on Nip/Tuck). I was mesmerized every time she was on screen, and I know I'm going to love to hate. Plus, she is very, very hot. And managed to have some ho!yay with Servillia. And so far ... often nude.
2. Octavian. I loved the portrayl of Octavian, very accurate from what I can remember of my ancient history. Intelligent, delicate, and arrogant. As someone on TWoP pointed out, he kind of reminded me of Draco Malfoy: Antiquity! Especially his little act of revenge after he's rescued. Good character, great acting, definately looking forward to seeing this character develop.
3. The sets. The hustle of bustle of Agora was nice to see, really gave a feel for the city of Rome, and not just palaces, and villa's and the Forum and whatnot. That being said, the sets for all of those places were lovely as well.
The Bad:
Not much here actually.
1. I pretty much hated the opening credits.
2. In the interest of far play, there needs to be more male nudity (because it's not far to make the ladies bare the whole burden, though I'm not complaining about that either).
3. Needs to work on the time/space thing a little. It seemed like people were moving around officially quickly, giving very little sense for the distances they had to cross to get places. It seemed like Brutus got from Gaul to Rome like the next day, as if he had an overnight flight or something, which was jarring.
Could put more in the good category, but I'm getting sleepy, so let's just say that everything I mention looking forward to seeing more of was also good.
Looking forward to seeing more: Marc Antony, Brutus (who was delightful), Verenus and Pullo, Caesar, and mostly because of the last scene she was in Octavia.
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Date: 2005-12-05 08:41 pm (UTC)Yeah... they.. SUCK. The music is ok, but the little art is more appropriate to a more supernatural show, like... Xena (said by someone who's seen all of.. 5 Xena episodes?)
2. In the interest of far play, there needs to be more male nudity
Weeeelll.. I guess you have a point. But I'm not a fan of the male nude form, but I do suppose it would only be fair. Eh.. I'd be happy if I never ever saw a penis again! LoL.
Draco Malfoy: Antiquity!
Holy shit! I can see it! It's so there! Wooooahhh... Now we just need some Harry for him to be all unrequited about. ;)
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Maybe you can help me clear something up. There's Atia and there's Servilla. I guess I thought they were the same person... who are they and what relations do both of them have to Octavia&Octavian?
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Date: 2005-12-05 10:29 pm (UTC)Yeah, the rushing shots and swirling and stuff is just outta place though the paintings are cool. It just seems too modern or something for a show about ancient Rome.
Weeeelll.. I guess you have a point. But I'm not a fan of the male nude form, but I do suppose it would only be fair. Eh.. I'd be happy if I never ever saw a penis again! LoL.
You're gonna LOVE episode 6 then. Only not really, lol. Though I would recommend watching the scenes with the slave stud, because they are hilarious (as most Atia scenes are).
Holy shit! I can see it! It's so there! Wooooahhh... Now we just need some Harry for him to be all unrequited about. ;)
lol. Octavian DOES get rather attached to Titus Pullo later on ;) Plus, if there's a second season, when Marcus Aggrippa shows up the slash'o'meter will beep, beep, beep I'm sure.
Maybe you can help me clear something up. There's Atia and there's Servilla. I guess I thought they were the same person... who are they and what relations do both of them have to Octavia&Octavian?
Yeah, Atia and Servilia are two different people.
Atia = Is a member of the Julii family. The mother of Octavia and Octavian and the neice of Caesar.
Servilia = Is a member of the Junii family (the names sound really similar when they are said out loud), one of the oldest and most respected families in Rome. She's the mother of Brutus, and was Casear's lover for many years. She had Atia have a archnemisis like relationship, like if Lex Luther and Superman were ancient Roman mistress who fought each other by making digs out how they were aging, drawing dirty pictures of each other, and wished for the other to be raped by dogs!
Despite the fact that Atia and Servilia don't really like each other (though they pretend to) they spend a lot of time around each other at parties and such because the Roman elite is pretty small. Servilia knows Octavian and Octavia through these parties and visiting Atia and such.
Later, when Atia needs a favour, she calls Octavia to go do her groveling for her and sends her to Servilia to ask for the favor. Servilia grants it (because Octavia asked? Because its part of some nefarious plan? Because she wants Atia to owe her own? Who knows!). That's when the sexual tension comes. Anyway, Servilia starts inviting Octavia over to weave a lot after that (to 'pump' hee, her for info that she can use against Caesar ... who has dumped her) and that's how they start spending a lot of time together.
So Servilia is really a family friend to the OCT siblings, until she becomes Octavia's lover. Then she's a family friend with benefits ;D
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Date: 2005-12-08 05:33 am (UTC)Speaking of my roommate, she's another car on the Rome train! Woot!