Comments on: Spartacus…the series? http://stephaniedraven.com/2010/01/06/spartacus-the-series/ Modern Mythology with a Sexy Edge Fri, 18 May 2012 19:42:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stephanie Draven http://stephaniedraven.com/2010/01/06/spartacus-the-series/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Stephanie Draven Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:04:46 +0000 http://stephaniedraven.com/?p=1103#comment-471 Hee. Angie, I share your trepidation! Thanks for stopping by, Eleni! Hee. Angie, I share your trepidation!

Thanks for stopping by, Eleni!

]]> By: Eleni Konstantine http://stephaniedraven.com/2010/01/06/spartacus-the-series/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Eleni Konstantine Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:21:21 +0000 http://stephaniedraven.com/?p=1103#comment-469 Thanks for sharing Stephanie - looks promising. :) Thanks for sharing Stephanie – looks promising. :)

]]> By: Angie http://stephaniedraven.com/2010/01/06/spartacus-the-series/comment-page-1/#comment-468 Angie Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:28:51 +0000 http://stephaniedraven.com/?p=1103#comment-468 My problem with making a TV series of Spartacus is that, well, the story has an <i>ending.</i> Where the protag, like, dies. And I'm wondering what they're going to do if the series is popular enough that the execs get to thinking, "You know, we could string this out for years and years and make a ton of money...." Or maybe that's just me being overly cynical. [cough] I like this period too, but I've long since lost any faith that TV (or movies) will do a really good job with any historical project, the occasional exception like <i>Rome</i> notwithstanding. Angie My problem with making a TV series of Spartacus is that, well, the story has an ending. Where the protag, like, dies. And I’m wondering what they’re going to do if the series is popular enough that the execs get to thinking, “You know, we could string this out for years and years and make a ton of money….”

Or maybe that’s just me being overly cynical. [cough]

I like this period too, but I’ve long since lost any faith that TV (or movies) will do a really good job with any historical project, the occasional exception like Rome notwithstanding.

Angie

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