Spartacus on Starz (spoilers for US aired episodes!)

[316what]

I'd literally buy every character. Especially these guys:

Spartacus (Andy and Liam, but would prefer Andy if I had to choose)
Crixus (short and long-haired sculpts with armor to match)
Gannicus
Agron
Caesar (short and long hair sculpts)
Crassus
Batiatus
Varro
Oenomaus
Barca
Saxa

No Ashur or Glabber?

Manu Bennett is becoming one of my favorite actors, and I hope he gains more traction so he can get some movies going besides being in the Hobbit sequels.

You can catch him on Arrow.

 

[Kamandi]

I never watched Spartacus thinking historical accuracy was a high priority. This isn't exactly a documentary. I wish they would leave a few of these actors alive for whatever spin-off series follows.

 

[Kibagami]

You can catch him on Arrow.

Really? Good for him. First the hobbit, now arrow. Great job.

 

[a-dev]

Who was he in The Hobbit? I didn't even know he was in it till I saw his name in the end credits.

 

[Kibagami]

Who was he in The Hobbit? I didn't even know he was in it till I saw his name in the end credits.

Azog the Defiler! The Pale Orc!

 

[a-dev]

So I wouldn't have visually recognised him.

 

[Calcifer]

I wish crassus had taken out Crixus instead, I have been waiting for a real fight between him and Spartacus or one of his top men after seeing what he could do.(grabbing sword with hands scene)

 

[Kibagami]

So I wouldn't have visually recognised him.

Yeah; you wouldn't have.

 

[a-dev]

I wish crassus had taken out Crixus instead, I have been waiting for a real fight between him and Spartacus or one of his top men after seeing what he could do.(grabbing sword with hands scene)

Nah. Because then I would have wanted so badly for Spartacus to get vengeance against him for Crixus...and yet we know that can't happen.

 

[Kamandi]

Nah. Because then I would have wanted so badly for Spartacus to get vengeance against him for Crixus...and yet we know that can't happen.

Why? Seriously, we all saw Inglorious Basterds. We all know the end of that film in no way follows history, yet it was awesome.

A fictional example - RDJr's Sherlock Holmes films take great liberties and pick and choose story elements from multiple books while not strictly following any of them.

I would be fine if Spartacus winks at history in some unexpected way. We all expect a spin-off series and like these actors. Leave a door open.

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

No Ashur or Glabber?

Idunno if I could buy Ashhole. I'd take a Glabber but he'd come after all the ones I listed.


And yes, Manu Bennett is awesome as Slade Wilson on Arrow.


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BTW, I assume this is a Spartacus reference:

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[a-dev]

Why? Seriously, we all saw Inglorious Basterds. We all know the end of that film in no way follows history, yet it was awesome.

A fictional example - RDJr's Sherlock Holmes films take great liberties and pick and choose story elements from multiple books while not strictly following any of them.

I would be fine if Spartacus winks at history in some unexpected way. We all expect a spin-off series and like these actors. Leave a door open.

Yeah but I don't think thats what they're going to do. I think they'll be keeping it historically accurate in such significant things as who lives and who dies.

Hey I'd love if Spartacus and Gannicus survived.

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

I fully expect Spartacus to survive since his body was supposedly never found.

 

[Kibagami]

I fully expect Spartacus to survive since his body was supposedly never found.

Yeah, what if they portrayed that in this TV series? That would be cool.

 

[Skywalker(OG)Kush]

I fully expect Spartacus to survive since his body was supposedly never found.

His body was never found because there were piles of dead bodies and supposedly his head was severed. Without the head it would be pretty hard to identify his body out of 100k dead corpses and a lot with severed heads. There is a hint of this when Marcus crassus says to cut of crixus head to show the same fate awaits Spartacus. Soon as Spartacus fell in battle romans would have sliced off his head as a symbol of victory and to scare off the remaining revolt (war has ended)


To this day people still find remains of swords and shields in the Appian way from Capua to Rome. So many dead ****ers that were left to rot.

Unfortunately as much as I would like them to live, they are following historical outline to closely to deviate like that in the end. Crixus dying first and spliting up to raid roman villages and attack Rome was historically correct. All though we don't know if his intention was to raid Rome. We do know that he split forces and died first.

 

[a-dev]

The thought of him being decapitated by gloating romans gives me a major sad.

I'd rather they go the Inglorious Basterds route or go with crucifixion - after all, Monty Python taught us its ''not so bad once you're up''!

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

His body was never found because there were piles of dead bodies and supposedly his head was severed.

I'm just saying, it gives them a little wiggle room to play with history if they so choose. The series is obviously going to end on a very down note, so I could see the producers wanting to have some sort of happy ending to take the edge off and not make it a total bummer.

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

Gannicus wasn't a real person, was he?

And if he was, don't tell me what happens to him.

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

Gannicus wasn't a real person, was he?

And if he was, don't tell me what happens to him.

Yes, he was real.

 

[316what]

Gannicus wasn't a real person, was he?

And if he was, don't tell me what happens to him.

He was a real person.