Rome

[iainjclark]

Having now seen the whole first season of Rome (delivered by Mercury Couriers, delivery service to the gods) I can still heartily recommend the show. Even if your wife isn't obsessed with ancient Rome

Comments

[williamjm]

I've only seen the first episode because it didn't interest me enough to make me watch any more. This may be partly the BBC's fault for the editing as it did seem to be fairly turgid and occasionally bordering on incoherence, but I'm willing to believe the 'proper' first episode might be better. Maybe I'll give it another change sometime.

From the brief bit I saw of Rome I would say that Deadwood is a much better show (the acting in particular is far superior), although I did stop watching Deadwood after a while because it was just too depressing for my tastes.

[iainjclark]

The BBC's edit really does make the episode flow quite oddly, although the "feel" of the show is not really altered.

Deadwood is excellent and I agree that it's a generally superior show to Rome (although Rome does have some very strong moments). The start of Deadwood's second season went through a bit of a turgid patch for me, but it picked up again. It's real strength is the way small acts of kindness shine through the grimness in a near poetic way. There's palpable emotion in the most mundane of things.

[swisstone]

I will catch-up with the full versions of 1-3 (for which much thanks), and then the BBC broadcast episodes, and I will then write some more about it. Real soon now.

[iainjclark]

I'm not sure you'll ever be impressed with it from a historical accuracy standpoint. :-) But we'll see...