We're back, ladies and gentlemen. The first minutes of "Spartacus: Gods of the Arena has given us lots of things fill we have come to expect from this series of Starz: streams of blood, naked bodies, violence, blasphemy, and only for use Batiatus smile a public restroom.
Remember, why be aired on ABC Family?
OK, I'm joking, but it almost felt like this first episode back, "Spartacus" felt a special need to get in the face with his most outrageous or provocative. He could not be sex, there must be many many many different varieties of sex, it could be just the violence, beheadings have been unusual and the support of the madness when it comes to creative use of bloodletting.
Ok, ok, we get it - it's a show about people who use the other for a variety of purposes, and the results are not always pretty. IFF and we are not at the point where the bodies are just so much meat to be sold by the pound, has some scenes in a butchery.
Do not get me wrong, I'm not complaining about the living patterns in-your-face, after a year without "Spartacus" I would have beheaded me someone if this show does not return when he did. I only hope that in the six episodes of the prequel season, he may well stick to his signature tricks and dig the characters in a way that makes "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" much more than the sum of its blood - treated parts.
"Gods of Arena," this prequel to the new season, only six episodes long, and it makes me wonder - in a relatively short period of time, we can become a nuisance situation Gannicus' than we have in life Crixus Spartacus, Doctor or even boat in "Spartacus: Blood and sand? remains to be seen.
But the first episode of the prequel season included a lot of ground very smoothly and created several new conflicts with energy efficiency and it was exciting to see the characters in different places. How different things were five years ago! Let's take a brief look at then and now, for each of the main characters of the series:
Batiatus (John Hannah): It is exciting to see a Batiatus is, somehow, quite innocent. Has been around, of course, but is so sure that everything needed to succeed as the owner is the persistence ludus and the ability to cross the palm of his right hand with silver. How naive! At the end of the episode, his ambition collides with a vigorous cold, hard reality: The people who occupy the upper echelons of society will not come under them to succeed. Tulio, the man wanted to imitate Batiatus, finished urinating in the face. It's one thing I like about the series - no abuse in urine, but the way he always leaves his characters in situations they can not win. In terms of character and history, things are about to be interesting Batiatus know that you fight and scratch and claw their way out of this hole, but we also know that events like that will do as ruthless as ruthless Tulio few years.
Clearly, something is going wrong between good friends and colleagues Solonius Batiatus Ludus owner, and no doubt other relationships suffer well.Lucretia (Lucy Lawless): It is too radical to see and Lucretia Batiatus so deeply in love . In recent years, they still love each other, but as we saw in "Blood and Sand," they were both much stronger and cynical. He might as well have been an "irony alert" sign flashing when Lucretius spoke not want a dirty bed, gladiator crude. As we have seen in "Blood and Sand," not only has she slept with Crixus but had deep feelings for her - feelings she could not quite to admit that. Anyway, we once saw such a love as Lucretia, the wife of support, it was our idea that things are bound to go wrong at least part of them. These newlyweds are about to find out what it costs to grow in the company of Capua.
Oenomaus (Peter Mensah): Fans' Blood and Sand "is probably saying to himself:" Hey, why the Doctor was not invited to his rightful name, and what's going on here? "In this movie season, which is fixed for five years," Blood and Sand ", Oenomaus use the name of a slave taken before he took a teaching Batiatus" Ludus. Oenomaus And because the content is a relatively "Gods of starting the Arena ', my guess is that he is a character who suffers the most this season. He has a wife, and although both are slaves, both treated relatively well, and get to spend time together. Oenomaus even smiles now and then! Clearly, things go very badly in his life. It 's interesting to note, however, that even if your circumstances are different, Oenomaus / Doctor is essentially the same guy who was first - the ethical, honest, strong and reliable. I love this character and savor the idea that we have access to his life.
Crixus, Ashur and Barca: We see Crixus burly gladiator when he arrived in Ludus Batiatus "when his hair was still long and he was mocked for being a" little "guys. Ashur are among the trainees, who survived the pattern formation house abruptly, but have yet to get the brand of brotherhood. It will be interesting to see how Ashur was the injury that ended his career in the arena. As for Barca, he seems to be the same guy hard and he is good, not everything in life changes that much in five years.
As for the new characters in the series, Gaia is ringing alarm bells about myself, but it is too much too soon to say whether the time will be good or bad for distribution. If Gaia (who is played by Jaime Murray) turns out to be a standard issue of fox, to disrupt the soap opera style between the pair of lead, which could be problematic and so far it seems like a man too predictable. It is too early to say, well, let's see what your game is, and if she has feelings for Lucrecia apparently are real or simply part of a secret plan.
Vezio Tullio and have so far been relatively one-dimensional villains, but the characters are played well (even if Vezio "mocking could become quite old, if he can not control a bit '). In any case, the" Gods of Arena "is actually a story about how and Lucrezia Batiatus lost innocence, so to speak, and John Hannah and Lucy Lawless is so good at playing previous versions of the fact that it does not matter that all the characters in the series are fully materialized (no pun intended).
Of course, the season is also the history of marbles, and I think it was prudent of the authors of the series to make it otherwise became Batiatus Spartacus "ludus five years later. This taciturn man with a fire burning in inside and quietly came up with a more cunning plan to get revenge, which was the opposite of marbles without ostentation, a carefree guy who never think of the bad consequences of their actions.
We found that nurses Gannicus secret pain that makes you take refuge in wine, women and spectacular feats in the sand? Maybe. This could be an interesting way to go to the station prequel, but the truth is that the character can become more than a supporting player in the saga of Lucretia and Batiatus. That may be the wisest of "Spartacus" of the franchise. I do not know about you, but I still remember the performance as Andy Whitfield Spartacus fresh in my mind and I do not know if I am willing to invest emotionally in the personal saga of another Gladiator.
But to see Lucrezia Batiatus fights and fight their way street and the sand Capua is a new arena? I am definitely interested in this story. As I said, I do not know if the six periods of time is the time to tell you that the story is the depth and complexity, but the previous season are often shocked and surprised me a good system, so give 'Gods of Arena "for the benefit. And considering how strong the first episode" Arena of the Gods "was our return to Capua is a good start.
Also, I must add that there is no doubt in my mind that his wife are cruel Oenomaus end of this season. It is not based on inside information, which is just a guess. Since people in this world will never be what they want? If they do, they usually have to pay a high price.w