You can tell this was made after Season 1 of Spartacus: Blood and Sand. The acting is even better, the story writing is tighter and there's far less blood and sex and more focus on story.
Lucy Lawless and John Hannah steal this series. Their acting is excellent. I also enjoyed Manu Bennett, although I keep seeing Azog the defiler in his performance. The newest and best performance was also from Jaime Murray who was hard not to love.
Whilst this series still had blood and sex, they mostly toned it down and the show was better for it. I also actually enjoyed the fight scenes in this series: I did not enjoy the fights in Blood and Sand.
Well done to the creators. It's a shame they didn't get the balance right in Black Sails - which came after this.
Lucy Lawless and John Hannah steal this series. Their acting is excellent. I also enjoyed Manu Bennett, although I keep seeing Azog the defiler in his performance. The newest and best performance was also from Jaime Murray who was hard not to love.
Whilst this series still had blood and sex, they mostly toned it down and the show was better for it. I also actually enjoyed the fight scenes in this series: I did not enjoy the fights in Blood and Sand.
Well done to the creators. It's a shame they didn't get the balance right in Black Sails - which came after this.