Starz’ newest series, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, is a difficult
show to quantify in its quality. The show is about the rise of
Spartacus (Andy Whitfield) as he’s taken from his wife (Erin Cummings)
and people to be a gladiator in Capua. All of the major points of the
classic story are there, but it’s not a show about a story. It’s an
often silly orgy of blood, violence, and sex. The thing is, Spartacus is very good at achieving what it sets out to be.
Even after the first episode it’s clear that this is the most violent
and bloody show ever to appear on cable television. Limbs are severed
in the epically brutal final fight of the series premiere, a sliced neck
pulses with bright red blood, and the 300 style slow motion fixation on key events ensures that every drop of ruby red liquid gets ample screen time.
These fight sequences are overwrought with violent intentions, but they
lose much of their meaning by the fifth or so time you see them. Spartacus
uses a desaturated color palette except for the blood, and it is indeed
shocking to see how vividly detailed each sword strike is displayed.
Until you’re just used to watching it happen.
So watch it now just go to season 1 or season 2 (not all episodes yet) in the menu bar. i saw it myself its great a little bloody but it is great to watch.
