Damn!!!
If these eyes don’t open a man’s imagination to flights of fantasy, I doubt anything will.
Anyway, if you like looking at naked men in action scenes, this looks like a good place to be come January 2010. You’ll also have to be prepared for a lot of gore and violence. What doesn’t seem clear just yet, is whether or not a quality storyline will accompany these tantalizing scenes. Reviews from TV.COM and HITFIX.COM follow below.
From: TV.com
By Anna Hiatt
The gladiator Spartacus is coming to TV with a star-studded cast and a graphic style that makes 300 seem tame.
I am Spartacus!!
Raunchy sex and bloody violence reign in Spartacus: Blood and Sand, a new TV spectacle about a Thracian soldier-turned-gladiator. We got an exclusive look at the extended trailer for the new show, which is coming to Starz in January 2010. Trust us when we say: Spartacus is racier, more fast-paced, and more violent than any other show on TV.
How so? The sex scenes (complete with nudity) are so explicit everyone short of sex workers will blush. Every detail of the brutal gladiatorial massacres in Roman arenas is included — arching blood squirts, sliced tendons, the works. Seriously, it’s like 300 on steroids. On TV. Titillating, no?
Spartacus has the sensory impact of a sledgehammer — in a good way. For visual punch, the show is mostly produced using a green screen (meaning most of the backgrounds are computer-generated), with meticulous attention paid to visual storytelling. The result? A show that’s so realistic you’ll feel like one of the thousands of jeering Romans watching as those poor suckers get skewered in the arena. It’s hard not to enjoy.
In addition to sex and violence, Spartacus also has an impressive cast, including the Warrior Princess Lucy Lawless as the scheming wife of Batiatus (John Hannah), owner of a gladiator school. Andy Whitfield plays Spartacus.
Spartacus has all the makings of an instant hit: violent slaughters that may be too hard for some to stomach, spectacular production value, and, of course, Lucy Lawless.