I guess but the hook of the show was that you had the intermingling of the plebes and nobles, plus showing regular roman daily life.
Hmm that's more information about the people they were based on than I thought existed.
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HBO should do a sequel to Rome.
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I guess but the hook of the show was that you had the intermingling of the plebes and nobles, plus showing regular roman daily life.
Hmm that's more information about the people they were based on than I thought existed.
I really loved Rome. See how well that was done gave me serious hope that HBO would knock A Song of Ice and Fire out of the park. Well, they didn't. But Rome is still fucking amazing. I would kill to see how the series would have gone with the 5 season plan. Especially how they'd do the 5th season.
THIRTEEN!
THIRTEEN!
The cost of doing period pieces always seems to lead to an early demise.
Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
The second season was not great, I want more.. They would need massive funding
The second season was not great, I want more.. They would need massive funding
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Medieval Roman, please! But yes, unfortunately it's an era that is basically ignored. If they ever do it it would probably be about Justinian reconquests or something connected to the Crusades. Although I'd also love to see either the last Roman Persian war or the reign of Basil II.
Somehow Boardwalk Empire survived all the way to five seasons.
Frankly, most of the Empire is ignored as well. I like HBO's Rome a great deal but it really does get tiresome watching endless adaptations of the fall of the Republic.
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Alas you're correct. The end of the Republic is probably the most visited period, with the first decades of the Empire (generally focusing of the idea of moral decadence) and Marcus Aurelius being other choices. The fact that early 4th century, as far as I know, have not been visited by a major production is beyond me though. Came on HBO, I want to see these guys on screem:
Make it happen!
You guys should watch the Roman empire series on the Netflix to scratch that Rome itch. Its a docu-drama(is that the name for these things) but it's legit amazing. Acting is about on the same level as Spartacus. Each season focuses on a different era.
Season 1 Commodus (hes nothing like the commodus in Gladiator)
2 Caeser (focusing on early days, before Rome series)
3 Caligula (not as orgy filled as I would have liked)
Season 1 Commodus (hes nothing like the commodus in Gladiator)
2 Caeser (focusing on early days, before Rome series)
3 Caligula (not as orgy filled as I would have liked)
So more in line with recent academia then? Commodus gets a bad rap, largely due to the fact that most of the sources are senatorial and/or the ancient equivalent of tabloid newspapers (i.e. the Historia Augusta). More likely, most of his 'megalomania' can be attributed to a systematic propaganda campaign which was apparently quite successful and gained him considerable popularity among the general populace.
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I've been meaning to give them a chance but I fear Rome spoiled me. I want something with that production value!
It's more of a fancy history channel documentary than Rome. It scratches a nice itch but it's not going to get you anywhere close to the HBO production.
Rome is one of my favorite TV shows and it was a great pity to see it cancelled after only two (abbreviated) seasons. I'd love to see a new show set a bit earlier in the late republic, around the time of Sulla's civil wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulla's_civil_wars
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As long as the first season takes place during the Jugurthine War, I'm game. Sallust basically wrote a season of television there.
Weird I just said this similarly in another thread, how if GOT came out in like 2003 that Rome probably wouldn't have been cancelled.
Loved it at the time, wonder how it holds up now.
Loved it at the time, wonder how it holds up now.
At the time Rome and The Wire were my two favorite shows. But both suffered from relatively low ratings, remember Sopranos casted a long shadow at the time.
I always held the belief that Rome died so that The Wire could live. I think ultimately it was more important that The Wire was able to conclude its 5 season run but it is a shame Rome ended rather abruptly. It was definitely a test case for HBO that a period/fantasy epic was possible on television.
Thirteen!!!
I always held the belief that Rome died so that The Wire could live. I think ultimately it was more important that The Wire was able to conclude its 5 season run but it is a shame Rome ended rather abruptly. It was definitely a test case for HBO that a period/fantasy epic was possible on television.
Thirteen!!!
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HBO should do a sequel to Rome with a movie like what they are doing with Deadwood and if it is really popular, then maybe more movie sequels or new seasons?
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They toyed with the idea of a film for a while, but nothing came out of it.
I know, it was the same thing with the Deadwood movie, then it really happened.
Would love to see an adaptation of Count Belisarius in the style of Rome. Or rather than using Robert Graves' retelling of General Belisarius' service under Justinian, just adapt directly from historical sources.
The era of this guy, Justinian I, the last great Roman emperor to ever live would make a great story, and the Byzantine empire is an empire in history that really goes unrecognized in the west.
HBO needs to do a lot of things that they're never gonna do.
Don't even get me started on Carnivale.
Don't even get me started on Carnivale.
Rome was the game of thrones before game of thrones. Not in popularity of course, but anyone who has seen it (it's only 2 seasons, watch it people!) will tell you that
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Exactly. Maybe saying Game of Thrones would not have been possible without Rome is an overstatement, but I definitely think Rome made it happening easier.
I feel like i've read a piece where Martin said part of the reason he picked HBO was because of Rome, read it years ago. Hope i'm not making that up in my mind lol. One thing is for sure, he did use to watch Rome, he mentioned watching it on his liveblog when it was new
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That would be pretty cool. I do know he had the idea for the Wall while visiting Hadrian's Wall on Britain, which was built by the Romans.
Definite some roman influence, as well as other histories of course. The dragon lords in valyria were known for (besides dragons lol) their straight roads and road network, which is like point 1a when it comes to defining Roman technologies. Although I haven't read the history book he put it out so it could be less of a connection than I think
I would love to see a series about the Punic Wars or the fall of Tarquinius (and the rise of the Roman Republic). While I love HBO's Rome, it's still too enamored with the classical image of Rome. I want to see some real history, with period-accurate sets, acting and moral dilemmas. Unfortunately, this would be incredibly alienating to modern audiences; hence, it will never receive airtime.
i think it'd still be over most people's head. Though maybe not if they emphasized more on the depression era fantasy aspect, less the "carnivale". i think most people thought it was about bearded ladies or whatever and left it at that
Honestly in the current climate I wish we could get a full series of Illiad and Odyssey with the GoT level values.
That could work, but it would need to be far removed from the Xena/Hercules stuff of the 90s.
You know one interesting historical era that is criminally underutilized by high budget TV productions like HBO? The Napoleonic era. I would watch a Rome like drama set in France during the revolution everyday and Sunday.
Constantine, christianity - this could be awesome. Or maybe one focusing on the ottomans. Constantinople has potential.