Subj : Re: Rome #4
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Ken McElhaney
Date : Mon Sep 19 2005 08:49:32

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape


Jim Larson wrote:
> Jim Larson wrote:
>
> > How did the Republic manage to hire Baron Harkonnen as a crier?
> >
> > (Poor Niobe's soon to be dead ex-boyfriend....)
> >
> > (I wonder who would win a rage-off: Seth Bullock or Lucius Vorenus. I'm
> > thinking Bullock still has the edge.)
> >
>
> Two other things:
>
> 1. I really didn't need to see Marc Antony getting scraped in all his glory.
>
> 2. If you combine the fictional version of Atia portrayed here with the
> fictional version of Livia portrayed in I, Claudius, the resulting fictional
> Augustus must be one seriously messed-up guy where women are concerned.

I think that they are slacking off in the nudity/sex count. You would
think that John Milius (one of the creators of this series) would not
only be aware, but casting additional cuties to keep this quota
respectable.

Overall, this is a respectable mini-series but it's sliding into
"soapy" territory a little too quickly.

Ken

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