I was wondering what people thought of this. I watched it on Netflix instant-play and I am so glad that I didn't add Starz to my lineup just to get this dreck.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella" <tdli...@...> wrote: > > > Raimi Brings "Sword and Sandals" to Starz > > > It's Spartacus like you've never seen him before. Virtually. > > > by Matt Fowler <http://tv.ign.com/email.html> > > > > October 28, 2008 - What's that you say? You want an updated version of > Spartacus <http://tv.ign.com/objects/142/14294244.html> ? As a 13-episode > series on Starz? Welllll....okay. Since you've been so good lately. > > Spartacus will be Starz's second original drama after Crash and it will be, > according to The Hollywood Reporter, "set in the brutal world of > gladiators." Steven <http://stars.ign.com/objects/142/14293608.html> S. > DeKnight of Smallville will act as the head writer and showrunner for the > new series, which touts Sam Raimi > <http://stars.ign.com/objects/917/917562.html> as an executive producer. > Filming in New Zealand will begin next year. > > "This is not going to be at all like the 1960s Kirk Douglas film," said > Starz Entertainment executive vp programming Stephan Shelanski. "We didn't > want your typical sword-and-sandals. It's going to be fun, fast-moving, full > of action and interesting characters and have a little more depth to it than > the 1960s film." > > Oh, you mean this isn't going to be like the critically acclaimed, Academy > Award winning film directed by Stanley Kubrick? Well then, I hate good > things too. Sign me up. > > Wait there's more. Apparently Spartacus also going to use almost "100% > virtual environment." Here's hoping that it's budget helps it look like 300 > and not Sanctuary. > > "It will bring the younger audience who has grown up on graphic novels and > video games this heightened reality; it's not going to look like anything > you've seen before, especially on TV," said Executive VP of Original > Production William Hamm. > > You know if they really want to target the "kiddies" they should call it > "Spartacuz" with a "z". >
