I just received disc 6 and apparently that is all filler. I was really happy with this series. I found I had to watch each episode twice though. I remember the first time I saw the last episode, all the sudden they were jumping on Ceasar and I had no idea where that came from.
Atia is not so evil I think now. Servilia is more of the manipulative bitch for getting Octavia to sleep with her brother.
I suppose its too late to protest their cancelling the show. I was really looking forward to it. Anybody know why it has been cancelled?
burundi and I only get to watch TV on DVDs, which has the disadvantage of never being able to talk about shows with other people on the Straight Dope. So I love this thread :). No spoilers for season 2, please!
Okay. I get why Servilia is psycho-evil, but why do you say Atia is not evil? So many of her manipulations are sociopathic: she works for the sake of her family to the detriment of everyone else, but even her own family is little more than an extension of her power network. When she has her daughter’s husband murdered in order to advance her daughter’s social prospects, in what sense is that a non-evil act? How is a planned murder less evil than encouraging incest?
The reason they only have 10 episodes for Season 2 and no more is that it was just too bloody expensive to make. All that opulence and squalor costs money!
My lack of knowledge about film making has been exhibited here before, but if they already have the sets and costumes made, why not go another season or two? I don’t get why they’d put up the infrastructure and not get full use from it. There’s plenty of story left to tell.
They don’t use big name actors. They don’t need to have a huge cast. We don’t care if Atia wears the same frock from one episode to the next.
Or are salaries the biggest expense? That credits list is pretty long.
Hey these are different times. She had her daughters husband murdered because she thought he was not good for her social prospects. Maybe in an environment like that it’s not so unreasonable. As far as I can tell she has done everything for the family (and by extension herself.) I mean you want to talk about evil, Pullo bashed Eirenes’s husband head in when he found out about him, and now he pretty obviously wants Eirene to get back with him.
I’ve heard that the set was really expensive and was the largest in the world. But I’ve also heard that it’s already been demolished, which would make another season difficult, if not impossible. (Although I’m a big fan and would love to see more of the series.)
I didn’t say she was unreasonable, I said she was evil. Some bits of morality are relative (e.g., whether to camp on someone’s land without asking their permission first), but if killing an innocent guy for social gain, thereby breaking your daughter’s heart, is only evil based on the “times,” then there’s no such thing as good and evil.
But it may be that our disagreement about Atia is based on a more profound disagreement about the nature of evil, which is not suited to this forum :).
Alright it’s genuinely evil. She could’ve just sent him “away” or something. Better yet find a hot guy Octavia can’t refuse and get her drunk. Atia has some evil in her. But no more than the rest of them as far as I can tell. (Second season not withstanding from what I hear.) I think Vorenus is the only somewhat pure character.
