I got HBO last month just to see this series, and I haven’t been disappointed; but apparently the ratings aren’t that great. So, all of you who aren’t watching, tell me why!
Don’t have HBO.
I don’t have HBO. Or cable, for that matter. I’m quite interested to watch it on DVD.
Compared to what? Is it doing worse than other shows on HBO?
I don’t have HBO, and I really don’t feel like paying for it just for Rome(as much as I’d like to see it).
Particulary not when the DVD’s will be out in a few months.
Dito, except probably won’t watch it on DVD
Brian
I watch it, but I imagine some people are burnt out on “sword and sandal” type stories.
And it’s British. It’s not as accessible to American audiences as “The Sopranos”.
HBO wasn’t worth it when I did have it, plus I don’t watch much TV anyway.
Another vote for “don’t have HBO but will probably watch it on DVD”.
Well, I’m watching it, but just barely. I can’t quite figure out why, but it just hasn’t grabbed me as much as, say, Deadwood, or my favorite, The Wire. Rome’s production values are great, the acting and writing are excellent, but it doesn’t engross me as much as I expected or hoped it would.
Maybe it just doesn’t have quite enough depth and subtlety. I’ve noticed that, unlike with the two shows I’ve mentioned, or *Six Feet Under, Carnivale, *or The Sopranos, I don’t feel I have to watch each episode of Rome twice to make sure I caught everything.
I’m going to buy the DVDs of I, Claudius and re-watch that great series.
What commasense said. I’ve seen the first few episodes, and just wasn’t left with a real burning desire to stick with it. It ain’t Deadwood, that’s for sure.
Yes. Worse even than Carnivale. But HBO has committed to another season.
I don’t have cable. It makes me sad.
I’ll wait until it’s on DVD, at which point I wll merrily MST it.
I watched the first couple episodes, and went, “meh”.
Then I missed a couple.
Then I tuned back into the rerun last Friday when they made the raft out of dead people and cut off pompey’s head. and I was right back into it.
I watched last Sunday with the Egyptians and I plan to watch this Sunday. So, it lost me, but it got me back.
aside: the filmed a scene for The Wire right near my house the other day, down by the stream where I walk my dogs. No lame-o scene, this. It was a gun battle!!
don’t have hbo. Plus never heard of ‘Rome’.
Carnivale is bad?? I saw the previews, looked interesting, and put it on hold…but just the first dvd. We’ll see.
Yep, don’t have HBO. Don’t watch that much TV, either, really. It’s not worth paying for, to me, when I wouldn’t watch it enough to make it worthwhile.
Saw some bits of it, failed to care.
And was again annoyed at even in this day and age, on an allegedly sophisticated channel like HBO, they still have ancient Romans speaking with British accents. Maybe not everybody, but it seemed like a lot of them did.
Or was it simply a matter of the actors being British?
Well I love the series. So that’s one, anyway.
I’m not watching it because it doesn’t start until the 2nd of November!
And we won’t have to pay specifically to see it as it will be shown on one of the BBC’s two free-to-air analogue channels (BBC2). But you could argue that we have already paid for it through the licence fee, which is currently £126.50 a year [US$220-ish].
I also love the show. Pullo is the Forrest Gump of ancient Rome. 
And he makes me “wet as October” 