current Spartacus: Vengeance

s02e01 is available for those who want to find it.

I still don't know how I feel about Liam McIntyre as Spartacus, after watching it. I don't know what it is, but is anyone else put off by the fast cuts made during fight scenes (Which masks the fact the actors can't fight, 90% of the time)?

Maybe I've been spoiled by the Hong Kong action movies I've been watching of late. I love, yet hate you at the same time John Woo.


I'll have to re-watch a bit of the first season to see if the fight scenes were the same there.

We'll see how McIntyre goes as the season progresses. Andy Whitfield was comfortable in the role because it was his role. McIntyre has big boots to fill, and isn't 100% dropped into the character yet.


I re-watched a few fight scenes, particularly the battle with Theokoles and Crixus' return fight in the Ludus against Spartacus. The quick cuts aren't there.


Being that Whitfield's screen presence isn't there, I've found Agron to steal the show when he's in the shot.

Episode 2 is up. I thought I was going to end up hating this show without Andy Whitfield, but the new Spartacus is just as good. Love the plot and where it's going.

Episode 3 has been up for a few days at least.

I still really don't like the constant cuts during the fight scenes, but the story arch is really well done.

The Spartacus bits in E04 were cool and all, but the scenes in Capua were excellent. The political side of the show is now in full swing, can't wait to see what happens in the next episode.

well nothing has really changed expect the main actor. the background is the same and with the fact that they are now free the action won't take place in the same house over and over again

Does anyone know who this (Ilithyia's) slave is (real name or name on the show)?



I can't seem to find her name anywhere.


As for the show, I'm playing catch-up with Vengeance having re-run through the previous 2 to get me up to scratch. I've watched the first 4 episodes so far and I'm enjoying it. I didn't know how they'd manage to make the transition from the ludas to the streets of Rome, and especially with the death of the star man and the killing off of John Hannah. But they've managed to pull it off and they still keep you feeling right at home with the arena and the ludas still very much in the backdrop (so far anyway). The cast is so good that I find myself thinking "if he dies then I don't think I could watch it any more", that's just how well it's been put together, and the 'villains' you just long for their deaths.

Liam McIntyre's doing a decent job but he's never going to be able to fill Andy Whitfield's boots.