Rome: The Complete Second Season
March 11, 2010 by admin · 5 Comments
- The year is 44 B.C. Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the Republic. In the void left by Caesar’s demise, egos clash and numerous players jockey for position. The brutally ambitious Mark Antony attempts to solidify his power, aligning himself with Atia, but coming to blows with her cunning son Octavian, who has been anointed in Caesar’s will as his only son and
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The year is 44 B.C. Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the Republic. In the void left by Caesar’s demise, egos clash and numerous players jockey for position. The brutally ambitious Mark Antony attempts to solidify his power, aligning himself with Atia, but coming to blows with her cunning son Octavian, who has been anointed in Caesar’s will as his only son and heir. Meanwhile Titus Pullo attempts to pull his friend Lucius Vorenus out of the darkness that has engulfed his soul in the wake of personal tragedy. For once again, the fates of these two mismatched soldiers seem inexorably tied to the fate of Rome itself.Amazon.com
Unlike another certain celebrated HBO series, Rom… More >>
Watch out people. 2 out of 4 sets i bought had duplicate copies of disc 3, and no disc 4. Do NOT buy this title on-line! buy it in store and open it before leaving!!!!!!
Rating: 1 / 5
Rome – The Complete Second Season
Not very happy with this item!
I can’t review as I still didn’t receive the DVD set (ordered more than 1 month ago). I paid for Expedited International Delivery though(over 10 dollars more than the normal International delivery charge)!
When I complained, I was advised that tha package never made it to the customs and the DVD was re-sent to me. That happened over 2 weeks ago.
Still didn’t arrive!
Today is the 20st of January – First ordered it on 15th of December.
Rating: 1 / 5
Having seen seasons one and two of this HBO series, and being a person who really enjoys this type of thing, I have to say that Rome is a bust. The setting, the costumes, and the acting are all very good, particularly the setting, but the plot lines and the writing is atrocious. This is pure soap opera with very little else. The writing is just flat out bad. Why in the world would we have actors spewing such lines as “oh, bollocks!”? Why bother with the f-word? Why such weak casting? The “generals” that support Octavian in his quest to best Mark Antony are mere boys? Is that factual? Are we to believe that Rome was built by a bunch of kids? They could have at least given us actors who had some facial hair, or the ability to grow it. The actress that plays Atia is awful, and the actress who plays her nemesis is wretched. Both women are supposed to be extremely attractive, but they are not. In the meantime, while all of this tripe between them is going on, we are bored to tears with a stupid story that is evolving around “some” history. Do yourself a favor. Read the Shakespeare play and call it good. This thing sucks.
It is no wonder that Rome was canceled after two seasons. And it is really a shame that the producers took such little care in this opportunity to present a classic television show about an extremely interesting era in history. Instead, what we get is a rather lame attempt to be “Dallas” in a toga.
Rating: 2 / 5
Estoy de acuerdo con alguien or ahi que dice que no hay que esperar que sea la exacta historia… es una serie, es para entretener y de verdad que si… me ha gustado mucho la serie, los actores son muy buenos, cada uno con sus caracteristicas unicas. Mantienen el interes a cada capitulo y despierta el interes de conocer bien la verdadera historia de esos tiempos. Cuando vi la primera serie ya habia salido en DVD, no aso ni una semana cuando la vi completa y la segunda pues no se ha quedado atras, y esperemos que haya muchas mas…
Rating: 5 / 5
Gods, this second season was a bore. And the production values took a nosedive as well. I hadn’t thought JC was such an integral character in the first season, but without him, the new season completely lost direction. Thumbs down.
Rating: 2 / 5