I've watched every single episode from the first season on. And honestly...he's right. Freaking awesome show though!
I've watched each episode at least three times and read a book about the Third Servile War that lines up well with the show. If you pay attention to the small things, more than just the blood and tits, you can see that's not all it is. What you guys are talking about isn't even a "message."
Where was that mentioned? We're talking about mook's wife judging him for watching a TV show. Reducing the show to just sex and gore is ridiculous. Maybe that's the primary reason you guys want to watch it, that doesn't mean your reason is everybody else's as well. I know it's not mine.
As Spartacus was slaughtering the Romans last night all I could think about was his message of equality. j/k
...yes, I thought it was very good. It's about Leonardo Da Vinci and his incredible mind, inventions, art, etc -- it kind of had a similar feel to the mad genius of Sherlock Holmes in a way. You know, smarter than everyone else and always scheming. And in typical Starz fashion they featured a nice sex scene or two. I will definitely be following this series as it unfolds. [video=youtube;n1zVl6p3yFs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1zVl6p3yFs[/video]
...no, not like Sherlock in that sense. I just meant in terms of being smarter and many steps ahead of everyone around him. After the Duke of Milan is assassinated [secretly ordered by the Vatican] Leonardo essentially commandeers the Duke of Florence to fund him to start developing all of his military type inventions. He also ends up bedding the Duke's Mistress behind his back...but she has a secret of her own! The always evil Vatican is also behind a massive cover-up as they have stolen a crucial book of knowledge, "The Book of Leaves", and want to suppress this knowledge from the masses as usual. Da Vinci is implored by a mysterious Turk to seek out this book. And all sorts of other fast moving plot lines that they introduced in the premier, check it out!
