June 16th, 2010 by David
Once again Hollywood is out of ideas so they take an old movie and make it into a tv show. The film stars Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier, directed by Stanley Kubrick and made in 1960. So why would they ever make a show about it. Simple, ever since Xena and hercules stopped and now that Lord of the Rings is passed New Zealand has a bunch of trained stuntmen and toy swords lying around, so bango Spartacus the tv show.
Here’s my problem with all of it, first up the music, yes that’s right the music. Spartacus takes place during the Roman Empire and the film stayed true to that, the tv show however has modern music right when two gladiators are about to face off in the ring electric guitars are playing next to a drum machine. Why? Nothing takes me out of a scene like non authentic music.
Next up the swearing. Now I’m no prude language is an important part of believable dialogue, in the film Spartacus asked where wind comes from, his answer a small cave high up on the mountains. Which was acurate, this show has it’s gladiator using the F-word and the C-word in every other sentense. Clearly they are just trying to grab the 18 to 25 year old viewer and not care about anything else.
What’s next? A tv show about “Gone with the Wind”, Frankly my dear F-off.
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