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SPARTACUS GODS OF THE ARENA SERIES
The crazed nature of the series does provide a lot of the fun…plus, some really crazy sex. It isn’t realistic and instead relies on shock and extreme. Buckets of blood (along with limbs, heads, and appendages) fly in this series, and it is done in a style like 300. The series does continue the over-the-top visuals that began in Spartacus: Blood and Sand. The series does however rely on flash instead of acting.Ī prequel but the same level of violence you’ve come to expect from Spartacus! I would say John Hannah, Dustin Clare, and Manu Bennett are essentially the stars of this series since each character is shown in their rise to power. I do enjoy a lot of the cast and many of the players in this series do not survive the end of the first season so it is good to see them again.
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It is rich and fun like Spartacus: Blood and Sand, but is a bit more divided in its storytelling by focusing on so many players without a central character like Spartacus holding it together. A lot happened before Spartacus arrived and here you get to see the events that led Oenomaus to becoming Doctore, Crixus becoming champion, the crippling of Ashur, and Batiatus taking control of his house. As a result, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena was created to fill the time while Whitfield fought the cancer (and unfortunately loss the battle on September 11, 2011).ĭespite the unplanned nature of the series it was a welcomed edition to the series. The star of the show Andy Whitfield was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and fighting it leading to delays. The dramatic bloodbath of the final episode left an incredible cliffhanger, but an outside factor threatened to end the series. At the end of Spartacus: Blood and Sand the series suffered a major problem.