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maninacape posted:Also, is it just me or did that first soldier look like one of the dudes that Spartacus whipped with wooden swords in season 1 (Glaber's man)? I noticed this as well. I wonder if it's actually the case. On another note, last episode, did anyone notice Tiberius taking time to find "the proper angle," when taking off Crixus' head? It's not an easy thing to do of course. I thought that was a nice allusion to one of Crixus and Naevia's first conversations.
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teagone posted:
Someone just needs to photoshop in like two dozen beer bottles and this would make a hilarious Bud Light commercial. Amazing episode, going to be so sad when it's finally over 
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The guy who called for Rhaskos must have been his brother in-character, and played by the actor's brother at least. I spent most of the crowd gladiator battle weirded out because he looked SO MUCH like Rhaskos, and wasn't sure if it was just coincidence or not, until the very end when he called his name. Definitely an amazing episode, was cheering and cackling the entire time. I wasn't surprised at all when I saw Michael Hurst in the Director's credit. Dude's directed pretty much all my favourite episodes.
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teagone posted:GIF dump: You are a bro and I would definitely shake forearms, that is more appropriate.
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Oh man, what an episode. When Gannicus entered the arena, and his music started playing, I threw my hands up in the air the same time he thrust his swords to the heavens. Thing is, it wasn't really a conscious decision... God, I am going to miss this show...
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Apr 6, 2013 10:32
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This episode was one of the best. I really loved the scene of the dude getting flipped into the crowd OH MY GOD THERE IS A GIF OF IT THANK YOU
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I think the best thing about this episode is the massive payoff for everything they've done with Naevia this season. All throughout the episode they continue making you dislike her, right up to suggesting that she might kill Kore, so much so that I actually didn't want it to be her who got to kill Tiberius. Then she chooses to let Tiberius live and she's redeemed and there's a hope she gets some measure of peace. I can't wait to see what they do with the finale because even though we know the story ends in defeat (final episode title: 'victory') they'll obviously spin it in some way so that it isn't a tragedy and we're happy with the ending the characters get. Or at least, I hope they do.
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Agron lives!! gently caress yeah!!! I don't think I've been happier to see a character on TV alive. Listening to him getting crucified was pretty harsh, though. Nice to see Tiberius getting stabbed by Kore. The little fucker deserved worse. Alchenar posted:I think the best thing about this episode is the massive payoff for everything they've done with Naevia this season. All throughout the episode they continue making you dislike her, right up to suggesting that she might kill Kore, so much so that I actually didn't want it to be her who got to kill Tiberius. Going to have to disagree with you there. I didn't feel any payoff whatsoever, she still annoys the hell out of me. I think it's her eyebrows. They make her look perpetually angry.
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DrinkMoreBeer posted:Agron lives!! gently caress yeah!!! I don't think I've been happier to see a character on TV alive. Listening to him getting crucified was pretty harsh, though. I think that's why they delayed the broadcast by a week. Showing a guy getting crucified then surviving would be seen as pretty poor taste on Good Friday.
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maninacape posted:Look at me talking way too much about this show. That's a thing? Awesome episode. Emotion. Speeches. Catharsis. Brutal kills. And most of all. Tiberius being humiliated and killed. I didn't mind his quick death so much, because he got to find out how he fared in single combat against even the weakest of Spartacus's inner circle, completely pulverising any pretensions he might have had towards being 'the one who beat the Undefeated Gaul'.  CRIXUS! CRIXUS! CRIXUS! Bring on the finale, so we can wrap this series up in a nice bow. An admittedly girly image for this series, but hey. And bring on Spartacus: The Complete Series in a kickass fancy Blu-ray boxset.
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Now I want Spartacus to live happily ever after with his new gingerette
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Man this is such a good show. This episode was excellent I fear the next episode
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Had a massive moronic grin on my face throughout that whole arena scene. I can't wait but also never want to see the finale. 
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Great episode, was kinda bummed about Kora killing Tiberius, shoulda been Naevia. Also I didn't get why Crassus was a dick to Kora later, being all like "call me dominus from now on". Also Castus is really hot. http://vimeo.com/40803376 niethan posted:I'm guessing they send naevia back to Spartacus with crixus head. And his baby in her guts. Sup. niethan fucked around with this message at 14:30 on Apr 6, 2013 |
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It's the same actor but he is in the credits under a different name and without nasty scar makeup.  It would be funny if the extras from the arena Capua were in the crowd now as well.
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Speaking of the extras, despite the lack of crowd tits, if there's one image that sums up why the extras on this show deserve Emmys, I would say it was this: It was a pretty convincing performance, not least because I was doing the same thing throughout the majority of the arena sequence. niethan posted:Great episode, was kinda bummed about Kora killing Tiberius, shoulda been Naevia. Also I didn't get why Crassus was a dick to Kora later, being all like "call me dominus from now on". She did still murder one of his guards and run away and join the rebellion he was trying to crush, and he still doesn't know why?
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vyst posted:Now I want Spartacus to live happily ever after with his new gingerette Speaking of which, she's inflicted me with a terrible case of ginger fever.
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Nah, it was good that Naevia didn't kill Tiberius in a fit of rage. She finally progressed as a character and let him go, even though she could have struck him down right there
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Is it wrong that out of all the main characters including those that have we have watched through the seasons, I am most interested in Kore's fate? I hope they give at least a hint of her in the finale next week. Will she confess to everything (obviously not killing Tiberius, that'd bring Caesar down with her), but how else will she explain killing a Roman soldier and joining the other side?
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CeeJee posted:It's the same actor but he is in the credits under a different name and without nasty scar makeup. I'm fairly certain this dude was also in episode four of Blood and Sand as a pit fighter, as well.
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Yesssss Liam sounded great in this episode. Vengeance may have been a little shakey, but he has done a really good job of playing Spartacus, especially in such unfortunate circumstance. Also I like to imagine John Hannah got to take home that statue prop of himself from the above image.
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DarklyDreaming posted:Gannicus did shove one of the guys off the cliff, but we didn't see the guy go splat and it was blink and miss so I say it doesn't count How did I miss this the first time?  Thanks for the info.
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DarklyDreaming posted:Gannicus did shove one of the guys off the cliff, but we didn't see the guy go splat and it was blink and miss so I say it doesn't count He even made it a trick shot by kicking a Roman into another one who went off the cliff. It was fantastic how Spartacus' words 'I lay choice by the one most wronged by the boy' came true even though he had no idea Kore was the one most wronged.
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DrinkMoreBeer posted:Agron lives!! gently caress yeah!!! I don't think I've been happier to see a character on TV alive. This and Gannicus. I'm so sorry i bet against you yesterday bro. I was so worried when he was fighting one more guy that Spartacus. I think i might just take this as the final episode for awhile. I'm flying to florida to drive back to the west coast next friday. They don't have War of the Damned playing on airport tv i think.
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Fragmented posted:This and Gannicus. I'm so sorry i bet against you yesterday bro. I was so worried when he was fighting one more guy that Spartacus. Yeah, I was actually really worried about Gannicus because the Spartacus Facebook page has these links to "Recap" videos where they interview one of the actors following each episode. Two weeks ago they had Manu Bennett talking about Crixus' death, and they wrapped it up with "And join us next week when we interview Dustin Clare!  "Manu had a shoutout where he thanked "The real Crixus" and pointed at the sky and for reasons I cannot explain I found this hilarious.
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Such a great episode. The little extra bits of characterization while the arena fights were going on and the Crixus chant/shout outs at the end were really cool.
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niethan posted:Great episode, was kinda bummed about Kora killing Tiberius, shoulda been Naevia. Also I didn't get why Crassus was a dick to Kora later, being all like "call me dominus from now on". I know a lot of posters here have gotten annoyed with her character and I agree that her arc stalled for a couple of episodes, but I like what they ended up doing with the character.
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CeeJee posted:It was fantastic how Spartacus' words 'I lay choice by the one most wronged by the boy' came true even though he had no idea Kore was the one most wronged. Everything everyone says on this show is true. Even when they are lying. That's what makes it so incredibly well written. e: ^^ yeah I phrased it badly a page back. She's not 'letting go', but she has taken a step back from being consumed by her pain and has taken control of her life again. Alchenar fucked around with this message at 18:22 on Apr 6, 2013 |
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I've got an unfortunate prediction for the last episode. I think they're going to go the old-school Kirk Douglas Spartacus route. Gannicus and Spartacus will be captured and forced to fight each other to the death, with the survivor getting crucified. It will serve as Crassus' vengeance for his son being forced to fight in the arena. This episode seemed to really make a point of mentioning how much each of them longs to fight again in the arena (the action slows down, and Gannicus gets very introspective about how much he misses it: "To stand upon the sands again and have a clear purpose, and know who you are, and what must be done."). Gannicus still wants to prove his worth against Spartacus, as he fights 3 soldiers against Spartacus' 2. "Gladiators seek to best all. It is the way of survival in the arena." Spartacus and Gannicus fought in Vengeance and their fight looked like it could go either way before it was interrupted by Mira shooting an arrow through the neck of that blonde chick. We still need to find out who the greater warrior is. They'll each try to kill each other, but more out of a sense of mercy than competition, as crucifixion is a fate worse than death. Spartacus will kill Gannicus and be crucified, Laetia will find him later and have a final parting, kissing his feet, and Spartacus will gaze at Sura's garter belt, which he has held onto since Season 1.
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I thought the whole arena fight dragged on a bit. I didn't feel like any of the characters were in any danger, figuring the writers wouldn't let any of them die to a bunch of random redshirts, so there wasn't really much tension. Spartacus stabbing that guy through the eyes was pretty cool though. I was kinda hoping Naevia would be killed by Tiberius (if they were going to switch things up by having one of the slaves lose, this would have been the fight to do it in), but at least they didn't let her kill him. Tiberius's death was still a bit of a letdown, though. I think he would have deserved whatever Caesar was planning for him more than the rather quick death Kore gave him.
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LordArgh posted:I thought the whole arena fight dragged on a bit. I didn't feel like any of the characters were in any danger, figuring the writers wouldn't let any of them die to a bunch of random redshirts, so there wasn't really much tension. S The scene wasn't about tension (Spartacus even throws his swords away to make that abundantly clear). I'd agree though that it felt that it was dragging a bit.
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LordArgh posted:I thought the whole arena fight dragged on a bit. I didn't feel like any of the characters were in any danger, figuring the writers wouldn't let any of them die to a bunch of random redshirts, so there wasn't really much tension. Spartacus stabbing that guy through the eyes was pretty cool though. I was kinda hoping Naevia would be killed by Tiberius (if they were going to switch things up by having one of the slaves lose, this would have been the fight to do it in), but at least they didn't let her kill him. Tiberius's death was still a bit of a letdown, though. I think he would have deserved whatever Caesar was planning for him more than the rather quick death Kore gave him. If Caesar had taken and killed Tiberius himself, he would have said a rebel did it, and the deal would not have been fulfilled.
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Alchenar posted:The scene wasn't about tension (Spartacus even throws his swords away to make that abundantly clear). I'd agree though that it felt that it was dragging a bit. Yes, but without tension things will get stale pretty quickly as there's no reason to be invested in the fight. At that point you're just watching people swing swords at each other, which is only interesting for so long. All I'm saying is they could've shortened it down a bit. limeincoke posted:If Caesar had taken and killed Tiberius himself, he would have said a rebel did it, and the deal would not have been fulfilled. I would've been fine with this.
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