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Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Season 1
Spartacus, falsely accused of betraying the Roman commander he pledged his allegiance to, is imprisoned and sent to the Amphitheater of Capua to be executed. But he rises gradually in the ranks of Gladiator until he earns the title Champion of Capua. Finding out that Batiatus had his wife killed, Spartacus leads a revolt against Batiatus and sets both gladiator and slave alike free from the Ludus. They leave for Rome, to build a slave army and to destroy the Roman Republic.
21 May 1972, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1970, Auckland, New Zealand
8 February 1982, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
19 August 1983, New Zealand
12 April 1972, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
6 November 1966, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
January 22, 2010
Indeed, when the smoke clears from this blood-splattered battle, the survivors will likely stand and sheepishly plead, "I'm not 'Spartacus!' Please, don't confuse me with 'Spartacus!'"
January 22, 2010
Spartacus is a rousing, addictive show that doesn't tax with too much moral complexity.
January 22, 2010
A heady mix of 300-style graphic violence and Debbie Does Rome soft-core porn, Spartacus: Blood and Sand is proof of TV's ever-expanding boundaries and ever-plummeting tastes.
January 22, 2010
If Stanley Kubrick were still alive - he directed the 1960 Kirk Douglas classic of the same name - he wouldn't know whether to laugh or weep.
January 22, 2010
Imagine watching a boring porn movie with swords, sandals, CGI, buckets and buckets of blood, and excessive slow-motion "action" scenes, all while Satan pulls your soul out of your backside. That's Spartacus: Blood and Sand.
January 22, 2010
Not even my affection for honorary TCA member Lucy Lawless is going to keep me around.
January 22, 2010
The problem is that this Spartacus is so over the top that it begs to be considered as total camp.
January 22, 2010
Although some characters share the same names as those in the 1960 Kirk Douglas movie of the same name, this vivid, revealing remake is not for the faint of heart.
January 22, 2010
The trappings up front are so over the top that to say you watch Spartacus to see a contemporary reworking of a cinema classic is like saying you go to Hooters for the food.
January 22, 2010
It was written either by master satirists hoping to inspire viewer drinking games each time blood drops sail in slo-mo or by teen boys.
