Heee! Thank you for the virtual gift...

[liz_marcs]

diachrony got me a gingerbread man with his head snapped off.

Yay! I can (virtually) eat his head without guilt, because everyone knows that broken cookies have no calories.

In other news...is it sad that I was desperately trolling for Rome spoilers last night?

Although these publicity ads are making me deeply happy for the upcoming season. In order of favorites, of course.



























Yeeeaaaaahhhh. I'm not at all in love with this show. And I won't at all be upset when S2 ends, since HBO isn't continuing it beyond S2 (too expensive to do it without RAI and BBC chipping in some cash, and the contracts for funding was for only two years).

Must go back to work now....

Comments

[sneaker328.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I like the show, but I'm not so crazy about the ads. They don't really evoke the atmosphere of the show to me.

[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

I disagree.

Considering how wall graffiti set a lot of things in motion during S1 by serving as both Greek chorus and prescient warning (to quote Paul Simon: "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls..."), the whole 'graffiti' aspect with the scandalous accusations scrawled across the characters faces works for me and I think it fits with what they were trying to do with the show (Rome as a living city).

The only one I really don't like is Cleopatra's. The others, I get a very clear idea of what they'll be up against in S2 (KVK's famous thousand-mile stare over "Vorenus is a Madman" is fantastic). But Cleo's? I haven't a clue how "fiend" fits.

[sneaker328.livejournal.com]

It's not the content I object to, just the design. Something about it doesn't work for me. Like it seems too new or something. But I'm sensitive to that kind of thing, so I could just be weird.

[kurukami.livejournal.com]

What is it with HBO cancelling the truly interesting shows after only two years? Rome, Carnivale... blah! HBO, you're getting nearly the same reputation as Fox!

[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

In HBO's case with Rome, it's understandable, though. They're right up front that it's strictly because of expense. They contracted with the BBC and RAI to co-fund what amounts to two very, very elaborate mini-series. Once the two years are up, the BBC and RAI are out of there and HBO simply can't afford to fund Rome by itself. After watching all the DVD extras and promos, it's pretty obvious that HBO is telling the truth here: it can't go it alone on Rome. You definitely get the idea that they'd love for the series to go 5 years or so, but the heart of the matter is they don't got the money to keep up the quality without international funding.

As for Carnivale, I've never seen it (although I've been told that I must), but isn't Deadwood still going strong?

[kurukami.livejournal.com]

I've no idea, unfortunately... my sole exposure to HBO's stuff has been via downloaded vids and borrowed DVD sets. *grin* I hear it is, though.

Economic reasons I can understand, I suppose... though I'm not going to be happy about it. There's far too much of the cheap, lowest-common-denominator crap out there on television these days. *polishes TV curmudgeon badge proudly*

[skipp-of-ark.livejournal.com]

but isn't Deadwood still going strong?

Not so much. I don't fully understand the intricacies, but the third season that ran this summer was Deadwood's last. Something about some new show David Simon's going to be doing for HBO, yada yada yada. Fortunately, plans have been announced for at least a couple of Deadwood movies to be made for HBO. Funny, between that and JMS's announced plans for some Babylon 5-derived movies (I think for direct-to-DVD), one wonders at JW's inability to get Fox to sign off on a Spike movie....*whistles*

[diachrony.livejournal.com]

Happy Winter Solstice! You get to have your cookie and (virtually) eat it, too. Modern-day magic!

I think I'm getting Carnivale as a Giftmas prezzie. We don't have cable, so I haven't seen Rome, but that will be something to look forward to when it's on DVD, as I'm sure it will be.

[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

Awwwww. :-)

Actually, Rome 1st season is already on DVD (I don't have HBO). So I've seen it via the beauty of Netflix. S2 will probably come out within a month of the end of S2 (thirteen weeks...three months...GAH!)

So, yeah, probably won't be seeing S2 until sometime in June.

[ravenwings-7.livejournal.com]

I'm rather fond of "Atia is a tramp," myself. Has a certain ring to it.

(I've only seen about four or five eps. In the summer of 2005. Because I have no HBO, but it was on the cheap cable in Canada. So technically, I discovered the show before most other folks on my Flist. ::is smug::)