Anyone watching the second seasonof ROME?

[samintx]

It is a soap opera dressed up in Roman clothes. I keep watching,tho.

[silvarios]

Yes. I concur with your assessment. Too bad I lost HBO to the whimsy that is not having enough dough to pay the extra cost for HBO. Hey, that sort of rhymes. I'm Roadblock.

In other words, no second season for me.


Nathan

[Silencio]

Well, isn't "Grey's Anatomy" a soap opera dressed up in doctor's scrubs?

Isn't the Super Bowl a soap opera dressed up in shoulder pads and helmets?

Yeah, we all love our soap operas.

But as for Rome: yes, we are still watching it. For a soap opera, it's incredibly well-done. I guess the only real drama is how the personal stories of the smaller characters play themselves out, as most people know what happened to the actual historic figures.

I wonder how many liberties they're taking with the historical figures to heighten the soap operaness of the story, though: see Marcus Agrippa's obsession with Octavian's sister, Octavia. Spoilers are on Wikipedia if you want them...