02-08-2007, 05:13 PM
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...
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...