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[HRK69]

Damn this looks cheap

 

[jason10mm]

What, did you guys forget about Saxa and Naevia?

None of the lovely ladies of Spartacus, and there were MANY, had a "HER TIME HAS COME" focus because its frankly ludicrous. Who is the audience for a hyperviolent girlboss show? How many gotta come and fail before they hang up on that idea?

If it was just "She is a gladiator fighting to win back her freedom and she is trying to get close to Ashur to assassinate him.....and oh yeah, happens to be a woman" then it might not be so bad, especially if the actress is a real bruiser herself. But this marketing at least is making it out to be a "she's gonna fight the system, show those MEN what a WOMYN can do!!!" nonsense that is a real turn off because it suggests she isn't a character, but rather an agenda mouthpiece.

 

[Connificent]

 

[Avid Reading Horse]

 

[JORMBO]

Damn, Spartacus is one of my favorite shows of all time. Why go the woke angle since the audience for the original show is the complete opposite of woke. Companies hate money today.

 

[Boss Mog]

Hard pass, certainly don't need woke Spartacus desecrating my positive impressions of the original show.

 

[Madflavor]

There's a trailer too, I'll still check it out.
Curious how Lucretia comes back, maybe just flashbacks.

Fucking hell, kill me lol.

My excitement for the show as soon as I saw this:

 

[IDKFA]

And for the "this is FANTASY" guys gonna come in here and rag on us and point to some examples of female gladiators, that is true, but they were the lingerie bowl equivalent to the NFL. Ain't no way IN HELL a woman gonna be able to be a top level gladiator just like you will NEVER see one be an NFL linebacker.

It is fantasy, but that's the problem. It claims to be a historical drama, but in reality it's just a modern fantasy take on Rome. This really grinds my gears because if you're going to make a historical drama then it should be as historically accurate as possible.

As for female gladiators, you're right they did exist, but they were very rare. They also only ever fought other women. There is no documented case that I'm aware of where a woman and man fought. Roman attitudes were deeply conservative regarding gender roles and women fighting men would have crossed multiple taboos.

 

[Fake]

Who needs comedy when we have this?

 

[Nonehxc]

I refuse to watch this SpartaCUNT.

 

[KyoZz]

I LOVED Spartacus, great show to decompress. RIP to Andy Whitfield, by the way the cast also did this to support Andy in his fight against cancer



But this shit is not Spartacus. They can name it the same and mimic the photography it wont change that fact. Shame on the producers of this atrocity.

 

[jason10mm]

As for female gladiators, you're right they did exist, but they were very rare. They also only ever fought other women. There is no documented case that I'm aware of where a woman and man fought. Roman attitudes were deeply conservative regarding gender roles and women fighting men would have crossed multiple taboos.

Wasn't the rule that olympians had to compete in the nude just to make sure no women snuck in, pretending to be a man?

Seems like we need to reintroduce that concept, except with womens sports to make sure no men are sneaking in pretending to be a woman

 

[Saber]

Ah the typical black lesbian, how original.
And she is slim too, thats an extra.

 

[Laptop1991]

I loved the Spartacus series and it's sequels, but i have no interest in this after seeing the trailer, historical nonesense, just more agenda stuff.