yeesh, i don't know what this has to do with Spartacus. the show has tons of nudity sex and well, PORN. its not anything to do with story, horny young guys wanting to see breasts and sex have rated this super high. lame! imdb ratings cant be trusted.
shareThis show has brilliant characters and an engaging story. My guess is that you only watched the pilot. It is well known that the first few episodes are not as good as the rest. The show does have a lot of nudity, but the show is great once you get into it.
GO SIXERS!!!
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It's actually a show about the evils of slavery and class struggles between the slaves and their Roman masters.
I'm guessing you only saw the first episode? Or you're still in the early episodes of Season 1? The pilot episode is the weakest one of the entire series and the show is still finding itself, but by the mid-point of Season 1, it becomes a really great show.
There's so much more to the show than just sex and comic violence. There's actually a compelling story with good characters if you give it a chance.
You didn't watch enough. Plain and simple. The graphic nudity and sex remains, but past the few first episodes, the story finds its footing and rivals that of even the best seasons of Game of Thrones.
Regardless, this is more oriented towards action, where as GOT would use those scenes for more character building.
It's rated high not for breasts, but for story. Don't believe that? Watch for yourself and be taken in by it all.
The cold winds are rising. Winter is coming.
Its a great boundary pushing show. The characters are gripping, the acting is compelling and the story is exciting.
There absolutely is unprecedented levels of sex, nudity, profanity and violence and that's one of the great things about the show. It uses those elements in a very visceral way.
Move past some earlier clumsier episodes to discover great value. Even Seinfeld wasn't great in its first season.
Do you understand what porn is? Because the very definition of it being a fictional show with ACTORS means it isnt porn.
shareyour all brainwashed bafoons that wouldn't know quality filmmaking if it bit you on the ASS. and I have at least one full episode, it wa perverted and sick. call me a prude, don't care, but this was more like porn and sh** you would see on skinamax late night. anyone involved with this garbage should be ashamed.
shareLOL!
shareWho is brain washed? From the sound of your rants it sounds like YOU are the one who has been brainwashed. You probably wear a T shirt in the swimming pool.
I don't think "Prude" would quite cover what you are. Quaker maybe.. Get over yourself and your Morals. If you don't like a show because of Nudity than avert your eyes and run to your church to pray for forgiveness.
Baaaaah.
Hey!! I go to church and I love this show, thank you very much....*said very primly* :-D
shareOh foh with your free spirit we are the world BS! Your probably that guy or gal that allows a 12 year old to drink and say some stupid sh... like this "during the Roman Empire kids drink wine as early as 12 years old"
shareDid you cover your bashful eyes when you saw the naked breastessess.
share"At least one full episode" isn't giving this show enough of a chance. But if you continue further with the series, you will continue to see more of what you find objectionable about it -- nudity and simulated sex scenes.
It's completely unfair of you to generalize all Spartacus fans (or ANY Spartacus fan) as "brainwashed buffoons". Taste is subjective, for starters. If we're going for the stereotypical take on what makes an informed and discerning film-goer and TV viewer, myself and many here are just as happy watching well-respected classics and Oscar-winners as we are watching this series. Because this series and those classic and award-winning films and shows have something in common -- quality acting, a well-written story, and heart. Only we're not turned off by the showing of the unclothed human body in this particular instance.
I find it telling that you chose to take issue with the nudity over the violence. Bare breasts, merkin-covered vaginas, and men letting their junk hang out -- all that is more offensive to you than all the blood and gore and death ?
The usual queations (and you don't have to answer them here, but maybe for the purposes of some self-reflection)...
- Why do you feel this way ?
- What lead you to feel this way (or why do you THINK you were lead to feel this way, even if you're not sure) ?
- If it's from a belief system like a religion or how your parents raised you, why do you continue to believe as you do ?
Nudity is natural and so is sex. What's so offensive about depictions of it in our art ?
Lol I totally agree
share...you do know porn isn't always 'me and my partner made a sex tape' right? Porn is very often a fictional show with actors.
shareThe definition of porn is that the actors ACTUALLY are having sex even if they are acting out a fictional storyline. The sex is real. In this show the actors arent actually having sex, hence not porn.
shareI was more objecting to the idea that porn doesn't have actors, rather can calling this show porn.
shareNot for nothing, but there are adult films with actual plots and actors, not just Gonzo humping. This is being chronicled in the HBO series, The Deuce. Having said that, I agree that Spartacus, which I enjoyed very much, is not sex porn, though it may be blood porn; and I’ve no problem with either. I just think that your argument as to why it’s not porn is beside the point.
shareI can't say it any better than the other people have, but if you want to know my take on it, look at my comment on the "gay porn" thread.
shareIt's well written soft porn. Nothing wrong with that when it's done this well.