just curious

[yellow ledbetter]

my uncle keeps telling me to watch this show called Rome, I love Deadwood and enjoy the hell out of The Wire, was just wondering what other people here thought

[Steve T Power]

Incredible show.

[molly1216]

if i had to choose between Rome and the Wire...i think i would cry ...a lot...and then throw a tantrum.

[yellow ledbetter]

just watched a couple clips on youtube (badass stuff at that) so I just might take the plunge, Deadwood will probably always be my favorite though

[Steve T Power]

just watched a couple clips on youtube (badass stuff at that) so I just might take the plunge, Deadwood will probably always be my favorite though

It is definitely mine.

Rome is a close second though, followed by The Wire. Neither of those has Al Swearengen.

[molly1216]

i do think Deadwood is more a 'guy' show..whereas Rome is definitely a woman's show - Attia IS Rome's version of Al Swearengen.

[yellow ledbetter]

Swearengen's definitely the man Steve, but I also love the hell out of Charlie Utter. Molly, based on the clips I saw I agree with you on Atia, but I also think the guy playing Marc Antony is the biggest pimp on planet earth

[Polynikes]

Rome was an enjoyable piece of light entertainment. It had no pretensions to rivalling I, Claudius in acting, writing or characterisation, and it sometimes fell prey to the temptation to include some quite graphic and gratuitous sex to titillate the audience, but it aimed to entertain in an intellectually undemanding fashion and it succeeded - which in a strange way mirrors the uncomplicated attitude to life for many Romans of a certain class in the Augustan age!