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I am wrecked.
Just finished all of S2, and there were definitely a few times I teared up over the last half of the season.
Eirene. Woe. I cried. And all for what? Gaia's killing her didn't make much sense to me, other than she was a heartless bitch. Of course, could have been she was just trying to make Eirene have a miscarriage and didn't really intend to kill her. Did not like Gaia - couldn't believe she wound up with Pullo - and cared not a lick when Pullo killed her and dumped her in the water. There was absolutely nothing sympathetic to me about Gaia unlike someone like Atia, who was also a heartless bitch, but had her moments.
Antony. Believe it or not, I kinda teared up when he was talking about wanting to die by a Roman sword and so on. He was a character where I'd keep flopping back and forth - hating him sometimes, liking him other times. I *kinda* thought maybe it was a trick by Cleopatra at first (don't remember my history and if this was or wasn't fact), but her servant sold it so well, even I ended up believing it was true. I gasped when Cleopatra appeared, very much alive. :D
Lucius. *CRIES* Why'd he have to die? *CRIES AGAIN* At least he reconciled with his children first, but still. *sobs* You know, I'm kinda glad the show has ended now. Not sure if I'd want to watch if it's no longer the Lucius and Pullo Show.
One thing I loved about this entire series was that it didn't try to go for any deep themes or make any social statements, and it was no morality play. Good didn't triumph over evil (nor evil over good), and in fact, you'd be hard-pressed to find a black-and-white example of either.
Pullo had a great story arc - he started out as this fairly dumb soldier who never did any of his own thinking. But he definitely came into his own. He's a walking example of "with age comes wisdom."
Gotta say, Caesar was creepy and weird. I liked him in the first season when he was a kid, but in the second season, he seemed psychotic. Don't know how accurate that is to history, but man. CREEPY. And his wife was a bit psychotic as well. Heh.
Wow. This was a fantastic series, and I don't think I mind that it ended where it did. Seems like that story has now been told, especially since Lucius died. It's an ending to a main part of the story.
But I very much wouldn't mind if the people who put this together now did other historical soap operas. Because that would undoubtedly rock a whole hell of a lot. Like... Troy. Or Genghis Khan. Or Montezuma. Anything!
Okay, I think I've had my fill of grand tragedy for a while. Really.
Eirene. Woe. I cried. And all for what? Gaia's killing her didn't make much sense to me, other than she was a heartless bitch. Of course, could have been she was just trying to make Eirene have a miscarriage and didn't really intend to kill her. Did not like Gaia - couldn't believe she wound up with Pullo - and cared not a lick when Pullo killed her and dumped her in the water. There was absolutely nothing sympathetic to me about Gaia unlike someone like Atia, who was also a heartless bitch, but had her moments.
Antony. Believe it or not, I kinda teared up when he was talking about wanting to die by a Roman sword and so on. He was a character where I'd keep flopping back and forth - hating him sometimes, liking him other times. I *kinda* thought maybe it was a trick by Cleopatra at first (don't remember my history and if this was or wasn't fact), but her servant sold it so well, even I ended up believing it was true. I gasped when Cleopatra appeared, very much alive. :D
Lucius. *CRIES* Why'd he have to die? *CRIES AGAIN* At least he reconciled with his children first, but still. *sobs* You know, I'm kinda glad the show has ended now. Not sure if I'd want to watch if it's no longer the Lucius and Pullo Show.
One thing I loved about this entire series was that it didn't try to go for any deep themes or make any social statements, and it was no morality play. Good didn't triumph over evil (nor evil over good), and in fact, you'd be hard-pressed to find a black-and-white example of either.
Pullo had a great story arc - he started out as this fairly dumb soldier who never did any of his own thinking. But he definitely came into his own. He's a walking example of "with age comes wisdom."
Gotta say, Caesar was creepy and weird. I liked him in the first season when he was a kid, but in the second season, he seemed psychotic. Don't know how accurate that is to history, but man. CREEPY. And his wife was a bit psychotic as well. Heh.
Wow. This was a fantastic series, and I don't think I mind that it ended where it did. Seems like that story has now been told, especially since Lucius died. It's an ending to a main part of the story.
But I very much wouldn't mind if the people who put this together now did other historical soap operas. Because that would undoubtedly rock a whole hell of a lot. Like... Troy. Or Genghis Khan. Or Montezuma. Anything!
Okay, I think I've had my fill of grand tragedy for a while. Really.