Featuring emperors starting with "C".
This show turned out to be my first docudrama experience. For those who don't know what that is, you have actors and a script and scenes like a regular TV show with random cutaways to modern historians who talk about what was happening at that point in history.
That's one way to save on the budget!
This makes it both more interesting and a little jarring. Sean Bean narrates each of the three seasons which focus on the lives of Commodus, Ceasar and Caligula. It's very obvious that the budget is tight too as many filler shots are taken from previous shows and are repeated blatantly. Yes, even if you flip the shot its the same shot, you can't fool me!
The acting is also a bit weak at times, but hey I still watched the whole thing because its a subject that interests me. So in that vein, if you are interested in this sort of thing by all means give it a try. For everyone else, stay away. I give it two stabbing betrayals out of five.
I watched an episode of this. I found it somewhat interesting, but not to the point that I watched more. I keep saying to myself I'm gonna go back and continue it, but just never have yet.
ReplyDeleteYeah, we did need to "push" ourselves to actually watch more of this one at the start but found it less of a chore the more we watched.
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