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Whoa, whoa, whoa... wut? One is a completely made up story, the other one is based on real history which led to a complete forking of the development of the western world, and really mankind as a whole.
Whoa, whoa, whoa... wut? One is a completely made up story, the other one is based on real history which led to a complete forking of the development of the western world, and really mankind as a whole.
HBO's Rome was about as based on Roman history as Indiana Jones was on Nazi history.
was it really? i read wikipedia as i watched the series. i thought most of it was accurate except for certain parts that were made up, but still followed holes in history. eg like who the father of caesarion was. i learned a great deal about roman history just from following along in wikipedia if you could provide a thorough critique of the series or link to one i'd be very happy
HBO's Rome was about as based on Roman history as Indiana Jones was on Nazi history.
Anyway, that it not why I think it's a bad series (it was just poorly written, in my opinion), but since Jon. wanted to argue that its basis in fact was the reason why it was so wonderful, I thought I'd burst that little bubble.
That automatically lowers your credibility.Conne's was probably the better reply.
Read the books, and the series is definitely doing it justice.
Reading the books helps keep the hundreds of characters straight. There's an appendix with everyone and how they're all related to each other. HBO has done a remarkable job keeping the characters likeable or at least ambiguous - which I think is deliberate and perhaps the whole point. At this point in the series there isn't a single clear cut villain except for Jeoffrey and that Mountain dude. Maybe Jaime Lannister comes close too.
I haven't read the books, but having watched the series so far, and extrapolating from it, I imagine the books don't really have "heroes" and "villains" in a morally absolute way. Rather, this series takes a more Machiavellian and almost Nietzschean view of things. This is a world in which there are no "good" and "evil," or "good guys" and "bad guys." There are only winners and losers, the players and the played.
Can someone explain the attempt on Danys life and especially Ser Jorahs part in it? Shortly before, he said he would search out the merchant captain and see if he had any messages for him. Then a small boy shows up, telling him that "the Spider sends his regards, you've been pardoned worldwide, you can go home now."