It doesn't match the "sprayfu" of the Japanese samurai movies from the early 70s. Almost too neat.
The people that decolorized it are copying Hitchcock. The shower scene from Psycho freaked out a lot of people even though you didn't see the knife penetrate or the color of blood. People's minds filled in the rest. On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > > Those I know who find it queasying nonetheless would say that the weakened > product doesn't do anything to ease their nausea. As for dramatic effect, I > really can't say. The things I've seen in real life makes the movies look > weak. > > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: hellomahog...@gmail.com > Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:51:03 -0800 > > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" - Any good? > > > Some people believe that if you off color the blood it seems less gory. > So people will sit through a hack and slash without getting queasy if the > blood isn't red. Others use it for a dramatic effect. > > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@hotmail.com > > wrote: > > > > Yeah, I noticed that. Thought my TV was off-tune, then remembered that it > is barely five months old. And the consistency of the blood was closer to > Kool-Aid at times. > > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: hellomahog...@gmail.com > Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:23:52 -0800 > > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" - Any good? > > > They were also playing around with the coloring of it as well. Especially > towards the end where it went from red to off red. > > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@hotmail.com > > wrote: > > > > More blood indeed... the guy who took that shot to the back of the head > lost a pint easy. > > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: astromancer2...@yahoo.com > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:22:18 -0800 > > Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" - Any good? > > > All I got out of it was 'swing, thrust, (gush!), slice, block (gush!), > with slow motion on the (gush!) part...That is barely one aspect of "300." > There was a bit of a hint that people of that age had more blood in there > bodies... > > "Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet" > From "THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES" by C.W. Badie > > --- On *Tue, 1/26/10, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@hotmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@hotmail.com> > Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" - Any good? > To: "SciFiNoir2" <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com> > Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 2:33 PM > > > If that's all the show will ever be, then it would be more economical to go > out and buy "300" than to subscribe to Showtime. > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube. com/watch? > v=fQUxw9aUVik<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik> > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > From: HelloMahogany@ gmail.com > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:44:00 +0000 > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" - Any good? > > > All hail Spartacus! :) > > I just watched the first episode and I have to say that the director that > shot this must have had 300 on infinite replay when they were making this. > The fight scenes although realistic looking in action turn to cartoons when > everything is slowed down to allow the special effect blood to splatter > makes it laughable. > > Has anyone watched the series called Rome? Spartacus ain't it. Spartacus is > the dumbed down blood and guts version for teen boys that has nudity in it. > I don't think that when they shot this series that the actor knew that they > were going to make the serious action into gore porn. > > --- In scifino...@yahoogro > ups.com<http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=scifino...@yahoogroups.com>, > Martin Baxter <truthseeker013@ ...> wrote: > > > > > > (standing ovation) > > > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > > > http://www.youtube. com/watch? > > v=fQUxw9aUVik<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik> > > > > > > > > > > To: scifino...@yahoogro > > ups.com<http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=scifino...@yahoogroups.com> > > From: KeithBJohnson@ ... > > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:09:14 +0000 > > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" - Any good? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Absolutely, I just have an issue with lazy writing on that level unless > it's intentional. In "Hercules" and "Xena", for example, the anachronistic > language was intentional and sometimes funny. The god Apollo, for example, > was portrayed as a magical surfer type, who even said "Dude". But > "Spartacus", from what i can tell, is trying to be serious drama, so I just > can't get past such gaffes. > > I've noticed more and more in recent years that problem in historical > dramas. I see a lot of them where the characters are speaking idiomatically > as if they're from modern American. Even if they use the time-appropriate > words, the way those words are structured into phrases is just off. That > always irritates me. For example, don't tell me you're giving me a > well-written drama that takes place in, say, a Puritan village in the 1700s, > then have a young person ask another "How's it going?" > > Lazy... > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mr. Worf" <HelloMahogany@ ...> > > To: scifino...@yahoogro > > ups.com<http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=scifino...@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 7:01:06 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" - Any good? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nope... they say that it was invented around the 1100s. But there had to > be a similar word back then. > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Keith Johnson <KeithBJohnson@ ...> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Was the f-word even being used by the Britons during the time of > Spartacus? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Martin Baxter" <truthseeker013@ ...> > > > > To: "SciFiNoir2" <scifino...@yahoogro > > ups.com<http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=scifino...@yahoogroups.com> > > > > Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 3:17:28 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > > > > Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" - Any good? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Again with you all the way, Keith. THe curse words they're using are > mostly Anglo-Saxon, something that folks who live in Greece (If I've got the > geography right) aren't likely to speak. > > > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > > > > > http://www.youtube. com/watch? > > v=fQUxw9aUVik<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik> > > > > > > > > > > > > To: scifino...@yahoogro > > ups.com<http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=scifino...@yahoogroups.com> > > > > From: KeithBJohnson@ ... > > Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:37:09 +0000 > > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" - Any good? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Looking at part of it again, the fight scenes really do border on kinda > > funny, the "300"-style imitation is so over the top it reminds me more > > of the hilariously bloody fight scene with the Black Knight in "Monty > > Python and The Holy Grail". I mean, seriously, the blood is spattering > > and splatering like red water from a burst balloon. One dude got > > knocked in the back of the head, and blood sprayed all over it was > > funny. The showrunners seem to have an almost perverse interest in > > showing closeups of flesh cut and spread, bodies impaled. Silly, > > gratuitous, unmoving. > > > > Quite a bit of nudity too, including of Lucy Lawless I believe. Bit of > > a shock that, seeing Xena topless, but much better than seeing the > > dudes' naked bottoms. :( > > > > Also there seems to be quite a bit of anachronistic language. At least, > > I'm not sure the term "Where the fu** are the Romans?" is accurate for > > the times. > > > > Two showings, and I haven't been able to sit through the whole thing yet > without laughing or shaking my head at the whole thing. > > > > Anyone else? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Keith Johnson" <keithbjohnson@ ...> > > To: scifino...@yahoogro > > ups.com<http://us.mc594.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=scifino...@yahoogroups.com> > > > > Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 11:28:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > > Subject: "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" - Any good? > > > > Anyone watch the debut of this series? It's showing on both one of the > Encore and Starz channels. I tried to watch the show, out of curiosity, and > because Lucy Lawless is one of the stars. But I came in in the middle of a > battle scene that frankly made me laugh and grown. Lawless in an interview > I'd seen mentioned the show was modeled in part on "300". But what I saw was > a bad imitation of "300": the same not-quite-real backgrounds, the now > recognizable fast-slow-fast movements of the soldiers in battle, blue-grey > backgrounds whose colors are splashed liberally with the blood flowing like > wine in battle. Lots of close ups of decapitations, swords cleaving flesh to > expose nasty cuts. it was all a bit too frenetic and artificial looking for > me. And I gotta admit that title--"...Blood and Sand" already had me a bit > leery. > > > > Granted, i didn't see anything but the battle. Maybe the actual acting is > good and it's worth a look? Can anyone give a recommendation? > > ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* > ********* > > > > > > http://www.starz. com/originals/ > > spartacus<http://www.starz.com/originals/spartacus> > > > > Betrayed > > by the Romans. Forced into slavery. Reborn as a Gladiator. 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