"I'm NOT Spartacus!"

Caught an episode of SPARTACUS last night.

The main character keeps insisting his name isn't Spartacus, which I think is an inside joke, though there isn't any other evidence of humor on this show.

I assumed this was a regular cable show, like Highlander or something. Mediocre and Lame.

Instead, this is a cross between Deadwood and The 300.

Lots of gratuitous nudity, sex, violence, and foul language.

Though, come to think of it, any amount of violence probably isn't gratuitous in a show about gladiators.

Lots of boobies. And I do mean boobies in the teenage fascination with boobies sense of the word. For the ladies, there is full frontal male nudity, as well. (Wait....a show featuring body-builders and full frontal nudity and close in wrastling....maybe it isn't so much for the ladies....)

First scene was a sex scene featuring Xena, Warrior Princess. She's still got the boobies, let me tell you.

The Deadwood part of the show was the absolutely filthy language. Which I didn't mind in Deadwood, because the actors were able to incorporate the sound seamlessly. In Spartacus, you can just feel the actors struggling to make the layering of Sh#$, and Fu%* and Cu*#'s and not really pulling it off.

Though my understanding of Romans were they were pretty damn crude about bodily functions.

Linda's only comment: "Did the Roman's have steroids, too?"