The TV
series follows Spartacus on his journey from a free man, to slave, a
champion of the arena,, then again as a free man fighting agented Roma
The series consists of three main series (Blood and Sand,
Vengeance, War of the damned and a mini-series prequel (Gods of the arena) at
the end of Blood and sand, we see Spartacus free himself and his fellow brother
gladiators and slaved from their bondage, and take up arms agented Roma.
Sadly Andy Whitfield (Spartacus) was diagnosed with early-stage non-Hodgkin lymphoma (died September
11 2012) , so as Andy took time away to recover Starz made a six-episode prequel mini-series, the series was used to re visit the characters
origins, and see who how they developed before Blood and Sand,
The style
Spartacus is presented with
a slightly over the top, overexposed video stylization, akin to the style used
in the film 300, uses a stylised graphic
visual effects and an overused of blood and gore, the show would use a lot of
after effects and green screen to achieve its “graphic novel” type feel
Video
games
The fame from the TV series has now
spawned a Free to play/download video game (only available for PlayStation
Network and Xbox live…not PC?) it was announced that the game should be
released late May 2013, the game is titled Spartacus Legends, and you play as a slave fighting for glory of Capua,
the game does feature three main characters from the series,, Spartacus, Crixus and Oenomaus but sadly you can’t play as them :(
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