Reply #69: I've always liked period pieces as a genre... [View All]

[hlthe2b]

any period of history, even poorly constructed old westerns can sometimes hold my interest... Rome had its moments with some reasonable acting-- in between the overt sexual perversion and violence (which was not altogether unrealistic for Rome, after all)... I'd have to say the new Spartacus series is a bit more difficult to find anything redeeming, so caught up in CGI blood and gore, as it is... Although admittedly, I've only seen about 15 minutes of a single episode before moving on.

A bit sad that your students take these kind of shows literally. I would have hoped it might pique their interest in doing a bit of actual reading of history.