EPISODE
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena tells the story of the original Champion of the House of Batiatus
29 September 1994
17 September 1975, Smolian, Bulgaria
2 January 1982, Australia
7 December 1960, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
21 July 1976, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
23 April 1962, East Kilbride, Scotland, UK
17 October 1971, Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales, UK
15 September 1977, Los Angeles, California, USA
28 August 1975, Beirut, Lebanon
28 March 1958, St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 January 1984, Christchurch, New Zealand
August 21, 2017
The miniseries is a prequel, a narrative format that mainly lends itself to relentless wheel-spinning. So it was a pleasure to find out that the Gods of the Arena premiere was such a surprisingly enjoyable hour of television.
August 21, 2017
It feels like the right time for Spartacus to meet his fate.
August 21, 2017
Within the first five minutes, we're treated to what plays like a 14-year-old boy's ultimate video game fantasy - soft porn and slow-motion blood spatters and swords plunged into all parts of the body.
August 21, 2017
Unadulterated rubbish, and exactly what fans expect. Bravo, Starz.
August 21, 2017
The result is a production even more fantastically soapy than the first, visually elevated by an apocalyptic video-game look in which the orgiastic sex and violence are presented with a studied, syncopated choreography.
August 21, 2017
Gods of the Arena won't disappoint on the guilty pleasure front. If anything it's even more gratuitous than the original. It's not for the squeamish, nor perhaps for the refined. But it's al-i-i-i-i-i-ve in so many ways. So what the hell, let's rock.
August 21, 2017
Let's just be grateful the Spartacus of the 1960 feature can't see this, or he'd roll over on his cross.
