[Hacksaw]

Speaking of this, did anyone watch "Spartacus"?

I thought it was good, but they managed to work in some digs at Bush - the manipulative and power hungry Roman senator taking command by saying "our national security is at stake" and saying "you are either with us or against us". It was so over the top that I doubt it will effect anyone.

[11th Earl of Mar]

I saw Sparticus but was disappointed at how poorly it was edited.

We were left wondering at different times what happened. Sparticus was trapped by the sea... He did not know what to do... His adversary was ready to crush him...

And then you find out in an undramatic way five minutes later that Sparticus escaped over the commercial break, but the movie never showed it.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

**but they managed to work in some digs at Bush **

I read the Howard Fast novel 40 years ago. (There was no Anthony Curtis character in the book).
Saw the Kirk Douglas film and saw the new one last night. It wasn't bad! I did notice the slaps at Bush and current word conditions though!
One difference I did notice, in the book Spartacus' wife is taken to a band of non-Romans where she eventualy marries a local, has a child and names him Spartacus, who when he grows up leads the locals in fighting to keep the Romans away.