rome

I finally got around to start watching the first season of Rome; am now in episode 5. While it's a bit heavy-handed with the sex scenes (we get that Romans were depraved, there's no need to show it every ten minutes or so), I love it so far. Octavian has to be my favorite character: he's a cold young man, and you know he hates being babied by his mother, but then he puts up with it anyway (to lay down foundations with which to manipulate her, I suspect), heh.

Also, it took me five episodes to realize that Cicero is played by Mr. Collins. I think the spinelessness of the Senator is what clued me in, ha.

I can't wait to get my hands on season two. I want the Caesar storyline to end so I could focus on more Octavian yummies, oh yes. :D

ETA: Looked around a bit, when I found a blogpost featuring very, VERY not-safe-for-work pictures of Octavian getting it on with Livia. I will never watch the 2005 version of Pride & Prejudice the same way again because of that. I'm very much tempted to yell, "Don't let that boyish exterior fool you -- Mr. Bingley likes it rough, yo!" at Jane everytime they're on-screen together, heh.

I've just finished watching episode 10. Oh, season two DVD, where are you?!