Will we ever get another show like Spartacus?

I laughed when I saw Spartacus on SyFy the other day

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Why, I like it as I do Game of thrones or Rome.

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It was heavily censored on SyFy

Spartacus might be my favorite series ever. Maybe a little above Game Of Thrones and Hell on Wheels is 3rd. Breaking Bad is up there too along with Walking Dead.

I think Hell On Wheels is severely underrated. I'm just wanting Cullen Bohannon to be the badass he was like season one.

But Spartacus was a show that caught me completely off guard about how much I loved it. I was fricking devastated when Andy Whitfield died in real life after the first season. Almost ruined the whole series. But Gannicus saved the series in my eyes with the 2nd season. One of my favorite characters ever.

Whitfield was perfect as Spartacus even though in the first episode I didn't care for him. I bought the whole series and still watch it.
Some want a spinoff about Ceasar but I hated his character and wouldn't be excited about it if the same guy is cast as Ceasar.

The best I've seen probably ever. Everything was so perfectly played in said. So good.

I just wish it was more seasons dedicated while they were gladiators.

I haven't seen War of the Damned yet. Not sure why.

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Then there are other cultures they could do like the Huns, Mongols, Ancient China, India, Persia, or the Aztecs.

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All of those cultures are wayyyyy to different to pull off in a show for the general audiences except for maybe the Huns which have been done before. And the 3 Kingdoms Period in China would be awesome, but with the others mentioned, probably impossible.

Well i think white people in general are starting to learn more about other cultures, Egypt or the African kingdoms would be cool too

We're open to modern cultures, and cultures we're experienced with like the modern greeks and romans. I don't know how people would appreciate some of these extremely alien older cultures. It'd be foreign to their ancestors today who are well ingrained with the ideas. I don't think that today's audiences would understand the complete mortification of blood that the mongols had and the extremes they would go to to keep from being exposed to spilt blood, or the sheer bureaucracy of ancient china or relate to the socio-political complications of India. I'd be all for these if they're done right, but I don't seem them being successful. There are some movies that do a good to great job at showing some of these ancient to classical to middle age cultures and they've at times ranged to be up to pretty good movies. That didn't make money.

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I would love a similar show. There're countless stories that could be done. The Crusader states would be a cool setting.

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Yeah, and I think Kingdom of Heaven showed how it could be done. With all the Templars fascination, there probably would be a built in audience. Unfortunately, I think current world affairs might scare any network away from the Crusader topic for a while.