In Stanley Kubrick's comparatively anaemic 1960 film version, Spartacus' time as a gladiator takes up around 40 minutes of the three-hour-plus running time. But you have to watch what they do next, even if you don't like them. Yes it's brutally violent with loads of sex and swearing, and full of characters with few, if any, redeeming features. Besides, what good is a plasma screen if you're not going to see plasma on it? I wasn't expecting what came next: Spartacus: Blood & Sand is a terrific show – compelling, smart, intentionally funny. So, I thought, as this is clearly the goriest thing ever on TV (and only 13 episodes long), I'll watch it: it'll be a low-rent landmark in telly history.
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