I have just finished watching the last episode of Rome and found out that HBO cancelled the next season. Well, i found that out much later than everyone else, apparently, but still, that made me very sad.
It’s been known for a while now, Rome, another superb HBO show has been cancelled and will end after only 2 seasons. Main reasons: lack of viewers and too expensive.
Granted, Rome was originally intended as a mere miniseries but spawned into a full series after the network saw the quality of the scripts. Unfortunately for HBO and any other network, viewer numbers are everything, esp. when the cost for the entire first season is around 100 million U$. We cannot really blame HBO when the viewers rather prefer crap over intelligent, quality TV series. If more people would have watched shows like Rome, Deadwood, Firefly, Invasion they would not have been cancelled, easy as that. Networks need to make profit and have to provide what the majority wants to see and if the majority wants to see crap then they have to give them crap. Besides, what network are you looking for when you want to watch quality shows? HBO, right?
Rome ended on March 25th 2007.
Not only that these series are very well done from the cinematographic point of view, but also, with the overall decrease of reading in our society, i think, that this show was very useful. Since less and less people read nowadays, at least shows like that can still bring some knowledge of the history, and this is very important, in my opinion. These kind of shows should be valued much more than the “running around with guns” and similar stuff. It’s very sad that Rome had lack of viewers…
Anyway, there are still sites which try to create a petition to save Rome, so, whoever comes to my blog, i encourage you to visit the sites and add your voice.
http://www.saverome.com/
http://www.petitiononline.com/rome_hbo/petition.html
See the short video of Rome season 1 on my reviews page
Blogroll
"Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves." - The Buddha
Hi, you've come to my blog for some reason. I am a web-designer, i sing in a band, and i am also a linguist. I like music, art and travelling, and I want to have a giant african snail. If you want to say something to me, go ahead.
Thank you for your time.
No User Responded To " Save Rome "