将死之人

主角团之一是我超喜欢的卡密，天堂岛疑云前四季的女主，真是加勒比意难平啊，卡密暗恋普洱探长两年，一直都没有表白，结果探长就死了，后来卡密也离开天堂岛了，哎，真令人唏嘘不已！

小剥皮虽然老了，声音也没以前好听了，但演的还是挺不错的，主要还是故事情节很曲折坎坷，让人忍不住看下去，看了5集，现在小剥皮和次子密谋成功，汉尼拔的老国王去世了。

I have to admit that, at the start, I had high expectation of the show. The story goes fine in the first four episodes, then the whole plot turned worse and worse rapidly.

In general, the plot fits some Roman culture but not in most of the scenes. Chariot racing is kind of okish. The scene of Circus Maximus is the best part, which looks magnificent and grandeur. But still there are flaws. The chariotees actually bind the reins around their body instead just holding in their hands. The big letdown is on the gladiator, from which the title comes the famous salution "Ave Caeasar, morituri te salutant"(Hail, Emperor, those who are about to die salute you). But in order to sensationalize the brutality and cruelty, the plot writers just ignored the real culture of the gladiator game. First, gladiators are not some disposable slaves who are doomed to die for the blood-thirsty entertainers. They are not cheap but act as the performers for the audiences. If one died in the combat, it's a big loss for the gladiatorial school. The master of the school just won't let them die as he does in the show. There are certain deaths recorded in the hundred year history of galdiator game, but not as many as the screen writers think. Such stereotype was formed with the rise of Christianity since during the persecution, Christians were thrown into the arena to die as condemned criminal, and I shall say only criminals were left in the area to their own fate. The Romans are quite cruel to the criminals for sure. Either they let them rotten on the cross or die in the arena for fun. At that time, criminals preserve no human rights.

The costume is not accurate as well but for me it's a minor issue. Like the segmentata armor should be in steel not in leather. The patricians seldom wear their togas but only in the senate house, etc etc. But they are the minor issue. The biggest issue for this show is that the plot, starting from the mid, is soaked with Deus ex machina. The most bizarr one is that Tenex stabbed Ursus out of nowhere and saved Cala. It's simply absurd. Another one is that Scorpus killed Elia for no reason. Where's the hatred? Is Elia about win the game? There's simply no evidence. Just because there's not enough laying beforehand makes the whole story bland. One won't even shed the tears with the woeful melody on the background when Tenex shed his for Scorpus. Surprise is not always stimulating.

Tenax in the last episode stated this is his first step in his journey. I wish it could be his last.

如何把一部宏伟世界的大制作，拍成一部烂片？不妨看看下面几个人的自述。

自述1：三娃宝妈闯罗马

“虽然我年级大了，一没钱，二无地位，来到举目无亲的罗马。但是我成功在几个月内，成为了当地最有钱有势的女人——罗马最大社会头子为我倾倒，罗马最大的赌场由我经营。这多亏了我在业余时间内，苦学八国语言。

同时，我还能和全剧武力最高的反派，大战几十回合，不输下风——你们以为夸梅的武术是谁教的（笑）？不仅如此，我在出卖了头目之后，还能一脸淡定的说出：“我虽然背叛了你，但我很诚实。” 头目被我的话震惊，从此为我倾倒。

我的三个孩子，也都是流浪圣体。

大儿子：虽然矮，但是跑得快，虽然没什么能力，但是全罗马人都喜欢他。凯撒钦赐他尚方木剑，狮子主动给他投怀送死。

二闺女也不简单：虽然被绑卖做奴隶，但是武力值在一夜之间觉醒，拿起长矛，把自己卖给了角斗场——从今天起我就是女武神。

三女儿更不用多说：贵族花重金买我，就是为了好吃好喝供养着我，我不仅出入自由，还能当间谍卖情报，而且还顺便怀了个孕，简直人生赢家。

有了我们欢喜一家人的加持，这部剧想不火都不行。”

自述2：罗马兄弟和圣斗士家族们

“我虽然是皇太子，且带领军队南征北战，打遍天下，但是全国上下，只有一个人听我的。我的军队不听我的，我的弟弟想害我， 我娶的女人家里人都不喜欢，我的护卫都想弄死我......我觉得我的人生很失败。

我养了四大家族派系，他们主要负责为我训练圣斗士。准确的说，主要是青铜（蓝派）和白银（白派），其它两派存在感太低，我自己也没怎么见过。

我听我弟弟的话，又组了一队黄金斗士......里面的主力是蝎子座，后来听说他被天马座杀死了，但 这些都和我没什么关系，生意上的事情，我都不太懂。实话说，我也不知道我整天在做什么。

最终，我死在了一个流氓头子手里，他随便花了点钱，带着10来个人，就偷了我的家。作为一代凯撒，你就把我这么沙拉？”

自述3：一代赌王创业记

“我是一代赌神。我的事业，全靠我和我的兄弟天蝎座白手起家。什么四大家族，我都不放在眼里。 罗马皇子让我敬酒，我也不屑一顾——这些，全凭我自己的实力。

因为，全罗马都是我的。而且，我还是全体孩子的王。我的腿可以碎成渣渣，但是不妨碍随风奔跑。

同时，我还擅长捡东西。比如捡一千万金币、卷轴什么的...

我的巅峰是成功指导奥运会的开幕式，把斗技场灌成一个大泳池，然后烘干放狮子......只要我喜欢，没有什么不可能的。但我唯独喜欢女主（三娃妈），因为她给我甩脸子，并且一本正经的呵斥我，背叛我......想想都刺激。

如果有第二季，我就能征服罗马和地球。

对了，我说过吗？我小时候家里失了一次火，从此就有一个冤魂跟着我......但这些都不重要，因为它压根和剧情没有半毛关系。”

最后：天蝎座的疑问

“我是伟大的天蝎座，古罗马竞技场的神。全罗马都崇拜我。

但是，有一天我突然发现，好像自己一直游离在剧本之外...权利斗争没有我，训马打架不带我，阴谋里也没有我，最终我死了，却发现对剧情没什么影响？让我对人生的意义产生了巨大的怀疑。

或许第二季......可以安排个我复活什么的”

看了一集就真的感慨世界娱乐产品的审美和艺术性在全面衰退，无论是编剧、演员演技还是艺术表现手法全面不如20年前的罗马，某些剧情让人觉得完全是现代人在古代背景下走台….同样沿袭历史大势、大人物小人物多条主线的剧情模式，却让人屡屡脱戏，感觉是导演编剧的锅？虽然也有部分露，但完全缺少俊男美女的画面让人感受不到罗马帝国的奢靡无度和堕落，更多的好像就是为了凑单分级？想想相比三巨头时代，弗拉维王朝确实缺乏那样的精彩纷呈与英雄辈出，被帝制与罗马精英堕落腐蚀的罗马，正如此剧一样看起来烈火烹油繁花似锦但内里已开始腐朽和下滑