Roland Emmerich desires to take inspiration from The Godfather Half II for season 2 of These About to Die, Peacock’s historic drama.
Though These About to Die was successful for Peacock, it stays to be seen if we’ll see season 2 of the historic drama, however that hasn’t stopped Roland Emmerich from dreaming about it.
Ought to These About to Die return for a second season, Emmerich advised THR that he’d prefer to take just a little inspiration from The Godfather Half II and have twin timelines. “We hope to do a little bit what Godfather II did,” Emmerich mentioned, including that the present would proceed the story within the current timeline and discover The 12 months of the 4 Emperors within the flashback timeline. The flashbacks would happen 10 years earlier than the occasions of the sequence and start with the suicide of Emperor Nero (Emmerich is already considering of who might play the character). This occasion led to energy struggles and rebellions, with Galba, Otho, and Vitellius every being proclaimed Emperor one after one other earlier than Vespasian (performed by Anthony Hopkins within the sequence) lastly took management.
These About to Die is “an epic drama set in the corrupt world of the spectacle-driven gladiatorial competition, exploring a side of ancient Rome never before told — the dirty business of entertaining the masses, giving the mob what they want most…blood and sport. The series introduces an ensemble of characters from all corners of the Roman Empire who collide at the explosive intersection of sports, politics, and dynasties.” Though the sequence wasn’t fairly on the identical stage as one thing like HBO’s Rome, I did discover myself having fun with it as pulpy leisure. Nevertheless, the identical can’t be mentioned for our personal Alex Maidy, who discovered himself underwhelmed by the sequence.
“Those About To Die struggles to balance the historical accuracy of life in 79 A.D. with the complexities and dramatic tension needed for a long-format television series. There are characters in this series worth rooting for and despicable ones you will hate. The violence is explicit, and the action is well-choreographed. But that is all established in the premiere episode and repeated with minimal variation for ten episodes,” Maidy wrote. “Those About To Die is one of Peacock’s most visually ambitious projects, and it also says a lot about the limitations put on streaming series these days. I wanted to like Those About To Die but felt bored and underwhelmed. This series asked if I was entertained, and I responded with a big thumbs down.” You possibly can try the remainder of his evaluation proper right here.
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