Spartacus: House of Ashur

Is this Spartacus? No. But damn does it have all of the feels, action, brutality that the original did.

If you accept this as what it is - an alternate timeline/spin off of the original series then you will enjoy this as much as I have so far, 5 episodes in.

I also get Ashur was hated and seen as a villain and you can still view him that way if you want as many of the characters in this series also dislike him. But the show does a good job at making it hard to stay mad at him as there are far more rotten characters.

It's simple, if you miss the original show like I did, you will enjoy this. People just love to review bomb these days. Do yourself a favour and decide after the 1st episode. I'm so glad they did this spin off and I hope we get many more seasons of it.

The writing quality improved and the storyline is finally starting to form in episodes 4 and 5. I would give episode 1-3 a 6/10. The script was struggling and sounded extremely forced at first but the dialogue is no longer sounding forced. Characters actually are gaining meaning to the audience. Connections to the previous serious are also starting to build. Give it time.

Obviously the premise of « what if » passed, it's actually very enjoyable as entertainment.

That is the major difference from the original series which was based on real events, so this one you should not for a second take it for a historical series and just envoy the spectacle.

So many people claim the main character is a woman... did they watch the show? Ashur the Syrian is the main character and you still enjoy to hate him as much as before...

I really liked the original Spartacus series and I am glad they returned to that universe with House of Ashur. At first I was skeptical of the "what it" premise -the first episode starts a bit shaky while they are establishing this new timeline, but it gets much better afterwards. While not as good (at least so far) as the OG Spartacus story, this series is very entertaining and enjoyable to watch.

I can't remember the last time I've been this excited for a show as I am in Spartacus: House of Ashur as the original Spartacus is one of my favorite shows ever. House of Ashur is a series built around a "what if" scenario where Ashur didn't die and survived his battle against Spartacus. He now runs the gladiator school where he once served under and as the new "dominus" of the house he tried to raise his social standing on the backs of his gladiators, especially a gladiatrix named Achillia. Even though this isn't close to as good as the original, if you were a fan of the original then you should also enjoy this action packed spin-off.