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I finished HBO's Rome yesterday and have still been trying to figure out what to make of it. It's intriguing for a couple reasons.

First, the sets and the setting and the entire production really makes you feel like you are in ROME in 44 BC. And glad to have missed it, too. Life was very different back then. Violent and short.

Second, the starring duo Lucius Verinus and Titus Pullo are a great combo. They work well together, they are fun to watch, and the two actors pull off a legitimate friendship really well.

And third, the new look at historical people was pretty fun. I'm not exactly up on my ancient history, but I knew enough (and remembered some good bits from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar) that helped.

I'm not sure I can recommend it to people, the way I can Arrested Development, Veronica Mars, the Office, and Lost. It was pretty good TV, but not crazy good TV. And with all the crazy good TV out right now, why would I recommend anything less? It was also violent and packed with sex and nudity, like any HBO show.

Next up, The Wire, which has been raved about on-line by Matthew Yglesias and is supposedly Barack Obama's favorite show. But Marilyn Strickland has told me for awhile to watch it too, so I guess she's in good company there.