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Fanedit Title: Rome: Decimated
Faneditor Name: Brumous
Original Movie Title: Rome
Genre: Action; Drama; Historical
Fanedit Type: TV-to-Movie
Original Release Date: 2005
Original Running Time: 619
Fanedit Release Date: November 2012
Fanedit Running Time (Min): 234
Time Cut (Min): 387
Time Added (Min): 2
Brief Synopsis:
Rome: Decimated condenses season 1 of Rome to focus on a few core story lines, trim episodic digressions, and make a fanedit paced and structured like a movie. The story focuses on two soldiers, Titus Pullo and Lucius Vorenus, and their general, Julius Caesar.
Intention:
The 2005 HBO series Rome deserves all the critical praise it has received. It shows the ancient Roman world in a fresh way, with as much authentic detail as possible. The plotline is also innovative. The series covers the fall of the Roman republic and the rise of the empire, which is familiar from other Hollywood movies. But in addition to the generals and senators, it tells the stories of middle and lower class people, slaves, women, and soldiers. Throw in the usual HBO sex, violence, and astronomical production values, and you get some classic video.
Rome: Decimated focuses on Titus Pullo, a cheerful, impulsive foot-soldier in the Roman army. He’s my favorite character and the heart of the series, really. And it has some of the story of his commanding officer Lucius Vorenus, a middle-class, moralistic prig, and some of the war between Julius Caesar and the Senate, which everyone is caught up in.
One of the commentary tracks on the commercial DVD says the conceit of the series is Pullo and Vorenus go through Roman history like Forrest Gump. They’re always in the right place at the right time to change the course of history. This fanedit rolls that gimmick back, to make the plot more serious and less dependent on wild coincidence.
As great as it is, the original series has a lot of soap opera, and Rome: Decimated aims to scrub a lot of that out. The romantic intrigue, marriages, affairs, etc are trimmed. Gratuitous sex and torture scenes are cut. Many of the major characters in the series are reduced to bit parts. There’s also many scenes that are very on the nose, as if the producers are shouting “see how weird and cruel and pagan the people were in ancient times!” Material like that can be a lot more subtle and folded into the background.
Cuts and Additions:
Cut Pullo and Vorenus’s adventures in the Mediterranean Sea and Greece
Cut the Egypt episode
Cut the subplot about Pullo and the Republic’s gold
Cut Pullo’s first contract killing
Trimmed Pullo’s trial
Trimmed Vorenus’s home life, marital and financial problems, and his various jobs as an ex-soldier
Replaced Vorenus’s final scene with the season 2 version
Cut Caesar’s romantic liaisons and home life
Cut the storylines of Atia, Timon, Octavia and Servilia
Cut Antony’s romance
Trimmed the storylines of Pompey and the Senate leaders
Added season 2 battle scenes for the battle with Pompey’s army
Cut or trimmed various scenes of religious and governmental procedures
Cut some Senate sessions
Cut stage performances and some newsreader announcements
Added some subtitles to tell where scenes are happening
Customized the start and end credits
Cut the Egypt episode
Cut the subplot about Pullo and the Republic’s gold
Cut Pullo’s first contract killing
Trimmed Pullo’s trial
Trimmed Vorenus’s home life, marital and financial problems, and his various jobs as an ex-soldier
Replaced Vorenus’s final scene with the season 2 version
Cut Caesar’s romantic liaisons and home life
Cut the storylines of Atia, Timon, Octavia and Servilia
Cut Antony’s romance
Trimmed the storylines of Pompey and the Senate leaders
Added season 2 battle scenes for the battle with Pompey’s army
Cut or trimmed various scenes of religious and governmental procedures
Cut some Senate sessions
Cut stage performances and some newsreader announcements
Added some subtitles to tell where scenes are happening
Customized the start and end credits
NTSC DVD-5
Special Features
Scene selections, trailer, map gallery. Two disks.
Additional Notes:
Presented in two parts, on two NTSC DVD5 disks, in standard definition widescreen and 5.1 surround sound.
Other Sources:
Rome Season 2
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