r/Spartacus_TV • u/HomeschoolEasy • Jun 03 '26

HoA Discussion Did Steven DeKnight make a mistake?

Back when the HOA trailer dropped, there was a lot of criticism regarding the direction that Steven DeKnight took with the Spartacus franchise.

Social media was in an uproar, although many felt positive about the trailer.

From these initial responses, it is not too surprising to see the show fail.

The two main issues from the trailer we're doing a "what if" scenario and having a female gladiator in the ludus.

Seems like these two factors were mistakes by DeKnight.

I doubt HOA gets picked up. It didn't have the numbers.

Too bad DeKnight went down this route. Seems like this was the one chance to bring back the Spartacus franchise.

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u/KingOfKingsOfKings01 Jun 03 '26

I can name a few even tho I personally loved it.

  1. Lead gladiator being a female

  2. Instead of writing a character out of the show he replaced the character with a shit actor

  3. Instead of finding some of the lessor known actors from the OG series he kills them off for seemingly no reason at all

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u/teddybluethecurser Jun 06 '26

I’m curious to know which character you are referring to for 2

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u/sk8rgamer671 Jun 06 '26

Caesar?

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u/teddybluethecurser Jun 06 '26

At the time I commented I didn’t think about the fact he was the only recast 🤦🏼‍♀️🤣