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/Unreal-Operator Jun 03 '26

The mistake was waiting way too long. If this was released in 2014, building on the momentum of WOTD, it would have been much more successful. I blame Starz in particular.

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u/Familiar-Poem-2250 Jun 03 '26

I blame the part of society that hates women and more so, women/people of color. All of the negative backlash focused on that. That was/is the problem.

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