5 on Friday - Set 84

Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.















This week's set is dedicated to Andy Whitfield, who passed away on Sept. 11th.

He was a newly-discovered favorite actor of mine, ever since the debut of Spartacus in 2010. You can read my review of the show here: Through the Opera Glasses.











So hard to believe that cancer could strike down someone who could not have been in better shape.

I guess we should all simply enjoy today for today.


1 - Princes of the Universe - Queen



2 - Spartacus - Wotan



3 - The Warrior - Patty Smyth



4 - Courage - The Tragically Hip



5 - Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Through the Opera Glasses - 45 - Spartacus: Blood and Sand

Hmm...what do we see through our opera glasses today...?




Spartacus: Blood and Sand

This series debuted here in Canada on the Movie Network last week, and tonight I settled in for the second episode.











After a Thracian warrior rebels against his Roman commander, his wife is taken into slavery and our hero is condemned to die in the arena. But he fights like the fabled Thracian king of old, and is now renamed Spartacus.













Spartacus refuses to believe his wife is lost to him forever. He'll kill for his Roman master in the hope of wrapping her in his arms once more.



I'm liking Andy Whitfield, I can tell you that much.



WARNING: This trailer includes graphic scenes of violence.



Janet says Now I want to subscribe to cable - thanks a lot Julia :(

Travis says It certainly seems to have the gritty realism required.

Wylie Kinson says Andy - oh yum.