Primus Pilus 10 Report post Posted August 16, 2005 More info on the Firefox theme... From the NY Times Deep Focus developed the Rome theme using Firefox developers' kit. People can download the skin when they see an online banner ad on sites viewed by the Firefox browser. Sites with the ads include Salon.com and the New York Times Web site. The skin should also be available through Firefox's tools menu in "themes." But as of late Monday, it was not accessible. The Rome series on HBO, which is spending $10 million to promote it, will begin airing Aug. 28 As of today, Tuesday 8/16/05, its still not available for download and I did not see any banner ads on the NYT web site. I didn't go to Salon.com for personal reasons =P. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lost_Warrior 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2005 I also tried to get the theme and it did not work for me either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viggen 95 Report post Posted August 18, 2005 The theme is now available as download on the HBO site http://www.hbo.com/rome/downloads/index.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
longbow 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2005 ahh,i dont like it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lost_Warrior 0 Report post Posted August 19, 2005 Eww yea, I just got that theme and I don't really like it either. Its...strange. One of those love it or hate it things I guess, but I can't really decide if I love it or hate it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Primus Pilus 10 Report post Posted August 28, 2005 Just a reminder that the series premiers tonight (Sunday, 8/28/05) on HBO for our North American community. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ursus 6 Report post Posted August 29, 2005 This is the first time in 5 years I wish I had HBO. Let me know if its worth watching. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeke 0 Report post Posted August 29, 2005 It was decent....Better then ABC's Empire! Zeke Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moonlapse 1 Report post Posted August 29, 2005 Well, I enjoyed it. Made me want to watch the next one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Primus Pilus 10 Report post Posted August 29, 2005 Virgil started a new thread here for specific views on the first show Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Primus Pilus 10 Report post Posted August 29, 2005 As I recall... all first run episodes will air at 9 PM EST on Sunday night, but there will be an re-airing each Tuesday. As for the BBC version... the only information I've been able to find so far indicates that it will air on BBC 2 in the 'Autumn'. Strangely enough the entire BBC family of sites makes very little mention of the show. If anyone has any more details for our UK based community, please provide them. Also, if anyone has information on when and where the show might air in other countries please feel free to provide that as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viggen 95 Report post Posted August 29, 2005 a nice overview about the show and some infos about he cast are on this page http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressrele...t/26/rome.shtml Canada; http://www.channelcanada.com/Article965.html Germany; PayChannel Premiere will broadcast it in winter and after that free tv channel RTL will broad cast it shortly afterwards... regards viggen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skarr 2 Report post Posted August 30, 2005 If you really want to be entertained, go to Hbo.com and read some of the ignorant posts there on the Community forums. People there don't have a clue about Rome and this makes for some highly amusing posts that will be sure to give all Roman history buffs a huge laugh. I couldn't resist correcting some of them though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Favonius Cornelius 2 Report post Posted August 31, 2005 Heh ya Skarr has been educating them. I am Caesarian753 on there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skarr 2 Report post Posted September 1, 2005 Hi Favonius Cornelius or Caesarian753, Somehow, I had the nagging suspicion on reading your various posts that it must be someone from the unrv forum. However, since your handle there is different, I couldn't figure out who exactly. Nice to have an ally there. Those forums are full of jerks who haven't a clue about Rome or anything connected with Rome. I think the most ignorant post I saw was someone wishing for Gaius Marius, Marcus Aurelius, Trajan and a few others to appear on the Rome series. Talk about clueless ! Txs for the compliment. Many of my posts were out of sheer irritation, trying to keep people focused on Rome rather than other issues like the cancellation of the Carnivale series, which seems to have a lot of their fans coming over to the Rome forum to air their displeasure at HBO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites