Spartacus, Walking Dead, and now DaVinci

I've talked about the Starz show Spartacus at times because I like the actors, Dustin Clare and Ellen Hollman, who would be well cast as the two lead characters in Killer of Killers. But the show Walking Dead has also been on my watching list lately. Yeah, it's another over the top show, over the top bloody, that is, but it's a pretty dramatic show, with good acting, mostly good writing and an overall good story. (If you like zombies.)

And now I can add DaVinci's Demons to that list. I've always admired what history has had to say about Leonardo DaVinci, and now Starz is going to air a series about him, featuring his younger "lost" years. Which I think is a great idea. I can't remember if any show or movie has ever featured Leonardo DaVinci. And even better, the guy who cowrote the Batman movies, (the good Batman movies,) is in charge of it.

And that's not only a good thing, it's a great thing. I'm not a Batman fan, really, but I'm no stranger to the Batman mythos, and I believe that if anyone was close to what Batman is supposed to be, then maybe it was Leonardo DaVinci. Minus the cape and cowl, I mean. I'm not saying DaVinci was a crime fighter of any sort, but he was the original Renaissance Man, as Batman's supposed to be, and most definitely he was one of the greatest characters in history. And I've always had a soft spot for real life characters. So I'm planning on watching this show when it begins in April. Can't wait.