Simbad Muscle

[Jaekel]

Manu Bennet in Simbad on SciFi. Nice arms on this guy. Took forever for this guy to take off his shirt.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071847/mediaindex

[smallbiceps]

Gotta watch it asap!

Manu Bennet is a Gladiator in Spartacus.

Plays a very good role with shirt off, if I remember, always.

[luvsmsclfrks]

Ah yes Crixus in Spartacus. What awesome show, lots of hot guys wearing next to nothing, or nothing sometimes.

[CelticMuscle]

You mean this fellow?

Crixus (died 72 BC) was a leader of the slave rebellion in the Third Servile War, along with Spartacus and Oenomaus.

He was a Gaul (his name means "one with curly hair" in Gaulish), and had been a slave for several years before the revolt. Crixus had fought for the Allobroges against the Romans and had been captured. Like his companions, Crixus had trained as a gladiator in Capua. In several early engagements, his company of Celtic gladiators changed the tide of battle by attacking weak points exposed by the slave army.

Initially the slave army proved very successful, defeating the forces the Roman Senate sent to put down the insurrection. However, Crixus separated from Spartacus towards the end of the year. Spartacus wanted to return to the slaves' homelands in Gaul and the Balkans, but Crixus is said to have set his heart on plunder, and stayed on in southern Italy.

In the spring of 72 BC one of the two Roman consuls sent to quash the rebellion, Lucius Gellius Publicola, caught up with Crixus and his forces, composed of Celts and Germanic tribesmen, in the region of Apulia. In the ensuing battle at Mount Garganus Crixus used his Germanic infantry to soften up the Romans before committing his elite Celtic gladiators; however his Germanic fighters were routed and Crixus was forced to fight a losing defensive action. Crixus was killed and his 30,000 strong army defeated.

In the manner of Roman aristocrats, Spartacus honored the memory of the ex-gladiator Crixus with funeral games at which 300 Roman prisoners-of-war were forced to fight to the death like gladiators.

[chuckiebear]

Please, it's S-I-N-B-A-D! Or does no one give a fuck about spelling anymore?

[raven79]

Manu is fantastic in Spartacus. It is great to see him in a decent role and not as a goon in low-budget action movies. I loved to hate him during the Blood and Sand season, and loved to root for him in the Gods of the Arena season. Besides the insanely gorgeous Andy Whitfield, Manu is probably my second favorite on Spartacus. (Of course I do like the guy that plays Ashur also. What is his name Talabay?) Oh well!

[Bull]

I watched this. Ridiculously bad movie, but Manu is very appealing.

[luvsmsclfrks]

Originally Posted by raven79

Manu is fantastic in Spartacus. It is great to see him in a decent role and not as a goon in low-budget action movies. I loved to hate him during the Blood and Sand season, and loved to root for him in the Gods of the Arena season. Besides the insanely gorgeous Andy Whitfield, Manu is probably my second favorite on Spartacus. (Of course I do like the guy that plays Ashur also. What is his name Talabay?) Oh well!

AShur is played by Nick Tarabay, not a bad physique

[rixxflix]

where the hell is everybody watching this. I searched SciFi and there is no listing

[musclehabilles]

Nice!

A personal favorite of mine is Zen Gesner ("The Adventures of Sinbad") as Sinbad. Especially when they revamped his look with leather pants.

[luvsmsclfrks]

Originally Posted by rixxflix

where the hell is everybody watching this. I searched SciFi and there is no listing

It's a show made by and shown on the Starz movie channel, available on satellite and cable (FIOS also). The 1st season is also available on DVD. LOL Due to graphic violence, and LOTS of sex, I doubt the SciFi channel would even show it.

[chr1s_87]

He's okay. Nothing special.

[flex4u]

How about the Sinbad movie with Lou???...that was hot!!!

[raven79]

Originally Posted by luvsmsclfrks

AShur is played by Nick Tarabay, not a bad physique

Thank you for clearing that up luvsmsclfrks. I think Nick Tarabay is quite amusing as Ashur in the first season and really quite hot in the prequel season.