tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342742228702877343.post4507886377780817800..comments2024-02-11T19:31:25.745+00:00Comments on The Yorkist Age: The TudorsBrian Wainwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867772590464992131noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342742228702877343.post-46095501099839136022012-03-16T06:49:28.072+00:002012-03-16T06:49:28.072+00:00Kinda know what you mean but as the spiritual sequ...Kinda know what you mean but as the spiritual sequel to "Rome" it's more or less all you can expect. I have the 4th Season sitting on top of my DVD awaiting a watching after the 2nd season of Dexter (Who knew there were so many untracked serial killers in Miami?). I'm not looking forward to Henry and Brandon's apparent eternal youth, but I feel the need to follow through with it all the same.<br /><br />I gave up being irritated at the inaccuracy when they conflated Margaret and Mary Tudor in Gabrielle Anwar's character, although I have to admit their first offense was the entirely fictional murder of an entirely fictional uncle in the first <i>minutes</i> of the series should not have encouraged me.<br /><br />Rambling on about Rome again, in the DVD commentary of one of the final episodes, I think it was James Purefoy the actor for Antony, who said that he'd love to see the BBC/HBO do a remake of "I, Claudius" as a sequel to "Rome", which had me yelling at the screen: "How???, you've precluded the existence of Nero Drusus and Julia Major! Is Antonia Minor going to produce Germanicus and Claudius by asexual division?" (Also, the show implied that Antonia was the offspring of Octavia and Agrippa, which is one accepts the notion that Nero Drusus was the natural son of Augustus makes Caligula's chromosomal damage by inbreeding even more appalling.)<br /><br />Apropos of nothing, it amazes me that Showtime/HBO never looked at making "The Yorks" 1450-1485 has far more murder, sex and intrigue than big Harry's reign.JJFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11948014831964413383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342742228702877343.post-10446608305694719262008-08-11T13:18:00.000+01:002008-08-11T13:18:00.000+01:00I've just purchased the first season of THE TUDORS...I've just purchased the first season of THE TUDORS (haven't watched it yet). I've read about all the inaccuracies so, when I do watch it, I'll probably spend half of my time looking for them! Still, I'm just going to think of it, as Lady D said about ROBIN HOOD (which I also watch), as "fun" though I have to admit it does trouble me when others, who have zero knowledge of the time period, may think of it as fact.Lynn Irwin Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11902088926070471878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342742228702877343.post-50773104830908278592008-08-09T11:36:00.000+01:002008-08-09T11:36:00.000+01:00I'd be the first to admit you cannot have 100% acc...I'd be the first to admit you cannot have 100% accuracy in historical fiction, and still less in a screenplay, but I do give marks for effort in that direction.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it is a girly thing, if Mr Rhys Meyers qualifies as eye candy. All I can say is that he in no way resembles Henry VIII at that age. He would need to eat all the pies over a sustained period to get near.Brian Wainwrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16867772590464992131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342742228702877343.post-59971789059102841312008-08-09T10:59:00.000+01:002008-08-09T10:59:00.000+01:00LOL Brian - I know what you mean about the costume...LOL Brian - I know what you mean about the costumes etc. Luckily I'm not too into this period otherwise I would be upset about it too.<BR/><BR/>I must admit though, I quite enjoy this series - especially Jonathon Rhys Meyers!!! The producers admit that it's more 'Hollywood' than historical - so at least they're not claiming it to be accurate - after all, they did have Cardinal Wolsey committing suicide instead of dying from an illness!<BR/><BR/>I suppose I manage to watch and enjoy it in the way I enjoy Robin Hood - I just accept that historically it's claptrap and look at the entertainment value (and good-looking actors!) instead.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's a girly thing ;-)Jules Frusherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207281934232383811noreply@blogger.com