The witch was talking about Robert's bastard kids. All three of Cersei's are Jaime's.
The minute I saw a trailer for the series, AFTER I saw a documentary about Tut that depicts him with woman-ish hips, a belly, sunken chest, an overbite and a club foot that all his medical exams indicate he had, the series looked laughable.
Yeah, Tut warrior king. The poor guy had a collection of canes to walk with.
Shame that our series nowadays can't depict a historical male figure as hero unless he's a warrior or macho man because they assume people won't find the historical figure as he really was interesting.
Guess that means the PBS/BBC series I, Claudius will never be remade.
Why remake perfection? This remake trend going on now is often just idiotic.
Since I wrote this review I've been dusting off my old knowledge about Tut and his family (the Amonhoteps). It's chock full with drama and intrigue... not to mention INCEST. The reality of that family has got everything for the juiciest of TV-shows. I don't get it why they don't just play it straight? They can have sexy hot guys and gals taking off their clothes. The excellent series Marco Polo has got barrels and naked flesh yet resisted making Kublai Khan a buff hunk. If they can do it somebody should be able to make Tutankhamun work.
Since I wrote this review I've been dusting off my old knowledge about Tut and his family (the Amonhoteps). It's chock full with drama and intrigue... not to mention INCEST. The reality of that family has got everything for the juiciest of TV-shows. I don't get it why they don't just play it straight? They can have sexy hot guys and gals taking off their clothes. The excellent series Marco Polo has got barrels and naked flesh yet resisted making Kublai Khan a buff hunk. If they can do it somebody should be able to make Tutankhamun work.
But then Marco Polo as a historical figure who went to China is debatable.
But then Marco Polo as a historical figure who went to China is debatable.
ha ha. That old chestnut. My stance on historical drama... as long as it doesn't violate known established facts and its narrative liberties doesn't break history as we know it.. I'm fine. If the experts can't agree on whether or not Marco Polo went to China then I'm ok with it. Also, Marco Polo didn't actually have any known impact on history. He can be removed or added without anything happening. Thus, he is the perfect vehicle for a historical drama.
Tut's physical disabilities is important to... well... history. It matters.
I'm sorry to hear that Tut sucks. I suspected it would but one can always hope.
It is a shame, because I like all four of the main actors. Nonso Anozie would be great as Horemhab. I was rather hoping Kingsley would play Akhenaten: A short, powerful cameo that he could nail and preserve his dignity, however the series went afterwards. But Ay is my second choice.
I keep pondering whether to get Showtime for a month to catch Season 4. The first three seasons were really good. I also like how complicated everything is instead of the us good, them bad angle.Homeland - 9/10
Watched the first three seasons. It's quite good. The premise is that a CIA agent (played by Claire Daines who's excellent in this) gets a tip from one of her informants that a US POW has been turned by Al Quaida. Soon after that, an army raid against an Al Quaida facility finds a Marine who's been held in captivity for eight years. He's paraded around America with everyone seeing him as a hero except for Daines who's sure that he's a terrorist and about to launch an attack against the US. It's very well written with a lot of deep and dynamic characters and interesting plot twists. It also delves into a lot of issues such as PTSD and mental illness and goes through a lot of trouble to flesh out the motivations of terrorists and doesn't simply present them as generically evil for the sake of evil.
Highly recommended.
I just finished watching the three seasons of Orphan Black. Typical of conspiracy shows, the plot was getting a bit complex and one wonders how coherent the original vision was that the creators had, but it was very enjoyable to see Tatiana play so many characters and often the show didn't take itself too seriously.
I just finished watching the three seasons of Orphan Black. Typical of conspiracy shows, the plot was getting a bit complex and one wonders how coherent the original vision was that the creators had, but it was very enjoyable to see Tatiana play so many characters and often the show didn't take itself too seriously.
I LOVE Orphan Black. Amazing actress who can play so many roles that after a while, you DO forget they're really not different people. Fun and crazy series that can also get pretty dark and bloody.
I always felt that the start of the series was pretty awesome (With some pretty awesome fights and well paced scripts) and then it just kinda fizzled out a little more each epoisode until the endMoribito: Guardian of the Spirit 6/10
It's contemplative and sweet, full of likable characters with just the right amount of action thrown. I want to like it. I really, really want to like it, but I'm bored out of my gourd.
I LOVE Orphan Black. Amazing actress who can play so many roles that after a while, you DO forget they're really not different people. Fun and crazy series that can also get pretty dark and bloody.
Very enjoyable and entertaining. Is there going to be a season 4?
it resolves most of the BS by the end and then the 3rd season perks back up and is good again.Anyway, great first season, but the second season is slipping into shit I don't care about. Things are taking too long to resolve and gaping holes have opened up in the plot. But I'll keep watching because I don't want to think about anything right now.
I keep pondering whether to get Showtime for a month to catch Season 4. The first three seasons were really good. I also like how complicated everything is instead of the us good, them bad angle.Homeland - 9/10
Watched the first three seasons. It's quite good. The premise is that a CIA agent (played by Claire Daines who's excellent in this) gets a tip from one of her informants that a US POW has been turned by Al Quaida. Soon after that, an army raid against an Al Quaida facility finds a Marine who's been held in captivity for eight years. He's paraded around America with everyone seeing him as a hero except for Daines who's sure that he's a terrorist and about to launch an attack against the US. It's very well written with a lot of deep and dynamic characters and interesting plot twists. It also delves into a lot of issues such as PTSD and mental illness and goes through a lot of trouble to flesh out the motivations of terrorists and doesn't simply present them as generically evil for the sake of evil.
Highly recommended.