Any other fans of "The Tudors"?

[JCMach1]

Just finished watching the second season... the third will be coming this Spring.


What's not to love?


-costumes
-eye candy
-good acting (especially in season 2)
-interesting writing and directing

[GCP]

1. I found they all looked too damn good to be authentic

No missing teeth or poor hygiene - each one looked more gorgeous than the last - hardly 16th century what with pock marked skin, baths once a year whether they needed it or not, and no laundry detergents!

[JCMach1]

4. I liked the fact that chose not to do the realistic thing...

it's sumptuous, gorgeous, and over-the-top...

Who wants a fat, poxy old thing when you can have this:

[anneboleyn]

17. Yes, plus the ideal is for us to be immersed in the culture, not distanced from it

When period pieces use too much realism audiences can feel alienated from or "put off" of the material (after all, a crucial part of film is the fantasy of it!) and then the point of the filmic recreation is lost. The hope is for the audience to "be" there, with Henry in his tension-filled court, hanging onto every word whispered by a devious courtier -- not grimacing at the nasty teeth and buckets of ear wax and bad, matted, sweaty body hair!

[LSdemocrat]

2. It's okay. If I had to choose which raunchy historical series got a third season, I'd choose Rome

but I'll still watch The Tudors anyway.

[JCMach1]

3. Loved Rome as well-

I loved Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn...

[anneboleyn]

5. YES! I LOVE THE TUDORS! (hence my name) We watched season II three times in a row -- I studied Tudor

and late medieval era literature in graduate school, and The Tudors is one of my favorite film/ television adaptations of the time period. It gets a lot of criticism for being free with dates and realism and so on, but I think it is a very fine period drama with a well-written script. Plus the settings and costumes are just gorgeous.

We can't wait for season III. Hard to imagine that we have to hold on until January! I am most looking forward to how Cromwell's downfall will be portrayed.

[JCMach1]

7. Historically Cromwell was executed the day of his marriage to K. Howard

After the Anne of Cleeves fiasco...

They are constantly using mirroring and parallels in the plotline. I suspect Season 3 will end with execution of Cromwell...


Meanwhile Henry becomes a gluttonous, poxy, impotent, disgusting bastard... Even more so than he was at the end of this season.

[anneboleyn]

10. Yes, and the question: will JRM don the fat suit or gain weight for the role? My guess is the suit

No more Natalie Dormer next season. Maybe Henry will have flashbacks?

[JCMach1]

14. Could be some flashbacks, but somehow that wouldn't seem in character

I think she will just 'be gone';;; after all he is 're-born'

As for the fat suit, I think they will focus on the gluttony. The tipped their hat about that at the end of season 2. Also, the costuming can visually add a few pounds. If I was directing I would show the gluttony and very few images of the kings stomach... much how they film a pregnant lady.

[anneboleyn]

18. Yes, & no doubt he will be gnawing on legs of mutton more frequently than the prior two seasons n/t

[anneboleyn]

6. And, it's great political drama -- perfect for this year! You can play who would be Tom Boleyn and

so on with our politicians -- who would be Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas Boleyn, Mary ("Bloody Mary") Tudor, poor, ill-fated Mark Smeaton...

[JCMach1]

8. I would have been hanging out with Wyatt and Smeaton... along with Tullis

basically the only decent people in the whole piece...

[deepthought42]

9. Oh yeah! Love that show!

The sad thing is not having Showtime while at school. Can't wait for season 2 to come out on DVD; I think I actually felt sorry for Anne Boleyn by the season finale.

[LadyoftheRabbits]

11. Oh, yes!

I love it. Can't wait for season 2 to come out on DVD. I take much of what they present with a grain of salt, as it's not historically accurate in many respects, but it's incredibly entertaining and a good representation of Henry as a young man, something most Tudor films don't show.

[JCMach1]

15. It IS and isn't accurate on some things.

put that's ok... have seen the BBC costume dramas. This is something different.

[WinkyDink]

12. Don't get the station. But OMG, J R-M?! Awesome. (And he was a spectacular "Elvis".)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437714/

[JCMach1]

13. Don't get the channel in UAE either, but it is out on DVD

[anneboleyn]

16. And even better in tight breeches and a leather doublet n/t