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[fahye]

Okay so I'm almost finished reading Wolf Hall

so I thought:

I will finally try watching The Tudors!


...


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Basically I have been Cromwell-brainwashed and now I'm a bit perplexed because somehow I am meant to take Jeremy Northam seriously as Thomas More The Benevolent And Admirable Person, and I am apparently supposed to...not like...Cardinal Wolsey? Whatever, Sam O'Neill is doing something really quite close to the Wolsey that Mantel portrays, so I am rooting for him the whole way. Wooooooo Wolsey! Kick some underhanded diplomatic butt!

Also, Thomas Tallis <3 and Katherine of Aragon <33 and Buckingham's delicious northern accent <333

All in all, this is hilarious trash dressed up in pretty clothes and I am merrily inserting my own politics between all the sex scenes.

(WHERE ARE YOU, CROMWELL, COME AND BE AWESOME ON MY SCREEN.)

Comments

[darthrami.livejournal.com]

It's true - TOTAL trash, and TOTALLY pretty.

[ariastar.livejournal.com]

Oh my god that is SO WONDERFUL, especially because the bits of The Tudors that I watched, I saw very shortly after reading A Man For All Seasons, so this More Good Wolsey Bad thing seemed Perfectly Reasonable. Your reaction is much better. :D

[liminalliz.livejournal.com]

THE TUDORS IS AMAAAAAAAAAAAAAZING.

[nextian.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAH, OH NOOOO. And yet that is unbelievably hilarious. I should try rewatching the Tudors and pretending that Jeremy Northam is Wolf Hall's SlanderMore, I feel like it'd make the show a lot better.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

The very existence of Charles 'Hotass' Brandon is HILARIOUS after Mantel's portrayal of a grumpy middle-aged man.

[themis.livejournal.com]

James Frain is awesome as Cromwell, in a show seriously lacking good performances.

[miladygrey.livejournal.com]

I spent most of the time Jeremy Northam was onscreen crooning "Oh come on--sin a little! With me! I won't tell anyone!" Historical accuracy goes by the wayside when JN is there looking gently mournful and in need of cuddling. But Cromwell is indeed totally awesome.

I agree, this show is so hilariously terrible. Hilarrible, to steal from another friend. Just wait till Anne and Henry start really chewing scenery.

[jadengreen36.livejournal.com]

Total but verra interesting trash. Natalie Dormer is darkly ethereal. She and Jonthan Rhys Meyers have chemistry up the wazoo. Mind you, she could possibly have chemistry with a tree.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

I was a little confused after pages and pages of reading about Anne's ~dark eyes~ and Thomas Boleyn calling her eyes DARK HOOKS FOR THE SOUL when Dormer's eyes are... pale blue. But I am looking forward to seeing her flirt.