Tudors Series!..............

Anyone watching the new Showtime Original Series; The Tudors?
Pretty awesome.

This should probably have been posted in the arts. Anyways, I'm watching it and loving it. Although most here are Rome-o-philes and say it sucks. Imo, its a great series so far, I love the cast and the acting. I can't wait to see more.

The guy they chose to play king henry looks nothing like the real thing. Also his voice is far to girly

Originally Posted by MightyBoo

The guy they chose to play king henry looks nothing like the real thing. Also his voice is far to girly

Henry when he was young was in great shape. You are thinking of the older Henry, who was grossly over weight.

Originally Posted by DisgruntledGoat

Henry when he was young was in great shape. You are thinking of the older Henry, who was grossly over weight.

I know that! Henry had red hair and the actor doesn't

Riiight, because everyone knows that if an actor doesn't have the right colour hair its impossible to enjoy the acting and a good story. What a terrible excuse to hate on an amazing production.

If anything you should complain how they combined Margret and Mary into a single character...

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...then had this hybrid marry the King of Portugal who she then kills in his sleep.

Nothing is every going to be 100% historically accurate. Can't people get past that. It seems to be a major hang up on these boards.

Originally Posted by DisgruntledGoat

Riiight, because everyone knows that if an actor doesn't have the right colour hair its impossible to enjoy the acting and a good story. What a terrible excuse to hate on an amazing production.

I never said i hated it, In fact its high grade BBC quality porno

Originally Posted by MightyBoo

I never said i hated it, In fact its high grade BBC quality porno

I watch the show but it does depress me how quickly it has degenerated into a period porn (although Rome used a simliar technique at about the same point in the season so I hold out hope that the orgy will not continue to be the main plotline).

The show isn't very good, but the historical inaccuracies are not glaring enough to bother me, minor inaccuracies are the price of fiction, hell, the ancient "historians" that I basically worship intentionally invented "facts" because it was believed for most of human history that it was better to add legend to bring history to life than to keep strictly to the facts at the price of story. (think Livy)

Moved to the Arts.

Sounds interesting. The tudors are my favourite Royal House. The fact it contains Elizabeth I, our greatest monarch, in my estimation, adds more interest.

Hey everyone. I started watching the Tudors in the aftermath of the Rome cancellation, which I will never live down. I like it because I am a nerd when it comes to anything historical. Like Rome, I enjoy it because unlike most "historical" dramas, the majority of what happens is historically accurate, ignoring obvious inaccuracies discussed in this thread. I will say though, that like Rome, it is waaaaaaay too oversexed. I know a lot of that was going on and still is, but it seems that every episode uses too much time showing some sex scene when it could be using that time to further develop the story, although I see how the constant sex is a way of doing that. And I will say that Anne Bolyn is looking mighty fine .

I'm watching it...

Latest episode we had a gay sex scene. Rome had gay sex...now tudors has to have gay sex. Why? Nobody knows...I guess to please the Queer As Folk people.


I actually think any sex, gay or straight, is completly pointless and boring and just takes up time in any of these historical dramas.

Originally Posted by RZZZA

I'm watching it...

Latest episode we had a gay sex scene. Rome had gay sex...now tudors has to have gay sex. Why? Nobody knows...I guess to please the Queer As Folk people.


I actually think any sex, gay or straight, is completly pointless and boring and just takes up time in any of these historical dramas.

sex is important if for no other reason than to awaken the puritan sex fearing mainstream american culture to the sexual reality of the past, present, and future

but this is a discussion for a different thread

Originally Posted by enoch

sex is important if for no other reason than to awaken the puritan sex fearing mainstream american culture to the sexual reality of the past, present, and future

but this is a discussion for a different thread

I find it hard to care when someone is making intimate love on T.V. unless it happens to be really hot like the pullo/gaia sex scene in Rome. I'm like a typical guy. Only interested in drama, war, politics. Not love.

That show is on now? damnit.