Historical drama. Shows like this really help me understand history as a human story. I liked
ROME as much as I like
The Tudors, if not more. The darkness and the underground scenes are beautiful, the costume design is flawless (in my certainly flawed sight), and have I mentioned that Jonathan Rhys Meyers is to die for? Oh, yummy. Not to sound like a 21-year old who only watches
The Tudors for the eye candy, but the attractiveness of the men in this series far outdoes that of the men in
ROME.
Stuff I may have (mis)learned about this period in England:
- Women (or maybe just queens?) make shirts for their husbands.
- Men eat pomegranate for virility... maybe specifically for a son?
- Anne Boleyn's a tramp. Haha, just kidding. But I see the strings from her fathers hands to her head, arms, and, dare I say, legs? Accurate, think you?
I'm expecting Suzy to chime in and shake her head to the inaccuracies of the series ... she IS my (non)resident history buff, after all!
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I actually haven't watched the Tudors - I agree with you on the hotness factor of Mr. Rhys Meyers - but it got sort of 50/50 reviews (partly for history) when it first came out, so I didn't watch it.
I'm sure it's had a chance to pick up by now - what is it in, it's second season? So maybe I'll download it just to make snarky comments.
My UK History moxie isn't very high though - I had background with Rome 'cause I took three years of Latin in highschool. That's also why I can kick your ass at Scrabble. ;)
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