Author Topic: The white queen. (Read 7995 times)

FramFramson · « **Reply #15 on:** August 07, 2013, 05:45:18 PM »

Sounds like they were inspired by "Sexy Tudors".

Atheling · « **Reply #16 on:** August 07, 2013, 06:23:09 PM »

Quote from: Captain Blood on August 07, 2013, 04:55:50 PM

So seeing Max Irons as Edward IV, supposedly en route to war, galloping alone through the countryside wearing a skanky breastplate over a kind of silver spandex Star Trek tunic, leatherette tights and pixie boots is just piss-poor. It's girlie fantasy, which is fine as long as you don't set it up as history. But unavoidably, that's how the layman takes it. Which is a shame, because it just perpetuates the foolish Victorian romantic stereoptypes of all things medieval as men-in-tights and short skirts... Grrr.

Added to this if the fact that if they can get away with disregarding historical fashion, both layman, nobility, gentry and military, then will never see the day that Medieval warfare/politics are fairly and accurately represented.

Darrell.

moonshado · « **Reply #17 on:** August 07, 2013, 06:58:40 PM »

Seems to be a common theme to the posts. Like the rest of you I gave up on the White Queen very quickly(didn't make it to the end of the first episode), but my wife is still religiously watching it and thoroughly enjoying it. I watched the Tudors with her and am still watching the Borgias with her, but the White Queen is too much to stomach. When it was first being advertised and they were proudly announcing it was based on a Philippa Gregory book I started to be sceptical, I had a bad experience of trying to read one of her books so I was not too suprised at the poor quality of this show. The worrying bit is that it does appear to be very popular with the lasses and Ms Gregory has written 3 more novels about the Wars Of The Roses, with a fourth to be published this year, so the BBc could be churning out similar series for quite a while to come.

Captain Blood · « **Reply #18 on:** August 07, 2013, 07:14:29 PM »

Somewhat happily, I think they've rolled the whole wretched sequence of potboilers (White Queen, Red Queen, Kingmaker's Daughter, etc etc) into the one long series.
I believe it's now up to episode 8 and Richard of Gloucester has the Princes in the Tower? So they can't have much further to go with it, can they - apart from a slight hiatus followed up by Bosworth... Thank God.

Unless of course they retell the entire saga all over again from different perspectives. Which would surely be intolerable even for the dedicated lady viewer of bodice-rippers...

Eric the Shed · « **Reply #19 on:** August 07, 2013, 07:46:14 PM »

The best bit is that each scene always starts or ends with a man on a horse entering a courtyard !

muncehead · « **Reply #20 on:** August 07, 2013, 08:02:51 PM »

Quote from: Eric the Shed on August 07, 2013, 07:46:14 PM

The best bit is that each scene always starts or ends with a man on a horse entering a courtyard !

Would this make it a potential drinking game?

Mister Rab · « **Reply #21 on:** August 07, 2013, 08:17:50 PM »

<sigh> Yes, it's a poor production all told and if it weren't for Rupert Graves turning in a fine show as the ever-untrustworthy Stanley, even a pleasant bit of "sofa time" with Mrs Rab would not induce me to watch it, even as fairytale (Pauldrons! Aaagh!

). At least we get the "what was wrong with that episode" chat afterwards

Wasted opportunity for a decent BBC War of the Roses series. Like the Captain says, stick with Shakespeare.

marcusluis · « **Reply #22 on:** August 07, 2013, 10:10:20 PM »

Ok...I think I started something there..!!

Captain Blood · « **Reply #23 on:** August 07, 2013, 10:14:12 PM »

Yeah, sorry about that

Needed to get that off my chest for the last 8 weeks

Emir of Askaristan · « **Reply #24 on:** August 07, 2013, 10:32:10 PM »

Hehee well, you did ask!

Atheling · « **Reply #25 on:** August 08, 2013, 08:48:05 AM »

Quote from: Captain Blood on August 07, 2013, 07:14:29 PM

Unless of course they retell the entire saga all over again from different perspectives. Which would surely be intolerable even for the dedicated lady viewer of bodice-rippers...

I needed that

TadPortly · « **Reply #26 on:** August 12, 2013, 08:32:55 PM »

Completely agree with the critiques posted here. Its despicable shite....

Captain Blood · « **Reply #27 on:** August 12, 2013, 09:15:07 PM »

Despicable shite - a much pithier critique

Patrice · « **Reply #28 on:** August 12, 2013, 09:16:01 PM »

After I've read all this... I look forward to ...not watching it if it comes on French TV

Atheling · « **Reply #29 on:** August 12, 2013, 10:02:01 PM »

Quote from: Patrice on August 12, 2013, 09:16:01 PM

After I've read all this... I look forward to ...not watching it if it comes on French TV

You must shut your eyes and ears to save your sanity!!

Darrell.

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