New Worlds

[Galloping Major]

I've been watching the trailers for this:
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/new-worlds

Starts Tuesday evening. Could be worth watching, I continue to travel optimistically despite the disappointments 
Hopefully at the very least it could be a ripping yarn; it involves Judge Jeffries and Native Americans too 
Late 17th century with nice connections to Donnybrook - which I growing fonder of by the day - fingers crossed.

www.gallopingmajorwargames.com

[Admiral Alder]

I saw the trailer, and whilst it looked interesting, the "Devil's Wh*re" still reminds me why television should be kept as far away from the 17th Century as possible 

[Captain Blood]

Looks good from the blurb. Even with a character called Angelica Fanshawe... Ah well, I suppose at least it wasn't Fanny Fanshawe...

Trouble is it clashes with Shetland... Ah yes, Channel4 +1 

[swiftnick]

Looks good although I am going to miss the first couple of episodes.
As for Shetland don't get me started!!

[fastolfrus]

Just seen the trailer.

Quite happy to give it the chance.

Glynis is distantly related to Judge Jeffries.

[Franz_Josef]

Why don't we get programs like that "here in the Colonies !" (Just drek like The Tudors)

[westwaller]

I saw the trailer, and whilst it looked interesting, the "Devil's Wh*re" still reminds me why television should be kept as far away from the 17th Century as possible

You might not like this then, as it is a sort of sequel to 'The Devil's Whore'...apparently it portrays Charles II as nasty piece of work he was.
I quite like Devils Whore, anyway. I thought I looked good at least.

[gringo]

seen a brief portion of the trailer.........looks interesting...

and will give it a go for sure!!

regards

Ged
www.gringo40s.com
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[OSHIROmodels]

Looks good but given some historical dramas recently I'm not holding out a lot of hope 

cheers

James

[fastolfrus]

I thought I looked good at least.

So were you a devil or a whore?

[FramFramson]

Why don't we get programs like that "here in the Colonies !" (Just drek like The Tudors)

We got drek like the Tudors because it was drek we made ourselves 

[Captain Blood]

We got drek like the Tudors because it was drek we made ourselves  

Really? I've just finished watching season 3 on DVD, and thought most of the actors had Irish accents  
Oh yes, apart from the actor playing Sir Francis someone-or-other, who definitely had a North American accent which leaked out every now and then. Probably Canadian then

I actually quite enjoy it. The costumes are lavish and reasonably accurate - not the usual leatherette nonsense. The crowd scenes actually have crowds in - not the usual handful of embarrassed looking extras mooching around. The CGI palaces aren't too awful. Nor is the script. Nor, certainly, are the girls  

Jonathan Rhys Meyers (real name, Jonnie O'Keefe) is of course utterly ludicrous as Henry VIII.
Mind you, no more ludicrous than Ray Winstone playing the same role a few years back. That was surreally bad.
Rhys Meyers isn't a bad actor. And I suppose he has that note of unpredictable menace (possibly not entirely acting, according to reports) which is associated with Henry in the popular imagination.
Unfortunately, Dublin breaks through every time he gets cross (most of the time, in fairness).
The worst thing, of course, is that everyone knows Henry VIII was (by his middle years) a big fat ginger bloke... Whereas with his slicked-back black hair, pencil moustache, and fraying, chorus-boy looks, Rhys Meyers looks for all the world like a 1940's Italian spiv.

Overall though, I confess to liking it. Which is more than I can say for most 'historical' dramas.

[Franz_Josef]

I liked the Devil's Whore too.

[fastolfrus]

Undecided.

[whiskey priest]

That wasn't bad......