2 posts tagged “the tudors”
seriously, i need showtime. NEED it.
just watched the first episode of The Tudors. (thank you, netflix insta-viewing.)
oh my god. this show... is amazing. check out this fucking cast:
jonathon rhys meyers is henry viii. and he gets nekkid a couple of times. hey, he was king. he had sex a lot. how the hell do you think he ended up with syphillis?
sam motherfucking neill is cardinal wollsey. wollsey, dude. fuck yeah.
that dude from Dog Soldiers? Sam Pertwee? the best thing about practically everything he's in? dies. immediately. he's still fucking awesome. seriously? that guy could just sit and talk, and i'd be happy.
jeremy northam is thomas more. he's a great choice for more. i'm very pleased to see he is still around, as well.
henry czerny is norfolk. 'good evening, mr phelps.' another great voice. he does brit well.
that dude from The Last of the Mohicans? the one who says "i thought british policy was to make the world england."? yeah, he's buckingham. which'll be really awesome, until he gets his head lopped off. he also reminds me quite a bit of the ginger-headed dude from Dog Soldiers... Kevin McKidd. but he was in Rome, not this. :)
the adorable callum blue is there. he just looks posh as hell. and adorable.
have i mentioned that jonathon rhys meyers takes off his shirt a lot? also, his irish peeks out a couple times. but that's ok, because he's even more gorgeous with his real accent. and he does a bang up job of covering it.
i can't wait to see who exactly Gabrielle Anwar is. the imdb says Princess Margaret... but i don't remember her. Unless they mean the french chick... Mary's sister? um... Stuart? Queen of Scots chick. or mother, perhaps. that part of it is a bit fuzzed in my brain right now. i always liked Henry and Elizabeth the best.
i hope they get past one season. it's called the tudors, so i'd LOVE LOVE LOVE it if they could flit on through Edward's reign, spend a few years burning heretics with crazy Mary, and get someone really fucking amazingly awesome to play Elizabeth.
then? i could die happy.
in closing, i'm really bummed now that i don't have showtime, and likely won't be able to see anymore of this show unless i buy it off iTunes.
so instead i will likely pray that showtime releases it on dvd posthaste, because i WILL be buying it. i'll even pay the outrageous prices the premium cable shows seem to go for (Deadwood, i am totally looking at you. fucking $75 for a season.). well, minus whatever amazon is willing to discount it.
can ya tell i'm a tudor junkie? ;)