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Da Vinci’s Demons
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Fuddlemiff
Is this real life?
lol, really? I guess it's because it cost so much to make from the outset they want to get their money's worth.
I'm a couple of minutes from the end of the first episode... the fact that I'm writing this while it's on in the background says it all, really.
It looks like it's trying to be the new Spartacus, but it's way too dumb. I kind of guessed that all the Italians would be British, but da Vinci isn't at all how I imagine him to be and his inventions are preposterous! Why bother making it about him if you're going to turn him into a straight, British guy with designer stubble and the ability to design mechanical birds that can fly better than the best 21st century robots?
Having said that, I can see potential for it to get better as it goes along, so long as they don't have too much of the double crossing and maneuvering. The twist at the end was so obvious that I'm not sure if it was meant to be a twist.
Oh, and less old naked men, please. Recognising Hugh Bonneville from his naked backside wasn't a skill I needed to discover I possessed.
The only big plus point for me was the visuals, which were outstanding. They must've spent a hell of a lot of time and money on those models of Florence.
I'm a couple of minutes from the end of the first episode... the fact that I'm writing this while it's on in the background says it all, really.
It looks like it's trying to be the new Spartacus, but it's way too dumb. I kind of guessed that all the Italians would be British, but da Vinci isn't at all how I imagine him to be and his inventions are preposterous! Why bother making it about him if you're going to turn him into a straight, British guy with designer stubble and the ability to design mechanical birds that can fly better than the best 21st century robots?
Having said that, I can see potential for it to get better as it goes along, so long as they don't have too much of the double crossing and maneuvering. The twist at the end was so obvious that I'm not sure if it was meant to be a twist.
Oh, and less old naked men, please. Recognising Hugh Bonneville from his naked backside wasn't a skill I needed to discover I possessed.
The only big plus point for me was the visuals, which were outstanding. They must've spent a hell of a lot of time and money on those models of Florence.
Fuddlemiff
Is this real life?
Watching episode 2. I like the bits where they show him figuring out inventions and plans in his head. Some of the dialogue is terrible (Dan Brown terrible!), but hopefully that'll improve.
"Even a mouse occasionally bears its teeth just before it is crushed..."
Uh. Ok. I guess you have lots of experience looking at mouse faces while crushing them?
Ooooh, Irene Adler from Sherlock's in this one!
"Even a mouse occasionally bears its teeth just before it is crushed..."
Uh. Ok. I guess you have lots of experience looking at mouse faces while crushing them?
Ooooh, Irene Adler from Sherlock's in this one!
Enkephalen
My Stars!
I never made it through the first 10 minutes of the first episode. . .too silly.
Fuddlemiff
Is this real life?
Watching episode 3, where da Vinci discovers continental drift and make a UV light from fireflies.
I am getting into it, though. And it's only just occurred to me that his assistant is really well cast, as he looks just like the mysterious figure in The Last Supper who some say was da Vinci's boyfriend (or Jesus's wife, Dan Brown).
The bad guy who works for the Vatican annoys me, though. He's so cartoonish, you can't take him seriously.
I am getting into it, though. And it's only just occurred to me that his assistant is really well cast, as he looks just like the mysterious figure in The Last Supper who some say was da Vinci's boyfriend (or Jesus's wife, Dan Brown).
The bad guy who works for the Vatican annoys me, though. He's so cartoonish, you can't take him seriously.
Fuddlemiff
Is this real life?
Oh, didn't pick up on that at all.
The Tomtrek
Love Wookiee
You know, now that the show's started to revel in it's own absurdity a bit, I think I'm starting to like it more. Especially with the introduction of stuff like (spoilered for Fuddlemiff if he's still catching up)
time travel, Dracula and DRAGONS?!!??!
The Tomtrek
Love Wookiee
I mean look,
Literally the Ark of the Covenant right out of Raiders of the Lost Ark on the left there.
Literally the Ark of the Covenant right out of Raiders of the Lost Ark on the left there.
Loktar
Internet God
That would get me into it. But I don't have Starz or Showtime or whatever channel it airs on.
Eggs Mayonnaise
All In With The Nuts
I am suddenly interested in checking this out. We'll see.
The Tomtrek
Love Wookiee
I'll watch it!