's TV Reviews

The historical inaccuracies are really absurd. I really could not believe they mixed up Henry's sisters. Margaret married into Scotland and was the mother of Mary Queen of Scots, the cousin whom Elizabeth I had executed. Henry's younger sister Mary married an aging King in France and then married her love, Charles Brandon, when the old King Died. I did wonder where that young French king who signed the treaty came from, because the King of France at that time was elderly. Then I realized--there was no such signing. These are only a few sins againts truth.
For cryingoutloud. This is not arcane stuff. These are basic facts any high school student, or anyone who had a read a Tudor coffee table book should know. Someone said they like the "adultness". Adult? Adolescent more like it. You mean sex, sex and more sex? Not the conversation, thoughts, psychology? Just more and more soft porn?
A remarkably and truly adult film was A Man for all Seasons. I recognized it as adult even when I was sixteen.
Except for Queen Catherine, most of the females look like they should be in some B movie.
Meyers doesn't look like Henry and is too brooding for the young King, who was actually pretty hale and hearty before he was sickened by venereal disease. And yes, Anne Boleyn's physical appearance, including dark eyes, was part of the story. Looks do matter in many stories--they can be an intrinsic part, which is why I absolutely hate when they cast a drastically different type for a person whose looks are well known.