fiercebunny | (no subject)

Finished disc 1 of The Tudors and am unimpressed so far. It's much duller than I expected. I usually enjoy looking at Jonathan Rhys Myers being a pouty sociopath, but it feels kind of done here. I could watch him be a pouty sociopath in just about anything else he's done. (Although I do like his Henry VIII better than Ray Winstone's recent Henry because psychotic bastard or not, he must have had at least a few charming moments as he was a fairly popular king at the beginning of his reign.) Anne Boleyn is boring so far and they haven't shown any of her backstory yet, which means she's not going to have much motivation for what she does in the future. The only thing that I like so far is Jeremy Northam as Sir Thomas More. Sam Neill as Cardinal Wolsey is also slightly interesting, if only because his character is such a jerk that I am looking forward to karma eventually biting him in the ass.

Disc 2 came today and if it doesn't get better, then I might give up on it. Not yet sure if I'm sufficiently recovered from the "Doomsday" episode to start season 3 of Doctor Who.

And because it always amuses me, Eddie Izzard's history of Church of England.