02-06-2016, 03:45 PM
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Re: VERSAILLES-new series
I actually liked the chat afterward as it explained what the director should have told us I the first place. It would have been useful if the chat had been before the main programme.It was a bit confusing to start with as they all looked the same and all had the same hair style.
I'm going to continue watching though as I think it might improve.
02-06-2016, 04:36 PM
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Re: VERSAILLES-new series
'Rancid television'It was trailed on news pages as the raunchiest show ever to be shown on British television. But now the first episode of 17thCentury drama Versailles has aired on BBC Two, many reviewers seem to have been more taken aback by the quality of acting and plot.
"An all-you-can-eat buffet of everything a historical drama will ever need, but it's lacking one ingredient - alas somewhat important - which is characters worth keeping your eyelids open for," writes Jasper Rees in the Daily Telegraph.
For Gabriel Tate in the Times, the France-Canada co-production was "gratuitous when it wasn't downright tiresome". He saysonce Versailles got over trying to shock, it improved a little, but it was a mystery how such an extraordinary tale could be so dull."
It receives one star from Christopher Stevens in the Daily Mail, who describes the Louis XIV drama as the "most lavishly rancid television ever screened".
Sam Wollaston in the Guardian shows a little more interest, describing the show as a "trashy, extravagant romp that takes liberties with the actuality but is quite a lot of fun."
Having read this little lot I'm not sure if I can be bothered!
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