Fall of Eagles (mini picspam)
I've been watching the BBC's 1974 drama Fall of Eagles lately (in between the Shakespeare and things). Yes, guess whose IMBD I found it on? But when I saw that it was about the fall of the three big European royal houses at the turn of the century, I was immediately v interested. And then I saw that it had everybody ever in it, so I had to watch it. As history lessons go, it is pretty painless & I will picspam it properly when I've finished it because it has people like Gemma Jones (Spooks) and Colin Baker (he is playing Crown Prince Willie, I gather, but he hasn't turned up yet) and lovely costumes and locations, and I will do it to save you watching TV that is nearly 40 years old because I am a nuisance kind like that. Oh, and btw, Patrick Stewart is Lenin.
Anyway, today has not been the greatest of days, so I was much cheered to reach the first of David Collings's two episodes, and also the first ep for the rest of the Russian contingent...
I like the smoking jacket quite a bit. I think you are getting this post in honour of the green smoking jacket, really.
He is playing Pavel Milyukov, here with Witte (Freddie Jones), who he is trying to persuade to talk to the Tsar about reforms, and having a parliament before it is TOO LATE. (Srsly, people, if you have David Collings giving you advice in a drama, you should take it. Like: "Stop these bounty hunter games or somebody's going to get hurt." or "We should totally kill Antony, or at least not let him talk." or "Let's leave right now and NOT take that woman with us." or "Level 7 is a really, really bad idea and we might destroy everything." or "I don't think these stowaways committed the murder..." This only works when he isn't evil and/or stupid, of course. But you would think people would learn.)
To which Witte says he should take care: "There are darker minds at work than yours, Professor!"
And here is said darker mind. Patrick Stewart as Lenin. (Well, nobody knows he's Lenin yet; it's only 1894.)
So I was pleased it was quite a cool role, as he acts as Lenin's opposite in the structure of the episode, with them getting two scenes each as the two voices for change, one moderate, one radical. (He has another episode, but that's not till 1916.)
And, onto the important matter... do you think the moustache is real or fake? Or fake on film and real in studio? (I can never tell, not unless it is madly wrong, or actually falls off.)
(I promise to come back with a proper picspam, because, as I said, everyone ever, and Gemma Jones was amazing as Princess Vicky, the best person in it so far, but I'll wait till Colin has turned up.)
Anyway, today has not been the greatest of days, so I was much cheered to reach the first of David Collings's two episodes, and also the first ep for the rest of the Russian contingent...
I like the smoking jacket quite a bit. I think you are getting this post in honour of the green smoking jacket, really.
He is playing Pavel Milyukov, here with Witte (Freddie Jones), who he is trying to persuade to talk to the Tsar about reforms, and having a parliament before it is TOO LATE. (Srsly, people, if you have David Collings giving you advice in a drama, you should take it. Like: "Stop these bounty hunter games or somebody's going to get hurt." or "We should totally kill Antony, or at least not let him talk." or "Let's leave right now and NOT take that woman with us." or "Level 7 is a really, really bad idea and we might destroy everything." or "I don't think these stowaways committed the murder..." This only works when he isn't evil and/or stupid, of course. But you would think people would learn.)
To which Witte says he should take care: "There are darker minds at work than yours, Professor!"
And here is said darker mind. Patrick Stewart as Lenin. (Well, nobody knows he's Lenin yet; it's only 1894.)
So I was pleased it was quite a cool role, as he acts as Lenin's opposite in the structure of the episode, with them getting two scenes each as the two voices for change, one moderate, one radical. (He has another episode, but that's not till 1916.)
And, onto the important matter... do you think the moustache is real or fake? Or fake on film and real in studio? (I can never tell, not unless it is madly wrong, or actually falls off.)
(I promise to come back with a proper picspam, because, as I said, everyone ever, and Gemma Jones was amazing as Princess Vicky, the best person in it so far, but I'll wait till Colin has turned up.)