*facepalm* (aka Camelot)

[ariadnes_string]

So, I don't have too many hours to myself on the weekends, and yet I somehow managed to spend one of those hours watching an episode of Starz's new Camelot. Has anyone else done this? I wouldn't recommend it, though it did make me gape and chortle at the screen a few times.

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[ariadnes_string]

oh man, the episode made me howl! And yeah, check out the toenails. I had to write it down, because I could not quite believe that happened!

[tailoredshirt]

I saw a preview of this at the theater yesterday and thought that Arthur and Guinevere looked spectacularly boring, but that Joseph Fiennes and Eva Green(!) would be reason enough to watch. Sounds like I was right! But I am laughing so hard at this recap. Deer blood and toenails, oh my.

I have actually been wanting to watch The Borgias. Have you caught any of that?

New H50 tonight!

[alba17]

Really, I'm not being a stalker, I'm just going through my flist. I watched the first 2 hrs of the Borgias - it just took me about 4 installments, haha. I quite liked it. There's sexual subtext in just about every other scene, between all varieties of people. I have hopes it will be good.

[ariadnes_string]

Yeah, if you like the idea of Eva Green in a bunch of extremely fetching caftans (and occasionally naked), then check it out.

And yeah, I had to write it all down, because I couldn't quite believe I hadn't hallucinated the deer blood and toenails.

I haven't watched the Borgias, but I love Jeremy Irons, so maybe next time I'm jonesing for cheesy historical drama I will check it out.

It all pales next to last night's H50, though, doesn't it? *happy sigh*

[ariadnes_string]

No--there really aren't any words. I had to write it all down to convince myself it really happened.

And it all pales beside the wonder of last night's H50, doesn't it? *happy sigh*

[ariadnes_string]

That moment! I can't even! I don't think I've ever seen anything like that on TV before XD

[anniehow]

I haven't I ended up losing an hour and a half of my life to the pilot of The Borgias. It is extremely LOL worthy, and not in anyway they intended, clearly. It has INTRIGUE!!1! and NEFARIOUS PLOTS OF NEFARIOUSNESS and within the first five minutes they had a pre-pubescent Lucretia spying on her brother Alessandro banging a prostitute, and then Alessandro chasing her all over their elegantly appointed inner courtyard and pinning her to the ground, where they proceeded to exposit at length about the composition of their family.

Also, every British actor ever who ever does costume dramas is in it, so it kinda got confusing because I can no longer separate them from their characters.

Basically it's like The Tudors, except with more historically accurate hair. And a sadomasochistic assassin, not sure The Tudors had one of those. ;-P

[ariadnes_string]

Huh--that sounds intriguing! I've loved Jeremy Irons as everyone from Charles Ryder to Klaus Van Bulow, so maybe I should check out the Borgias. I never watched the Tudors--maybe I should check that out too. Sometimes, you need one of the ultra-cheesy historical things, y'know?

[vie_dangerouse]

Okay, I did actually watch this too! Though I didn't make it past the first episode, and that only because I wanted to watch Eva Green and Voldie's brother the whole time. From what you said, the second ep does sound better, and if I had time to devote to a new show I'd totally snark this whole deal.

Major LOL about Jamie Campbell Bower having the skinniest arms to ever wield a sword. I CONCEDE.

[ariadnes_string]

Yeah, I watched the first episode, and it was pretty snooze-y. This one (I think it was the 3rd or 4th hour) was definitely livelier. In a lunatic kind of way. It did fulfill my need to snark, tho.

Have you seen Jamie Campbell Bower in other things? Is he always like that?

[vie_dangerouse]

Yeah, I saw him in Sweeney Todd and he was really waifish in that one, too. Snoreeeeeeee.

[ariadnes_string]

*sigh* I'm sticking with the guy in the icon for my Arthur then :)