...wow.

[tempestsarekind]

So the CW is developing a show about the teenage Mary, Queen of Scots

Comments

[lareinenoire]

The words "fantastical re-imagining" worry me deeply...

[tempestsarekind]

Snap!

Well, there's that one episode with Mary and the unicorn... (Although, quite frankly, I would be inclined to be more generous if they went in that direction - the sixteenth century has plenty of wonder tales and suchlike - than in the boring old "let's add (more) sex" direction!)

[lareinenoire]

See, my worry is that "fantastical" means "add vampires," which is just another way to add more sex.

[tempestsarekind]

Aw man, I hadn't even thought of that! That seems horribly possible, though.

[viomisehunt]

Yeah, she had pretty horrendous life.

[litlover12]

I think (correct me if I'm wrong, tempests!) that the implication was that the CW itself is pretty horrendous. :-) The mind reels at all the ways they could mess this up.

It is pretty fascinating, though: First "Great Expectations" and now this. Wonder who told the CW it was time to class up the joint.

[tempestsarekind]

Yes, that was what I meant. If the horror were actually appropriate to her life, that would be fine! But I keep imagining some studio exec's idea of what a teen-oriented show about Mary, Queen of Scots should look like, and it scares me.

[barefoottomboy]

o_O

[tempestsarekind]

Exactly!

[rymenhild]

Oh, my.

I'd like it as an isurrendered show?

[tempestsarekind]

Hee! Yes, I suspect that community would do a much better job with that prompt than the CW...

[lareinenoire]

I kind of want to write it as an isurrendered show.

[rymenhild]

You absolutely should, because I don't have time.