Tudors

Gillo

Is anyone else watching this series, I think it's on TV3.

Definitely one of the best things to come out of Irish television in quite a while.

Mossy Monk

Isn't it a UK production?

odyssey06

It's shown on TV3 on Tuesday nights but it's about to start soon on BBC2.

It's mainly produced by US cable channel Showtime, but it's co-financed by an Irish and Canadian company. It's filmed in Ardmore studios and you will see a lot of Irish actors in lead and supporting roles.
I recommend: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tudors

It's been renewed in the US for a second season and Peter O'Toole is supposed to be joining the cast.

Goodshape

odyssey06 wrote:

It's been renewed in the US for a second season and Peter O'Toole is supposed to be joining the cast.

Second series is soon to finish filming out in Ardmore Studios (which is in Bray).

Look out for yours truly playing a 'French Groom' in a couple of episodes of season 2

Didn't see Peter O'Toole on set any of the days I was there.. but he's in it, yeah.

(Oh, and I've only ever seen about half an episode of this myself... didn't think too much of it tbh)

How Strange

IMO, this is a classic example of dumbed down tv. I think it could be great, the acting is good, the sets are good and the costumes are brilliant. But the production company sold themselves out to the mass American audience. So what we've ended up with is an 1980's style soap dressed up as period drama.

The whole story of Henry VIII and his wives, the rise of protestantism across Europe, the relationships between England, Spain and France etc are fascinating but FFS all we see are t*ts and ar*e for an hour not to mention displays feminine wiles and conniving that Joan Collins a la Dynasty would be proud of.

Lizzykins

How Strange wrote:

IMO, this is a classic example of dumbed down tv. I think it could be great, the acting is good, the sets are good and the costumes are brilliant. But the production company sold themselves out to the mass American audience. So what we've ended up with is an 1980's style soap dressed up as period drama.

The whole story of Henry VIII and his wives, the rise of protestantism across Europe, the relationships between England, Spain and France etc are fascinating but FFS all we see are t*ts and ar*e for an hour not to mention displays feminine wiles and conniving that Joan Collins a la Dynasty would be proud of.

Couldn't agree more! When they start messing with the facts as in the portrayal of Henry's sister then I turn off. I watched some of the first episode and left it at that.

Gillo

So, it's not that accurate from a historical point of view? I found it interesting because it dealt with his earlier life and showed what shared him into the king he is remembered as. I always found history boring in school because it was dates and fact's, you never got to learn about the person and what their motivations were to do what they did.

Dennis the Stone

read this article and spotted this:

We have a pretty good idea of what he looked like then. He evidently took after his mother's side, a strappingly handsome, sunny son of York. Jonathan Rhys Meyers is slim, dark and intended by nature to be menacing but he's Welsh, which is handy. Menacing may come in even handier.

so he's not Irish?

Livvie

I don't know why, but I really don't like Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Although I have to say, he was a wonderful Elvis.

irishcsifan

Kemos wrote: »

read this article and spotted this:


so he's not Irish?

he is irish. he was born in cork

Outer Bongolia

Well I know that but The Guardian doesn't.

queencakes

The Tudors lost all credibility with me when I spotted that dude "Bill" from Fair City as some French Ambassoder in this week's episode on TV3 - with one of the worst attempts at a french accent i've ever heard. It was embarassing. I can't be the only one who noticed this. Surely to jaysus they could of found someone better than that!

I was impressed with the first episode but have been disappointed with the quality of the show since then. The pace of the episodes is all over the place and we are thrown in the token sex scene that has no real relevance to the development of the episode.

The only positive in the Tudors is Maria Doyle Kennedy as the Queen.

tampopo

Yeah

I agree with How Strange.

I did some extra'ing on it last year. In a tavern scene. Script includes the words 'in, out, in, out' and refers to a Spanish sailor from previous scenes.

odyssey06

queencakes wrote: »

The Tudors lost all credibility with me when I spotted that dude "Bill" from Fair City as some French Ambassoder in this week's episode on TV3 - with one of the worst attempts at a french accent i've ever heard. It was embarassing. I can't be the only one who noticed this. Surely to jaysus they could of found someone better than that!

In fairness he was pretty dire, but the other secondary Irish actors have done well, whether playing European or English roles.

I thought it started out strongly, if you can forgive the abuse of historical facts, but has been running out of steam since about episode 4.

Lizzykins

Who was"Bill" in Fair City?

Dudess

Whoever wrote that for The Guardian probably presumed he's Welsh because of the "Rhys" bit. Don't know where that came from. And his name is Jonathan O'Keeffe. When I was in school, a girl I hung around with was going out with him.

Lizzykins

Lizzykins wrote: »

Who was"Bill" in Fair City?

Florie Knox, and then Anna Friel buried him under the patio in Brookside.

Davedubh

gillo wrote: »

Is anyone else watching this series, I think it's on TV3.

Definitely one of the best things to come out of Irish television in quite a while.

Are you joking?Its ****e.

Lizzykins

Ah now I know who it is. His name in Fair City is Bob.

Dudess

The actor who plays Bob in Fair City and who played Trevor "Patio" Jordache in Brookside is called Bryan Murray. Flurry Knox was the name of his character in The Irish R.M. (80s series).

Gillo

Davedubh wrote: »

Are you joking?Its ****e.

No, not joking at all, I like it I watch it. Ok so we've established that it's not completely historically accurate but it's not a documentary it's a story based on the life of Henry.

TerrorFirmer

I think it's brilliant. Historically it's broadly accurate, with some minor, soaped up details, but it's hardly rewriting history.

Nothing particularly of interest happens in any episode, but it's just....so watchable.

Hey.

Hi there, can anyone tell me what the really cool rock song was in the TV3 ad for the Tudors where Henry and Ann where kissing. It has been wrecking me head for months now. It sounds like a really slow electric guitar (probly a better way of explaining that but hey)