10-15-2018, 03:06 PM
Kinda got into this show over the weekend. It's about the Medicis (duh) and seems to take a few flagrant liberties with the history to make it into this soap opera, plus I don't like Cosimo (who reminds me of a bad Colin Farrell) nor Lorenzo (who reminds me of a bad Hugh Jackman). The big name is Dustin Hoffman as Giovanni, who pulls a Capt. Georgiou in the first few minutes of ep 1, but then reappears in a ton of flashbacks. There's some nudity and so far (only a few eps deep) one quick sword fight. Lots of backstabbing tho. Mostly, it's about the construction of Duomo di Firenze, so we all know how it's going to end because both me and Greg have climbed to the top of that (Greg when he was but a wee lad, a young strong buck, me but a few months ago when I was already an old broken fart). Maybe they'll pull a Tarantino and rewrite history. Unlikely. They're gonna finish the dome - it's just a matter of how long to milk that story arc. Nevertheless, it's fun to see Firenze, even if its mostly CGI Firenze (Duomo sans dome). I'm hoping for more swordfights, maybe a bit more nudity and lots more gratuitous CGI Firenze, even if some stuff doesn't quite line up right. They did shoot some stuff on location because it is an Italian co-production with Britain.
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