| Hunlion | 22 Jan 2015 11:30 a.m. PST |
I just watched the first part of a TV series called "Wolf Hall" Its about the life of Thomas Cromwell in the time of Henry VIII. Its Quite intense and slow moving and at the same time gripping. Recommended. Hunlion |
| Vespasian28 | 24 Jan 2015 2:03 p.m. PST |
Loved the books and this looks like good TV too! |
| mashrewba | 05 Feb 2015 8:04 a.m. PST |
Loving this -apparently the media back lash is based on a tweet from a dim wit who didn't understand it. It is superb. |
| Robert Burke | 05 Feb 2015 8:11 p.m. PST |
I read that it shows Cromwell in a good light and Sir Thomas Moore in a very bad light. If that's true, so much for historical accuracy! |
| mashrewba | 06 Feb 2015 1:00 a.m. PST |
Cromwell is coming out as a bit of a bruiser now -I've read this to and I'm confused as More is portrayed as a man of principle and belief and Cromwell as a fixer.'A Man for all Seasons' is the antidote!! Still a great drama. |
| Robert Burke | 06 Feb 2015 9:30 p.m. PST |
"A Man For All Seasons" is one of my favorite movies of all time! |
| sumerandakkad | 08 Feb 2015 3:54 p.m. PST |
Wolf Hall is a bit slow though I am not gripped by it. I like it, it is interesting and there hasn't been anything like it on TV for a while that I can recall.
I wouldn't think it as historically accurate as it is only the authors view of things. |
| Gwydion | 10 Feb 2015 4:38 p.m. PST |
Depends what you mean by historically accurate. The 'events' happened – the reasons imputed to people's actions in them are another matter. They are as open to interpretation as they ever were. A lot depends on whether you think the Protestant Reformation was a 'good thing' or not (whatever the reason for its promulgation in Britain), Discuss :^) |
| mashrewba | 11 Feb 2015 8:13 a.m. PST |
After I have watched Wolf Hall the telly is reclaimed by the rest of the family and it's wall to wall Made in Chelsea, Kardashians,Essex, Georgie Shore, Bake offs, next top models and endless bastards in kitchens going through to the next round. Wolf Hall is an oasis as far as I'm concerned!! |
| Bill N | 12 Feb 2015 10:50 a.m. PST |
If it has come to my part of the U.S., I haven't been able to locate it. Since I am not a big Thomas More fan, I am looking for anything that is willing to that challenges the "Man for All Seasons" myth. |
| mashrewba | 12 Feb 2015 11:27 a.m. PST |
Latest episode More v Cromwell was excellent -I think you'd have liked it Bill N!!
In fact a friend of mine is an extra in this -he was at More's trial nodding sagely and was also present at the burning of a heretic that More sent to stake. |
| Jefthing | 12 Feb 2015 1:39 p.m. PST |
You will like this then Bill! Never liked the way More, who loved a bit of torture in his spare room, was whitewashed in A Man For All Seasons. When choosing school for the offspring a few years ago, one of the choices was the local Catholic school which had a shrine to More. I took great delight in pointing out More's habits and asked if that sort of man was an appropriate role model. |
| mashrewba | 12 Feb 2015 2:43 p.m. PST |
The "no harm" confrontation in More's cell was superb. |
| Vespasian28 | 27 Feb 2015 9:16 a.m. PST |
All over now until Hilary Mantel finishes the third book.
I will miss Master Cromwell and what has been a fantastic piece of television. |
| Henry Martini | 27 Feb 2015 6:53 p.m. PST |
Moore like a Maldives of quality in an ever-rising ocean of dross, Mashrewba; don't get swamped. |
| mashrewba | 28 Feb 2015 6:49 a.m. PST |
Thanks Henry – to be honest when all that stuff is on I pop up to 'The Soldier Room'!! |
begins his series on how to paint a 15mm DBA army well, in a reasonable time frame.