"A&E's Mini Series on Napoleon" Topic

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Mithmee	03 Jul 2019 10:41 p.m. PST
So I found this over on youtube: YouTube link The 2002 A&E mini series from back when A&E actually did some decent stuff. Complete and over 6 hours long.
Old Contemptible	04 Jul 2019 1:22 a.m. PST
I got bored with it. It was more soap opera than anything else. Battles were secondary. Very disappointed with it.
Artilleryman	04 Jul 2019 2:37 a.m. PST
It was not too bad, but the military aspects were treated with a very simple brush. Keep your powder dry for the Spielberg effort based on Kubrick's script.
14Bore	04 Jul 2019 3:55 a.m. PST
I remember getting excited for it then saw a little and was disappointed.
Dynaman8789	04 Jul 2019 7:32 a.m. PST
It was not my cup of tea but it was historical at least.
Mithmee	04 Jul 2019 7:44 a.m. PST
Oh and far better than anything that either A&E or the History channels are putting out today.
MaggieC70	04 Jul 2019 9:21 a.m. PST
If you get Amazon's Prime Video, it is there as well, without commercials. I agree that it's more Harlequin/Mills & Boon than military, but sometimes you take what you can get.
Gunfreak	04 Jul 2019 2:24 p.m. PST
I've watched it before, and me and the wife are watching it again now. As others have said, it's more about Napoleon's love life than anything else. I had also forgot how tv it felt, I remembered it more with a movie quality. But it's basically just a more boring more expensive version of Hornblower. The Heroes and Villains Napoleon episode was actually quite good.

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