Comments on: ‘The Tudors’ recap: Show of Hans

By: tryecrot

tryecrot — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:10:44 +0000

Yes there should realize the opportunity to RSS commentary, quite simply, CMS is another on the blog.

By: ash

ash — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:58:58 +0000

P.S. I’ll watch anything with Henry Cavill. I still think the makers of True Blood made a huge mistake not casting him as Alcide. Sob.

By: ash

ash — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:57:40 +0000

It’s not meant to be an accurate depiction of the life of Henry VIII.
It’s entertainment and they’vr changed things because they could. As long as the people involved admit that it’s not accurate (which they do) i don’t see what’s wrong with it.

By: jb

jb — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:42:08 +0000

Yes, and killing off Henry’s sister Mary (called Margaret on the show) deletes the future of one the best dramas in the Tudor history – she was Lady Jane Grey’s grandmother and only possible link to the the English throne.

By: pop

pop — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:30:05 +0000

i really want to love this show, but i can’t eventhough i still watch it. the facts are way off. but i can’t get over the bad acting and over the top storylines. JR meyers is not masculine for henry. i actually like him, but i think he is mis-cast for this role. i can’t get over that he is not ginger! it’s like doing a film about elizabeth 1 who has black hair! they could have atleast dyed his hair. henry cavil is a HOT piece! i hope the show gets better but it prob won’t. PS: to the merchant ivory haters, they made some great films that did push the bondaries. you should check them out.

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:56:06 +0000

I am obsessed with anything to do with Henry VIII. So this season and last I have noticed some MAJOR inaccuracies. Some made me pretty angry. Then I had to accept that this is historical fiction. Season 1 had tons of inaccuracies. The biggest one right now is that Henry’s sister Mary should be alive and married to Brandon. Margaret should be married to the King of Scotland. Putting the inaccuracies aside, this is a really great show. I look forward to it every week.

By: mr. face value

mr. face value — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:50:02 +0000

After reading the bloggers’ complaints about all the inaccuracies, I guess I just have to watch The Tudors and take everything at face value and go with the entertainment factor. Forget the facts, Showtime has taken historical license to a whole new level.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:57:19 +0000

Sadly I have to wait until the CBC in Canada starts to show the second season. It hasn’t been announced yet. Looks like I’ll have to wait a little longer for my fill of Henry Cavil. So hot!

By: Lila

Lila — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:24:37 +0000

Dear Anon: It’s funny how you slam the “Merchant-Ivory-ing” of the past, when it’s Merchant-Ivory that had so many groundbreaking gay plotlines in their heritage films. Sure, there were a lot of “men in white linen” and “women in frothy dresses,” but it only hid the subversiveness of these pictures.

By: Aubry

Aubry — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:13:10 +0000

Hey, hey, hey, I don’t think anyone here is saying that history wasn’t full of “f-bombs or swear words” or sex or that there weren’t homosexuals in Tudor England. What we’re saying is that there were so many true-life stories like these for Showtime to mine, that it seems silly for them to go an make things up. On a side note, I do wonder how the “f-bomb” was used in the 1500s. A friend told me that, though it was in use, it’s actually used incorrectly on the show. Any ideas?