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Kyra Smith at 10:20 on 2010-02-19

Hurrah for the random review! I love it!

Although I can't help but notice you're blatantly using it as an excuse to confess liking for terrible stuff ;)

And I totally know what you mean about The Tudors - I like it, and I hate myself for liking it.

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Sister Magpie at 15:01 on 2010-02-19

Heh. I have seen both The Tudors and Legion--which I saw for work. Wrote my own sort of review about it for the job but it still hasn't been okayed yet. My biggest complaint about the movie--leaving aside that it made no sense (why on earth does the baby save everyone???? Why on earth did Dennis Quaid buy that diner in the first place???) my biggest complaint was that the two most likable characters died first.

The Tudors really is one of those special shows that is so so so horrible and yet I keep watching it.

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Daniel Hemmens at 16:32 on 2010-02-19

how they got away with calling eight episodes "a season" remains a mystery

It's a UK thing. Over here TV shows tend to run in six-episode "series" rather than twelve-plus episode "seasons". For the Tudors they appear to have split the difference and kept the US terminology.

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Viorica at 18:04 on 2010-02-19

Although I can't help but notice you're blatantly using it as an excuse to confess liking for terrible stuff ;)

I'm afraid that has more to do with my constant consumption of terrible stuff. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your POV) the phone didn't catch me in the middle of reading Antonia Fraser.

re: series/seasons, don't most shows run in twelve/thirteen-episode series? All the British shows I watch- Merlin, Doctor Who, Torchwood- all seem to come in thirteen-episode series wheras American shows get twenty-odd episodes per season. Anyway, The Tudors is a Showtime show, which I think is American, and their seasons vary- I know Queer and Folk mostly had twentysomething seasons.

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Andy G at 18:12 on 2010-02-19

re: series/seasons, don't most shows run in twelve/thirteen-episode series? All the British shows I watch- Merlin, Doctor Who, Torchwood- all seem to come in thirteen-episode series wheras American shows get twenty-odd episodes per season.

Those shows are all examples of BBC flagship shows which get lavished with money and given the American treatment so that they can be marketed internationally. Six is far more common, especially for comedy.

On the other hand, lots of American shows (especially HBO) tend to have shorter seasons - The Wire, The Sopranos, Rome for instance.

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