… But I’m not going to even attempt to link to them all. Actually, I’m not going to link to any of them since I’m too lazy to pick and choose amongst the dozens that have shown up in the past few days. The majority of the articles were reviews, and pretty positive from the sentence or two that shows up on the Google news alert summary.
Personally, I’ve still only seen the first episode (first online and then on Showtime on Sunday) and I don’t know if I’ll get around to seeing the second one online before it airs this weekend. So, only going on one episode, I’ll say that I’m enjoying it so far. I’m an unashamed Sam Neill fan, so I’m really liking his Wolsey. The series basically seems like a Tudor-themed soap opera, but when you look at Henry VIII’s real-life marital career, it isn’t all that different from some of the characters on soaps!
Update:
Ooops! Meant to add this link to a short You Tube video about Jonathan Rhys Meyers’ previous roles and his role as Henry VIII.
Not to sound nit-picky, but JRM is Wayyyyy too short to play Henry. Henry was 6’2–and JRM, sadly, can’t be more than 5’6 or so. He is fun to watch, without doubt, but Henry was never a “weak” king, and this show likes to portray him as a “little boy” who is learning to be a strong king. Henry was formidable (in personality and stature) from the beginning. But this is something we Tudor fans already know. I guess we should just enjoy it, right?
ps–Episode Two is MUCH better than the pilot…