The Great

merc wrote:

The humour is a bit coarse and teen-sexual ( but innocent) but Elle Fanning, who I had never heard of is a delight. The theme of the show is about Catherine wanting to instigate a coup and displace Peter the not-so-great who has the mind of a teenager and create a modern Russia. There is a Count Orlov who is a spitting image for Janzo from the Outpost but they are not the same actor

I'm not sure I'll watch the show (the trailer isn't bad but... I don't know), but what I find really impressive is how you could have missed everything Elle Fanning was in over the years!

i totally dont get this show, all the extra bits but yet anti-realist. Why bother with that kind of setting? :s

Gin Lane shows its citizens consumed by the evils of overindulgence – in the foreground, a gin-addled mother lets her child fall to its death, while an emaciated and inebriated ballad-seller ironically peddles pamphlets entitled ‘The Downfall of Mrs. Gin.’

Noon, depicts the culture clash between the capital’s upper and lower echelons of society — on the right hand side of the work, the elegant French Huguenots exit a church outfitted in high fashion, and across the street, a group of English folk cavort outside a pie shop.

dominar wrote:

i totally dont get this show, all the extra bits but yet anti-realist. Why bother with that kind of setting? :s

I didn't get it either; it's obviously not supposed to be a historical drama, but if it's supposed to be a comedy drama, I couldn't find the comedy after watching the first thee episodes.

No matter, we can't all like the same shows but interested what it is trying to be?