The Borgias -- 2 Hour Premiere -- "The Poisoned Chalice/The Assassin" -- 4/03/11
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The Borgias -- 2 Hour Premiere -- "The Poisoned Chalice/The Assassin" -- 4/03/11
By djariya at 2011-04-03
Synopsis for episode 1 and 2:
Spoiler:
9 episode season
Starring:
Jeremy Irons
Colm Feore
Derek Jacobi
Joanne Whalley
David Oakes
Written, Created and Executive Produced by Neil Jordan (The Crying Game)
Episode 1 and 2 Directed by Neil Jordan
Trailer:
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Re: The Borgias -- 2 Hour Premiere -- "The Poisoned Chalice/The Assassin" -- 4/03/11
It's weird hearing Within Temptation used to promote this show.
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Re: The Borgias -- 2 Hour Premiere -- "The Poisoned Chalice/The Assassin" -- 4/03/11
Out of all the original shows that Showtime greenlights, this looks quite expensive like The Tudors. Surprised they greenlit an odd number of episodes (9)
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Re: The Borgias -- 2 Hour Premiere -- "The Poisoned Chalice/The Assassin" -- 4/03/11
http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-al...-as-soap-opera
I read Alan Sepinwall's review of this show and he's not a fan at all. He also said he wasn't a fan of The Tudors either.
I read Alan Sepinwall's review of this show and he's not a fan at all. He also said he wasn't a fan of The Tudors either.
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Re: The Borgias -- 2 Hour Premiere -- "The Poisoned Chalice/The Assassin" -- 4/03/11
^ Yeah, saw that the other day. I follow Sepinwall's reviews quite closely, so was a bit disappointed to hear this. Either way, I plan to check it out and judge for myself.
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Re: The Borgias -- 2 Hour Premiere -- "The Poisoned Chalice/The Assassin" -- 4/03/11
I personally enjoyed it. a tad slow, but aren't most pilots that way when they have to set everything up for the remainder of the series?
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Re: The Borgias -- 2 Hour Premiere -- "The Poisoned Chalice/The Assassin" -- 4/03/11
http://www.deadline.com/2011/04/the-...n/#more-119895
Surprisingly this did quite well. 1.06M for the 9-11pm airing. 1.49 with the 11pm encore.
I'll try to get around to this sometime today. There was alot of stuff last night.
Surprisingly this did quite well. 1.06M for the 9-11pm airing. 1.49 with the 11pm encore.
I'll try to get around to this sometime today. There was alot of stuff last night.
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Re: The Borgias -- 2 Hour Premiere -- "The Poisoned Chalice/The Assassin" -- 4/03/11
I thought it was pretty good. I was a bit surprised how sympathetically Rodrigo Borgia was presented, though. With his Cesare and Micheletto running around getting all of the blood on their hands while dad maintains plausible deniability.
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Re: The Borgias -- 2 Hour Premiere -- "The Poisoned Chalice/The Assassin" -- 4/03/11
It's a subject/era that I didn't think I'd enjoy, but I thought this was pretty good. Jeremy Irons was great.
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Re: The Borgias -- 2 Hour Premiere -- "The Poisoned Chalice/The Assassin" -- 4/03/11
I also really liked this a lot.
Good stuff.
Good stuff.