Anyone else looking forward to The Tudors on Showtime? (merged)
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Anyone else looking forward to The Tudors on Showtime?
Looks like it's going to have lots of sex and violence. Who doesn't like that combo? I can only hope it's up to the quality of a show like Rome. I also think that slowly but surely with shows like Dexter, Weeds, and The Tudors and with HBO losing The Sopranos, Rome, and Deadwood, that Showtime is becoming what HBO used to be. They need to come up with a night to make their own like HBO did with Sundays.
http://www.sho.com/site/tudors/home....rce=shocom_nav
http://www.sho.com/site/tudors/home....rce=shocom_nav
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I'm planning on giving the show at least a trial run. I have no doubt that it will look great in HD, and having just recently bought a new TV, I'm seeking out HD programming wherever I can. But I also agree with you about the emergence of Showtime. The network has really made a lot of strides in the last few years. I don't think the gap between HBO and Showtime has ever been smaller. But despite that, it still seems like there aren't a whole lot of Showtime subscribers out there. What are you guys waiting for?
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I'm really hoping this is good, and agree about Showtime catching up with HBO. I just switched to Comcast and have both HBO and Showtime for the first month, but I will be dropping one. A few years ago, it would have been a no brainer, but I really, really liked Dexter and this looks like it might be excellent also. My HBO shows were Deadwood, Six Feet Under, and Carnivale, and to a lesser extent Rome, but they're all pretty much over. I'm thinking it will be Showtime until/unless HBO comes up with some new good dramas.
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With Rome and The Sopranos ending soon - and since I always pick up Curb Your Enthusiasm seasons on DVD anyway - in the near future I'll have no reason to keep paying for HBO anymore. If they ever actually follow through with the Pacific Theater version of Band of Brothers I might come back.
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Looks like a re-working of A Man For All Seasons. Sounds good, but I'm not getting Showtime for 1 show, so I'll wait for DVDs.
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The more I see their promos during regular programming the less I want to watch it.
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Originally Posted by Super J
The first two episodes are already on demand for anyone who's interested.
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I found this on Imdb posted by a dude named bwmercer
"On March 19 -- two weeks before the show’s April 1 premiere on the network -- the two Tudors episodes will be available via free VOD on Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, Cablevision Systems, Mediacom Communications, Atlantic Broadband, Bright House Networks, RCN and other operators.
At the same time, Internet users will be able to watch them via streaming video at Amazon.com’s Internet Movie Database -- the first time that site has ever streamed a full-length episode of a TV show -- as well as Netflix’s Watch Now, Yahoo, Microsoft’s MSN, CBS’ Innertube, Brightcove, CNET Networks’ TV.com and MeeVee.com."
I watched the first one on Brightcove. Its pretty damn good.
"On March 19 -- two weeks before the show’s April 1 premiere on the network -- the two Tudors episodes will be available via free VOD on Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, Cablevision Systems, Mediacom Communications, Atlantic Broadband, Bright House Networks, RCN and other operators.
At the same time, Internet users will be able to watch them via streaming video at Amazon.com’s Internet Movie Database -- the first time that site has ever streamed a full-length episode of a TV show -- as well as Netflix’s Watch Now, Yahoo, Microsoft’s MSN, CBS’ Innertube, Brightcove, CNET Networks’ TV.com and MeeVee.com."
I watched the first one on Brightcove. Its pretty damn good.
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The first two episodes are online:
http://www.sho.com/site/vip/home.do
Code: "King"
Also the Tudors Royal Treatment Sweepstakes if your interested...
http://www.sho.com/site/promotions/t...shomepagepromo
http://www.sho.com/site/vip/home.do
Code: "King"
Also the Tudors Royal Treatment Sweepstakes if your interested...
http://www.sho.com/site/promotions/t...shomepagepromo
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Originally Posted by marty888
Here in NYC, Time Warner cable has a "free movies on demand" channel, and currently the first two episodes are being offered - which means you do not need to be a Showtime subscriber to check these out. (I'll be taking a look in the next week or so.)
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I got the preview disk from Blockbuster and the third episode is hot. There was also a preview of scenes from the fourth on the showtime site in their madlib game and i think we will start seeing some kikn violence midseason. I also noticed they are going to be replaying the Dexter series during the Tudor run. I am so glad i got Showtime!
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I watched Episode 1 tonight and thought it was pretty good but not great. Certainly good enough to keep me watching, though, and between Cardinal Wolsey and Thomas More and Buckingham and Henry's many wives, there's more than enough intrigue and excitement for a series.
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I think this series' biggest problem is going to be people's lack of history knowledge. As I watched, I was thinking that if you didn't know the history from that era, you'd be really really lost.
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Originally Posted by DVD Josh
I think this series' biggest problem is going to be people's lack of history knowledge. As I watched, I was thinking that if you didn't know the history from that era, you'd be really really lost.
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Originally Posted by manicmyk
What exactly would you have to know? I think they set it up pretty well for the layman.
The story isnt really history driven...all you need to know is that Buckingham thinks he should be king, and we should all hate France...now lets see some TITS!!!!
But yes, I do plan on going to Wiki and figuring out the whole Tudor vs. Buckingham thing. Most people wont, however.
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I was going to watch it last night, but I had problem with my DISH network. Some channels came up error (including HBO, HBOP, SHOW, SHOWP, Discovery Channel, etc...) GRR..