tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post5977308939258478211..comments2024-02-25T09:45:48.931-05:00Comments on Lally's Alley: THE BORGIASLallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-30408879107555734672011-04-10T10:56:26.224-04:002011-04-10T10:56:26.224-04:00Yeah, that was one of their "creative decisio...Yeah, that was one of their "creative decisions" to cast Irons and not give him padding or cast some obese in the part. But that was true of the Tudors too, with the almost "beautiful" Jonathan Rhys Meyers playing fat and not so beautiful Henry VIII. It's a cable tradition now, though the Brits (or often the Irish speaking in their best imitation of the upperclass Brits who ironically oppressed them for centuries, basically because, dare I say it, there's more attractive Irish actors or Irish-descended "English" actors than there are attractive English actors) have been depicting the rulers of classic empires in Hollywood since sound was introduced into film.Lallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-85814105647845602242011-04-10T07:44:16.412-04:002011-04-10T07:44:16.412-04:00Never mind the son not looking young enough to mat...Never mind the son not looking young enough to match the historical record---the real Pope Alex was apparently grossly obese. I thought it would have been great fun had they put Jeremy Irons in one of those Eddie Murphy fat suits for this series.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01644078011847445299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-82605049271703373102011-04-08T10:36:59.106-04:002011-04-08T10:36:59.106-04:00Just that, if I remember correctly from my boyhood...Just that, if I remember correctly from my boyhood, 1492 was the year Columbus "sailed the ocean blue"—but this date that's significant to the Borgia papacy and thus the series, wasn't mentioned, so I was hmmmming about the possibilities not explored, but perhaps to be explored in future episodes, of the impact the "discovery" of "America" had on European relationships and the spread of Protestantism.Lallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-55545303784597631322011-04-08T06:15:12.034-04:002011-04-08T06:15:12.034-04:00I'm curious about the "hmmm" on 1492...I'm curious about the "hmmm" on 1492 ...Harryn Studioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00592303553321006869noreply@blogger.com