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Now on iplayer - Tom Hardy in Georgian London and with some East India Company shenanigans.

Seen the first ep, not sure what to think about it yet. Some nice sets and camera work.
 
I wasn't sure what to make of it at first but by the end I was intrigued. All that dark muttering in a foreign tongue and no one wanting to mention what he got up to in Africa. It wasn't hugely gripping but I'm interested to see how it pans out.
 
I've been looking forward to this because it's written by the Peaky Blinders bloke and I love Peaky Blinders.
I'm not so sure about it yet either. It's a bit, well, melodramatic . And I HATE the music.

I'll give it another couple of episodes.
 
I watched it with words, it was interesting enough to make me watch the next one, if only to try and understand what I'm watching.

Heard an interesting piece with the director on R4
 
I enjoyed it enough for me to watch the next episode at least (and that's pretty rare for myself).

Helped by the excellent sets and clothing (Hardy could come straight off an Ann Demeulemeester runway) and being a sucker for Victorian gothic
 
I watched it and liked it. Though I wasn't sure about the part where he reanimated the corpse of the suicide victim. That gave me the creeps.
I will certainly watch it again, though. It's a bit more intriguing than some of the new January drama offerings.
 
it might be partly my fault for not paying full attention, but i got bored. the husband liked it though.

reminded me of peaky blinders and i didn't find that gripping either.
 
The article I saw about this included a photo of Tom in his smalls with many tattoos. I feel misled. Might give this a go anyway. Although I only watched one episode of peaky blinders so maybe it's not for me.

ringo said:
I like it, but I might watch the next one with the subtitles on
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Everything is better with subtitles. Not missing things to traffic noise increases my enjoyment by 10%. Spotting mistakes by 15!
 
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Just watched it after downloading it to the Sky box from the iPlayer. Liked it, and looking forward to the next episode. :)

Tom, and his father, were quite heavily involved in making this (apart from the acting).
 
I'm still not convinced - it's slower than a slow thing moving through treacle. And just as I'm starting to think "ooooh this is actually rather good" something happens to veer it over the very fine line it's walking into melodrama. And that spoils it for me :(
 
No, I'm out; too much of a slog for me, I usually love period/historical dramas and thought the 1st series of Peaky Blinders was great, but not convinced this is going anywhere that interesting.
 
It's ridiculous and the script's a load of old frayed rope. Also well up itself. But done with such irresistible style (and such irresistible Tom Hardy) I'll be following it through to the bitter end.
That cast, though! and the look! They must have spent ££££££££
 
i really wanted to like this not least because it TOM HARDY
but seriously i had to turn it off halfway through the 2nd episode, i neither know nor care what is going on or what might happen
almost as disappointing as sherlock s4
 
no issue with the pace, even managed to watch without subtitles this week :thumbs: and the plot is accessible enough (compared to say Sherlock).

Am enjoying it, particularly the bloke who demanded the largest/smallest things, I liked him.
 
Best thing Jonathan Pryce has done since crossing Highgate's main thoroughfare in the pissing rain...with an ironing board on his head(true!)
The Thames does look dark and dirty, the tall ships and general shabbiness convinced me to watch on.
I want a hat and coat like Delaney's...that's my sort of look:thumbs:
It's maybe always going to be a bit better with Ridley Scott involved.
 
I'm going to give up on it. I found E3 pretty much the same as 1 & 2 and I lost interest part way through.
 
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