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On the subject of Comfort Shows/Films
Apr. 20th, 2016 07:15 amEveryone has these, the things that you put on for background noise, when you're not feeling all that together, or when you just need to feel better. These are generally things that you have watched over and over and you never seem to get sick of?
The vast majority of mine are all "historical" period pieces(the quotations are there because when it comes to the comfort pieces, authenticity or accuracy in details is not necessarily something I'm looking for). My favorite film to watch and rewatch when I am feeling down is the 13th Warrior, there's something about Ibn's struggle with the different culture and language that appeals and soothes part of me.
Another one is Showtime's The Tudors because it's a lovely, beautifully costumed train wreck. Watching the evolution of some of the actors who keep their heads through all four seasons and the different cycles of wives and all the intrigue that happens in and around all of that.
The one I was watching last night was The White Queen, which is based off the Philippa Gregory Cousins' War books. It's very female driven, which is one of my favorite parts of it, but there's so much there that happens in every episode and the intrigues and political plays and motivations are fantastic. I'd put it on because it'd been an okay but also a little tiring and I was alone in the house except for my brother who'd been asleep when I got home.
He wakes up and fixes his dinner somewhere around the part in the first-second episode where Elizabeth and her mother are being introduced to Duchess Cecily Neville and I love that scene because of the various political maneuvering that goes on in that scene. How Jacquetta of Luxembourg and Elizabeth Woodville defuse Cecily's threats calmly and for the most part, rationally.
From that point on, my brother was transfixed, asking all these questions about who they were and why this was happening and what the significance of $thing over here was. He's not as up on his English history so it was great getting to share all of that with him. He'd commented that it had a very Game of Thrones feel and I told him that was because GOT used parts of the War of the Roses/Cousins War as inspiration for his worldbuilding.
Though he also stated that I should totally rewrite English history for my novel worlds, which I had been considering only half seriously. Some of my enablers were also encouraging this so we shall see what shakes out.
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The vast majority of mine are all "historical" period pieces(the quotations are there because when it comes to the comfort pieces, authenticity or accuracy in details is not necessarily something I'm looking for). My favorite film to watch and rewatch when I am feeling down is the 13th Warrior, there's something about Ibn's struggle with the different culture and language that appeals and soothes part of me.
Another one is Showtime's The Tudors because it's a lovely, beautifully costumed train wreck. Watching the evolution of some of the actors who keep their heads through all four seasons and the different cycles of wives and all the intrigue that happens in and around all of that.
The one I was watching last night was The White Queen, which is based off the Philippa Gregory Cousins' War books. It's very female driven, which is one of my favorite parts of it, but there's so much there that happens in every episode and the intrigues and political plays and motivations are fantastic. I'd put it on because it'd been an okay but also a little tiring and I was alone in the house except for my brother who'd been asleep when I got home.
He wakes up and fixes his dinner somewhere around the part in the first-second episode where Elizabeth and her mother are being introduced to Duchess Cecily Neville and I love that scene because of the various political maneuvering that goes on in that scene. How Jacquetta of Luxembourg and Elizabeth Woodville defuse Cecily's threats calmly and for the most part, rationally.
From that point on, my brother was transfixed, asking all these questions about who they were and why this was happening and what the significance of $thing over here was. He's not as up on his English history so it was great getting to share all of that with him. He'd commented that it had a very Game of Thrones feel and I told him that was because GOT used parts of the War of the Roses/Cousins War as inspiration for his worldbuilding.
Though he also stated that I should totally rewrite English history for my novel worlds, which I had been considering only half seriously. Some of my enablers were also encouraging this so we shall see what shakes out.
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