The Tudors

[LurkerNan]

When he was staring at the swans, I thought he was thinking how beautiful they were. I guess he was just thinking "Wonder how they taste...". Just shows how little empathy he had for anyone.

[Wol]

Jun 2, 2008 11:53:29 GMT -4 Augustus said:

And nice symbolic ending with Henry stuffing himself.

I really liked this, too. Just a great image of what's to come.

[abigail]

I thought he was staring at the swans thinking about how his and Anne's love used to be. ( Swans mate and take a mate for life ) The two swans floating around together in love. Then when I saw one swan on the platter ( I presummed the female swan ) I thought it was symbolic of him killing Anne, killing their love. He devoured the swan as he devoured Anne. Leaving the male swan alone.

[Neurochick]

In that last scene, when they brought out that huge tray, I excpected Anne's head to be inside. It was a bizzare last scene, Henry stuffing himself while everybody applauded.

[Augustus]

The last scene of Henry stuffing himself was IMO quite symbolic. It shows how gluttonous he is.

Swans are beautiful, pure, loyal and mate for life, things he wants, longs for and for a while had in possession. Everything he wants, he will have and devour, whether it is love, wealth or power. And the swans could represent both him and Anne as his future betrothal to Jane.

I don't know whether anybody else noticed this trivia, but the swans in the lake were not the same as on the table.

[Deleted]

See the king in the flesh on January 30 (in New York). Is it worth braving the squealing crowds and paying $65 for the cologne (in order to get a pic with him)? You decide.

[Deleted]

Soooo....am I the only one still watching this rip-roaring bastardization of Renaissance history? Series three premiere was last night, and you can see it on YouTube for free.

I really miss Anne. She grew on me a lot; it's funny, in the first season I thought she was really fug, but the actress did make her charismatic and charming, thus making her seem more attractive, which was exactly what happened with the real Anne. But anyways, she added a real spark to the show, and the one we've got now, Jane Seymour, is BOR-to the-ING.

I still like the show, if merely for the costume porn, but I do think they're going to have trouble keeping it as fun as it was in Seasons One and Two. Henry's later wives were pretty unimportant when compared with Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn, and plus this is about the time when he stopped being the rockstar hottie and instead became the tyrant who went completely bonkers.

[Augustus]

Oh no, I'm also watching it. Charles Brandon is the sole reason why I watch now. Heh.

[Peggy Lane]

Lord, that man is almost unbearably pretty, isn't he? I'm almost hoping that, since The Tudors isn't loyal to history anyway, they let him hook up with the Princess Mary so that the poor girl has a little bit of fun in life.

If done right, Catherine Parr should be a good story. She had Anne's intelligence and wit, and was desperately in love with someone else. Poor little Katherine Howard is a horrible story.

If you have Comcast, episode two is on demand. I'm glad the violence this season has been less (I'm sure that will change) since I spent a good part of season two with my hands covering my eyes. I can't STAND watching people be tortured, especially when I know it actually happened.

[kateln]

Yeah--what was it?

Katherine of Aragorn--was only about 5 years Henry's senior. Married to his older brother, but that marriage was never consumated. It was, by all accounts, a true love match. Until they both got older and he met Anne Boelyn. Oh--and she only gave him a daughter. The way he treated her and Mary after their divorce was horrendous--would actually make a great movie.

Anne Boelyn--wouldn't sleep with the King until he agreed to make her his queen. Miscarried a boy at least once. Obviously--the mother of Elizabeth I. Was locked away for "witch-craft" and un-natural acts with her brother. Then beheaded.

Jane dies in childbirth--giving Henry his only son. Really that's all there is to say about her. Oh, and she's the one buried next to him.

Anne of Cleves--it was not a love match. He married her to strengthen foreign relations, picked her b/c she "wasn't so ugly" then when she got there she appalled him. I don't think it was ever consumated.

Katherine Howard--was in love with (again correct me) a gardener? Basically she was sold to Henry as a virgin, and then out came the truth that she wasn't and was cheating on Henry. She, and many members of her family were beheaded.

Catherine Parr--was a widow, as smart as Anne, and came pretty damn close to losing her head a time or two. Outlived Henry and married someone else after his death.

See, what I was hoping for--on the first season of the show--was that it would show Henry & Catherine of Aragorn's life together. Because we all know and can imagine the historic soap opera of Anne & Henry. But Catherine & Henry has never been examined. Oh well, I will say that "The Tudors" is a lot of good trashy, rumpy-pumpy.