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Da Vinci's Demons |OT| Of the Renaissance Era Batman - Fridays - 10 - Starz
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Cornballer
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RatskyWatsky
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Season finale tonight!
Cornballer
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I'm excited about the finale tonight. Starz played reruns of last week's episode a few times this week, so I watched it again last night.
RatskyWatsky
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8 episode first seasons are pretty common for Starz series.
a secret-boss
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well saw the finale. man wat a cliffhanger
Cornballer
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Oh that's right - the leak. Guess I'll bail out of the thread until I've seen it.
Cornballer
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a secret-boss
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The only thing I remember from Assassin's Creed was the Medici killing.
At least there's a fight scene
At least there's a fight scene
Cornballer
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Hmmmm, bit of a letdown after last week. I can understand leaving a few loose ends before the new season, but that's a ridiculous cliffhanger. How many times does Giuliano have to die on this show? :/ Anyway, I felt like they lost a lot of momentum and the pacing/plotting were way off. Oh well, it garnered enough good will from me to watch next season when it's on.
RatskyWatsky
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I hate cliffhangers like that and dammit, they brought Giuliano back only to kill him off again!
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Seriously. That is not how you end a season. :/
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Seriously. That is not how you end a season. :/
Tokubetsu
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This is how I felt as well. It was basically all build up to a boiling point that we never got. Also bringing Guliano back, just to kill him back feels really cheap and like a spit to the face.
The perfect example of how NOT to end a season. You want to sum up at least some part of the plot or a conclusion to an event while teasing the next chapter for the next season with a cliffhanger. That was just cliffhangers all around with no real satisfying end.
Still enjoy the show due to its setting and Lucrezia who has me absolutely in love like no other actress on TV for some reason. Absolutely gorgeous AND she plays a badass character. She's a younger and prettier Angelina Jolie to me.
I'm hoping shows like this one convince other people to get creative with their settings. Whether strictly historical or loosely based on history, there's nothing better than to relive the past and piece together parts of real history you know with the crazy events and characters of a show. That's why "Rome" will always be in my top five shows of all time, but I guess these shows based around history cost a shitload to do though much like Rome. Hopefully cheaper and more believable CGI can help bring more of these shows to fruition.
Still enjoy the show due to its setting and Lucrezia who has me absolutely in love like no other actress on TV for some reason. Absolutely gorgeous AND she plays a badass character. She's a younger and prettier Angelina Jolie to me.
I'm hoping shows like this one convince other people to get creative with their settings. Whether strictly historical or loosely based on history, there's nothing better than to relive the past and piece together parts of real history you know with the crazy events and characters of a show. That's why "Rome" will always be in my top five shows of all time, but I guess these shows based around history cost a shitload to do though much like Rome. Hopefully cheaper and more believable CGI can help bring more of these shows to fruition.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Quite the cliffhanger. But they really shouldn't have left so many things unresolved, we didn't get any resolution whatsoever. Almost felt like the type of episode you would have before a season finale.
Napoleonthechimp
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I believe Rome's expensive set burning down to the ground was the leading cause of that show's demise, so yeah, these period pieces, even using CGI, tend to be incredibly expensive.
It's good, there isn't much criticism against it except that they did not resolve any of the storylines for season 1 in the end.
The main cast is strong, even some of the secondary characters are good too.
There is some fantasy in it, what I like about the fantasy elements is its not in your face it always comes as a subtle pleasant surprise and makes perfect sense.
dead souls
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Kind of a cheesy cliffhanger but other than that a good finale. I never in a million years would've thought this show would be as good as it is, but so far it's my second favorite new show of 2013 (after Hannibal).
I loved that Giuliano was alive and it made his subsequent death even more shocking.
I loved that Giuliano was alive and it made his subsequent death even more shocking.
Cornballer
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A few more takes on the finale:
- IGN
- Zap2It
- TV.com
Interview:
- Interview with Da Vinci's Demons' Laura Haddock
- IGN
- Zap2It
- TV.com
Interview:
- Interview with Da Vinci's Demons' Laura Haddock
RatskyWatsky
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Sorry! I promise to end season 2 on a better note!
Whoa, really? Have you seen Banshee or Orphan Black? (my top two so far)
dead souls
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Nope haven't watched either of those, though I've heard great things about both. New 2013 shows I've watched in the order I liked them: Hannibal, Da Vinci, The Following, Defiance, The Americans, Family Tree.
RatskyWatsky
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I lived my first 31 years of life in Florence, and it's quite entertaining to see this crazy twists on all the history and characters we were taught about in school and just usual florentine lore which is always talked out. I guess that automatically spoils lots of thing to me even without looking up (knew from the start that Giuliano was gonna survive Lucretia's stab unless they would strand greatly from factual history, although the Pazzi's scheme, named "La congiura dei Pazzi" was to big of an historical event to be ignored by the show.)
Leonardo Da Vinci is considered the utmost pride of our city, but also Lorenzo is always depicted as the best leader of our golden age. Still todays many children are named Lorenzo and Leonardo after those great two. Like everybody in Florence still loves them, seriously.
There are many errors going around in the show, both historical and in the scenery (some places didn't look like this in those days since they are more recent by far, like Piazza della Signoria which was much smaller and was enlarged only in Italian unification, 4 centuries later), but overall this show had a special meaning for me, seeing all the time places I passed by uncountable times in my life and a fantasy renditions of characters I heard of and read about uncountable times, on top of all their portraits in museums; and I must say it portrays Renaissance Florence MUCH better than Assassins Creed
Leonardo Da Vinci is considered the utmost pride of our city, but also Lorenzo is always depicted as the best leader of our golden age. Still todays many children are named Lorenzo and Leonardo after those great two. Like everybody in Florence still loves them, seriously.
There are many errors going around in the show, both historical and in the scenery (some places didn't look like this in those days since they are more recent by far, like Piazza della Signoria which was much smaller and was enlarged only in Italian unification, 4 centuries later), but overall this show had a special meaning for me, seeing all the time places I passed by uncountable times in my life and a fantasy renditions of characters I heard of and read about uncountable times, on top of all their portraits in museums; and I must say it portrays Renaissance Florence MUCH better than Assassins Creed
dead souls
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I knew that one would raise some eyebrows, but I thought The Americans was just so damn boring. The Following's dumb fun easily trumped it in my book, though I realize that's a minority opinion to say the very least.
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NotTheGuyYouKill
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That fucking ending. Wow. Great episode. Guiliano was such a boss... died once, came back, blew the lid off the conspiracy, died again. Also liked seeing Lucrezia get fucking ethered by Leo. Oh, and her dad is the Pope's brother!? Though I called that to myself for some reason when I saw the Pope walking to his jail cell.
Wonder what happens to Lucrezia now that Lorenzo knows she's a traitor and that Leo was fucking her.
Haha, holy crap.
Wonder what happens to Lucrezia now that Lorenzo knows she's a traitor and that Leo was fucking her.
Haha, holy crap.
that cliffhanger ending really fucking hurts
No doubt! What if it wasn't renewed?
One of the lamer season finales from STARZ because of that ending.
Oh well, looking forward to S2.
2014 is going to be a kick-ass year for cable TV.
Cornballer
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Net_Wrecker
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Only just caught up and finished the season.
EL OH EL at that finale. Not only bringing Giulino back after episode 7 just to kill him anyway, but leaving the cliffhanger THERE? And yet, I'll be back next season because it's a fun show for the most part.
EL OH EL at that finale. Not only bringing Giulino back after episode 7 just to kill him anyway, but leaving the cliffhanger THERE? And yet, I'll be back next season because it's a fun show for the most part.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Yeah, it becomes pretty awesome. Tons of fun. I think the Dracula episode was the best, but the finale was pretty epic.
Cornballer
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It's fun and certainly improves as the season goes on. Worth checking out, imo.
RatskyWatsky
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It's kind of a mix of both. It's serialized, but there are also self contained stories in each episode.
dead souls
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Agreed. I'm looking forward to season two.
RatskyWatsky
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Just a reminder - the season 1 Blu Ray comes out this Tuesday!
Cornballer
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Yup, they're out today.
RatskyWatsky
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RatskyWatsky
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Da Vinci's Demons has won the Emmy's for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music and Outstanding Main Title Design!
Just saw Bear's tweets about this. I assume that tonight was the "other awards" before the televised show?
Haven't watched this series, but I have listened to some of the tracks, cause I'm a big Bear McCreary fan. Great stuff as usual, emmy's been long overdue for him.
RatskyWatsky
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The Creative Arts Emmy's, yes.
dead souls
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And a well deserved win it was. The theme and credits are amazing.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Yes, it is definitely well-deserved. The opening sequence is absolutely gorgeous with such beautiful music. Congrats to the team! That's probably my favourite television opening right now. When I was watching DVD, I'd watch the credits sequence a couple of times before each episode cause I liked it so much.
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