Versailles - it was shit wasn't it?

[ArgyMargy]

Genuine question actually. I only lasted about 15 minutes until the endless sex, ugly men and confusing "plot" got too much. This programme has been made by a French channel in English for goodness knows what kind of audience, and the BBC was dumb enough to buy it.

Ah right I see. Thanks.

Genuinely terrible! But this review was hilarious - so kind of made it worth while www.culturewhisper.com/r/article/versailles_bbc2_review/7181

It was hard to follow and a bit grim. All the men seemed to have long straggly hair and thin moustaches. Didn't like the violence, prefer not to know or see it but like the history items.

I love the opening song though.

Here we go....

Hmmm not much change this week!

Does that story have historical accuracy, did the Queen have a black baby by her dwarf fool?

BeJay

www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/06/05/dwarves-sex-and-spies-how-historically-accurate-is-versailles/

Thank you! It answered all the questions in my head. 👍
I am greatly entertained by this programme 😀

I loved it, just watched both episodes and loved it. The dreamy decadent feel to it - soundtrack music is wonderful too!

I found The Real Versailles far more interesting.

Just finished watching on iplayer. I still can't decide. I'll stick with it because of what Flipp and Wasting said about it getting better after the first couple of episodes.

I think my main issue is with the actor playing the King. His delivery seems so weak. Maybe it's intentional I don't know but somethings missing. That and the weedy little moustaches.

Who was the man cast from court? Why was he thrown out?

I usually find things very easy to follow but bits of this have lost me. Why is the guy who nearly drowned the baby so nasty? What's his motive?

I do like the opening credits.

Another one who thought it was awful here. I watched the first 15 minutes with DH and then we gave up - he hated it. I watched the rest of the episode a couple of days later when he was out.

It was very strange, and the final bit of the birth scene was really bizarre. Are we supposed to assume the dwarf jester is the father?

Thanks people - I caught the last 10 mins of last night's episode and I'm tempted to stick with it after what's been said here. Someone was on woman's hour talking about it and apparently the queen may well have had a black baby that was hushed up. I agree the actor playing the King is a bit rubbish, which really doesn't help. I also watched a bit of the "discussion" afterwards - delightfully bonkers stuff; this is why I love the BBC!!

Yes, it does have a dreamy, trippy quality, doesn't it? As if it's not quite real.

The sleazy looking bloke who got banished from court is called Montcourt - because he laughed at the king's brother for wearing a dress to a 'do.

The cross dressing bisexual brother (Monsieur) is accurate BTW and in fact they've probably toned it down a bit. He was notorious.

I know what you mean about the actor who plays the king Enid. I keep thinking Athelstan every time I see him .

After the King's henchmen chopped that man's hand off that was it for me. Turned it off. Vom.

Why has the BBC picked up this 'Versailles' crap-fest but not 'Outlander', which is far far superior and has a British cast also?

I watched a bit of this. All the blokes looked like undergrads in cheap fancy dress shop wigs at a freshers week costume party. With weird, creepy little moustaches.

And then we were supposed to believe all these women would want to have sex with them.

Flipp Oh of course! I recognise him now. It's the hair. They all have the same hair.

I was having to go off hair condition to try and tell some of them apart last night. The King clearly use some fancy Aveda or Philip Kingsley stuff on his hair. His best friend/advisor uses fairy liquid by the look of it.

Ha ha, yes they do Enid! I like the idea they're on a sliding scale from Aveda (poshos) to Fairy Liquid (normal folk) .

Yes Making Judy the bloody rags got me a bit baffled too. I thought the bloody menstrual rags belonged to various women around the court who the King (?) was shagging ? Don't understand why they hadn't been washed though. I assumed the tired woman was running the laundry, but also spying on all the women ?

I'm hanging on in with Versailles because it is so bizarre.

It's got one more chance with me and then I'm out. There doesn't seem to be any passion it in if that makes sense. No matter what Louis says he sounds like he's saying what he'd like for breakfast. So dull.

Hmm second episode definitely much better than the weird first one. Quite liking the Louis and Philippe actors and the relationship between this characters. Jury is still out here.

I like it - and the theme song is excellent.

Very dreamy quality to it and I think I will get more into it as the series continues and the characters are fleshed out more and more.

Yes I do like the theme music and the opening titles. I think that's what sucked me in initially actually. That and the drama sequence was good. Minus the tits. I think I was hoping for another Tudors. Trashy but with heaps of drama and passionate delivery. This is a bit wet so far.

And yet I keep harping on about on here.

Drama sequence = dream sequence.