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The Musketeers
Ever since Merlin concluded, there has been a gap in my schedule for frequently ridiculous, hilariously ahistorical yet surprisingly touching drama with nice costumes, lots of sword fighting and attractive men who take their shirts off frequently. When I saw the casting for The Musketeers, I was hopeful that it could fill the Merlin-shaped hole in my heart. After watching the first episode, I am hopeful. Especially about the shirts. (Santiago Cabrera just seems to get prettier with every passing year. Or maybe it's the hat.)
While there are no dragons, it strikes a similar tone. It's not an historically accurate or especially faithful adaptation, but what it lacks in plausibility it makes up in fun. Porthos fights a duel with a fork! D'Artagnan keeps telling everyone his name! Peter Capaldi Cardinal Richelieu is entertainingly evil! Everyone has great boots! (Especially the Cardinal.) Not a swash remains unbuckled.
The only thing that really annoyed me was Adelle being blatantly fridged. Show, we already know Ricohelieu is a bad man from all the manipulating and poisoning and the fact that he's wearing black. You don't need to have him execute his mistress for sleeping with Aramis just to rub it in, and the musketeers already have plenty of motivation to oppose him.
So the jury is out on the show's handling of female characters at the moment, but otherwise I enjoyed it. And it is still less ridiculous than that adaptation Selena told me about where Richelieu was plotting to become king.
While there are no dragons, it strikes a similar tone. It's not an historically accurate or especially faithful adaptation, but what it lacks in plausibility it makes up in fun. Porthos fights a duel with a fork! D'Artagnan keeps telling everyone his name! Peter Capaldi Cardinal Richelieu is entertainingly evil! Everyone has great boots! (Especially the Cardinal.) Not a swash remains unbuckled.
The only thing that really annoyed me was Adelle being blatantly fridged. Show, we already know Ricohelieu is a bad man from all the manipulating and poisoning and the fact that he's wearing black. You don't need to have him execute his mistress for sleeping with Aramis just to rub it in, and the musketeers already have plenty of motivation to oppose him.
So the jury is out on the show's handling of female characters at the moment, but otherwise I enjoyed it. And it is still less ridiculous than that adaptation Selena told me about where Richelieu was plotting to become king.