But Will There Be Corgis? Thread Where We Discuss Netflix's THE CROWN

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yeah i think thats true also

werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 January 2024 15:40 (three months ago) link

ok well into deathmarch to the end of s6

still such a boring slog
after everything they did w the first 4 seasons its like they were just, fuckit we’ve go nothing here’s diana staring up under her fringe for 20 hours

like no history detours really at all except the mohammed fayed ep in s5

the speculative fiction of dodi & diana’s final hours together was a bit much for me, i mean maybe that is what happened idk

i’m only on ep5 cannot even begin to imagine the depths of boredom yet to be excavated here weeeee zzzz

werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 January 2024 02:23 (two months ago) link

The William & Catherine and William & Harry stuff is yes, even more boring. The Princess Margaret episode was good though.

nate woolls, Monday, 29 January 2024 02:55 (two months ago) link

good to know thx

werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 January 2024 03:04 (two months ago) link

the speculative fiction of dodi & diana’s final hours together was a bit much for me, i mean maybe that is what happened idk

ya this was bad, also there's an entirely made up plotline about how Kate's mother basically engineered her daughter and William getting together from even before their time at St Andrews. i mean sure, this show is fictionalised, but that whole arc seemed unnecessarily mean-spirited

didn't even distract from how boring the whole season was, it was def a struggle to finish

Roz, Monday, 29 January 2024 08:05 (two months ago) link

yeah they really struggle to make the second half of S6 interesting. just little there work with, I suppose. I preferred the Diana episodes even if I knew a lot of the story

Vinnie, Monday, 29 January 2024 19:33 (two months ago) link

this back half feels so speculative as to beggar belief, like beyond fictionalizing and into “we have now decided to just invent new characters we are calling The Royals”

Charles going off into the scottish highlands to wail abt Dianas death seemed insanely fabulist, like ok what are we actually doing here

and ghost Dianas convo w the queen
lmao ok whut

werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 January 2024 20:44 (two months ago) link

wait this sounds good tho, all historical reconstruction should include ghosts, cf hamlet etc

mark s, Monday, 29 January 2024 20:47 (two months ago) link

to affirm my claim i found a fine portrait of the real actual historical hamlet aka "amblett"

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Amblett_Hamlet.jpg/800px-Amblett_Hamlet.jpg

mark s, Monday, 29 January 2024 20:50 (two months ago) link

FWIW the ghosts didn't bother me nearly as much as the boring shit

I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 29 January 2024 22:34 (two months ago) link

true, the boring shit is definitely the worst aspect

werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 January 2024 22:54 (two months ago) link

two weeks pass...

fiiiiiinallly finished this trudge through the treacle of s6

high point: really liked the episode about Margaret, thought it showed their relationship as sisters quite nicely. i didn’t know she had burned her feet, v awful

i liked all the scenes btw William & the Queen, they have good chemistry in their scenes together

camilla puffing on a cig while tending to the tomato plants was v good

harry’s nazi uniform moment lol ugh

the rest of it was decidedly boring/mid and i am glad its over

should have stopped at s4 tbh

werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 18 February 2024 01:29 (two months ago) link

OH and the penitence prayer scene for Chuck & Camilla was pretty great imo

werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 18 February 2024 01:38 (two months ago) link


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