Watched "The Musketeers" tonight on BBC America. I do like.
The 17th Century France feels appropriately grimy, the swordplay (and pistol- and musket-play) is fun, the protags (despite all being guys with longish dark hair) are interesting, and we have enough variations from the classic "Three Musketeers" plotlines (at least as a series intro) to make the material feel fresh.
Oh, and I'm loving Peter Capaldi as Richelieu. He's ruthless and patriotic and egotistical and after the interests of France … which just happen to be his own. He's a black hat you can both boo and admire at the same time.
Definitely plan on watching more.
The Musketeers
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Richelieu is brilliant. You KNOW he wrong, but you understand why he is right.
Unfortunately he isn’t available for the second series. I think he might be ill – something to do with his Doctor…
@LH – His Doctor? Who is that?
I much prefer Richelieu (or most any villain) as someone doing wrong things for arguably right reasons.
Just some madman in a box.