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[Han Shot First]

 

 

Anyone else planning on tuning in?

 

It obviously takes some historical liberties, and I have a feeling it might suck. (Spike?)

 

But I can't help but be stoked for any TV series set in Ancient Egypt.

[Steelcan]

Seeing as how I'm desperate for anything vaguely historical, maybe....

[I WANT YOU TO FUCK ME JERY]

I approve of Ben Kingsley.

[mousestalker]

How authentic is it? Did they use the official theme song?

[Das Tentakel]

Well, at least there's a nice use of colour. Otherwise characters are a bit overdressed, and Tut himself is pretty much the most uninteresting Pharaoh one can think of.

 

Ben Kingsley rules, but whether he'll be enough...

[Han Shot First]

How authentic is it? Did they use the official theme song?

 

There is a lot that isn't known about Tut's life, so I'm sure there will be historical liberties taken.

 

He did fight against Nubians and Syrians however, so the wars they showed in the trailer are historically accurate. (if not the way they are portrayed)

 

Tutankhamun's mortuary temple has carvings depicting Tut in a chariot leading an army against a Syrian city, and another depicting him as Sphinx trampling on a Nubian and a Syrian warrior. Another shows his soldiers presenting him with enemy prisoners, war booty, and severed heads.

[Han Shot First]

Well, at least there's a nice use of colour. Otherwise characters are a bit overdressed, and Tut himself is pretty much the most uninteresting Pharaoh one can think of.

 

Ben Kingsley rules, but whether he'll be enough...

 

Thutmose III would be my choice. The Napoleon of Egypt? Yes, please.

 

Also with him you'd get a large dose of Hatshepsut as well, since she spent about twenty years as his regent and or co-regent. You'd get a two-for-one deal with two of the more interesting of Egypt's rulers.

[Sully13]

How authentic is it? Did they use the official theme song?

Went in hopeing for Steve Martin left pleased i wasnt the only one who knew about it.+5 points  -1point for no Henrry Winkler.

[Steelcan]

Ramsay II or bust tbh

[Han Shot First]

One thing I was slightly annoyed by in the trailers was that characters are shown with iron weapons.

 

While there was some stuff made from iron, Tut ruled during the Bronze Age. Plus, Bronze weapons and armor look cool...

[Das Tentakel]

One thing I was slightly annoyed by in the trailers was that characters are shown with iron weapons.

 

While there was some stuff made from iron, Tut ruled during the Bronze Age. Plus, Bronze weapons and armor look cool...

 

Oh, apart from the painted hieroglyphic texts and wall reliefs - which is a nice touch - the costuming is dodgy as hell. Probably mostly recycled stuff from other (equally dodgy) TV shows, with some modifications to give it that 'Egyptian' touch.

 

Probably the only ones I would trust to try and get things right would be Poles or Russians, since they tend to be fairly good with historically accurate costumes and props, provided they have a decent (but small by US standards) budget. There's actually an interesting but old, slow and clearly abnd unfortunately low-budgety Polish film, Faraon,  placed in ancient Egypt. The movie does have a serious lack of Mediterranean / Middle Eastern / North African looking actors so there's a good deal 'darkening' skincream in evidence .

Now if they remade that one with a decent budget, a more 'coloured' cast and the attention to detail paid to other major Polish (or Russian) history flicks...

 

 

(note: this seems to be legitimate I think, the Youtube page of a major Polish movie production firm).

 

Like I said, slow, for dudes and dudettes with the appropriate cinematic interest...

[Steelcan]

One thing I was slightly annoyed by in the trailers was that characters are shown with iron weapons.

 

While there was some stuff made from iron, Tut ruled during the Bronze Age. Plus, Bronze weapons and armor look cool...

at the time in history for Egypt iron was mostly ceremonial, it didn't become more widely used for a few more centuries, however, these are the kind of things that I'm willing to give a pass on.

[Han Shot First]

The series is awful! 

 

There are a ton of historical inaccuracies, which wouldn't be a problem if Tut was well written and entertaining (see Gladiator), but its a poorly written and poorly acted mess. 

 

at the time in history for Egypt iron was mostly ceremonial, it didn't become more widely used for a few more centuries, however, these are the kind of things that I'm willing to give a pass on.

 

Although it does annoy me slightly it would be one of the things I could overlook if it was entertaining. (Sadly, it isn't)

Movies and TV series with a historical setting often borrow props from previous films to cut down costs, and I doubt there are many prop swords lying around that are bronze or look like bronze. The only program I can recall now that ever used props that looked Bronze was Turkish produced documentary on the Hittites that National Geographic rebroadcast. (The English version is voiced by Jeremy Irons)