It's worth watching.

IanS

Silly and shallow with a plot like a string vest but hugely entertaining!

It's completely different to normal Sunday evening fair and a great antidote to 'Call the Midwife'

Lookout for Musketeer themed games at future shows.

Makes a massive change from the usual dross pumped out at weekends i.e. Strictly, X Fuckter, Bake off, I'm a non-entity get me out of here, eastenders/corrie/emmerdale, lottery-schmottery, take me out (with a twelve bore), MOTD, etc etc etc

On my part I think it suffered as a result of me having seen several film and tv versions, so I 'knew' what was going to happen. Also the OTT leather 'uniforms' of our heroes didn't help things.

Well, you've gotta love the fact it's got Dr Who in it doing the Scottish Cardinal.

Ever read the book, 2 pages to describe a yellow horse, which D'Artagnen sell by the end of the chapter!!! 

Quote from: Nosher on 20 January 2014, 03:44:48 PM
Makes a massive change from the usual dross pumped out at weekends i.e. Strictly, X Fuckter, Bake off, I'm a non-entity get me out of here, eastenders/corrie/emmerdale, lottery-schmottery, take me out (with a twelve bore), MOTD, etc etc etc

Nice to see I'm not the only one who feels that way about weekend TV.

Recorded it and will probably watch it tonight.
We had a fun Musketeers game at the club some time back. Not in 10mm though I'm afraid.
https://sites.google.com/site/tringwargames/batreps/musketeers

There used to be a great game called 'Breakfast at the Bastion' which did the rounds at the shows in the late 90's.  You had cue cards which described the process of firing a musket, which had to be put in order and thrown on the table as you shouted 'Bang!'  Only trouble was the 3 referees barking orders at you, and the crackers you had to stuff into your gob constantly!

I remember that! Played with a bunch of sealed Knot guys, who knew how to load a musket, and I ate the crackers!

Liked it except for the leather. The sets seemed grittier than in the Lester films. Constance looks a bit old for D'Artagnan. Presumably Dr.Who is screwing with French history before moving on to mess with the Daleks again.

Quote from: mad lemmey on 20 January 2014, 07:53:01 PM
I remember that! Played with a bunch of sealed Knot guys, who knew how to load a musket, and I ate the crackers!

I think Pete at Baccus has still got it in storage somewhere, they had to take it off the circuit when the Health & Safety brigade complained about the crackers I think...   

QuoteEver read the book, 2 pages to describe a yellow horse, which D'Artagnen sell by the end of the chapter!!! 

Yes, it's a good loooong holiday read, I think it's because like Dickens many of Dumas's works came out as serials, so he wanted to string the story out for as long as possible.   The Count of Monte Cristo is the same, what we see in films and on the Telly is just the core story with a nice ending, the actual book is about three times as long and the ending is not what you'd expect.

Incidentally have you read 'The Black Count' by Tom Reiss?  It's the story of Dumas's father who was half afro-carribean (to be PC) and rose from Wests Indian slave to general in the revoluionary army but fell fould of a certain N. Bonaparte.

Quote from: Nosher on 20 January 2014, 03:44:48 PM
Makes a massive change from the usual dross pumped out at weekends i.e. Strictly, X Fuckter, Bake off, I'm a non-entity get me out of here, eastenders/corrie/emmerdale, lottery-schmottery, take me out (with a twelve bore), MOTD, etc etc etc

Hear, hear.....
But don't you find, that on some nights there are quite a few things you'd like to watch.....and they all bloody clash.....And the next night (or more) there's absolutely 'bog all'.
Cheers - Phil.

Quotesome nights there are quite a few things you'd like to watch.....and they all bloody clash.....And the next night (or more) there's absolutely 'bog all'.

Ain't that the truth! Thank God for our Tivo box which has over come a lot of this, or i player whilst at work.