The Crown - Netflix Elizabeth II Drama

[No room at the Finn]

Also the exchange between Dodi and Diana where she talks about meeting a landmine survivor who lost his legs; compares his accident to her wedding day; and then Dodi says he's glad she didn't get her legs blown off by a landmine because they're so lovely, is some of the WORST DIALOGUE I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED

 

[lvtz]

Also the exchange between Dodi and Diana where she talks about meeting a landmine survivor who lost his legs; compares his accident to her wedding day; and then Dodi says he's glad she didn't get her legs blown off by a landmine because they're so lovely, is some of the WORST DIALOGUE I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED

yes that really was excruciating

 

[lvtz]

it has very obvious flaws but I still watched the whole thing in 2 days .. to think they really only were together for a few weeks. I really don’t care for the Royal
Family at all, but I admit to being slightly obsessed with Diana.

 

[Underneath the Shee]

I’ve finished it now and enjoyed it but it was LOL terrible at times. THE GHOST OF DIANA was almost too much to bear.

 

[Jark]

Also the exchange between Dodi and Diana where she talks about meeting a landmine survivor who lost his legs; compares his accident to her wedding day; and then Dodi says he's glad she didn't get her legs blown off by a landmine because they're so lovely, is some of the WORST DIALOGUE I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED

I just finished episode 3 and i actually thought this scene was very sweet and well played. Diana is carrying the show single handedly (Elizabeth Debicki is so so so so good) so I'm scared for what comes next.

it does feel like it's fallen off a cliff a bit. maybe the 90s is just too recent. it doesn't seem capable of or interested in providing character insight anymore, it's kind of a glossy soap retelling of real life that fits Netflix to a T, but not the show's own history. the plotting and dialogue are going through the motions. all those endless scenes of paparazzi chases provide nothing. it doesn't even look particularly prestige now.

 

[No room at the Finn]

Diana is carrying the show single handedly (Elizabeth Debicki is so so so so good) so I'm scared for what comes next.

She dies in a car crash in Paris .

 

[Kratz My Goal]

I binged it all last night - i can't say that it wasn't enjoyable even if it is a million miles away from the drama The Crown once was.

 

[Elliez Navidad]

It’s weird how for instance doing a throwback to the 1960s in the 90s didn’t seem “too recent”, but depicting the 1990s now does. Or is it just US and our parents felt this way then too?

 

[Jark]

It’s weird how for instance doing a throwback to the 1960s in the 90s didn’t seem “too recent”, but depicting the 1990s now does. Or is it just US and our parents felt this way then too?

maybe a key difference is how much was televised, how intrusive the press were, etc by the 90s. tabloid culture. everyone knew everything at the time, immediately. there's less mystique to uncover.

episode 4 just made me want to watch The Queen again. I did however actually enjoy those ghost scenes. I'm too sentimental.

 

[No room at the Finn]

I'm fine with it being recent. I'd happily have it come more recent and finish with the 2012 Olympics (a nice optimistic note) or the Queen dying (a nice optimistic note, for us republicans ) rather than, er, the wedding of Charles and Camilla which is apparently the final ep.

 

[Elliez Navidad]

maybe a key difference is how much was televised, how intrusive the press were, etc by the 90s. tabloid culture. everyone knew everything at the time, immediately. there's less mystique to uncover.

episode 4 just made me want to watch The Queen again. I did however actually enjoy those ghost scenes. I'm too sentimental.

That’s true. I was thinking in terms of say the film Scandal with the Profumo affair. There’s still stuff under seal until 2047 regarding that. It it happened now we’d probably already know it all.

 

[Queen of the Baby Jesus 👶]

And I note they omitted to show that it was actually the Queen and Prince Philip who had Diana killed. Cowards.

Only watched episodes 1 and 2 just now and quite enjoyed how they present us with the motive of all the villains who are going to be suspects further on.

 

[supermassive]

The Diana ghost is so camp, especially when she squirts over how handsome Charles was looking down on her corpse

 

[Queen of the Baby Jesus 👶]

Exclusive footage of Diana The Musical's new ending

 

[No room at the Finn]

Who's ready for the next serving of lukewarm shit?



It looks appalling

 

[lvtz]

Who's ready for the next serving of lukewarm shit?



It looks appalling

Can’t wait

 

[Happy Xmas (VoR is Over!)]

I’ve been really trudging through this garbage, so only finished the latest batch yesterday.

The ghost bit wasn’t *quite* as ludicrous as I hoped/feared - I thought Diana and Dodi essentially delivering each other’s eulogies minutes before the fateful car ride was actually more cringey.

Also maybe I’m sick, but the screeching tires and crashing noises when the moment came really tickled me. It was like something out of a Will Ferrell movie!

On the portrayal of the Al Fayeds generally, how much actually had any basis in verifiable fact? I know the dad was a fairly ludicrous figure, but the villain edit he got felt insanely heavy handed!