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Mary & George (2024)
Tacky Porn
I've nothing against sex in TV series. Versailles did it well, as did The Great. But Mary and George seems to treat sex the same way you'd expect to see in a seedy porn romp.
There's little plot to speak of, the script is terrible and the story, such as it is seems to lurch from one bedroom scene to the other with not much happening in between.
It's had a fair amount of money spent on it - the costumes are great and the locations well chosen, but none of that can make up for a show that tries to add edge by ramping up the F-word led language and long shots of naked people hanging (literally) about.
The Buccaneers (2023)
Apple still haven't learned
I remember looking forward to Dickinson. The Apple retelling of the 19th century set story. It didn't work - the modern language and music grated with audiences, who all complained. The reviews were unfavourable and seasons 2 and 3 which had already been filmed were rushed out in the same year before Apple wisely pulled the plug.
So I came to The Buccaneers thinking the producers won't have made the same mistake twice - how wrong I was - this is probably even worse. It's a tale of a seriously unlikeable main character being followed around by a group of empty headed, screeching idiots. It is verging on the unwatchable, and the wholly inappropriate soundtrack makes in unlistenable too.
It is clearly aimed at a very young demographic who Apple think will enjoy the 'modern' soundtrack, language and light touch storytelling, but here's the thing: that audience doesn't watch TV, or at least very few of them do. The people that watch, and pay, for Apple are the people in their 30s upwards who switch on when the kids are in bed, or watch with an evening meal. They won't watch The Buccaneers as it's simply not what they want. Period drama can be done in a clever, modern way, think Gentleman Jack or Bridgerton, but this is nowhere near that level. It lacks and semblance of intelligence or, more importantly, storyline.
I'd be surprised if it gets more than 2 seasons before being quietly canned.