Why is this so good?

>>83922258
What is it?

>>83922359
Kids today make me sad...

>>83922258
The history is interesting enough that a bare bones production is probably the best way to present it.

>>83922359
Cant you read?
It clearly says I-CLAVDIVS

I Clavdivs is one of my favourites

>>83922359
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Claudius_(TV_series)

I, Claudius follows the history of the early Roman Empire, narrated by the elderly Emperor Claudius, from the year 24 BC to his death in AD 54.

Filled with a ton of great British actors, great writing, directing. Perfectly executed.

>>83922424
This.

I'd argue it really needed more Caligula though, I feel like a lot was left out there and seemed rush, plus John Hurt was great in that role.

>>83922456
Thank you.

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who /livia/ here?

>>83922475
No fuck caligula

>>83922563
/you/

I read the book by Graves, is there any reason to watch the show?

>>83922563
you may kiss me and leave

>>83922258
LiteraIIy
>Reddit: The Miniseries

How about you go back there kiddo?

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>>83922604
No fuck you.

>>83922695
haha imagine being such a cunt you deny yourself the pleasure of art.
what a fucking faggot you are.

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>70s/80s British historical dramas in general

But yeah, I Claudius is the best one

>>83922945
Please recommend others.

>>83923181
ask on reddit you cuck

>>83923181
Fall of Eagles
Elizabeth R.
Edward VII
Poldark, there's an old one and a new version, both are really good
The Cleopatras

>>83922258
How to download it though? I've been sitting on a dead torrent for it for about five weeks now.

>>83922258
I have read the books and loved them. How is the miniseries?

I Claudius is the first historical novel and deserves its place as a grandfather of the genre.
The miniseries is quite good despite its age, although the first and last episode are trippy.
Narrating from the toilet, still great.

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>>83922456
>great British actors

>>83922563
essential insufferable cunt-kino

>>83924659
who's this cute country bumpkin?

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>>83922258
Because Patrick Stewart has hair.

>>83922799
By jove the dubs dont lie.

>>83922258
It, like "Jesus of Nazareth", was made at the peak of dramatic English-language kinotography.

>>83922654
the series is actually better than the book(s). I like them both but the series played up some more interesting angles that were not thoroughly explored in the books.
> the parallels between the life of Caligula and Jesus
> quoting Talmudic heresy when describing historical Jesus
> "the man who dwells by the pool shall open graves"

Unless you're a big Graves fan, skip the book

>watch The Caesars
>Tiberius was a tragic hero
>Claudius was a sympathetic fool
>watch I, Claudius
>Tiberius was a sympathetic fool
>Claudius was a tragic hero
Who should I believe?

Don't tell me to believe both, or else I'll go watch a movie where Caligula is a tragic hero too, because that's the power of fiction.

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Wow, is this really the apex of the BBC's so-called """high-brow""", """"high-class"""" and """""high-culture""""" entertainment?

>>83926315
Tiberius was disliked by a large segment of the Roman population and while a lot of historical accounts paint him in a negative light it's hard to say how much of it is accurate vs. sensationalism
Homeboy was definitely kind of a paranoid creep though
Claudius wasn't necessarily a hero but he was definitely the best of the Julio-Claudian family to come after Augustus
t. studied Roman history and both read and watched I, Claudius in high school

>dat discordant discomforting theme tune
literally anti-cozy when you're binging the series at three in the morning alone in a cabin in the woods

>>83922456
It's almost like good writing and acting do more to make something good than splosions, blood and sex.