[TV] Gunpowder bbc series - not for the faint hearted

[Guy Fawkes]

I'm not looking forward to episode 3

 

[ofco8]

Sadly, history is littered with man's cruelty to man, including recently Nazis and IS etc. However, this must not be ignored but faced head on.

As for Gunpowder, I thoroughly enjoyed it, even so I did avert my eyes a little in the really gory scenes. A great way to learn history, although I am sure a little licence is used.

On the other hand the faint hearted can have their sparklers and sky rockets on November 5th and imagine they have embraced the story of Guy Fawkes.

 

[pasty]

If you don't like gore, peter James's detective novels, certainly the first 3 Roy grace books are horribly violent!

Funnily enough I don't mind reading blood, guts and gore (love the Roy Grace series), but don't particularly like watching it.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

I thought it was very good, despite the nasty bits. Bit they helped show how nasty life was back ten, and made me think how sick the whole Lewes (and other) bonfires thing is when they seem to take the religious bit too seriously......... and I am speaking as a protestant (who thinks that such labels don't matter too much.......)

 

[Triggaaar]

Some of you lot on here should stay well away from Game of Thrones if you find this too graphic.

Strangely I've got no problem with GOT. I think it helps that it's fiction, unlike Gunpowder.

 

[Triggaaar]

Treason in the 1600’s. What did you expect? A strong telling off?

Just preaching as a Catholic wasn't treason, but that was met quite harshly.

 

[vegster]

Some of you lot on here should stay well away from Game of Thrones if you find this too graphic.

I have, but thanks for the warning.

 

[Triggaaar]

I'm not looking forward to episode 3

brilliant.

Keep your powder dry my friend, and if anyone catches you, just ****ing light it.

 

[Gazwag]

I thought it was very good, despite the nasty bits. Bit they helped show how nasty life was back ten, and made me think how sick the whole Lewes (and other) bonfires thing is when they seem to take the religious bit too seriously......... and I am speaking as a protestant (who thinks that such labels don't matter too much.......)

You realise at Lewes etc they are not actually anti catholic but just re-enacting history, just like they do at Battle with the Norman conquest re-enactments.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

You realise at Lewes etc they are not actually anti catholic but just re-enacting history, just like they do at Battle with the Norman conquest re-enactments.

I'll take your word for it. I must profess to not being particularly knowledgeable about such things. I've never been to the Lewes Bonfire.

 

[Fungus]

The gory bits didn't bother me. What I found depressing was the thought that in 400 years we don't seem to have moved on from the idea of killing each other over the best way to worship god.

Edit: not that the Sue Perkins program was any more sane.

 

[Perfidious Albion]

It was somewhat gratuitous. ...to say the least. Discussion in our house blamed the success of Game of Thrones . If one series does it and wins, the next one will go one further. Of course we know that that is what happened, public hangings and being hung drawn and quartered... but do we need to experience the viewing ourselves to be informed?
The film "Gladiator " was called violent by some, it had nothing on this . I am reminded of the scene when the reluctant hero confronts the crowd afterwards and shouts " Are you not entertained? "
This was not 'entertainment ' to civilised people.

A pity , the drama parts were good .

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Watched the whole series on iplayer yesterday and enjoyed it. They were gory times and I thought it was pretty realistic.
Drawing and quartering cannot be dressed up in any way. It was what it was.

 

[tigertim68]

Watched the whole series on iplayer yesterday and enjoyed it. They were gory times and I thought it was pretty realistic.
Drawing and quartering cannot be dressed up in any way. It was what it was.

Yep I did the same and also enjoyed it as well

 

[Hiney]

Thought it was really good - interesting if graphic view of our history

This.

They were brutal times. If they had gone all wishy-washy about it, there would have complaints that it wasn't realistic enough.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Watched the whole series on iplayer yesterday and enjoyed it. They were gory times and I thought it was pretty realistic.
Drawing and quartering cannot be dressed up in any way. It was what it was.

This.

They were brutal times. If they had gone all wishy-washy about it, there would have complaints that it wasn't realistic enough.

With the Hanging, Drawing and Quartering scene, they could have made it an awful lot more gory if they had wanted to in order to make it realistic!

 

[Guinness Boy]

You realise at Lewes etc they are not actually anti catholic but just re-enacting history, just like they do at Battle with the Norman conquest re-enactments.

Wait - they burned an actual Pope in Lewes way back when for totally non anti Catholic reasons? Well, you live and learn.


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[KZNSeagull]

Well we enjoyed it. Was certainly a better offering than Liar and Dr Foster. Also enjoying the Last Post.

 

[theboybilly]

Some of these posts remind me a time when, after watching Schindler's List, a colleague of mine said 'I knew the Nazis were bad...but not that bad!'

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Wait - they burned an actual Pope in Lewes way back when for totally non anti Catholic reasons? Well, you live and learn.

It's one specific person, the Papal Legate, Cardinal Pole who encourage Queen Mary to persecute the Protestants.

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/tudor-england/the-church-1553-to-1558/

The 17 Protestant martyrs were burned in barrels in Lewes.

https://www.lewesbonfirecelebrations.com/lewes-sussex-protestant-martyrs-reformation-2/