I, Claudius for the win!

[gurdymonkey]

  So I cracked open the shrink wrap on the "I Claudius" boxed set and have just surfaced for air after watching the first two episodes. Gods and Goddesses of Olympus, I knew it was marvelous (which is why I grabbed it when I saw it at BB for $35), but I'd forgotten just how marvelous. (Then again, it came out in the US my freshman year of college!)
Sian Phillips, OMG, Sian Phillips!!!! She makes the descriptions of Livia Augusta in Suetonius look tame and dull. Magnificent!

Comments

[takadai-no-tora.livejournal.com]

Sian Phillips is awesome; did you ever see her in any of the British-made miniseries based on John Le Carre's novels? She betrays her husband, repeatedly, but he still loves her and you can see why he would.

[baronnemelisend.livejournal.com]

Wow.

That needs to be an icon.

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

It was designed to be one, but I don't have a paid account. (I also did one with Polly Walker as Atia from "Rome".

[sasha-khan.livejournal.com]

I love this series.

Imagine that.

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

I NEVER would have guessed.

[mamapduck.livejournal.com]

Geez, I haven't seen IC since I checked it out from the Staten Island library while pregnant. Good stuff.

[danabren.livejournal.com]

*swoons from the sheer Roman matron snobbery*

BLISS!

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

BTW, the "I want my money's worth!" speech to the gladiators is on Youtube if you need a dose of Livia.

[danabren.livejournal.com]

Oooooo!