Season 4 was released yesterday. Watched the first three episodes of the season, will watch the fourth later today.
Liked Diana's introduction. The bit with the stag in the second episode reminded me of the bit with the stag in the 2006 film The Queen (written by the creator of this show). One wonders if they'll do an episode, dealing with Diana's death in season 5, or will the show's creator feel that he's already explored that? Maybe he'll do it, but go with a different angle.
Really got uncomfortable, almost wanting to get out, during episode 3. Though, I suspect, that was intentional. Diana is uncomfortable, so we get to be uncomfortable with her. I'm okay that we didn't get to see the actual wedding. Doubt a recreation would've served any narrative point, other than to recreate something that you've likely seen a thousand times and can just check up on Youtube. Recreations of moments often annoy me, as they often don't get details right (sometimes feeling like they didn't put in the effort). These days, recreations (though, mostly stuff from movies and TV shows) feels like lazy writing. Just throwing in a reference. Not commenting on it, or building on it. Just a reference. So, I appreciate that they don't recreate something unnecessary. It's Diana's life, in the weeks leading up to the wedding, that matters. How it affected her, and what she would've had to go through.
They did recreate Diana's dress (which I never got the appeal off. Always felt it was a bit much, even for the 1980s) for the actress to wear. So we did get to see her in the iconic dress. No CGI-double here. No, she actually wore it.
Liked Diana's introduction. The bit with the stag in the second episode reminded me of the bit with the stag in the 2006 film The Queen (written by the creator of this show). One wonders if they'll do an episode, dealing with Diana's death in season 5, or will the show's creator feel that he's already explored that? Maybe he'll do it, but go with a different angle.
Really got uncomfortable, almost wanting to get out, during episode 3. Though, I suspect, that was intentional. Diana is uncomfortable, so we get to be uncomfortable with her. I'm okay that we didn't get to see the actual wedding. Doubt a recreation would've served any narrative point, other than to recreate something that you've likely seen a thousand times and can just check up on Youtube. Recreations of moments often annoy me, as they often don't get details right (sometimes feeling like they didn't put in the effort). These days, recreations (though, mostly stuff from movies and TV shows) feels like lazy writing. Just throwing in a reference. Not commenting on it, or building on it. Just a reference. So, I appreciate that they don't recreate something unnecessary. It's Diana's life, in the weeks leading up to the wedding, that matters. How it affected her, and what she would've had to go through.
They did recreate Diana's dress (which I never got the appeal off. Always felt it was a bit much, even for the 1980s) for the actress to wear. So we did get to see her in the iconic dress. No CGI-double here. No, she actually wore it.
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