lisaviolet
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 9, 2002
Ridiculously finished. 
I am hoping that next season we will see a stronger Diana, that I remember. It felt off to me. But the younger scenes felt bang on. You could feel her innocence.
And Charles didn't seem old enough visually this season and Diana seemed too young visually near the end.
It was very strange to see our own history played out, with Diana. Every outfit, heck every collar worn, was a playback for me. For many of us I am sure.
It made me sad to see in general terms. How a bad pairing can destroy two lives - rich, poor, famous or not. And sad that Diana never fully got her second act like Charles, after that suffering mess of a marriage.
I had more compassion for Charles, than most of you. I felt in some ways both were victims - as much as a victim one can be surrounded by that life, although you couldn't pay me enough to live that life - to the choice of marriage. Of course he wasn't in the dark like Diana. And of course he was an insensitive *** to her - and helped make it all a mess. A given. But he was practically told that it all had to be. And he wasn't prepared to accept that for himself, and for the good of Diana. It was really sad to watch.
Gillian Anderson, bring her her awards stat. Well done!
Loved the scenes with the Queen and Margaret Thatcher.
Gillian and Peter Morgan (the creator of the show) are a couple.
Captain Jack Randall/Frank Randall/ Prince Philip- bring that man his awards as well. Tobias Menzies is a force. He disappears into the character.
But it is the writing, I find it so intelligent and hysterically cheeky, that keeps me engrossed. And the cinematography - stunning.
I am hoping that next season we will see a stronger Diana, that I remember. It felt off to me. But the younger scenes felt bang on. You could feel her innocence.
And Charles didn't seem old enough visually this season and Diana seemed too young visually near the end.
It was very strange to see our own history played out, with Diana. Every outfit, heck every collar worn, was a playback for me. For many of us I am sure.
It made me sad to see in general terms. How a bad pairing can destroy two lives - rich, poor, famous or not. And sad that Diana never fully got her second act like Charles, after that suffering mess of a marriage.
I had more compassion for Charles, than most of you. I felt in some ways both were victims - as much as a victim one can be surrounded by that life, although you couldn't pay me enough to live that life - to the choice of marriage. Of course he wasn't in the dark like Diana. And of course he was an insensitive *** to her - and helped make it all a mess. A given. But he was practically told that it all had to be. And he wasn't prepared to accept that for himself, and for the good of Diana. It was really sad to watch.
Gillian Anderson, bring her her awards stat. Well done!
Loved the scenes with the Queen and Margaret Thatcher.
Gillian and Peter Morgan (the creator of the show) are a couple.
Captain Jack Randall/Frank Randall/ Prince Philip- bring that man his awards as well. Tobias Menzies is a force. He disappears into the character.
But it is the writing, I find it so intelligent and hysterically cheeky, that keeps me engrossed. And the cinematography - stunning.
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I agree with much of what you wrote (I know, I know - you hate that 
) in that I've got a rather sentimental spot for the Windsors and tend to feel sympathetic to each of their unique challenges. Bolstered in large part by what a completely Claire Foy humanized Elizabeth in the early seasons and by getting a little carried away with the creative license the series is taking. Or I did. Until the episode with Margaret Thatcher at Balmoral. That made me despise them all a little. 
Each of them was entirely wretched.
