The Musketeers...bahhhh!

[pastafreak]

45 minutes in,and it bears no resemblance to the book....the beginning is totally different. Don't think I am going to bother watching after all.

Why can't they make a version true to the original?

[boxtops]

Didn't appeal at all, we're watching the History of the Internet.

[naomi24]

I watched a bit of it. I'm not bothering again either.

[chrissa1]

Mr Selfridge for me although it doesn't seem as good as last year's series.

[2sp_]

This is the version I grew up with.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogtanian_and_the_Three_Muskehounds

You can almost hear Alexandre Dumas spinning in his grave...

[gness]

Recorded it to watch tomorrow...delete?

[woofgang]

I'm watching The Full Monty, much better!

[pastafreak]

gness...if you read the book,you'll hate it....

....but there is plenty of eye candy...;-)

[gness]

Bums....what a quandary, Pasta.....Hate it but enjoy the eye candy???..... I know....I'll toss a coin....☺

[anagram]

Personally I rather enjoyed it, a good bit of escapism.

[bednobs]

hmm, as it was on after 9 i assumed there would be more sex in it. Most disappointed.

[bibblebub]

I didn't watch it but the trailers suggested that it wasn't going to be the sort of simple adaption that would, in previous years, have been shown at teatime on a Sunday.

[giveup]

Where's The Full Monty--which channel?

[vulcan42]

According to this article, the producers deliberately set out to make it different to the original story.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25680450

[mazie]

I enjoyed Mr Selfridge.. I think it might hot up as the series goes one.

[Ric.ror]

Not seen it yet but what a shame it's got a negative response from all on here
We could have had eye candy and an accurate interpretation of the Dumas Classic
Will they ever learn

[Old_Geezer]

I suspect they thought the original might have already been done.

[jno]

one for all and all for one, muskethounds are always ready, sigh....

[trt]

## Didn't appeal at all, we're watching the History of the Internet. ##

Which channel was that boxtops, wouldn't mind watching that?

[quizzywig]

I enjoyed it too anagram. It was based on the characters in the bokk not the story. Good looking blokes in leather, swording fighting - works for me!!!

[Mooria]

I enjoyed it a lot - although i have rather simple tastes. - have to admit i have not read the book (but this is on my list to read), but it was an easy watching programme on a Sunday night, something that doesn't require too much thinking about on the night before a return to work.
And just cause it was after nine, doesn't automatically mean that there should be more violence or sex does it, i quite liked the fact that it wasn't too sexy.