[ SECRET POST #3819 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3819 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Oh wow, Marco Polo.

I agree with you there, OP. I didn't care for Marco himself, but most of the other characters were good to excellent. People who called it a 'budget rate" GoT missed the point. MP had far, far better written female characters, for one; and while it had violence and nudity, it rarely felt like it was being done gratuitously. (I still think the fight where she fought off the three soldiers was AMAZING.) Kublai, Chabi, Hundred Eyes ... so so good.

[(Anonymous)]

…gratuitously?

[(Anonymous)]

GoT sometimes felt to me as though the nudity and violence was being done for ratings. Random 'sexposition"

Except for one character-defining scene in Kublai's harem (?), the only nudity I can recall was when one character, who was being kept as a concubine, has three soldiers show up in her chambers. They were sent to kill her. She's not wearing much to begin with, but she drops her robe and then literally disarms and kills all three while entirely naked (using, among other things, her hair ornaments.) It was shocking but amazingly choreographic as a fight (and okay, not realistic, but still entirely badass).

[(Anonymous)]

Same here. I thought Marco was... eh, fairly bland and not very interesting. The rest of the cast far outshone him on nearly every level, in characterization as well as acting ability. Hundred Eyes was my favorite, but Chabi was amazing, as was Mei Lin.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

I do wonder though if they deliberately cast the actor because he DIDN'T speak English, to sort of underscore his outsider nature? If so, it wasn't entirely successful.

Oh, Hundred Eyes ---!! that "dance" fight with his former lover -- so gorgeous, so emotional.

(Ah, now I want to go rewatch it! I think I'm going to!)

[(Anonymous)]

I just thought they cast him because he was Italian and Marco Polo was from Venice...

Oh yes, the fight/dance scene between Tom Wu and Michelle Yeoh was worth the price of admission alone, it was that beautiful to watch.