Louisa Mellor Jan 18, 2018
New Sky Atlantic drama Britannia has a big imagination, fun characters, and yes, feels a little bit familiar...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Hard Sun episode 2 review Hard Sun episode 1 review 28 British TV dramas to watch in 2018
Along with ‘interesting’ (which, as Viggo Mortensen’s character says in Captain Fantastic, is a non-word that, ideally, should be avoided), one of the least useful ways to describe a creative work is ‘like [blank] on drugs’.
It’s a question of accuracy. ‘Game Of Thrones on drugs’ as some have labelled Britannia, wouldn’t really be a dreamier, more blurred-around-the-edges version of the HBO show in which characters visit the underworld and converse with badgers. In reality, Game Of Thrones on drugs would be a solid hour of the Night’s Watch eating Jammy Dodgers and laughing at their boots, or Daenerys Targaryen flying her dragons non-stop up the...
New Sky Atlantic drama Britannia has a big imagination, fun characters, and yes, feels a little bit familiar...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Hard Sun episode 2 review Hard Sun episode 1 review 28 British TV dramas to watch in 2018
Along with ‘interesting’ (which, as Viggo Mortensen’s character says in Captain Fantastic, is a non-word that, ideally, should be avoided), one of the least useful ways to describe a creative work is ‘like [blank] on drugs’.
It’s a question of accuracy. ‘Game Of Thrones on drugs’ as some have labelled Britannia, wouldn’t really be a dreamier, more blurred-around-the-edges version of the HBO show in which characters visit the underworld and converse with badgers. In reality, Game Of Thrones on drugs would be a solid hour of the Night’s Watch eating Jammy Dodgers and laughing at their boots, or Daenerys Targaryen flying her dragons non-stop up the...
- 1/18/2018
- Den of Geek
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