tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post487814718140049263..comments2024-03-21T14:41:14.622-07:00Comments on Graphic Firing Table: There and Back Again, Random Maundering EditionFDChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-26465615283949107882013-02-10T16:17:01.914-07:002013-02-10T16:17:01.914-07:00That's "Uncle Dickey" Chief.
The fi...That's "Uncle Dickey" Chief.<br /><br />The first Blackadder was sort of the reverse of all later ones (except Percy was still an idiot) in that Baldrick was the clever one and Edmund a twit. Though the 2nd series is probably overall the best the 1st should get more love. <br /><br />*Spoilers*<br /><br />Edmund shows up late at Bosworth and kills king Richard (played by Peter Cook!) by accident. The crown then passes on to Richard IV (who hadn't been killed by Richard III, it was all a dirty Tudor lie! played by the insane Brian Blessed). Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15715768191516712688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-64507167728636796552013-02-09T21:50:45.094-07:002013-02-09T21:50:45.094-07:00There's some question about whether Uncle Rick...There's some question about whether Uncle Rick was ambitious, or whether he and many of the other nobles were worried about the dangers of a young teenager on the throne. And the Wars of the Roses really were a dirty business overall. For all that I'm not a Tudor fan the dynasty did provide England with relative peace and prosperity for over a century.<br /><br />And I love Blackadder, but I'm embarassed to admit that I've forgotten that episode. But surely he manages to kill them in some pointless and mistaken way whilst plotting some idiotic cunning plan...FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-34712495152735544932013-02-09T15:52:15.083-07:002013-02-09T15:52:15.083-07:00Even if Uncle Dickey offed those two kids, that...Even if Uncle Dickey offed those two kids, that's kingship for ya. It's messy, dirty, and you have to do unpleasant things to stay in power. Pretty much every king/queen had to darken their hands to keep their bum on the throne. I do regret that he got shanked out back by the propaganda of Willy Shakes, but it did leave us some amazing quotes (his opening soliloquy is so badass). <br /><br />Also, if you haven't seen the very first Blackadder, it has a wonderful alternate vision of what happened to the two princes. Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15715768191516712688noreply@blogger.com