TV - DaVinci's Demons

[ffutures]

On rozk's recommendation I've been taking a look at this series. Lots of interesting vibes including a hint of Sherlock - references to "my methodology" and weird deductions from things like the colour of a horseman's cloak, and a slight opium habit; weird science and mystical stuff that made me wonder if The Doctor was going to pop up somewhere, or Warehouse 13's medieval ancestor; lots of sex and casual nudity; and some sort of background Papal conspiracy straight out of The DaVinci Code, involving apparent precognition with what might be time travel. What it reminds me of is Martin Woodhouse's and Robert Ross's Medici Guns series of novels, with added weird shit, plus a touch of Hudson Hawk, and I'll be very interested to see how it develops.

Comments

[whswhs.livejournal.com]

Huh. I wonder when he'll be doing a portrait of Sydney Bristow.

[rozk.livejournal.com]

Yes, Rambaldi is certainly in the mix somewhere...

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I'm just watching the fourth episode and loving it - many thanks again for suggesting it! Definitely planning to keep watching.

Some lovely stuff in there, especially the DaVinci / Riario interaction:

"I'd rather have my testicles gnawed off by conger eels."

"Well, that can be arranged."

[rozk.livejournal.com]

I love the fact that Riario is such a Shoreditch hipster completely out of his time and place - the hat, the little shades. And he and Leo have this weird vibe.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

The shades are awesome, the whole show is amazingly cool.

[dsample.livejournal.com]

With that title, I can't help thinking of the long running Canadian series "Da Vinci's Inquest" (about a Vancouver coroner named Da Vinci) and its follow up season "Da Vinci's City Hall" in which he became the mayor of Vancouver.