tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751933.post111109113206989339..comments2023-10-22T03:02:04.009-07:00Comments on Romancing the Tome: Ivan "Whoa"...Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12601528600962393020noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751933.post-72919575339302824042009-11-04T17:29:23.711-08:002009-11-04T17:29:23.711-08:00A post-script to my comment on Dubois-Gilbert. The...A post-script to my comment on Dubois-Gilbert. The mushroom-haired Saxons were a bit much. Although they didn't cut their hair, there is little historical evidence that they were fuzzy. Anglo-Saxon illuminations from the period demonstrate the opposite, with long hair the norm, but not puffing out. This certainly matches with the burial evidence that indicates that fluffy hair would not have worked with their helmets. <br /><br />-ElenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751933.post-63594435940358787182009-11-04T17:20:06.278-08:002009-11-04T17:20:06.278-08:00Dubois-Gilbert has always seemed to be a tragic ch...Dubois-Gilbert has always seemed to be a tragic character to me. The one woman he loved married another. He went to the Holy Land in the Crusades to find redemption and only found damnation. Finally, as Ivanhoe is about to kill him, he says, "I would not bleed for Richard, but I will bleed for her. Do it!" He found his redemption in the love for the one woman that he could never have, at least in the mortal world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751933.post-1111453770618638752005-03-21T17:09:00.000-08:002005-03-21T17:09:00.000-08:00Also, Ciaran Hinds is the tall, dark, and handsome...Also, Ciaran Hinds is the tall, dark, and handsome Capt. Wentworth in Austen's Persuasion.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601528600962393020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751933.post-1111314216870460952005-03-20T02:23:00.000-08:002005-03-20T02:23:00.000-08:00Dubois-Gilbert and Rebekah definitely were the haw...Dubois-Gilbert and Rebekah definitely were the hawt couple of this mini-series, while King Richard "The Black Knight" was the perfect rebel hero. Other pluses: The stomach-churning jousting scenes and the Shakespearean fool who manages to subtly out-savvy them all.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601528600962393020noreply@blogger.com