Date: 2006-08-04 03:51 pm (UTC)
I think... it was pretty good for non-historians/fangirls... And it was shiny! ... And Robespierre was pretty and had nice eyes. However ! XD

Not a one mention of Camille. Not a one. If not for the Super Powers of Cute Robespierre Guy, I might well be suing for mental anguish at this very moment. Especially for those moments when I was so expecting it. ("Bastille, Bastille...THEYWILLMENTIONHIMANYMINUTEN - damnit." "Execution of the Dantonists! Surely - damnit.")
...That was EXACTLY me. I nearly died of hyperventilation or something both those times. Errrr, is it really bad that that's the first complaint that comes to mind for me?? It's like the awful thing I do of always searching for his name in the index of a French Rev book as a sort of quality test ^^;;

It also amused me that the single mention of Saint-Just was "...at least we did that"

Aaand... while it was ... nicer, I suppose, to Robespierre than I expected, it definitely kind of oversimplified hugely to the point of ... yeah, like you said, weather-controlling Jacobins are right around the corner. Mm.

By the way, the website (http://www.historychannel.com/frenchrevolution/) is pretty hilarious. In a sort of cringe-worthy way... And the trailer. It's all "THE REVOLUTION WILL BE .... TELEVISED." and "LOADING THE REVOLUTION" and a very jolly American announcer listing "Marie Antoinette.... Robespi-erre... and King Louis the Sixteenth" (yes, in that rather strange order) like filmstars :) And there's a game! Which is like hangman, only, obviously, with, y'know, guillotines. And another one called "Cake Revolt" .... ("See how far you can hit the cake!" I kid you not. It's brilliant.)
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