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Jun. 7th, 2014 03:26 pmSo I'm watching Penny Dreadful. SHOWTIME FINALLY GOT ME. I blame all those bad YA Frankenstein novels. I think it's possible that I've spent so much time being personally frustrated with Frankenstein the actual original novel that it has to some extent brainwashed me; weird adaptations of Frankenstein appear to have become a strange, terrible, personal form of Kryptonite.
So Penny Dreadful - already halfway through its first season - is Showtime's attempt at redoing League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, this time with 100% more bloody bodies and onscreen sex. That aside, it's very pretty! Lots of passably accurate Victorian costumes and gorgeously dramatic overhead shots.
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So Penny Dreadful - already halfway through its first season - is Showtime's attempt at redoing League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, this time with 100% more bloody bodies and onscreen sex. That aside, it's very pretty! Lots of passably accurate Victorian costumes and gorgeously dramatic overhead shots.
( The rest is cut for length and a few images. )
