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In season 3, Da Vinci's Demons is getting harder and harder to follow...
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3.5 Anima Venator
Da Vinci's Demons has been kind of problematic for me throughout its third season thus far. It seems like everything is different, all the ideas of the first two seasons are just scrambled up to make everything a muddled, grey mess. Are the Sons of Mithras the bad guys? Are the Labyrinth bad guys? Sure, when you look at the surface, it's the bad guys like Carlo Medici and Riario involved in the Labyrinth and the Sons of Mithras have Leo's old ally Al-Rahim Aka The Turk (Alexander Siddig) and the true pope, Francesco (James Faulkner). However, one side is fighting to defend Italy and the other wide is actively assaulting and killing the people of the peninsula and by extension the Catholic Church.
Stuck in the middle are Florence and its famous son,...
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In season 3, Da Vinci's Demons is getting harder and harder to follow...
This review contains spoilers.
3.5 Anima Venator
Da Vinci's Demons has been kind of problematic for me throughout its third season thus far. It seems like everything is different, all the ideas of the first two seasons are just scrambled up to make everything a muddled, grey mess. Are the Sons of Mithras the bad guys? Are the Labyrinth bad guys? Sure, when you look at the surface, it's the bad guys like Carlo Medici and Riario involved in the Labyrinth and the Sons of Mithras have Leo's old ally Al-Rahim Aka The Turk (Alexander Siddig) and the true pope, Francesco (James Faulkner). However, one side is fighting to defend Italy and the other wide is actively assaulting and killing the people of the peninsula and by extension the Catholic Church.
Stuck in the middle are Florence and its famous son,...
- 11/23/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
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Can Da Vinci's Demons really spare the time for a dream episode at this stage? Here's our review of season three's The Labrys...
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3.4 The Labrys
An adorable little boy playing with toys that look suspiciously like models of Da Vinci's famous tanks and castles. Mother's getting water from the well... and by mother I mean Lucrezia Donati. The little boy's name is Andrea, after a famous teacher of artisans. And the boy's father? Leonardo Da Vinci, of course, who emerges from his workshop with a model of his famous gyrocopter. Da Vinci is being summoned to Rome, but the trip will be dangerous because the Italian peninsula has dissolved into civil war between the Sons of Mithras and the forces of the Horns of the Increate.
If this is confusing to you, what with the creepy cave echoing with chanting voices and the...
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Can Da Vinci's Demons really spare the time for a dream episode at this stage? Here's our review of season three's The Labrys...
This review contains spoilers.
3.4 The Labrys
An adorable little boy playing with toys that look suspiciously like models of Da Vinci's famous tanks and castles. Mother's getting water from the well... and by mother I mean Lucrezia Donati. The little boy's name is Andrea, after a famous teacher of artisans. And the boy's father? Leonardo Da Vinci, of course, who emerges from his workshop with a model of his famous gyrocopter. Da Vinci is being summoned to Rome, but the trip will be dangerous because the Italian peninsula has dissolved into civil war between the Sons of Mithras and the forces of the Horns of the Increate.
If this is confusing to you, what with the creepy cave echoing with chanting voices and the...
- 11/16/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Da Vinci's Demons ends its second season on another mighty cliffhanger. Here's Ron's review...
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2.10 The Sins Of Daedalus
Every season, American television shows end on some sort of cliffhanger in the hopes of creating enough fan interest to get renewed for another season. Even successful shows, like Da Vinci's Demons, fall into this pattern because at the end of the day, even when you know you're coming back for a third season, you want to keep the fans talking. You want the fans to be on the edge of their seats, waiting to see how this situation unfolds, because a good finale leads right to a killer season debut. (See this season's debut episode for more on that.) This is a season finale leaving on such a cool moment that it actually made me angry.
In the port city of Otranto, an army amasses. Incensed...
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This review contains spoilers.
2.10 The Sins Of Daedalus
Every season, American television shows end on some sort of cliffhanger in the hopes of creating enough fan interest to get renewed for another season. Even successful shows, like Da Vinci's Demons, fall into this pattern because at the end of the day, even when you know you're coming back for a third season, you want to keep the fans talking. You want the fans to be on the edge of their seats, waiting to see how this situation unfolds, because a good finale leads right to a killer season debut. (See this season's debut episode for more on that.) This is a season finale leaving on such a cool moment that it actually made me angry.
In the port city of Otranto, an army amasses. Incensed...
- 6/1/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Da Vinci's Demons is heading further into fantasy, which is no bad thing, says Ron...
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2.9 The Enemies Of Man
When Da Vinci's Demons takes a page from the book of Leonardo (not the Book of Leaves) and uses the character's creativity as an asset, it can be one of the most fun shows on television. Perhaps more importantly, it shows that brains can and will beat brawn if properly applied, which is one of the great lessons of Renaissance Florence as a whole. It was never the strongest of the Italian city states, but it reached a height that made it infamous both in its time and in our own. Using creative solutions, Florence became a power-broker known worldwide. The clever application of brains over brawn is the story of Florence, and it is the story of Leonardo Da Vinci.
Da Vinci has proven that...
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This review contains spoilers.
2.9 The Enemies Of Man
When Da Vinci's Demons takes a page from the book of Leonardo (not the Book of Leaves) and uses the character's creativity as an asset, it can be one of the most fun shows on television. Perhaps more importantly, it shows that brains can and will beat brawn if properly applied, which is one of the great lessons of Renaissance Florence as a whole. It was never the strongest of the Italian city states, but it reached a height that made it infamous both in its time and in our own. Using creative solutions, Florence became a power-broker known worldwide. The clever application of brains over brawn is the story of Florence, and it is the story of Leonardo Da Vinci.
Da Vinci has proven that...
- 5/19/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Review Ron Hogan 19 Apr 2014 - 21:23
Leonardo's dealing with a whole new world, but is it more than he can handle? Here's Ron's review...
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2.5 – The Sun and the Moon
I think one of the reasons Da Vinci's Demons has struck a pretty decent chord among the viewing public is because it shares a lot of similarities to Patty and Selma Bouvier's favorite television program, MacGyver. Leonardo, like MacGyver, is a world traveler and polymath who can solve pretty much any problem you put in front of him using primarily physical sciences. Leonardo has a sketchbook, MacGyver uses a Swiss army knife. Leonardo and MacGyver both try not to kill people unless they absolutely have to and associate with a variety of interesting characters during their adventures. Both of them have awesome hair. And, most importantly, both of them routinely get in over their heads.
Leonardo Da Vinci...
Leonardo's dealing with a whole new world, but is it more than he can handle? Here's Ron's review...
This review contains spoilers.
2.5 – The Sun and the Moon
I think one of the reasons Da Vinci's Demons has struck a pretty decent chord among the viewing public is because it shares a lot of similarities to Patty and Selma Bouvier's favorite television program, MacGyver. Leonardo, like MacGyver, is a world traveler and polymath who can solve pretty much any problem you put in front of him using primarily physical sciences. Leonardo has a sketchbook, MacGyver uses a Swiss army knife. Leonardo and MacGyver both try not to kill people unless they absolutely have to and associate with a variety of interesting characters during their adventures. Both of them have awesome hair. And, most importantly, both of them routinely get in over their heads.
Leonardo Da Vinci...
- 4/19/2014
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
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