Yes the long awaited season Premiere of Da Vinci's Demons comes to Fox tomorrow night at 9pm (GMT time).
Whats got me really excited about this series, a drama based on the actual life of the great man himself is the actual production side of this Television series. The whole production, majority of cast and all the crew is British. With Wales being the main location to the this bug budget drama.
Last week I watched an interview with the writer and producer of this TV programme David S Goyer (the man who made Batman come to life on the page) and it really intrigued me, being a fan of Television programmes such as Dexter I didn't want to miss out. Seeing little clips now and again on the trailer and adverts that Fox have been screening all month I actually cannot wait to see the final product. Yes I watch Fox alot ... due to the season premieres of NCIS and Dexter it's a channel I rarely turn off!
So about the programme itself, it is of course set in Italy (duh no brainer there) and follows Da Vinci's life, I think in the interview David S Goyer said that they had some of Da Vinci's dairies so they could piece together some of his life before dramatising the other sections (Because everyone needs artistic license don't they?) I was blown away with the fact they got the special effects technician off Doctor Who of all programmes (which again is amazing i'm just to scaredy to watch it... Cybermen I shall say no more) to work on their sets and special effects.
The British film industry may not be producing big budget films anymore but most of our specialties and great historical buildings and landscapes have enticed US film makers over to use our facilities and the work force, which in terms of the industry is a boost!!!
I know that we may be a small island but we are full of great talent and amazing history which means that we can make some awesome TV programmes and films!
Anyway enough of Patriotism... down to the nitty gritty... if you live in the UK catch Da Vinci's Demons at 9pm on FOX(124 on Sky) ... or catch it on plus one(165 on Sky) at 10pm (sorry to Virgin Media costumers i can't remember the channel numbers!) ... it is not to be missed as it looks incredible!!!
The film actually reminded me of Alice In Wonderland (the recent Tim Burton/ Disney one) the way it looked aesthetically, the imagery and the way it was filmed through to the music which was by the same composer Danny Elfman (also he did write The Simpson's Theme tune.. trivia) so it had the association in there for me. I loved the CGI, they brought Oz to life more than the first film did but then it was 1939 when the original was realised so .... really there is much you could've done with that. The first opening scenes were interesting as it was all in Black and White and like the original I sat there in the cinema confused to what was actually happening. I found it to be comedic in places and also had that hint of the sinister about it, with the witches being the main focuses. I'll get back to the Narrative in the second. As soon as you came into Oz everything turned into colour again, the screen got wider and to be honest it was amazing how they did that, it blew me away, I couldn't believe the special effects. The special effects also made up most of the supporting Characters (see above) in the world of OZ. 
I loved the little china doll, she was the best character apart from the monkey (Zac Braff from Scrubs) there is a scene where they are going to find the evil witch and they're on the yellow brick road and the wizard is saying go and walk back to Emerald City and she wants to go with them so she cries and cries until he says alright and then just jumps and begins skipping happily down the road. I was in fits of laughter as that would be something I would've done as a kid. 
Now onto the problem the narrative, It was good in places and kept within the theme and style of the Wizard of Oz with little musical numbers now and again, but the problem I actually had was with the Wizard himself.. his lines were reparative and REALLY CHEESY!!!! Now I love a little bit of Cheese but to bombarded with it all the time from the beginning of the film was just like give me a break! I mean I know that I am new at writing of scripts but i would never really repeat the same type of dialogue unless it was needed. Don't get me wrong great acting from beginning to end but the witches all three of them were the stars of the film! It was just that they made James Franco's Character a womaniser which ruined the image of the character. The wizard is made out to be noble and wise not a womanising idiot! anyway rant aside it's a good film but .... I didn't really enjoy it that much overall!!