Looks interesting. Sometimes I think certain literary historians simply have it in for the Bard of Stratford-upon-Avon, but then I'm no literary historian.

Adding video to channels (Books) - requested by kronosposeidon.

This looks really good the Cg / mat paintings / comps look fantastic.

Still have to remember to stop a trailer after first 10 seconds so i don't know the whole bloody film by the end of it.

>> ^kronosposeidon:

Looks interesting. Sometimes I think certain literary historians simply have it in for the Bard of Stratford-upon-Avon, but then I'm no literary historian.


I met the decedent of the Earl of Oxford in College. He came to give a talk on this stuff. Unfortunately for him, there were a number of very well-respected Shakespeare scholars in attendance who pulled this story apart. This was over 10 years ago, so I can't even pretend to do it justice, but the guy basically left the stage in embarrassment because he had absolutely to explanations for all the stuff, generally agreed upon, which pretty much ruled out the Earl of Oxford as the writer of the Shakespeare plays.


In the end though, movies like this (and Oliver Stone's JFK) will serve to color the general population's concept of such controversies, giving far more weight to conspiracy theories than they actually deserve.

In summary, they do have it in for the Bard and our current society just LOVES a conspiracy theory...

i just watched this documentary this morning: Much Ado About Something about the claim that Christopher Marlowe (who in the theory fled in exile to Italy, rather than killed) being the real writer of Shakespeare's plays. It's quite an enjoyable documentary even if you don't come to the end anywhere near convinced by the Marlovian Theory.

as one of the critics put it "icon-bashing has never been so amusing."

Having lived with English Literature students for a good year or so I think I've heard more about Shakespeare and this Earl than I like or even thought possible.