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The Medici: Episode 1

I haven’t done movie reviews in a while, although I have watched some rather good ones lately. One of the wonderful things about Netflix is that I can watch a wide variety of things instantly, where ever I am, provided I can get internet access.

I only hope that Netflix is able to keep making movies and TV shows available on instant stream. I’m sure there are many in the entertainment community that would just assume limit the access – however, I hope more of them have the foresight to understand you can’t dictate how your customers want your product. You’d be better off to offer what they want rather than what you find easiest to give them.

At any rate, I’ve just started watching a documentary series available on Netflix instant play called Empires: the Medici. It’s a PBS production.

I’ve always wanted to go to Florence, Italy. Italy is a place I never got to visit while I lived in Europe, and I’d love to see Rome, Venice and Florence.

This is a documentary about the Medici family. It would be of great interest to anyone interested in art, architecture, political science or church history. It gives a Renaissance background to all of these topics, in the first episode anyway, via the family history of the Medici. Check it out.

I’d give the first episode, anyway, four out five spoons!
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Anonymous said…
I signed up for Netflix, hoping to take advantage of the instant play option in between Sex & the City discs. Unfortunately, the Netflix online player does not support closed captions. Boo to Netflix. :(

As it turns out, the last SATC disc I got in the mail is not captioned, either. So frustrating!
11:00 PM
Heather Kirkwood said…
wow - how is that even legal? I feel the urge to write a letter. I didn't know!
12:43 AM
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