prpineapple-88811 Now I have absolutely no idea what the Medici family is know for or what their story is. I haven't read any history on them at all. So when I start watching a new movie or series, I am expecting to be able to learn about that character/characters. While this show is made up of amazing actors, and they did a great job with what they had to work with, I continued to feel lost. The constant flipping back and forth from past to present made me have to really concentrate on what I was suppose to be understanding from each scene. It wasn't effortless. Then the music, while quite good, was extremely loud in every scene and overpowered the actors every time they talked. I kept having to turn my volume up just to hear what they said, or rewind because I missed it. Just when I thought there was a break and I could turn the volume down, it started all over again. This made it seem as though the music never stop throughout the entire episode. Now like I said, I'm not a history buff or claim to know whether the story line followed the facts to a "T", but I do know that if I have to force myself to understand what I am watching, then it no longer becomes fun, and I stop watching it. I know every shows takes a minute to find it's footing, but hopefully this is something they can work on a little with the next season.

shirecliff Tried to watch the first episode, but had to turn it off before the end of the hour. The clincher for me was the fully made-up young women. Yes, the costumes were quite good, even if they look slightly off the rack clean instead of worn in the day-to-day world of the time. The men looked almost believable, but the women looked like contemporary babes, with mascara, eye shadow, blush, lipstick and breast implants - completely unbelievable for the time.Acting and dialogue seemed flat and unengaging as well. There just wasn't enough there in the production to keep me interested, and unfortunately plenty there that I disliked. I had to turn it off.

fixnwrtr I see why they used Dustin Hoffman as the patriarch of the Medici family. I was shocked at first, but even though he is a good actor I think he fit well with the rest of the cast, including when he deferred to his wife. Spotnitz and Netflix thought they needed a heavy weight for the patriarch of the Medici with a mostly unknown and young cast and it worked. I don't know if another actor would have been as good overall, but Dustin Hoffman worked. I especially liked Madden as Cosimo and I appreciate the producers decided not to repeat the casting of a black actor for the bastard son of Cosimo just to gain points with the leftists. Madalena was a Circassian slave and did bear Cosimo a son, but Circassians were white skinned and not black. It is the politically correct thing to fit a black actor wherever possible in order to shake up the history, and let's face it that acting is fantasy and those on the left prefer to be PC than to be accurate or portray history as it is and not as they wish it to be. Bravo! for choosing facts instead of fantasy and for writing a script that left viewers thinking and reasoning for themselves without telling them what and how to believe and view history. Bravo! No kowtowing to the politically correct cults that skew reality and history.

REV M VINCENT TURNER At first, I was not going to watch this series on Netflix. But, in a moment of sheer boredom I decided to watch it. Now, I cannot stop!! Richard Madden is breathtakingly handsome (dare I say "gorgeous"?). Yes, I am a man and men most often are not "allowed" to state openly such observations. Well, I just did no matter what we men are "allowed".Of course, there are many exquisite ladies in this series, most who play very assertive roles.The level of intrigue is spellbinding. As is so true of many of the British writings, there is an edge to "Medici". One must ponder the reality of Florence in that time compared with the Florence created for this series. No matter! Off to watch the next episode!As a footnote, I just learned that Season 2 may not be released before the end of this year, 2017. Or, it will be available for viewing on Netflix early in 2018. I become so absorbed in so many of these productions, only to be come sorely disappointed by the delays in upcoming seasons. There is a whole slew of films (mostly British, Australian or with actors from Britain or Australia -- Richard Madden is a Scot from the village of William Wallace@) So! I wait. Ho hum Grrrr.