Basically, the review title says it all.
This show is another comedic take on history, this time, the history of Poland. But it's nowhere as funny as Norsemen, even though some actors can deliver as funny looks and lines, and Bartlomiej Topa does extremely fine job playing a simple-minded, but cunning rural noble. Rest of the cast... just seems to lack... that something that made Norsemen so funny. They feel more like bored theatre actors just doing what the script says. And that's what makes "1670" weaker.
Slavic rural life is pretty exotic for a location, and most cultural references are either hit or miss - a lot of the old laws and traditions are made fun of, but many of them would be clear only to most hardcode history buffs. There's also attempt to portray modern ideas in the medieval setting, and that, usually -- comes off much funnier.
I do enjoy it very much, and I do think we could use more history on our screens, but a better version of same thing already exists. And if the better thing gets you to wet your pants here and there from laughter, this one - sadly - gets only few chuckles.
This show is another comedic take on history, this time, the history of Poland. But it's nowhere as funny as Norsemen, even though some actors can deliver as funny looks and lines, and Bartlomiej Topa does extremely fine job playing a simple-minded, but cunning rural noble. Rest of the cast... just seems to lack... that something that made Norsemen so funny. They feel more like bored theatre actors just doing what the script says. And that's what makes "1670" weaker.
Slavic rural life is pretty exotic for a location, and most cultural references are either hit or miss - a lot of the old laws and traditions are made fun of, but many of them would be clear only to most hardcode history buffs. There's also attempt to portray modern ideas in the medieval setting, and that, usually -- comes off much funnier.
I do enjoy it very much, and I do think we could use more history on our screens, but a better version of same thing already exists. And if the better thing gets you to wet your pants here and there from laughter, this one - sadly - gets only few chuckles.