Watch Weekly: Marco Polo

Hello Everyone and Welcome back to Saving Face Beauty!

Today is a skin day so we’re talking about TV.

My boss recommended a show to me that he’s been really in to lately.

The 10 - episode Netflix Original series ‘Marco Polo’  follows the young adventurer on his journey east to Mongolia ultimately to be left behind by his father and uncle to serve Kublai Khan (grandson to Genghis Khan) thereby ensuring the favorable passage of young Marco’s  kin along the Silk Road.

My boss, Justin, suggested it because  he knows I’m an archer and the series does feature the Mongolian horse bow, though not extensively.

Although I’ve never studied Sino-Mongolian history in depth, Marco Polo  seems to be very historically insightful. Whether or not the history it presents is accurate I can’t say.

The way Justin described it I was expecting something with a little more action and blood. There is blood, and there are some pretty decent fight sequences but they don’t overpower the show,  which I appreciate. Instead, from a military standpoint, it’s much more politically and strategically inclined, which I also appreciate.

Additionally, in the show the other characters  single Marco out by calling him “Round Eyes,” among other things, which for some reason I found hilarious.

Make no mistake, there are a lot of boobies. Justin says that’s not why he likes it, but I think that’s why he likes it. To be completely honest, if nudity in a show is important to you, Game of Thrones does it better. #justsayin, #donttripchocolatechip

Spoilers!

One of the latter episodes shares an ancient homemade recipe for Chinaman soup, which  I thought was pretty uh...interesting?

The end of the last episode leaves the interested viewer completely mind fucked!

Yumm…

Can’t wait for season 2!

I would describe the show as Vikings meets Kingdom of Heaven, meets Da Vinci’s Demons with the emphasis being placed on an ‘outsider’s perspective.’

Don’t ask me why it reminds me of Da Vinci’s Demons.  I don’t find Marco Polo to be corny, it’s probably more historically accurate (aside from advising Kublai Khan), and the male characters are much  more realistically attractive. *cough* Blake Ritson. *cough, cough*

But it still reminds me of Da Vinci’s Demons.  

I would give the show a solid 3.5 stars.

If you’re at all interested, what’s the harm in watching the first few episodes? Just take the plunge, you may or may not thank me later.

Yumm…..

Chinaman Soup.