OK, let's get the positives out of the way. Incredible production design (especially the use of computer graphics to suggest DaVinci's POV), great storytelling, a wonderfully wicked villain, plenty of hot eye candy of both genders (which at the time was pretty rare!), and a great arc of a storyline about DaVinci's mother. All in all, well worth watching.
But...
(You knew it was coming, right?)
What is it with the Las Vegas showgirls in South America? Who thought those outfits were even remotely in line with the rest of the production work? Honestly, I found them so bizarre that it wrenched me right out of the show. Yes, there are other things that truly stretched credibility, like the giant plasterboard cannon they whipped up overnight. But those ladies.... gads...
But...
(You knew it was coming, right?)
What is it with the Las Vegas showgirls in South America? Who thought those outfits were even remotely in line with the rest of the production work? Honestly, I found them so bizarre that it wrenched me right out of the show. Yes, there are other things that truly stretched credibility, like the giant plasterboard cannon they whipped up overnight. But those ladies.... gads...