Season 1 – Rise of Empires: Ottoman

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Sharon S @Phytom Dec 19 Damn, it’s one of the most intense historical shows I’ve seen in a while. It’s this mix of docudrama—real historians breaking down the events—with epic reenactments that feel like a big-budget movie. The star of the whole thing is Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu as the young Sultan Mehmed II. At only 21, this guy comes across as an absolute force: smart, ruthless, obsessed with destiny, and way ahead of his time. What really hooked me was how the show portrays Mehmed’s sheer genius in taking down Constantinople—a city that had stood unbreakable for over a thousand years. The Byzantines thought those massive Theodosian walls made them invincible, but Mehmed changes everything. He brings in this Hungarian gunmaker to cast gigantic cannons (one of them, the "Basilica," was insane—like 27 feet long and firing half-ton stones). The scenes of those monsters pounding the walls day after day are brutal and awe-inspiring. See more K F 01/31/2024 I love to watch historical dramas and pause throughout to search and check facts or more info... this was perfect because this is done in-film for you and at all the perfect points. Charles Dance is the perfect narrator and while all the actors are great, the lead Cem Yigit Üzümoglu is quite outstanding. See more Emily L 01/22/2024 I have a lot of Turkish friends and have learned the language and spent a lot of time in Türkiye over the years. I heard so much and read so much (and saw with my own eyes so much architecture and history around the cities) about the Ottoman Empire. I also grew tired of all the stupid stereotypes of Turkish people and culture by the west. I love this series for how it shows the critical points of the rise of the longest-ever influential human empire in history. I think Turks should be proud of their ingenuity and approach to governance and I am fascinated how much the characters resonate with what I have grown to know and adore about the culture. For all the people who want to come on here and slam the documentary please state your credentials and exact reasoning in a critical way please. It's very strange and "whataboutism" logic I see. The facts are the facts and while this might infuse drama, I don't see it as overly indulgent … you actually have historians verifying it! See more tomasz b @T0mmyB 10/22/2023 Genius Series! Watched it many times and still gets my blood pumping and adrenaline going 😎 See more Sheila B 06/11/2023 I was not bored at all. The acting was first-rate that I would like to see more of these actors. Production values were excellent. I found it gripping. But as always with these historical productions, the facts cannot all be accepted as actual. To me, that means further investigation but Vlad Dracula was indeed a monster. But the actor portrays him as a three-dimensional human being. The actor who portrayed Mehmed was also compelling. I know more about Vlad than about Mehmed so I don't know how much was accurate. Still, the show was thrilling and worth watching. I have only watched "Mehmed v. Vlad." See more helen g 03/02/2023 Super. The history is so refreshingly honest. Loved it and I learnt a lot. Brilliantly done. See more Read all reviews

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