Okay, the acting, costumes, and sets are pretty spectacular. However, if the people who made this series intend to keep marketing their work to English-speaking audiences, they need to get someone who is thoroughly fluent and skilled in written English to do their subtitles. They also need to leave long subtitles on the screen long enough to be read. I'm 39 of 68 episodes in and I have never repeatedly rewound and/or paused portions of programs so many times in my entire life just so I know what's going on!
There are one or two episodes (so far), where the subtitles are just awful, apparently done by an entirely different person. Words are frequently repeated back to back, words run together, and there are spelling mistakes, etc. In other episodes, there are frequent issues with pluralization, possession, verb conjugation, inappropriate word usage, wrong word endings, (eg. "ing" instead of "ed" and vice versa) etc. The word abortion is used in place of miscarriage. Characters are referred to as assassinated when they are still living. "Royal" is mistakenly substituted for "loyal" a few times. Several main characters have at least three different names and/or titles, which is confusing because they're just thrown at the audience without introduction or explanation. Then there's the inbred nature of the royal family depicted (worse than the English and at least as bad as the Habsburg's), including at least one set of double cousins who are supposed to marry...eek! My head was spinning for the first few episodes as the familial relationships were revealed and I started to make sense of them.
My overall feeling is that it's too long, but that may be because the subtitles are difficult due to all the errors and problems. I think I'd find it easier and more relaxing to watch if it were dubbed rather than subtitled, though admittedly, I've always found the "out-of-sync" appearance of voice dubbing annoying.
There are one or two episodes (so far), where the subtitles are just awful, apparently done by an entirely different person. Words are frequently repeated back to back, words run together, and there are spelling mistakes, etc. In other episodes, there are frequent issues with pluralization, possession, verb conjugation, inappropriate word usage, wrong word endings, (eg. "ing" instead of "ed" and vice versa) etc. The word abortion is used in place of miscarriage. Characters are referred to as assassinated when they are still living. "Royal" is mistakenly substituted for "loyal" a few times. Several main characters have at least three different names and/or titles, which is confusing because they're just thrown at the audience without introduction or explanation. Then there's the inbred nature of the royal family depicted (worse than the English and at least as bad as the Habsburg's), including at least one set of double cousins who are supposed to marry...eek! My head was spinning for the first few episodes as the familial relationships were revealed and I started to make sense of them.
My overall feeling is that it's too long, but that may be because the subtitles are difficult due to all the errors and problems. I think I'd find it easier and more relaxing to watch if it were dubbed rather than subtitled, though admittedly, I've always found the "out-of-sync" appearance of voice dubbing annoying.