What TV shows are people watching?

**Frownland** · 08-09-2017, 07:20 PM

So that's one, let's get a few more in.

Trollheart · 08-09-2017, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

So that's one, let's get a few more in.

I have literally no idea what you're talking about. You said "keep telling me the premise" and I made it clear that I'm not telling you about it, I'm telling Ped, who I believe has not yet seen it. If she wishes to try it, I'm encouraging her by advising her what it's built around. What about that is so hard to understand? She started the topic by mentioning HoC, you said you don't like it, I'm talking to her reagrdless of what you think of the show, so why you still think my comments are aimed at you, when I've told you twice they're not, I'm at a loss to understand.

**Frownland** · 08-09-2017, 07:28 PM

There's the second explanation, a couple more now.

Trollheart · 08-09-2017, 07:31 PM

Anyone watching this? Wondering if it's any good: certainly has a good premise but I wonder if it's worth trying?

djchameleon · 08-09-2017, 07:33 PM

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I ain't seen it, but the thing about the version I have seen, the BBC one, is that although it's politically-set, of course, it's almost more a backdrop. It's the inner workings of Francis Urquart's mind we see more than anything else; what he'll do to take and keep power, the things and the people he betrays, who he'll literally murder or have murdered to keep his grip on power. As I say, almost literally Richard III for the twentieth century.

I guess you don't get that the two versions are pretty damn similar. If she doesn't like the US version. She won't like the UK version. Frown has been trying to tell you that for a few posts but you don't get it.

Guerilla.

I missed out on this mini series. I am going to start it up tonight after watching Snowden.

Trollheart · 08-09-2017, 07:37 PM

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I guess you don't get that the two versions are pretty damn similar. If she doesn't like the US version. She won't like the UK version. Frown has been trying to tell you that for a few posts but you don't get it.

As I say, I haven't seen the US version, but Ped's issue with it seemed to be the tangle of politics in the US one. As I said, there's not that much deep politics in the BBC version. That's all I'm saying. If intricate politics is what stops you watching the US version, I don't believe the same is true of the BBC one.

My point isn't that Frown has a problem with the series, it's that he seems to keep answering my comments as if they're directed at him, which they're not. I get he doesn't like either; I guess you don't either. I'm just letting Ped know she might enjoy the BBC version more. She might not, I'm just letting her know it might be worth a shot.

I really have to make a point of watching the US version, but here it's only on Netflix and, of course, I have the region issue which Netflix are really hardass about, so it ain't easy.

**Frownland** · 08-09-2017, 07:48 PM

Oh you thought I was replying to your posts? I was posting a series of non sequiturs. Just because I quote your post doesn't mean I'm responding to it, don't be so self centered. Those comments were for me only.

Paedantic Basterd · 08-09-2017, 08:58 PM

Yeah, on the topic, not a fan of breaking the 4th wall, despite my love of meta-writing.

Chiomara · 08-10-2017, 11:37 AM

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Anne or Anne with an E (I'm not entirely sure which is the correct name for my region.)

So I'm pretty much the last person to expect to be into this sort of thing, but I dig it. I dunno if it's just because I'm feeling a little homesick and it's nice to hear Canadian cities get name dropped in hilarious accents.

Anyways, it's a new show about Anne (with an E) from Green Gabels, a book series that I've never read but was aware of. It follows the titular Anne (with an E) as she is accidentally adopted (they wanted a boy) by a brother and sister to basically act as free labour. Things happen, she gets to stay, and live a life as a child, something she never got to do because she had been an orphan her entire life, which have left her with a nasty case of PTSD.

Despite this, she is a very imaginative, curious, well spoken, educated, and polite girl who is headstrong and determined. She can sometimes go to Bridge to Terabithia levels of obnoxious at times, but she gets nicely balanced out by her adoptive mother's grounded and stern, but never mean, personality.

Costumes and set design are top notch, it really does look like late 19th / early 20th century. There's some gorgeous cinematography and I definitely need to check out Prince Edward Island sometime in my life.

Overall, a very well thought-out and executed show.

YES finally someone else here has seen this; I loved it, personally, though it seems a lot of the die-hard Anne of Green Gables purists loathed the new series, claiming it was too gritty/gritty for the sake of being gritty, etc. But I don't really understand that; I felt that there were plenty of lighthearted whimsical moments to balance out the darker PTSD stuff. I binge-watched it and was emotionally destroyed/elated afterward, but it was worth it. And the casting was just perfect. I thought the writing in general was consistently great and natural as well. (I think the writer also worked on Breaking Bad, but I'm not 100% sure) So many scenes were just so unbearably perfect and sweet and charming; I had to watch them over and over.

LoathsomePete · 08-10-2017, 12:07 PM

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YES finally someone else here has seen this; I loved it, personally, though it seems a lot of the die-hard Anne of Green Gables purists loathed the new series, claiming it was too gritty/gritty for the sake of being gritty, etc. But I don't really understand that; I felt that there were plenty of lighthearted whimsical moments to balance out the darker PTSD stuff. I binge-watched it and was emotionally destroyed/elated afterward, but it was worth it. And the casting was just perfect. I thought the writing in general was consistently great and natural as well. (I think the writer also worked on Breaking Bad, but I'm not 100% sure) So many scenes were just so unbearably perfect and sweet and charming; I had to watch them over and over.

From what I read on IMDB, most of the ire seems to be more directed towards the feminist undertones of the show, because of course it is. I found the gritty moments to be a welcome addition and kind of necessary because I cannot imagine being an orphan in the late 19th century was some cakewalk, nor would society just immediately accept you just because you've been adopted. I'm only 3 episodes in so I cannot comment on the last 4, but from what I have seen I think there is a lot of room for character growth among the assholes of the show.

I find the relationship between Anne and Marilla to be the most interesting, as both are trying to adapt to the other, even if it doesn't always seem that way. Like when Matthew comes back with Anne in the 2nd episode you just want Anne to run up and hug Marilla, and the fact that it doesn't happen is sad, but you know that there is still genuine affection, which is made clear at the end of that episode.

08-09-2017, 07:20 PM	#5511 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	So that's one, let's get a few more in. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

08-09-2017, 07:28 PM	#5513 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	There's the second explanation, a couple more now. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

08-09-2017, 07:31 PM	#5514 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Anyone watching this? Wondering if it's any good: certainly has a good premise but I wonder if it's worth trying? __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

08-09-2017, 07:48 PM	#5517 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Oh you thought I was replying to your posts? I was posting a series of non sequiturs. Just because I quote your post doesn't mean I'm responding to it, don't be so self centered. Those comments were for me only. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

08-09-2017, 08:58 PM	#5518 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	Yeah, on the topic, not a fan of breaking the 4th wall, despite my love of meta-writing.