davoshannon
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I can see the PR Companies have loaded this with positive reviews - and it got one plaudit!.
Falls into a common trap for series set in Ireland. Seems necessary to overload the quirkiness to the point of weirdness. The sort of extreme characters portrayed here is not that common that you'll trip over one-such at every street corner. And the portrayal of the Gardai (Police) is taking caricature to ridiculous extremes.
If the authors that came up with these concepts and script want to work at quirky characters (particularly the lead) study "Annika" closely. She ticks all the boxes, but underneath it is attractive and lovable. Now that's a good trick.
Falls into a common trap for series set in Ireland. Seems necessary to overload the quirkiness to the point of weirdness. The sort of extreme characters portrayed here is not that common that you'll trip over one-such at every street corner. And the portrayal of the Gardai (Police) is taking caricature to ridiculous extremes.
If the authors that came up with these concepts and script want to work at quirky characters (particularly the lead) study "Annika" closely. She ticks all the boxes, but underneath it is attractive and lovable. Now that's a good trick.
Not going to get serious when I initially didn't realise the show was c.25 years old. Even though the old phone handsets were a complete giveaway - dammit, I liked my Motorola Razr!.
Soldiered through the entire 105 episodes - so have to add that it's tolerable.
But a note of levity - Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, Who is the fairest of them all? -> Lena Olin - Just a reaction to everything about her. Mightily impressed.
Amy Acker (close second) - Yes, indeed.
Jennifer Garner - OK, was that the early days of collagens (or worse) in her lips?.
And a more serious note; back then office PCs weren't that fast or good. I've been "at it" for 40 years+, and while I wouldn't be without them, it takes more time that Hollywood thinks to get them to do what you actually want!!.
Finally, butane powered hand gas burners (as used in some early series) wouldn't have any significant effect on speciality steels - such as cutting through.
Overall, it's all good fun, if you can ignore Leonardo da Vinci lookalikes!.
Soldiered through the entire 105 episodes - so have to add that it's tolerable.
But a note of levity - Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, Who is the fairest of them all? -> Lena Olin - Just a reaction to everything about her. Mightily impressed.
Amy Acker (close second) - Yes, indeed.
Jennifer Garner - OK, was that the early days of collagens (or worse) in her lips?.
And a more serious note; back then office PCs weren't that fast or good. I've been "at it" for 40 years+, and while I wouldn't be without them, it takes more time that Hollywood thinks to get them to do what you actually want!!.
Finally, butane powered hand gas burners (as used in some early series) wouldn't have any significant effect on speciality steels - such as cutting through.
Overall, it's all good fun, if you can ignore Leonardo da Vinci lookalikes!.
Yet another angle on the way the west was won from Kevin C. Always been worth watching for decades.
This one is a chaotic sequence, but that's the way I'd imagine the push west evolved.
Special mention for Sienna Miller, but off-topic. Everytime I see her it's the dance at camera sequence in "Layer Cake", so sensual - totally unforgettable!!.
The scenery at times is fantastic - but the farming part of me says it's damn sure not worthwhile land.
However late on, a scene with Sienna & Sam W. Was spectacularly '50's style Technicolour. I was immediately transported back to "Seven Brides ..." times.
The precis ending is confusing, but maybe that's Chapter 2.
Which I'll watch next.
This one is a chaotic sequence, but that's the way I'd imagine the push west evolved.
Special mention for Sienna Miller, but off-topic. Everytime I see her it's the dance at camera sequence in "Layer Cake", so sensual - totally unforgettable!!.
The scenery at times is fantastic - but the farming part of me says it's damn sure not worthwhile land.
However late on, a scene with Sienna & Sam W. Was spectacularly '50's style Technicolour. I was immediately transported back to "Seven Brides ..." times.
The precis ending is confusing, but maybe that's Chapter 2.
Which I'll watch next.
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