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Whoops: not Victorian times. 100 years prior, as was pointed out to me by Jo and Slurpeez. My bad. However, the dialogue critique stands.
[adrotate group="5"]"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"I did record it and plan to watch it and will watch it live with you next Sunday.
Same! Next Sunday we’ll do it live.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Just finished watching the opening episode (it just aired in the USA so…no spoilers, British folk!)
It’s your standard Masterpiece theater piece, which isn’t to say anything negative. I liked Aidan Turner (have known him previously in Being Human before he was in the Hobbit…incidentally, also starred Michael Socha, though they were in different seasons) as Ross Poldark. A bit of a brooding, Heathcliff type of figure—the story is more reminiscent of Bronte than it is of Austen (saw too many critics comparing Poldark to Darcy and didn’t think that was true). But as Wuthering Heights happens to be my favorite book, I’ll take it. Can’t get too much of a read on Demelza yet. I like that she’s rougher around the edges than Elizabeth was. Not a lady, but an urchin.
The costumes were really good. The dialogue could have been a bit snazzier, more snappy. Even though I haven’t read the books, there is a certain way Victorian English talk and it more often than not is replicated quite well on film, but it felt that this trait was lacking in the premiere. Not that the dialogue wasn’t good but it didn’t have that flair I associate with British period pieces. Oh, the sets/scenery were to die for….almost forgot that one. It is to Cornwall/British countryside as Outlander is to the Scottish highlands.
I will say this though, PBS Masterpiece Theater knows their audience. They know that the majority of their audience are young/middle age women who are perfectly okay with long shots of Aidan Turner brooding and looking contemplative against a lush British sky. It’s all well and good but if they rely on that as opposed to dialogue and character development then I might get a bit more frowny. Handsome men are great–I have no problem with letting my heterosexual female gaze have it just rewards–but it’s all about the story in the end. Still, it’s only one episode in so my criticism is just a passing thought moving forward.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Maybe Merlin will be Evanna in disguise?
Exactly! Or, in reverse, for Evanna to be Merlin in disguise. Either way, it would make Rumple and Lily half-siblings (lets not think too hard on that one), with the added benefit of firmly anchoring Mal to the Charming/Stiltskin family baobab. How bout them apples?
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"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Do you think they might have Dark Emma try and bring back Neal? Obviously she won’t succeed (unless a secret deal with MRJ to appear has happened) but bring back the dead seems a pretty dark thing to try and do.
No.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Not YET ANOTHER villain that’s related to the main cast…
:-/ that’s how ONCE rolls, though, so I wouldn’t hold my breath
I think its a given on this show. Have we ever had ONE season where the villain wasn’t related to the main cast?
Yup, exactly. And the other thing OUAT likes to do is combine multiple characters into a single one. So I could see how Morgana turns out to ALSO be Guinevere as well as Rumple’s mom.
Ah, well that’s less likely since they are looking for a Latina to play Guinevere.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"*rolls out of bed slightly bleary eyed*
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Given the casting call for Merlin, it now seems unlikely that he is Lily’s father. Arthur is a more likely candidate
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"I know pretty much everyone saw all the pics but I have to leave this one here.
Just remember. It’s all about the tumblrs.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
