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Post by hikari on Jan 30, 2018 13:12:48 GMT -5
Hikari, I have to read around in the Sherlock forum to see if I get any urge to post there, other than on your page. I have been searching around on the web for other forums that are on subjects of interest to me, but the ones I've found don't inspire too much, certainly not as much as the Amazon ones did. One of the things I'm prized so much there was that on any thread one could post on just about anything, even sometimes things only loosely related to the topic. That was great and led to a lot of diversity and spontineity. I don't get that feeling from so many forums I been investigating. There seems to be a rigidity to them that throws water on the burning ashes of the few ideas that come to mind. Sigh. Also, with many of them, I get the impression one needs to be a member of the club. It's frustrating. Speaking of libraries, did I ever mention that the Provo City Library moved a few years ago into the renovat old Brigham Young Academy across the street from where I used to live for nine years thirty years ago? For most of my life, having a library just across the street from me would have been my definition of paradise! Are you going to get another cat to bring your total of house guests up to three as in days of yore? Have your two remaining furry friends forgiven you for taking away their mate yet? I remember cats as having long memoriies, and usually unforgiviing natures, so I suppose it's possible they haven't. That must be difficult. Getting back to Mr SH, I have a bit of a Sherlockian mystery going on here myself. I've been looking, but can't find my copy of the complete Sherlock Holmes. Since I was just reading in it beck in late November, I can't imagine where I put it. It's not like it should be difficult to see because it's large in a green cover. What would Holmes say about this problem? I suppose he would say: "It's elementary, my dear Cav. You are color blind and need new glasses." I would be unimpressed by such a response from The Great One, even though both of those things are true, because I had no difficulty in locating the big book in November. Maybe I should consult the New York guy. Is he still in business? If the Great One tells you "I deduce that you need glasses", you can always retort "Perfectly sound analysis, but I *was* hoping for more." I need to hire Sherlock Holmes to help me locate the missing volumes of my Inspector Lewis set that have mysteriously gone walkabout and not returned. Since I have all my TV and movie DVDs in lidded crates, I can't imagine where they have got to. I'm sure they are not under the couch.
I miss the Amazon forums too, very much. There's still a hole in my days and I still occasionally think, first thing in the morning, 'Gotta log into the Lounge', and then I realize it is no longer there. I can say that I was absolutely going through severe withdrawal for a couple of months there. The detoxing wasn't as painful or messy as kicking narcotics, but it still hurt. That dull ache of loss has lessened over time, but I still miss all the folks I can no longer 'talk' to, like Larry Kelley. I am no longer an Amazon customer, actually. I made that decision partially in response to the closure of the discussion forums, and also because I have experienced a decline in their customer service with some of my most recent orders. When my first (and only) two apparel orders were mailed from Guangdong, China, that was the final nail in the coffin. I still visit from time to time to read item reviews--it's a job requirement for me, and I still like to keep up on the newly-released items I'm missing out on. I was just there a few minutes ago to read up on 'George Gently 8', the most recent season of 'Vera' and 'Jack Taylor 3'. I just finished reading Ken Bruen's Ghosts of Galway, which was only recently published, too late to make it into the last set of the DVDs. Bruen's prose style almost reads like free verse poetry in places. This book is very bleak, but what powered me through was hearing Iain Glen's voice in my head as Jack. The books are written just like he reads them for the voiceover narration. I hope he will continue for as long as they want to make these--especially since his Game of Thrones commitment will be ending soon. Jack Taylor is his "Sherlock" role for me--a detective for the ages. It's hard to remember that Iain is a Scot, not a Galway boy, so perfectly does he do the Galway accent.
2018 has not been aces for me so far. On the last day of last year, I had to put down my nearly-16-year-old first cat. She got sick 2 days before Christmas and I knew it was time; she was exhibiting all the symptoms of the other one, in the same progression. So I lost 2 within 9 weeks of each other. I am down now to Grey Kitty, with no plans to adopt any more pets. The hole in my heart is too large and I still cry a little bit every day, if I am honest. Shortly after that I got the Mother of all Colds for 2 weeks and directly after that I had to have eye surgery. I don't want to tempt Fate by saying "It couldn't be worse" because Fate will conspire to prove me wrong about that. Anytime something good wants to happen in my life, it's welcome to show up.
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Post by hikari on Jan 30, 2018 15:04:13 GMT -5
The Sherlock forum has filled some of the hole left by Amazon, but not all. It's a gorgeously-designed website but despite its Cadillac appearance, it's not very active. I've counted only about 10-12 individuals (including myself) who post regularly. 5 or 6 of the people seem to be online every day and night at all hours; I suspect them of being depressives who are unemployed and 1. don't sleep and 2. don't leave the room where the computer is very often. At least half the threads are devoted to blather and minutae that have nothing to do with Sherlock or even current TV shows--like 'Cute Animal Videos' and 'General Rants'. Those people seem to exist in a weird sort of time warp. Based on their commentary about the episodes, in minute, argumentative detail, you would get the impression that it's still 2012 and Season 2 is still airing or just finished. It's primarily a Benedict Cumberbatch fan site, to be honest. Feels very 5 years ago in the level of their devotion. The site began in 2012, but some of the newer members haven't even seen the last 2 seasons yet. The postees and moderators come from all over North America and Europe, but it is based in the UK, so I find it odd that they are arguing over these episodes like the show is still viable. The producers and actors have all moved on and this lot doesn't seem able to.
I'd be perfectly happy to teleport back to 2012, but since that ship has sailed it's pointless to either wish for it or pretend time hasn't moved on. I introduced the literary threads, for Holmes because he is timeless even if we aren't. I actually ended up there through looking for a scion society to join . . to my chagrin, a miniscule number of the membership have even read more than one or two Holmes stories. Since giving myself a crash course in Canon in the last year, I find that I am no longer satisfied to crawl when I can run and have put childish things behind me. Sherlock BBC counts as a childish thing, particularly the last season.
I have made one new online friend there in 'Herlock Sholmes' who is a dedicated and assiduous collector of everything relating to Sherlock Holmes and his spiritual descendant, Solar Pons. He is a great student of Victorian true crime, particularly Everything Ripper, and Victorian figures in general, like Oscar Wilde. It has been a pleasure to make his acquaintance. One other good thing that came out of my Sherlockian quest was striking up an intermittent correspondence with American Sherlockian David Marcum. I have queried Mr. Marcum about getting him to sign a copy of his 'Papers of Solar Pons' for my new friend in the UK and I'm hoping we can make that happen by Easter.
A new writers' group has just formed in my town and meets every Wednesday at a local coffee shop. I need to get involved with that as an impetus to getting off my duff and writing the Holmes pastiche (or more) that I feel must be in me somewhere. I haven't been feeling tip-top lately and I'm still getting over my eye operation, so I don't know that it will happen this week, but if the weather cooperates in February (ha!) I'm going to try and look in. It may be stuffed with weirdos, but I won't know until I meet them.
Despite the deficiencies of that community, I do hope you come back, Cav, if only to visit my thread(s). Your presence can only serve to improve any community of which you are a part. We need more non-Millennials to hold up the side!
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Post by cavaradossi on Jan 31, 2018 16:48:43 GMT -5
Hikari
I'm so sorry to hear about your second cat. Two practically in a row, that has to be hard. I have never gotten over the cat friends I've had in years past, and remember them fondly, even the pricklier one. That little guy was convinced that he ruled me, so I gave him a prince's name, Calaf, from Puccini's Turandot. Oh, and he DID rule me; a more imperious presence would be hard to imagine. I remember him always calling me from the bottom of the stairs to let him out at night. It didn't matter who else in the family was home and downstairs at the time, he insisted that only I must let him out. It amused me no end, and I served my master with no complaints.
Speaking of Sherl
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Post by cavaradossi on Jan 31, 2018 17:12:10 GMT -5
Hikari
Well, that was interesting. My iPad keyboard locked up! I've never experienced that before. Pretty weird.
As I was about to say... About three weeks ago, I thought to watch the Sherlock series again, which would be my first reviewing in a few years. To my surprise, I found I couldn't get into even the pilot! Something about it was not clicking for me this time. Could it be that the truly bad taste left in the mouth by Abominable Bride and Season four were contaminating this hitherto very much admired by me episode? I figured I had better give the show an even longer rest before trying it again. Oh, from what I read on the internet, it looks very strongly like season four did mark the end of that show. If so, I am shedding no tears.
You've made friends with a Ripper enthusiast? I know I'm not the only one, but I've never actually met another one before.
I did finally discover my complete Sherlock Holmes hiding under a pile of books in the north west bedroom. Now how in the world did it get there?!
Are you still following Elementary and is it still on?
I am currently watching the BBC remake series of Poldark, the current one, and am finding it irresistible viewing, even though the thing is relentlessly downbeat. Disaster after disaster after disaster.... It's even kind of predictable, you know, those oh so frequent moments when your're wondering what's going to happen in the next few minutes, and you immediately think "Disaster" and are never wrong!
I don't know whether it's the way the actress plays her, or if it's due to some characteristic of her own, but I'm finding Elizabeth Poldark, now Warleggan, the most enigmatic character in the series. I wonder if it's that way in the Graham books. Have you read them? I find it impossible to read her face. It's a very nice face indeed, but little evidence of what she might be thinking ever crosses it. Interesting.
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Post by cavaradossi on Feb 1, 2018 9:18:18 GMT -5
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I watched season three, episode two, of Poldark last night, and guess who showed up playing a "Sir" - our friend John Hopkins! Considering that his youthful appearance on Midsomer Murders was only during the last decade, he's not aging too well. I wonder if it's all that Shakespeare!
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Post by hikari on Feb 1, 2018 13:48:06 GMT -5
Hikari Well, that was interesting. My iPad keyboard locked up! I've never experienced that before. Pretty weird. As I was about to say... About three weeks ago, I thought to watch the Sherlock series again, which would be my first reviewing in a few years. To my surprise, I found I couldn't get into even the pilot! Something about it was not clicking for me this time. Could it be that the truly bad taste left in the mouth by Abominable Bride and Season four were contaminating this hitherto very much admired by me episode? I figured I had better give the show an even longer rest before trying it again. Oh, from what I read on the internet, it looks very strongly like season four did mark the end of that show. If so, I am shedding no tears. You've made friends with a Ripper enthusiast? I know I'm not the only one, but I've never actually met another one before. I did finally discover my complete Sherlock Holmes hiding under a pile of books in the north west bedroom. Now how in the world did it get there?! Are you still following Elementary and is it still on? I am currently watching the BBC remake series of Poldark, the current one, and am finding it irresistible viewing, even though the thing is relentlessly downbeat. Disaster after disaster after disaster.... It's even kind of predictable, you know, those oh so frequent moments when your're wondering what's going to happen in the next few minutes, and you immediately think "Disaster" and are never wrong! I don't know whether it's the way the actress plays her, or if it's due to some characteristic of her own, but I'm finding Elizabeth Poldark, now Warleggan, the most enigmatic character in the series. I wonder if it's that way in the Graham books. Have you read them? I find it impossible to read her face. It's a very nice face indeed, but little evidence of what she might be thinking ever crosses it. Interesting. Hi, Cav,
I understand your feelings about BBC Sherlock; my enthusiasm for those days gone by has curdled as well, unfortunately. It's hard to wholeheartedly enjoy revisiting those earlier, better episodes when looming in the mind is the knowledge of what it became later. What it was strenuously pushed into becoming by its writers, who can both take a long walk off a short pier in my opinion. They ruined it.
In retrospect, they would have done better to think in a more modest scale and done more, shorter episodes, in the manner of the Brett series. If they had not felt the need for these huge setpieces (including a to-scale model of a waterfall), they might have not burned themselves and their actors out so quickly. The pilot was more in the vein of a smaller canvas more tied to Canon while managing to be updated than it became later. Eventually BBC Sherlock became entirely referential to Itself and not an update of Conan Doyle at all, and that is not what was promised in the first couple of seasons. I knew after 'The Empty Hearse' and how they squandered Sebastian Moran that these two alleged Sherlockians had lost any interest in authenticity.
I am not current in my Elementary viewing or indeed, any TV shows that have come out on DVD in the last year. I have some serious catching up to do when I get my TV situation sorted. Still haven't; been reading and dealing with various life issues instead. Sadly, an inability to watch DVDs has not resulted in an increased burst of energy/desire to do housework, so my house is still a tip.
I have seen Seasons 1 and 2 of Poldark. I was so captivated by the first season I bought the DVD and the soundtrack CD. Even with the guest appearance in S2 of John Nettles, I thought S2 dragged and was disappointing. Far too many glum meetings of Ross's mining conglomerate to be interesting. I'm sad that Francis had to die just as he was becoming a nicer person but that was inevitable.
The actress who plays Elizabeth is very lovely, but I find myself without pity and wanting to kick her in her slightly protuberant teeth (Elizabeth, I mean), because I find her morally weak & selfish and her actions reprehensible. She chose money and title and a fine house over her true love, despite having the gift of Ross coming back from the dead at the 11th hour before her wedding to his cousin. Yet she will not release her emotional hold on Ross to allow him to be happy with his legal wife, and pushed him with both of her dainty hands into an infidelity. Demelza sacrificed her own child and almost lost her own life to wait hand and foot on Mrs. Delicate Flower, whose child survived due to Demelza's care. How does she repay this priceless gift? By sleeping with D.'s husband. Super classy. Demelza gets a raw deal all around. Ross married her and made her a lady in theory, but the cavalier way he and Elizabeth treat her feelings, it's obvious that they will never regard her as equal to themselves or deserving the same considerations due to her low birth. She is worth 10, 000 of them both put together.
If Ross just weren't so blasted handsome, he'd get his just desserts . .but being so beautiful is carte blanche to behave badly without the repercussions one so richly deserves.
Mr. Aidan here remains my frontrunner for Dan Craig's replacement as Bond. What say you? I didn't think so when I only knew him as the youngest of the dwarves in The Hobbit but Ross changed my opinion. 'Kili' is, I think, closer to Aidan's own personality, though--he's Irish.
For all its dramatic deficiencies, Poldark is one of the best-looking shows on TV. Love me that Cornish scenery and the composer is very talented as well. How funny that John Hopkins turns up when his former 'DCI' was on the show last season. Is John Nettles still around or has his character kicked off?
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Post by cavaradossi on Feb 1, 2018 16:10:24 GMT -5
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John Nettles' character has died in early season three, and neither his nor Hopkin's characters ever meet in the show.
It's interesting to me that you like Aiden as a possible new Bond as I just read a few weeks ago the James Norton is being seriously considered for the role. I think I can see that, but Norton would have to do something about that sort of lisp of his, especially as Bond. I was reading online about the very uncertain prospects of a fourth season for Grantchester, when I came upon that news. Even without Bond, Norton may not be interested in continuing playing the clergyman/detective because he is also headlining another series at the same time. Busy guy! The outlook for Grantchester is dim indeed.
I agree with you about the beauty of Cornwall, and how about those crashing waves featured under the opening titles?! Those, plus the threatening sky, make for some seriously beautiful photography.
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Post by hikari on Feb 3, 2018 16:01:38 GMT -5
Hikari John Nettles' character has died in early season three, and neither his nor Hopkin's characters ever meet in the show. It's interesting to me that you like Aiden as a possible new Bond as I just read a few weeks ago the James Norton is being seriously considered for the role. I think I can see that, but Norton would have to do something about that sort of lisp of his, especially as Bond. I was reading online about the very uncertain prospects of a fourth season for Grantchester, when I came upon that news. Even without Bond, Norton may not be interested in continuing playing the clergyman/detective because he is also headlining another series at the same time. Busy guy! The outlook for Grantchester is dim indeed. I agree with you about the beauty of Cornwall, and how about those crashing waves featured under the opening titles?! Those, plus the threatening sky, make for some seriously beautiful photography. Love that Poldark opening montage. In high school I discovered the works of Daphne du Maurier, Cornwall's Doyenne of Suspense. 'Jamaica Inn' is very atmospheric and piratey. This was my first exposure to Cornwall and Cornwall's criminal maritime history.
I still have to see the most recent set of Grantchester. James Norton is an attractive presence (I don't think I noticed the lisp), and he's a perfect Sidney. I don't sense the right energy there for Bond, though. It's not that he's not fit--he could certainly handle the physical demands of the role, and I bet he looks great in a tux, too. Maybe it's just having met him as Sidney, but he seems too soft and genteel and compassionate a presence for the rough, amoral, sexed-up world that Bond inhabits. I could see James doing a sort of Roger Moore take, I suppose . .that super-posh, more humorous side of 007. Norton is gorgeous . .but a bad-Azz? I don't see it. Also, he's a blond. Would they cast another blond (actually more of a strawberry blond, this one) immediately after Craig? I don't see 007 as any form of ginge, really. You're right, though, about his name being high on the bookmakers' lists. And he's wonderfully tall.
Aidan Turner is not as tall, but to me he harkens back to that dark, dangerous edge of a Connery. He can do impish & bad-A--, in the mode of a Brosnan, with hopefully better scripts. Ross Poldark is a sort of morally compromised character whom we still root for and admire, though he is a significantly flawed individual. A convincing Bond these days has to have a seam of ruthlessness about him--he's a contract killer, after all. I can't see James Norton as 'ruthless'. He inhabits the same kind of magazine model quality golden boy benignity of a Rupert-Penry Jones (Adam Carter on MI-5). Adam was supposed to be a Bond-esque figure . . ruthless and cruel and Bad-a--. RPJ tried his level best, but he could not bring that edgy amoral quality to his character, with a look and intrinsic personality that were innately wholesome. So Adam Carter was moody and monosyllabic rather than bad-A-- because RPJ had too limited a range to go that dark. He's a very bubbly guy in person. As is James. Aidan is too, actually, but he is able to subsume his own personality into that of Ross and I think could do the same for Bond.
The choice isn't up to me . . and Dan's on board for another movie, sounds like. Both Norton and Turner are still young guys so they can afford to wait another 3-5 years. Whoever it is is going to have to.
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Post by cavaradossi on Feb 9, 2018 15:39:41 GMT -5
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Sorry for the long delay in answering, but my new iPad went on one of its patented freezes for several days this week. It happens every four to five weeks and I'm thoroughly sick of it by now. I'm assuming this happens because I'm not very savvy on how these things' brains work, but, really, enough is enough. When it finally unfroze itself after four days, I discovered all the bookmarks and such I had accumulated had disappeared. Ask me how seriously I considered iPad homocide! Perhaps a good throw across the room with the device slamming into the opposite wall might do wonders for its disposition. I know it would have mine, but, sanity prevailed and I refrained. I am now not on good terms with this thing, and am seriously considering replacing it.
Enough fun time... I saw season three of Poldark and still enjoyed the series, and I can report that Ross does come to have a higher regard for his wife, Demelza, than seemed the case initially. That's a good development; another is that Poldark's enemy, George Warleggan, runs into a few difficulties in his ongoing determination to destroy Ross, most of these difficulties being caused by Poldark's basic honesty in word and action. That's a nice turn of events and was pleasing to see. Elizabeth, I'm afraid, becomes even more bitter toward Ross, mainly because she has come to believe George's outright lies and misrepresentations to her of her former lover's political and financial decisions. I hope there's a serious comeuppance in the future for that young woman. At the very least, she needs a major course correction. It bugs me, too, that she willfully blinds herself to George's manipulations of her and her remains in family. I mean, really... how dense can one be?!
Oh, did I mention that Elizabeth has married George? It couldn't happen to a "nicer" couple. He then proceeds to take over her home, her finances, and manipulating an estrangement between her son, her aunt, and herself. In season three, he learns, though, that his and Elizabeth's first child, a son, is not his but Ross! Oh, how sweet it was to see his rage, at least until he causes the death of Aunt Agatha, closing in on 100, but refusing to allow the servant to heat her room, or to give her adequate food and drink. He then seals the old lady's death by telling Agatha, who was fervently looking forward to have a party with for her 100th birthday, by proving to her from an old family bible that she isn't 99, as she thinks, but actually 97. I'm telling you, this man is on the fast track to being canonized a saint!
Apparently, season four was shooting in fall, 2019, so it should be appearing sometime in the next several months on PBS. I can hardly wait. Have you ever seen the version of Poldark from the 1970s? It was a great hit internationally at the time. I wonder if it's worth investigating. I believe Netflix carries it.
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Post by cavaradossi on Feb 14, 2018 21:22:16 GMT -5
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What happened to the Sherlock forum? Now when I try to visit it, it says the page no longer exists! Oddly, the photo of the Sherlock cast that was there before is still at the top of this nonexistent page. Color me baffled.
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Post by cavaradossi on Feb 14, 2018 21:30:21 GMT -5
My post the other evening on my new, really bizarre (to me anyway) fascination with the Marvel Comics films doesn't seem to have been successfully posted. No great loss, really, except that I wanted to share my bafflement over the whole development. The characters never grow, but are always what they are when you first see them, and the massive fights are often difficult to follow, while the plots are sometimes too thin to believe, but the movies look so good and those big battle scenes are amazing. I don't know how long this fascination will last, but right now I'm not fighting it! (Or maybe my brain just needed a vacation and these films caught my attention at just the right time.)
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Post by hikari on Feb 15, 2018 16:14:43 GMT -5
Hikari Sorry for the long delay in answering, but my new iPad went on one of its patented freezes for several days this week. It happens every four to five weeks and I'm thoroughly sick of it by now. I'm assuming this happens because I'm not very savvy on how these things' brains work, but, really, enough is enough. When it finally unfroze itself after four days, I discovered all the bookmarks and such I had accumulated had disappeared. Ask me how seriously I considered iPad homocide! Perhaps a good throw across the room with the device slamming into the opposite wall might do wonders for its disposition. I know it would have mine, but, sanity prevailed and I refrained. I am now not on good terms with this thing, and am seriously considering replacing it. Enough fun time... I saw season three of Poldark and still enjoyed the series, and I can report that Ross does come to have a higher regard for his wife, Demelza, than seemed the case initially. That's a good development; another is that Poldark's enemy, George Warleggan, runs into a few difficulties in his ongoing determination to destroy Ross, most of these difficulties being caused by Poldark's basic honesty in word and action. That's a nice turn of events and was pleasing to see. Elizabeth, I'm afraid, becomes even more bitter toward Ross, mainly because she has come to believe George's outright lies and misrepresentations to her of her former lover's political and financial decisions. I hope there's a serious comeuppance in the future for that young woman. At the very least, she needs a major course correction. It bugs me, too, that she willfully blinds herself to George's manipulations of her and her remains in family. I mean, really... how dense can one be?! Oh, did I mention that Elizabeth has married George? It couldn't happen to a "nicer" couple. He then proceeds to take over her home, her finances, and manipulating an estrangement between her son, her aunt, and herself. In season three, he learns, though, that his and Elizabeth's first child, a son, is not his but Ross! Oh, how sweet it was to see his rage, at least until he causes the death of Aunt Agatha, closing in on 100, but refusing to allow the servant to heat her room, or to give her adequate food and drink. He then seals the old lady's death by telling Agatha, who was fervently looking forward to have a party with for her 100th birthday, by proving to her from an old family bible that she isn't 99, as she thinks, but actually 97. I'm telling you, this man is on the fast track to being canonized a saint! Apparently, season four was shooting in fall, 2019, so it should be appearing sometime in the next several months on PBS. I can hardly wait. Have you ever seen the version of Poldark from the 1970s? It was a great hit internationally at the time. I wonder if it's worth investigating. I believe Netflix carries it. Cav,
I've had it with Elizabeth Warleggan nee Poldark. We felt kind of sorry for her in the beginning, but she has made one self-centered, unkind, frankly stupid choice after another. She is a very superficial, and arrogant individual. I have five short words for her: Bed. You lie on it. Francis actually did himself a favor by drowning so he didn't have to live for 50 years of marital misery with that woman. Beautiful and dumb. I'd like to see a Regency version of that rap song, "I ain't sayin' she's a gold diggah . . . but she ain't messin' wit no broke ...gahs" starring Elizabeth.
They finally killed off Aunt Agatha through elder abuse, eh? I didn't think that old bat was ever going to die.
Um, did Ross and Elizabeth carry on with their affair or is the boy the result of their one-time indiscretion? Demelza knew about the cheating--does she know about Elizabeth's boy? Things just keep getting worse for D., don't they? I think the last time she was truly happy was at the Christmas party in Season 1. She was expecting Julia and still thought her husband loved her back then. Here's what I think should happen--Demelza should leave Ross's sorry cheating behind and take Trudie with her and open a tea room in Truro. Then she can become a successful businesswoman in her own right and tell all these self-absorbed, nasty aristos to shove off. Ross can put up the money for the initial investment--it's the very least he can do. He has been a bad, bad boy.
The original Poldark is a bit before my time, but I've seen it for sale on Amazon. Not sure if Netflix has it. I think they might, but I stopped my subscription more than a year ago. Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, and Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon can both bite me!
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Post by cavaradossi on Feb 15, 2018 18:32:46 GMT -5
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My recollection is that Demelza does suspect that Elizabeth's son is Ross', but I don't remember that she makes a lot of it, though she definitely resent's it. As for your very interesting suggestion for Demelza to go into business for herself, were women allowed such a thing in Cornwall in the late 18th century?
The one who seems to take a long time to make the connection about Elizabeth's son is, curiously, Ross. If he suspects the boy is his, he never lets on to the audience in the early go. I wonder if he's similarly that thick in the books. Eventually, he does put it together, but he still seems oddly uninterested in the baby.
It looks like he may be going into politics, now that George is a magistrate. For someone who is so interested in social justice and fairness for the common folk, it took him long enough to realize that would have to be the cast. John Hopkins' character tries to get Ross interested in becoming magistrate, Ross refuses, and the frustrated JH turns to George, who eagerly accepts the post, with predictably dire results. Sometimes I think Warleggan actually wants the French Revolution to repeat in Cornwall. Certainly he works hard enough for it!
Well, I've bowed to the inevitable and ordered the first three discs of Game of Thrones. I'm going to give that show another try, and I hope I make it at least through season one this time. This is the last time I'm going to make he effort.
How are you feeling these days? I hope better. We should all have pleasant times to help get us through the not so pleasant times.
My iPad seems to be behaving a bit better these days, and my Bookmarks and favorites suddenly popped back into existence about a week after the big freeze unfroze. While this molifies me more than a little bit, I still wish I knew why these things happen.
I've been rewatching the Hopkins seasons of Midsomer Murders, and can report, to my amazement, that I didn't mind Bantling Boy at all this time. Nomally I consider it in eager pursuit of Midsomer Rhapsody for title of worst MM episode ever. Rhapsody's crown is still secure. Unfortunately for me, that's the next one up, and I know for a fact that that one has no chance whatever or being uncrowned!
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Post by cavaradossi on Feb 15, 2018 19:04:55 GMT -5
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I hope you're doing all right. We've not seen you on this forum for quite some time. Do let us know you're fine.
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Post by hikari on Feb 16, 2018 9:56:23 GMT -5
Hikari My recollection is that Demelza does suspect that Elizabeth's son is Ross', but I don't remember that she makes a lot of it, though she definitely resent's it. As for your very interesting suggestion for Demelza to go into business for herself, were women allowed such a thing in Cornwall in the late 18th century? The one who seems to take a long time to make the connection about Elizabeth's son is, curiously, Ross. If he suspects the boy is his, he never lets on to the audience in the early go. I wonder if he's similarly that thick in the books. Eventually, he does put it together, but he still seems oddly uninterested in the baby. It looks like he may be going into politics, now that George is a magistrate. For someone who is so interested in social justice and fairness for the common folk, it took him long enough to realize that would have to be the cast. John Hopkins' character tries to get Ross interested in becoming magistrate, Ross refuses, and the frustrated JH turns to George, who eagerly accepts the post, with predictably dire results. Sometimes I think Warleggan actually wants the French Revolution to repeat in Cornwall. Certainly he works hard enough for it! Well, I've bowed to the inevitable and ordered the first three discs of Game of Thrones. I'm going to give that show another try, and I hope I make it at least through season one this time. This is the last time I'm going to make he effort. How are you feeling these days? I hope better. We should all have pleasant times to help get us through the not so pleasant times. My iPad seems to be behaving a bit better these days, and my Bookmarks and favorites suddenly popped back into existence about a week after the big freeze unfroze. While this molifies me more than a little bit, I still wish I knew why these things happen. I've been rewatching the Hopkins seasons of Midsomer Murders, and can report, to my amazement, that I didn't mind Bantling Boy at all this time. Nomally I consider it in eager pursuit of Midsomer Rhapsody for title of worst MM episode ever. Rhapsody's crown is still secure. Unfortunately for me, that's the next one up, and I know for a fact that that one has no chance whatever or being uncrowned! Cav, My suggestion that Demelza go into business was somewhat tongue-in-cheek. We know that D. is a very good baker and housewife, very talented in the domestic arts. So I think other people would enjoy eating her cakes. A woman with the backing of an aristocratic patron was probably set up in small businesses back then, even if the responsibility for the lease and debts of the business fell to the 'silent' (male) partner in the concern.
Beatie Edney plays 'Prudie', not Trudie as I wrote above. Sylvia Sims was Beatie's mother, and I see the resemblance. When Beatie and I were both young things, she played 'Heather' in the Highlander and a few years later turned up in "The Last Enemy" episode of Morse. She was a dish. She certainly looks a lot different now. When she turned up in an episode of "Lewis" in 2009 as a faux-psychic, I had a shock. Wee bonny Heather . . no longer so wee or so bonny. The years look like they've been rather rough. But this makes Beatie (short for Beatrice, I believe) on my list of "two-fer" actors who have appeared in two outings in the Morse universe. Both of Ross's worthless servants have a 'Morse' connection--Phil Davis, 'Jud', was in 'Absolute Conviction' (1992) as a younger, toothy thing . . along with another young blond toothy thing called Sean Bean.
I only had eyes for Kevin Whately.
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Re. Game of Thrones, or GoT, as devotees call it . . good for you for giving it another try. Please stick with these first three seasons, even if you feel like giving up. In a show with this many story lines and cast, not all of them are going to be equally involving, but you will find bright lights worth hanging on for. Warning: this is an HBO show, so there is a lot of nudity. Mostly boobies. The males tend to remain modestly covered at all times, which is a right gyp for the women watching. I don't care about boobies!
Some of my bright lights: 1. Sean Bean--the reason I signed on for this ride in the first place. Lord Stark is only with us for S1, but Sean brings a weary gravitas to the project. Like his Boromir, only more noble and more realistic. Ish.
2. Peter Dinklage--for the early going, the dwarf of the Lannister family is something of a court jester in these proceedings, a sort of comic background figure. But as the action progresses, Tyrion's story becomes one of the primary threads. After the departure of Sean Bean, Peter assumes lead billing. And the highlight of all is Peter's scenes with . . .
3. Jerome Flynn--as 'Bronn', the mercenary 'sell-sword' who becomes bodyguard to Tyrion, he and Peter create an onscreen 'bromance' worthy of Holmes and Watson. (Tyrion is the 'Sherlock' and Bronn is the long-suffering Watson, the one good with weapons. The Watson gets to be the taller one this time.) Lurve these two. Lurve, lurve. They are so funny and also touching. Bronn does not appear much but when he does, it's prime. Jerome is, of course, our Sgt. Drake from "Ripper Street."
4. Emilia Clarke (Khaleesi)--Daenarys Targaryen begins our saga as a timid teenager forced into a slave-marriage with a primitive tribal leader . . and gradually discovers her hidden strengths, which are quite astounding. Dani's story becomes the beating heart of this piece. GoT is really the journey of a very young girl growing into a Queen, and all the rest is window-dressing.
5. Iain Glen--Ser Jorah Marmont--a disgraced son of a noble family was banished to the desert for his sins and there he became the major-domo and bodyguard of Khaleesi. Whom he secretly loves, but it's the worst kept secret in the universe because everyone but the object can see it.
There's a lot of more good stuff, but those are my top 5. Ignore the more fantastical elements . . the dragons, the ice zombies and so forth, strip it down to its bones and what GoT is is a grand tapestry of dynastical intrigue and conquest that is Shakespearian in its scope. Plus it's great fun to spot all the veteran actors of the UK stage and screen that appear in supporting roles, plus some intriguing new faces that are the new generation of UK acting talent.
After the S3 finale, you probably have seen the best of the series; the show declines somewhat in its second half, but by then you're invested and want to keep going. I think this current season is the last (7? 8? not sure. The last one I saw was 6.)
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