08-01-2013, 03:29 PM
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I watched a bit of the first one and then some of the one this Sunday. It is well done, but I am a bit put off by the violence, although I do understand it is probably how things often were in Victorian times, especially if you were poor. I think part of what upsets me is the injustice and lack of power people had and the lawless folks that walked the streets in those days. I think it is worse than the cowboys in the westerns. Maybe it is a bit too real and close to home. I'm the sort of person who turns it off when the violence becomes a bit too much, although it is usually too late once I have seen it. I have been ready to turn off a couple of times with this series, but OH watches, so I find myself walking out of the room for a while.
08-01-2013, 04:15 PM
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I've always found the victorian era downright depressing, so although we tried this new series we didn't get past the first 15 minutes I'm afraid, what a dark, unnecessarily violent and depressing excuse for a drama, you certainly couldn't class it as entertainment....
08-01-2013, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by plantman
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I've always found the victorian era downright depressing, so although we tried this new series we didn't get past the first 15 minutes I'm afraid, what a dark, unnecessarily violent and depressing excuse for a drama, you certainly couldn't class it as entertainment....
08-01-2013, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by plantman
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I've always found the victorian era downright depressing, so although we tried this new series we didn't get past the first 15 minutes I'm afraid, what a dark, unnecessarily violent and depressing excuse for a drama, you certainly couldn't class it as entertainment....
This so called mystery has been given far too much time on tv and film.
10-01-2013, 05:31 PM
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Oh dear, seems as if I am in the minority here, or maybe it is simply that the naysayers are the only ones to comment, but I personally thoroughly enjoyed both episodes and am looking forward to the next one. Far more interesting and realistic than the namby pamby sugary sweet Paradise.10-01-2013, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by daisymay
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Oh dear, seems as if I am in the minority here, or maybe it is simply that the naysayers are the only ones to comment, but I personally thoroughly enjoyed both episodes and am looking forward to the next one. Far more interesting and realistic than the namby pamby sugary sweet Paradise.
17-01-2013, 11:45 AM
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Dark, dismal and dangerous is the way I imagine life in the Victorian age to be and this programme rings true. I also, however, think it has been done to death, watched the 1st and the 3rd as we had recorded the series but somehow or other my dear OH deleted the 2nd??!!
Not that I lost any sleep over the deletion!!
Prefer to watch Mr Selfridge on t'other side!!
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