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Post by The Major on Feb 23, 2008 10:18:33 GMT -5
Obviously it will begin just prior to our first War of Independence. But if it goes through his Presidency and beyond, it will get into the Regency. Should be interesting for the earlier and Regency periods. And it promises to have plenty of...........wait for it...........gentlemen's clothing!! Woo whoooo!!!
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chiemi
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Post by chiemi on Feb 26, 2008 3:34:15 GMT -5
I wish that I had cable. You'll have to tell us all about it. So sad...  |
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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Feb 26, 2008 11:29:04 GMT -5
I just got rid of HBO. We got it for hubby to watch the final season of Sopranos... and forgot to turn it off for a while. I'll catch it on Netflix.
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Post by georgielee12 on Feb 28, 2008 23:51:03 GMT -5
HBO is good about releasing its mini-series to DVD. I want to see "John Adams" but I don't have HBO so I'll wait until Netflix has it. A really good series on the American Revolution is "Liberty, The American Revolution". It's a 7 part PBS mini-series. Netflix has it. It's excellent.
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Post by savivi on Mar 18, 2008 8:56:32 GMT -5
I thought the first 2 parts of John Adams was AMAZING. A very real look at the good and bad of that time. They've portrayed it as very human. And in some ways, it's good to know that even when our congress started not much got done.
What a contrast we'll be going into when Adams goes to France! There really is such a massive difference between Colonial America and Versaille.
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Post by Val on Mar 18, 2008 11:11:15 GMT -5
I just heard HBO is going to be free here in So CA from Mar 20-27, so I'm hoping I'll be able to see the Adams series then, if they show it.
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Post by The Major on Mar 18, 2008 12:41:34 GMT -5
I thought the first two episodes were superb! The realism, the power of what was happening, the costumes, the acting, almost everything was fantastic.
The only critique I would have, most probably wouldn't notice. When they setup the cannons they got from Fort Ticonderoga, the bastions were just a layer of sticks. They should have been a few feet of earth thick for protection and concealment. The concussion of firing of their own guns would have brought down those "walls" that were supposed to be protecting/hiding them. I probably only noticed this because I'm a military man - retired Army in real life as well as portrayal in living history.
I will not miss any of this mini-series. It's just too good!
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Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong? ~ Jane Austen 
