Comments | cheeringcharm: Into the West

cheeringcharm

Into the West

Jun 10, 2005 23:09

I had such high hopes for this mini-series. Word to the wise: this ain't Lonesome Dove. The dialogue is horrible, the voice over is worse. This episode was set in 1825-1829 and all I could think about was, "Hmm. I wonder what Lizzy and Darcy are doing over in Derbyshire."

I'm so pathetic I think I'll go read Pride and Prejudice.

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jonoki June 11 2005, 04:30:07 UTC

Oh, crap. I had wanted to watch that. Completely forgot about it, but if you say it's bad, well. I've always loved westerns, so I did have some hopes for it... Time to bust out the Clint icon... Lizzy, meet Blondie.

austenrowling June 11 2005, 04:31:07 UTC

I'm so pathetic I think I'll go read Pride and Prejudice.

You're not pathetic, but that is an excellent choice in reading material. That mini-series didnt look appealing to me, now Im glad I didnt watch it.

annearchy June 11 2005, 05:19:02 UTC

Oh, thank you for sparing me. Lonesome Dove (IMO) is the Western to end all Westerns. Mr. Annearchy and I have probably watched it at least 3 times, maybe 4. We never tire of it. So...I guess I'll skip this one.

bingblot June 11 2005, 19:16:18 UTC

Reading Pride and Prejudice is not pathetic- it's a sign of intelligence!! ;-)

parkergray June 12 2005, 15:48:06 UTC

Dude, it was like...

It never freakin' went anywhere. I'm hoping that it was all groundwork, but I have the horrible feeling it wasn't.

I was all excited as well (a six-week television event!) and it was just...blah.

It just skimmed the surface of everything...nothing had any emotional resonance.

cheeringcharm June 12 2005, 15:57:57 UTC

The local newspaper tv critic says that the second hour is better. They were only sent the first two hours to preview. I'll probably try hour two b/c it has Keri Russell in it. I'll give it one more shot. I hope the voice over isn't by the Jacob character. He's annoying.