Zzzzzz...
My wife will be thrilled.
But she’s going to have to take a girlfriend with her.
Because I would rather stick needles in my eyes.
Why is this show so popular? Isn’t it just an Edwardian soap opera?
Downton Abbey!
I’m busy on my script for Downtown Detroit.
Reminds me of the Tracy Ulman’s impression of Dame Judi Dench for some reason.
Well, yeah!
Can’t wait for this to come out...except for Mary the Insipid...
The first season was good. I love British time series. But Julian Fellows phoned it in for the rest of the time the show was on air.
When they focused the last two seasons on the ugly sister, I had to force my way through until I couldn’t take no more. Like watching paint dry.
Excellent news.
With an extended film format, they will have time to kill off the entire cast, leaving the treacherous butler Thomas smirking atop the rubble as the credits roll.
My mother is going to love this!
PBS began rerunning the series from the first episode on July 1. It’s every bit as engrossing as it was the first time around. Downtown Abbey will go down as one of the best series of all time. I’m so glad to hear about the new movie.
I watch the series because of her. Great role with perfect delivery.
So Daisy gets married, Charlie and Elsie have a miracle baby, Shrimpie hooks up with 20 year old twins, Thomas gets a lover, and Edith has Mary locked up in the Tower of London.
I’ve only seen a few episodes of the first series.
What decade are they up to now?
The thing about British soap operas set in bygone days is that even though they are every bit as trashy and unrealistic as Jersey Shore or Real Housewives, they still manage to cover themselves in an aura of respectability. Must be the British accents.
I watched the first season and that was enough. It long, tedious and boring. I have watched other British series that I really enjoyed. There was one about 40 years ago called “The Pallisers” with Suzanne Hampshire and it as great. Each to their own.
Finally. A movie I’ll go to see. Along with Ridley Scott’s forthcoming “The Battle of Btitsin.”
Perhaps they can make a Fawlty Towers movie too.