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'Turn' on AMC Tells Story of America's First Spy Ring (it's got legs)
newsmax.com ^ | 4/7/2014 | Nick Sanchez

Posted on 04/07/2014 4:19:02 PM PDT by RoosterRedux

AMC's new television series "Turn" debuted Sunday night, telling the tale of America's first spy ring that helped Gen. George Washington win the Revolutionary War.

The series follows Abe Woodhull, played by Jamie Bell of "Billy Elliot" fame, a Long Island cabbage farmer with a wife, infant, and father who's sympathetic toward the Brits. He's recruited into the Culper Ring, tasked with gathering recon on the redcoats. The story is based on a real-life story chronicled in the book "Washington's Spies" by Alexander Rose.

In the debut episode, Woodhull initially resists becoming involved in the uprisings, focusing instead on his cabbage crop. But he's eventually pulled in by an old friend, Ben Talmadge, played by Seth Numrich, to help create a rebel spy system. His decision becomes clear after watching his childhood sweetheart, Anna (Heather Lind), forced to serve lager-lout redcoats.

"When we first meet him, he's a repressed individual. He wants nothing to do with this war," "Turn" star Bell, 28, tells TV Guide about his character.

"He's an ordinary guy in extraordinary circumstances. And I think the journey of the character throughout the season is one where he restores his political beliefs. He finds his voice ... He discovers his real love. And he also helps bring about the turning of the tide in the most important conflict in American history." !

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I just finished watching it on Amazon Instant Video for free and it was terrific.

Obama will hate it.

1 posted on 04/07/2014 4:19:02 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux
Here's the link...TURN
2 posted on 04/07/2014 4:20:28 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

I liked it too. I hope it continues to be about American patriotism and fighting against a corrupt government.


3 posted on 04/07/2014 4:21:24 PM PDT by vpintheak (I will not comply!)
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To: basil

marked to listen later….


4 posted on 04/07/2014 4:22:41 PM PDT by basil (2ASisters.org)
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To: RoosterRedux

despite the realistic costumes and sets, I had trouble transporting myself back to that time. Everything brought comparisons to the present. every brit reminded me of a dem.
I am quite brainwashed by our sorry state


5 posted on 04/07/2014 4:24:53 PM PDT by dontreadthis
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To: dontreadthis

I think the Dems are like the Brits of that time. You’re not brainwashed, you’re simply staring at the truth.


6 posted on 04/07/2014 4:27:05 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

The opening scene was a little over bloody but it was spectacular from there.

My favorite was the ambush scene near the end which was cut back and forth from the forced pledge of Abe Woodhull.

http://www.amctv.com/turn/videos/talked-about-scene-episode-101-turn


7 posted on 04/07/2014 4:27:13 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: RoosterRedux

Large parts of Washington’s known spy ring are still effectively classified, because parts of it are suggested to have been deep within the English aristocracy, even in the royal family. Still embarrassing, even today.

Washington was also known to have made extensive use of female spies, and only one of his spies was ever captured, Nathan Hale, who in retrospect appears to be far below the caliber of spies that Washington recruited.

This shows Washington’s amazing talent. While he confessed to not being particularly brilliant, he had an impressive ability to select the best and the brightest as his operatives. In his case, this almost created a ‘Washington axiom’ of leadership: that surrounding yourself with talent is far better than being talented yourself.


8 posted on 04/07/2014 4:30:52 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (WoT News: Rantburg.com)
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To: cripplecreek
The opening scene was a little over bloody but it was spectacular from there.

As you know, life is bloody.

Peace exists only in those brief respites during which we and our enemies are reloading.

9 posted on 04/07/2014 4:34:28 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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Watched it. Enjoyed it.

Full episode may be on the AMC website.

According to zap2it.com, it got about 3 million viewership.


10 posted on 04/07/2014 4:34:32 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: dontreadthis
I had trouble transporting myself back to that time.

Maybe you should mount Rush's time-traveller horse.


11 posted on 04/07/2014 4:36:31 PM PDT by TomGuy
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Washington was also known to have made extensive use of female spies, and only one of his spies was ever captured, Nathan Hale,

I always suspected that Nathan Hale was a woman.;-)

Just kidding.

12 posted on 04/07/2014 4:36:52 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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This certainly would make the Obama administration worried if people watch it. Hollywood and the media downplay the Revolutionary War because it demonstrates that today’s social welfare state is much more oppressive than the British ever were.


13 posted on 04/07/2014 4:42:07 PM PDT by kaehurowing (FIGHT BULLYING, UNINSTALL FIREFOX)
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To: RoosterRedux

The website wanted me to install “Silverlight”


14 posted on 04/07/2014 4:42:29 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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Sounds interesting.

Here is a website,The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources 1745-1799 that I like,may be a nice addition to watching the show,Washington actually used invisible ink in his some of his messages during the Revolution.

15 posted on 04/07/2014 4:43:48 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
British arrogance cost them a continent. Ben Franklin warned them a decade earlier when questioned by the house of commons that they wouldn't find a revolution but they might make one.

Examination of Benjamin Franklin before the House of Commons February 13, 1766

Q. Can any thing less than a military force carry the Stamp Act into execution?

A. I do not see how a military force can be applied to that purpose.

Q. Why may it not?

A. Suppose a military force sent into America, they will find nobody in arms; what are they then to do? They cannot force a man to take stamps who chuses to do without them. They will not find a rebellion; they may indeed make one.

16 posted on 04/07/2014 4:44:22 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Tennessee Nana
Silverlight is like any other video viewer...and usually safe.

If your virus protection tells you otherwise, don't download it.

17 posted on 04/07/2014 4:46:53 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

I am watching now on XBMC “Project Free TV”


18 posted on 04/07/2014 5:01:00 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and is not afraid of the unlawful.)
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Give us a review when it's over. And it ends much too quickly BTW. I guess that's why Amazon made it free.

Bezos knew we would get hooked.

19 posted on 04/07/2014 5:06:59 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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Bezos is on the streaming TV band wagon. ☺
20 posted on 04/07/2014 5:07:48 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and is not afraid of the unlawful.)
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