Posted on 05/14/2015 2:12:05 PM PDT by Kaslin
My 13 year old son enjoys the show too. It’s very well done and seems to be a fairly accurate history lesson. It’s a good way to see the conflict and sacrifices of everyone.
We caught up with the last season on Netflix. I can’t believe we didn’t watch it then. We are caught up and watching the new episodes. Look forward to each one. I just wish they’d cut down on the bedroom scenes. It’s a little much. Other than that, it’s excellent!
The simple fact is that history portrayed by Hollywood in the 50s and 60s was probably far less accurate than what we see with shows like “Turn”.
They want a modern version of John Wayne to play Abe Woodhull when the fact is that Woodhull and most of those doing the fighting were in their teens and 20s. The Marquis de Lafayette was only 18years old when he arrived and had never seen combat, yet Within months, Washington made him a major general because he proved his ability to command.
“You have bled with Wallace, now bleed with me!”
Yes! Thanks for the good reminder.
Good points.
I see TURN as very well done and the performances are very good.
How they treat the hanging of John Andre will be very telling. I have the feeling it will be accurate. He was an honorable and well liked man and his hanging saddened both sides. But it had to be done.
The members of the court-martial that condemned Andre to death actually cried when they hanged him.
History is just so much more interesting now that its easier to research with records, documents, and letters being available online.
“Popular” history is a mess because its full of idealized accounts.
Right on.
Yes, there is too much Revisionist History out there. It’s refreshing to see a program like TURN.
I think blacks are also treated realistically in TURN.
I quit watching because the program is achingly slow to the point of being boring.
True. The accounts are touching. They were honorable people.
BS. I’m a George fan.
One of my ‘must watch’ shows.
Another excellent series is Wolf Hall.
The first season just ended.....
But no doubt there will be reruns....
I’ve seen plenty of movies and series on Henry VIII, but this one tops them all!!...Brilliant
On the other hand, we know how Major Andre goes down. I remember being in St. Paul’s in London and seeing a memorial plaque to him.
What does that have to do with constantly showing sex-sex-sex on public TV? What does it even really have to do with the story? And why desensitize people (especially children who run into it) to something so important as creating children by titillating them with voyeuristic displays?
As for the non-sequitur regarding my views, do you really think people screwed around nearly as much as post-BC? It was a real risk. I think people held to sexual morals better just because it was more practical.
So don’t watch and then come to threads to complain about something you don’t see.
Go fix a wagon wheel or something gramps.
I hadn’t heard of Wolf Hall. I probably don’t have the channel that airs it. Thanks for mentioning it though. I’ll do a search and see if I simply missed it.
Another “don’t complain” post. As someone wrote today, “it’s a discussion forum”. The comment was made it doesn’t show PC homo stuff. I made the comment it’s still indecent. So what? I can put my opinions on if I wish; doesn’t have to be all gushing love.
I’m a woman, I’d think you’d know by now.
It did drag a little.
Also, we know the Revolution through paintings mostly so it's hard for shows about the Revolution to have the same visual impact as shows about, say, the Civil War or the World Wars. It's not really that powerful an experience visually.
No, Congress made him a Maj Gen soon after he arrived. Washington had nothing to do with that.
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