TV and Movies

[stevieb]

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@Vivian Florimond wrote:

I watched it since it followed a quite lurid finale of Sherlock. To me, I felt like I was watching a soap opera and, according to what I read, it seems that Victoria is more fiction than fact. That is an insult to the viewing audience.  I may not watch subsequent episodes. I don't like productions that purport to be representations of history but take liberties with the truth.

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While I understand your thinking and would agree if the intent were to produce a more documetary piece, I can also enjoy the docudrama approach of taking certain liberties with history in the interest of entertainment. I think there's room for both.

[SharkE]

Disagree.

[susan kay]

I enjoyed it!   Missed about 10 minutes of the show, so I missed what happened to the woman who was going to be examined to see if she was pregnant.  I know that she died, but I don't know any of the details.  Can someone fill me in, please? 

[MarthaStewardess]

I started to watch this since it came on after Sherlock.  I didn't care too much for what I saw.  I really miss Poldark!

[stevieb]

Of course, the entire production is based on a novel rather than a biography or a history book... Creative license was taken with the novel, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that it would be taken with the television series, and one would doubt that the intent was ever to offer a strict biography. For a good fact based account, for those who like to read, I'd seek out a good biography.

[insomniac2]

I just finished watching the first episode and thought it was very well done. I believe the servants' activities were included to latch onto the concept of the majorly successful "Downton Abbey." 

However, if the production takes liberties with historical fact, then I won't stick with it.

I do not care for historical fiction that messes with the facts (in fact, I've sworn off that genre altogether), and I feel the same way about historical programs that veer from the truth.

[Shawnie]

I watched it yesterday on my ipad.  Has to be pretty good for me to stick with anything for two hours on my ipad!  I dont understand the angst about this being based on facts etc.   I will continue to watch.  

[stevieb]

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@Shawnie wrote:

I watched it yesterday on my ipad.  Has to be pretty good for me to stick with anything for two hours on my ipad!  I dont understand the angst about this being based on facts etc.   I will continue to watch.  

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I'm with you... It's entertainment, not second semester British history.. For a strict historical accounting, there are other resources... The bottom line is if one enjoys it then watch it and if not, then move on to other options...

[occasionalrain]

This editing for time that PBS does is criminal. There is a reason Readers Digest is out of favor. 

[LoriLori]

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@susan kay wrote:

I enjoyed it!   Missed about 10 minutes of the show, so I missed what happened to the woman who was going to be examined to see if she was pregnant.  I know that she died, but I don't know any of the details.  Can someone fill me in, please? 

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@susan kay, turns out she was not pregnant, it was a large tumor.