watched the first season mostly because of the accents, ... because of the
countryside,...I don't think I'll go any farther with it. ....Joan, I think,
made it halfway through the second.
The instant he is gone, she does exactly what he said not to do, and/or the
exact opposite of what he told her to do.
DIRE CONSEQUENCES!!.....Repeat, apparently endlessly.
That sort of book isn't my cuppa but my wife managed to get through book
2 1/2 or so and said the story went downhill rapidly. We watched the
first season for the scenery and the costuming. In fact my wife has been
making doll outfits based upon those in the series and selling them.
Diana Gabaldon saw them and commented favorably. Money goes toward our
next trip :)
We won't be watching anymore. As has been noted, it's rubbish. Too bad
as it had potential. We were especially put off by the gratuitous
sadistic violence.
While we were staying in Culross a crew from the show came in and
started painting all of the buildings baby-shit brown and grey. ?? Most
of the locals as true Scots were happy to get two coats of paint for
free however one shop owner seemed to hold my wife who was obviously
from the US to be personally responsible for the disruption. She wasn't
Scottish.
photos here:
<http://www.interisland.net/watershed/Albums/Scotland%202014/Culross/index.html>
Tangerinally, we watched .......We had the lovely and talented Frances
McDormand as Lady MacBeth, in which role she was very good......
She is always good. :) And tangentially, we watched the first half of
the movie "Macbeth". Worth it for the cinematography. It was shot on
Skye. Quirang, Fairy Pools and Sligachan were recognizable. However it
was a poor remake and we bailed at the halfway point after the eye
candy. The dialogue was slurred and unintelligible among many other faults.
The left horizon looks higher than the right, but that might be an illusion for
me.......
I see that too Chris. I think it is a wavy horizon rather than tipped.
It was shot with the 12-50 which has quite a bit of distortion.
Difficult for hugin to figure out. I'll go back and try to tug it into
submission. If I were really picky I'd run it through DxO before the stitch.
Mike
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