Sure, Tolkian in great. GOT is great. I enjoyed Pottter. The British make great spy movies and murder mysteries. I love Bonds (even though the franchise really is run by Americans). Just please no more banter by royals, the landed gentry, etc. in their strange clothes and customs. But maybe that is just some terrible movies from Jane Austin books. Mark Twain's insults include a gruesome line about wanting to dig up Austen's corpse and beat her over the skull with her own shin bone. See a smart American man of action.okaydo said:wifeisafurd said:Now we don't. You get a F in movies men hate. Merchant of M&I fame is dead, and his first name was Ismael. Stephen Merchant, no relation, sounds funny as heck, and I gladly would watch his stuff.okaydo said:wifeisafurd said:Part of the problem is me: a Neanderthal, meat eating American male, that even looks at anything English and pretentious and wants to barf (or at least make nasty comments). I'm not even allowed in the same room as the TV if anything by Merchant and Ivory is playing. My god, you would think the only thing English gentry women know how to do is wear stupid clothes and emote for no particular reason. I'm retaining my man card - no to The Crown!concordtom said:wifeisafurd said:I don't know. I'm liable to make some snarky remark if they really are running around in castles and get "she who must be obeyed" all pissed at me. Maybe once all this stuff is over and no one is talking about the royals I will give the interviews a look. Too many seasons of Downtown Abbey was enough to make not want to watch The Crown ever.concordtom said:wifeisafurd said:
BTW, my wife wants me to watch the Crown. I say bullocks, and strike a blow on behalf of all American males. Cheerio....
The John Major quote was something.
A few SAT words in there for me!
lachrymose - I got nothing, other than it doesn't sound good.
Prolix. Effete. - same.
Philistinism… I feel I should know this one.
I'd suggest you would learn more by watching said Harry and Meghan Netflix series than the dramatized Crown, which my daughter also loves. She tells me about it.
First hand accounts are better than historical dramas with actors. At least, we should think more accurate.
That said, you would likely upchuck at aspects of it. They are definitely talking to an audience behind the camera at stretches. But also, there are stretches where it feels entirely real, not contrived. And I believe and "get" those parts.
Harry has got to be sick, and thrilled, at the same time. I do feel for him. It was kind of a no-win scenario for him. He's finding a way to create a more normal, reasonable life. I think he'll be a fairly intriguing person in 20-30-40 years. His life's journey will be quite unique!!!
Downton Abbey was on for a weekend nonstop some years ago for a long weekend before all the streaming was available. Or at least until I had the knowledge of or could.
I watched most of it, sleeping 3 or 4 hours a night. It was insane.
By the end I was so sick of it.
Typical soap opera, mostly entirely useless!!! Made up dramas of inconsequence.
I suspect the crown is far superior because there is a real life basis for the dramatic storytelling.
We'll just have to disagree. But I find Stephen Merchant to be hilarious.
Okay, but a series of movies from the 1980s is not the end all and be all of British culture....Our hearts were stopped, our dragons housed, our materials dark. There was just a lot of great TV, OK? https://t.co/meYD9gdKCB
— Mashable (@mashable) December 20, 2022
The reality about the British aristocrats is in the end who knows what really goes on behind the scenes (especially with the cadre of PR types they all seem to have) and if anything will ever change. But as an American, I don't really care that much. It is "their" aristocracy, "they" choose to financially support it, and "they" follow and comment on its every move or statement. Its "their" problem to deal with. I have enough problems figuring out who is going to be on which college football team roster next year or where Cal is going to play its games in 2024.
