 Parzival  | 10 Oct 2019 11:08 a.m. PST |
It appears to be in the correct period, and they're claiming that it's closely based on the Wells novel. The look is certainly there, so we'll see! Article and trailer at link |
| PzGeneral | 10 Oct 2019 12:04 p.m. PST |
The article writes in future tense, but the first episode was last Sunday…. |
| Basha Felika | 10 Oct 2019 12:41 p.m. PST |
It's not yet been shown on the terrestrial BBC1 channel – still ‘in the autumn'. If it has been shown elsewhere, I've not yet heard anything about it. Of course, there have been some negative comments about the use of 1904-inappropriate Gatling guns in the trailer! |
| Zephyr1 | 10 Oct 2019 3:19 p.m. PST |
They probably used them because they are more 'sexy' action-wise than Maxims. At least they didn't use Puckle guns… ;-) |
| Shagnasty | 10 Oct 2019 5:51 p.m. PST |
Looks worth watching, especially Ms. Tomlinson. |
| King Monkey | 11 Oct 2019 4:57 a.m. PST |
I think it's been set during the Edwardian rather than Victorian era. All the soldiers appear to be in Khaki. |
| BillyNM | 11 Oct 2019 8:20 a.m. PST |
I shall certainly keep an eye out for that, although the Gatling looks a little anachronistic. |
| Basha Felika | 11 Oct 2019 10:31 a.m. PST |
It's actually correct to set it in Edwardian England, with the troops in khaki: though written in 1894 (IIRC), it is set in ‘in the early years of the 20th century' and the regulations changed in 1904, shortly after the 2nd Boer War. And who's to say there wasn't a Gatling in the back room of the local Territorial Battalion drill hall that was dusted off for the emergency? 🙂 |
| Covert Walrus | 13 Oct 2019 2:23 p.m. PST |
It's also an ITV production, nit Auntie Beeb entirely. |
| Mithmee | 14 Oct 2019 5:42 p.m. PST |
If this is being done by todays BBC I will past on it. |
| Basha Felika | 09 Dec 2019 3:12 p.m. PST |
Sorry to report, it was bl&#dy awful, a real disappointment. |
| TheBeast | 10 Dec 2019 1:11 p.m. PST |
Basha: Yours was hardly a unique opinion, but I have seen some finding it worth the watch. Hope I get the chance; I've been known to actually like 'bl&#dy awful.' Just ask my friends. ;->= Doug |
| Basha Felika | 16 Dec 2019 10:10 a.m. PST |
Always interested in alternative viewpoints, Doug. I reread the original novel while watching the series, which only underlined just how good it could have been had they focused on the themes and storyline contained therein – it's a very tightly written story – rather than try to add layers of 21st century angst to the (correct) Edwardian setting. |
