KianGaf
Sergeant Major
- Joined
- May 29, 2019
- Location
- Dublin , Ireland
Thanks for the reminder !
It's a dead project. Happens all the time. Nobody wants to produce it based on the backlash HBO got for Confederate, Free State of Jones b.o. It's even more of a risk considering the current political environment.Yes they said that Grant because it got high ratings he may be able to produce the show now because of that.
I quit after first few minutes that struck me laughable as opening credits first screen says "All of this true" then the 2nd lowers it "most of it happened" (which means then it isn't all true) .....then during the rather bizarre cartoon opening it lowers it even further by saying "based on the novel" which the novel never made any pretensions of being anything other then fiction.Watched the first few minutes and found it a bit of a strange show. I’ll give it a chance to improve.
Didn’t enjoy the show at all. I think it’s a massive missed opportunity to tell John Browns story. They had the actors they had the budget & they produced this mess. I’m not sure who they are appealing to with this production. The only one who know or care about John Brown are history buffs , this won’t appeal to them.
It's a really adult novel turned miniseries with vicious profanity and gore. I mean "Good, Bad and the Ugly" had a cartoon beginning and it wasn't aimed at kids. It's rated M for mature.That's the rather shameful part as history or non fiction is meant to be taken seriously. As I am quite familiar with Twain, I live in Twain land.. If you aim something at a young audience, without explaining it's satire......and instead actually present it as truth......they will probably take it that way. The subtlety will be lost on the audience it's intended for.
Fail to see the "humor" in misleading kids who I assume it's aimed at, with the cartoon beginning and it's over the top drama, who won't realize it.