Posted on 01/26/2015 7:59:32 AM PST by PJ-Comix
The title of this thread is why I can't watch any more episodes of the History Channel's "Sons of Liberty." In their need to appeal to modern young audiences, they turned Sam Adams into a sort of modern urban Ninja warrior. After watching that scene of Sam Adams doing fancy gymnastics flipping around and hopping from rooftop to rooftop pretty much soured me on this series.
The only possible good result from "Sons of Liberty" would be a TV parody of it. Hey, why not flash an "S" signal into the clouds to signal that the services of Sam Adams, Ninja warrior is needed?
I have to disagree with the tenor of these remarks. I was hooked on this from the first scene. I have read a few things and long wondered about the pre-conditions for the revolution. Yes, there is some artistic license, but what I find fascinating is that personal struggles over “career”, money, property, family translate into contributing to a set of events that initiated the American Revolution. All politics is local, but it is also personal.
Yes, this is one interpretation trying to capture segment age groups, but I find it more than informative to see how the relationships between Hutchinson, Hancock and Adams form the backbone for the set of events to follow.
The concept of American independence expressed in 1776 took over 20 years to take shape in American hearts and minds. This series gives a portrayal that reminds us tea party types that there is much more in common with them on a personal level.
I have no ideal why they keep using that word? It look as if they were covered in crap and lived in a $hit hole.
He drank, you know.
I find period terms much more interesting.
I learned “Chunderbucket” from watching “Turn” on AMC. A chunderbucket was an indoor crap bucket. The name came from when they were used at sea. When a sailor prepared to dump the crap bucket overboard he would yell “watch under” so nobody would have their head out a porthole. Watch under was shortened to Chunder.
Tenor? I’m not against this series...I’m going to watch it. I just want to hear the truth and not have it altered to fit some political bent, that’s all.
PJ:
All-in-all, I was pushed to “watery eyes” when young Christopher was killed simply because there were so many unsung heroes (Dr. Warren would make a GREAT study, yes?) that gave so much for the grand-ideal of human liberty.
I was embarrassed; I have a son-in-law (father of my AMERICAN grandchildren) who has served 2 tours in A-Ganny and will be returning to the States for Ranger training.
I keep asking myself...what are ^WE^ handing over to him in 2015 and beyond? How does he inculcate patriotism (love for the USA) in my grandchildren?
We have strayed far afield; it makes me cry.
I encountered the commercials for the series, and found them rather off-putting. I love history and the subject matter, but there’s something about modern “film language” (the direction, the editing styles, the action set-pieces, the detached-irony in delivery of lines, etc.) that I just find too maddeningly corny.
I thought it was a mediocre effort, at best, and not kid-friendly, either.
YMMV, but those are my two cents.
They took some Hollywood license, to be sure (Hutchison was not the governor in 1765 for example, he was the Lt. Governor and Chief Justice, then became governor later).
Being from Boston, and having just read a book on James Otis, I think they did capture the times very well, and the causes of the anger. And the events portrayed were pretty accurate for the most part.
As for last evening's show. I enjoyed it. I will watch the rest of it.
I’ll watch it also. But I have a very good BS detector, frankly.
Thanks. I’m hopeful it’s something I’d want my grand daughters to see, even if they’re a might young. (Except the oldest one).
I also find the timing quite interesting.
I guess I’ll see what’s up with it. But I’m going to be watchful for certain progressive key words, you can count on that.
I’m a “hobby student” of the colonial/Revolutionary period. I lost count of the number of historical errors after the first hour. I couldn’t believe they had gotten so many things wrong.
And not little things either. They should have advertised it as a fictional rendition of historical events. Very bad.
Thanks.....:0( I’d had some hope for it.
Well maybe it will inspire better ones.
I REFUSE to drink any beer made in MA.....I don’t care how “into” beer brewing they are.
I hope the same also.
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