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Post by marion on Feb 10, 2023 9:34:08 GMT
I really don’t know why they bothered to pay for the rights to this book, as the longer it goes on the less it follows the plot. They could have renamed it and passed it off as an original drama imho. I am very disappointed in it.
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Post by geometryman on Feb 10, 2023 14:10:23 GMT
I'm not familiar with the book. It sounds like they should have just claimed it was "inspired by", or is "a re-imagining of", the book rather than based on it.
According to the RT, next week's finale "features sizeable deviations from the TM Logan source material" - as if it hasn't so far! I notice the final episode is already on My5 so I might just watch it now and have done with it, especially as I'm following Amanda Owen's Farming Lives on More4 which clashes with it.
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Post by kakewalk on Feb 10, 2023 15:24:44 GMT
Yes, I should have popped in here earlier to say more or less the same as Marion. This has been very disappointing for me as it’s been totally re-written. I expect TM Logan is furious. I know I would be.
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Post by linseed on Feb 10, 2023 15:37:07 GMT
So it’s had the equivalent of a Sarah Phelps makeover?
Oh well I will watch it as a story in its own right, and not having read the book might be an advantage
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Post by kakewalk on Feb 10, 2023 15:46:12 GMT
Well yes, that’s what I’m having to do.
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Post by geometryman on Feb 15, 2023 23:49:07 GMT
I found the finale all rather predictable and disappointing. The characters were not very convincing and didn't really develop at all. Bit of a waste of Jason Watkins.
Next week C5 are bringing us Desperate Measures starring Amanda Abbington, spread over 4 consecutive nights Tue-Fri, which I'm hoping will be better. I'm not holding my breath though.
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Post by kakewalk on Feb 16, 2023 0:17:52 GMT
Well, all I can say is I was very disappointed.
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Post by marion on Feb 16, 2023 16:09:38 GMT
Dreadful! What a waste of good source material! Even Jason Watkins was poor, I couldn’t stand drippy Abi either. All in all a waste of effort.
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Post by sootycat on Feb 16, 2023 16:20:20 GMT
I hate it when they do stuff over consecutive nights…it puts me off watching them.
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Post by kakewalk on Feb 16, 2023 19:27:12 GMT
This one wasn’t on consecutive nights.
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Post by linseed on Feb 16, 2023 20:19:36 GMT
I worked out who Ryan was by episode 3, so the final episode was just seeing how it all ended.
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Post by sootycat on Feb 16, 2023 22:38:23 GMT
This one wasn’t on consecutive nights. I know, it’s just that I don’t like it when they put stuff on like that…puts me off watching.
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Post by kakewalk on Feb 17, 2023 2:21:50 GMT
Oh, ok. Fair enough. I know what you mean actually. Can put me off too, but it depends how enticing it seems from the trailers.
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