I echo the sentiment in your spoiler.
What are you watching right now?
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Just finished Godless. My favourite Western since Unforgiven. What an epic story.
Don´t want to start a new Thread.
Just read about "The Autopsy of Jane Doe"
The Description sounds thrilling.
There are Streams on Amazon, Google Play, Sony, Microsoft , Videobuster,videoload
Just read about "The Autopsy of Jane Doe"
The Description sounds thrilling.
There are Streams on Amazon, Google Play, Sony, Microsoft , Videobuster,videoload
Good movie! Check it out when you can. Don't let anyone spoil it for you.
Ancient Aliens episodes are airing all day on The History Channel. Even though I don't believe aliens from other worlds have ever visited Earth (well maybe I believe it could have been possible just a tiny tiny bit), I think the show is interesting 
At the moment they're talking about the Mayan civilization and Leonardo Da Vinci's inventions.
At the moment they're talking about the Mayan civilization and Leonardo Da Vinci's inventions.
I'm too lazy to Google it, so please humour me: what is this show about? (and for the record, yes I do believe that there is sentient life somewhere out there, no I don't believe any of them have ever visited here)
Investigators search for evidence to determine whether life on Earth began in outer space and if aliens influenced mankind in ancient times. Did extraterrestrial beings visit Earth and share information about technology and influence human religions?
Like The Curse of Oak Island, it's the background history that makes this show interesting
I don't think the guys will ever find treasure on Oak Island but I keep watching the show anyways lol.
I finished Alias Grace this afternoon. It's one of the best miniseries I've seen in a while. There was no weak link in a single performance, nor a miscast actor.
Leaving the ending ambiguous was a superb choice and, I assume, in keeping with the novel's conclusion. I wondered if Jeremiah knew the truth about the murders (or if Grace herself knew but could only recall through hypnosis) or how much she'd confided to him. Was the hypnosis testimony an act? Grace says at the end, "I knew his secrets and he knew mine." Maddening, not knowing.
My belief is that Grace didn't kill anyone but helped MacDermott in a limited capacity in fear for her own life. I believe she was afraid of him. She couldn't even kill a chicken, how was she to kill Nancy? Unless that was another act. Was she truly mentally ill or duplicitous as we see from her fugue state after Mary's death? That seemed authentic but it could be argued that she needed an excuse to leave her employer's house.
Every note rings true, the story unfolds in a sturdy and natural way. For instance, I believed Grace when she immediately forgives Jimmy his betrayal. Having been wronged so much herself she knew the grief of being disbelieved. However, she questions her act of forgiveness at a later time but it has less to do with him specifically and more about Men. It was sad that her views of men were so uniformly and patently negative. We know that she has good reason to have arrived at this opinion but it stings the viewer's conscience, none the less, or at least my conscience. Grace even includes Dr. Jordan among the predatory men in her life, although it is tacitly stated. Was Jeremiah the only man she trusted? What an accomplishment to have written so well a living, breathing character. I'm not an Atwood fan but this could be the gateway that leads me to her other books.
I have a lot of questions and thoughts boiling in my mind. I think I will read this book.
My belief is that Grace didn't kill anyone but helped MacDermott in a limited capacity in fear for her own life. I believe she was afraid of him. She couldn't even kill a chicken, how was she to kill Nancy? Unless that was another act. Was she truly mentally ill or duplicitous as we see from her fugue state after Mary's death? That seemed authentic but it could be argued that she needed an excuse to leave her employer's house.
Every note rings true, the story unfolds in a sturdy and natural way. For instance, I believed Grace when she immediately forgives Jimmy his betrayal. Having been wronged so much herself she knew the grief of being disbelieved. However, she questions her act of forgiveness at a later time but it has less to do with him specifically and more about Men. It was sad that her views of men were so uniformly and patently negative. We know that she has good reason to have arrived at this opinion but it stings the viewer's conscience, none the less, or at least my conscience. Grace even includes Dr. Jordan among the predatory men in her life, although it is tacitly stated. Was Jeremiah the only man she trusted? What an accomplishment to have written so well a living, breathing character. I'm not an Atwood fan but this could be the gateway that leads me to her other books.
I have a lot of questions and thoughts boiling in my mind. I think I will read this book.
Very nice run down of that, Doc. I loved this show and want to read the book now, just to give it another layer in my brain.
Thanks, it's still fresh in my mind and I'm fascinated by the plot construction, the clues and various perspectives that season my mind with suspicions. I expect the book to offer no answers but I greatly anticipate reading it.
I couldn't find a thread for this. I know there are discussions somewhere (probably in this thread) because I've seen a few. I'd like to read some other opinions, yours included.
There has been discussion, not sure it has a dedicated thread. If it does and someone sees it, pull it forward please and I'll do some combining.
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I wish I was watching 'the inside of my eyelids' but for now I think I'll log off and do a few Xmas cards. The skating is on TV at the moment (the Grand Prix finals from Japan).
The Netflix series very closely follows the book. I read the book first; it’s based on a true story and is presented through letters and exposition. Atwood’s characters are so lifelike, and I loved the novel. As you said, the casting for the show was flawless.
Yeah, with my having little knowledge of the book I should have clarified that it had an ideal cast based on each character' s role in the story. I remember you saying the book was based on actual events...have you researched it? Is Dr. Jordan's relationship with
his housemaid
Yes! Oh wait, did you mean
his relationship with his landlady? The book has much more detail and helps you to understand Dr. Jordan more.
Yes, my mistake. Cool, that was something I wanted to know more about. Dr. Jordan's inner thoughts and feelings that aren't altogether important (nor revealed) to Grace's story.