Watch handsome bold men and women in 1939 and 1940 show the future of their war to sheltered boys and girls. See a generation still utterly emotionally crippled by its experiences during the first World War, foisted upon them apparently by the older, rich and greedy! Watch as young men are shown to be feckless, scared and stupid - led by wise, forgiving young women who understand how courage must be shown and have the hearts to give their shoulders to the sobbing young men unable to cope with death.
Yes, it's political correctness regnant on a field of grey urban exploding landscapes brought to you by the BBC!
The two characters you'll most dislike are a hard hearted officious girl who hasn't much of a singing voice, yet somehow gains continuous work with her singing (unfortunately). I'd thought at first we were to pity her inability - but now I feel that the director thinks she CAN sing! She is very obnoxious ("all need me, I need no one - they'd be nowhere without me!" The series apparently agrees of course- men are useless). She breaks up with the soft-hearted English boy who's told her he loves her, breaking his heart - and then angrily accuses him with tears of being unfaithful when six months later, he dates another 1,000 miles away! I chuckled.
The other character you'll quite dislike is that soft-hearted English boy who in the first weeks of the war, employed as a translator by the British government, as Britain has somehow failed in the first three weeks of war to move its island nation a thousand miles nearer to invaded Poland, keeps yelling and ranting "We're doing nothing to help Poland! We're doing nothing! We aren't moving troops to fight Germans in Poland! We're doing nothing! People are getting killed!" It's extremely satisfying that he's sacked. Meanwhile he sobs because he's sure he's not good enough, sure he's let all down (being tricked by the singer into feeling guilty) and most of all, feeling GUILTY because his circumstances are comfortable and he's well-educated (and thus looks for anyone of another race or gender and therefore more morally virtuous - to lead him by the nose). Indeed, it's with this character that you KNOW you're watching the BBC!
I watched 3 hours - and then read that these two characters would be seen in all the remaining episodes - without any prospect of the girl finding true humility, realizing her woeful deficiencies, apologizing to others - or the boy finding his backbone and ready to stand on his hind legs to attack the two girls he's known for betraying him or falsely accusing him of betrayal- and abandoned this idiocy.
Oh, it's bad.
Yes, it's political correctness regnant on a field of grey urban exploding landscapes brought to you by the BBC!
The two characters you'll most dislike are a hard hearted officious girl who hasn't much of a singing voice, yet somehow gains continuous work with her singing (unfortunately). I'd thought at first we were to pity her inability - but now I feel that the director thinks she CAN sing! She is very obnoxious ("all need me, I need no one - they'd be nowhere without me!" The series apparently agrees of course- men are useless). She breaks up with the soft-hearted English boy who's told her he loves her, breaking his heart - and then angrily accuses him with tears of being unfaithful when six months later, he dates another 1,000 miles away! I chuckled.
The other character you'll quite dislike is that soft-hearted English boy who in the first weeks of the war, employed as a translator by the British government, as Britain has somehow failed in the first three weeks of war to move its island nation a thousand miles nearer to invaded Poland, keeps yelling and ranting "We're doing nothing to help Poland! We're doing nothing! We aren't moving troops to fight Germans in Poland! We're doing nothing! People are getting killed!" It's extremely satisfying that he's sacked. Meanwhile he sobs because he's sure he's not good enough, sure he's let all down (being tricked by the singer into feeling guilty) and most of all, feeling GUILTY because his circumstances are comfortable and he's well-educated (and thus looks for anyone of another race or gender and therefore more morally virtuous - to lead him by the nose). Indeed, it's with this character that you KNOW you're watching the BBC!
I watched 3 hours - and then read that these two characters would be seen in all the remaining episodes - without any prospect of the girl finding true humility, realizing her woeful deficiencies, apologizing to others - or the boy finding his backbone and ready to stand on his hind legs to attack the two girls he's known for betraying him or falsely accusing him of betrayal- and abandoned this idiocy.
Oh, it's bad.