I am a big fan of the 1970s series but was nevertheless determined to watch the new one without prejudice. I've now seen the first two episodes and must admit to being pleasantly surprised.
Yes, I did feel it was over produced and there certainly were moments of flashbacks with meaningful stares by the lead character set to music that were reminiscent of an after shave advert but in spite of this and the shaky-cam and head cutting in the post production, it wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been.
The character of Poldark himself was aesthetically too much of a "pretty boy" and I became irritated by the fact that he'd seemingly never learned to use a comb. His hair was constantly threatening to form dreadlocks.
Supporting characters were all very good and on the whole believable but what did seem odd was the over familiar conversation between Poldark and his housekeeper Jud which I felt had been inserted to try to portray a degree of humanity between master and servant away from the public gaze of a class system. Stuff and nonsense and typical of the BBC's desire to whitewash history.
It's fun and I'll continue to watch it but when all is said and done I'd still advise a complete Poldark novice to go for the boxed set of the 1970s series over this one.
Yes, I did feel it was over produced and there certainly were moments of flashbacks with meaningful stares by the lead character set to music that were reminiscent of an after shave advert but in spite of this and the shaky-cam and head cutting in the post production, it wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been.
The character of Poldark himself was aesthetically too much of a "pretty boy" and I became irritated by the fact that he'd seemingly never learned to use a comb. His hair was constantly threatening to form dreadlocks.
Supporting characters were all very good and on the whole believable but what did seem odd was the over familiar conversation between Poldark and his housekeeper Jud which I felt had been inserted to try to portray a degree of humanity between master and servant away from the public gaze of a class system. Stuff and nonsense and typical of the BBC's desire to whitewash history.
It's fun and I'll continue to watch it but when all is said and done I'd still advise a complete Poldark novice to go for the boxed set of the 1970s series over this one.
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