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Downton Abbey >[
Apr. 3rd, 2012 10:00 pmMy brother and I (and my sister) share a lot of overlapping aesthetic and entertainment tastes. Like period pieces. BBC's Pride & Prejudice. Gosford Park. Downton Abbey.
Oh God, why did I listen to him when he told me to watch Downton Abbey?
Earlier today I was trying to summarize the Season 1 finale. It cemented a few of my perceptions of the show: 1) Downton Abbey has a ton of characters that are thrown at you all at once and 2) they all interact with each other in separate and overlapping storylines that take some backtracking to actually summarize in a coherent manner.
But it's period piece drama done so good. ;_; I'd heard of Downtown Abbey before I woke one morning to an email from my brother telling me to watch it. I knew it was touted as being very good. I just didn't know how quickly I'd get sucked into all the jealousies, backstabbing, social machinations, scandals, snarking and sniping! Sisters out to ruin each other's lives (for reals), servants gossipping and trying to ruin each other's lives (for reals), parents trying to keep their children from ruin (not with great success, but with a daughter like Mary . . .), class scruples and friction, all dressed for the 1910s (bygone finery and the need to always dress for everyday dinner but in an age introducing shiny toys like cars, electricity, telephones)!
It was like Downton Abbey took all my weaknesses--the pretty, the dialogue, the relationship dynamics, the niceties of bygone aristocracies--and wrapped it up in a too-short season. Then I cursed my own blood relation when I realized Season 2 isn't on Netflix, gr! Especially when Season 1 ended as it did. Seriously, nothing was wrapped up, everything opened to question!
Curse you, brother of mine! *shakes fist*
Oh God, why did I listen to him when he told me to watch Downton Abbey?
Earlier today I was trying to summarize the Season 1 finale. It cemented a few of my perceptions of the show: 1) Downton Abbey has a ton of characters that are thrown at you all at once and 2) they all interact with each other in separate and overlapping storylines that take some backtracking to actually summarize in a coherent manner.
But it's period piece drama done so good. ;_; I'd heard of Downtown Abbey before I woke one morning to an email from my brother telling me to watch it. I knew it was touted as being very good. I just didn't know how quickly I'd get sucked into all the jealousies, backstabbing, social machinations, scandals, snarking and sniping! Sisters out to ruin each other's lives (for reals), servants gossipping and trying to ruin each other's lives (for reals), parents trying to keep their children from ruin (not with great success, but with a daughter like Mary . . .), class scruples and friction, all dressed for the 1910s (bygone finery and the need to always dress for everyday dinner but in an age introducing shiny toys like cars, electricity, telephones)!
It was like Downton Abbey took all my weaknesses--the pretty, the dialogue, the relationship dynamics, the niceties of bygone aristocracies--and wrapped it up in a too-short season. Then I cursed my own blood relation when I realized Season 2 isn't on Netflix, gr! Especially when Season 1 ended as it did. Seriously, nothing was wrapped up, everything opened to question!
Curse you, brother of mine! *shakes fist*
