... I know it's a good series. Every one seems to like it. Maybe it's just me (who adores zombies and Klingons), but.......
....watching people take forever to walk down a hallway, or throwing up in toilets is not my idea of entertainment.
Smoke me a kipper. I'll be back for breakfast
It's a bit slow, but kind of like how it it's more about the personal stories of the characters.
share"A bit" slow?! It's a damned turtle. By the time it finally decided to start doing something interesting with its premise it was already the season finale. Here I was happy it finally got off its slow-moving ass and did something worth watching and it was already the last episode.
6/10 show so far, and I'm afraid I'm being too generous.
But you watched all the episodes? Yeah some issues with it like how is it no one used Google to research Paddy, Charlie or Kristen to find out how they died.
shareAll I can say is that you must be from the USA! It's sad that so many can't sit through a film & let it unfold in it's time as it should. If there's not car crashes, explosions, screams & fast-moving action you can't seem to handle it & that's a shame b/c you're missing out on some pretty amazing films (tv & cinema as well as theater plays). You are also missing out on some great books. There doesn't have to be explosions going off every second to make something interesting. This is what is referred to as suspense & it's meant to keep you thinking. If the story goes one way in your mind the turns you somewhere else entirely, then you know it's good!
Check out more British & Aussie films. I think the more you open your mind to this type of work, the more you will enjoy it & even understand it. The same is true of classic literature, esp foreign (non-USA classic literature).
"My stories propel mundane lives into magical worlds where all is possible." -Paisley
All I can say is that you must be from the USA! It's sad that so many can't sit through a film:))) On any other day I would be the one saying this.
I disagree completely. Any creative endeavor should be judged on its own terms — did it achieve what it set out to achieve? The characters in this series are trying to cope with the dead being alive again, or digging for explanations of their own deaths. The Returned (the French version; the American one looks awful) is similar in subject matter and pace, and for similar reasons. It's about relationships, and about rediscovering the past one painful memory at a time. There actually are some pretty dramatic, even fast-paced moments; especially in the flashbacks. But I don't see how the subject matter and tone would benefit from a faster pace. The pace suits the story.
May I ask how old you are? Just curious. I'll go first: 41. I can see how younger audiences might not enjoy the pace.
As the actors not being able to act... that I don't understand at all.
then dont watch it then
shareWell, I guess if you're looking for zombie show, then it wouldn't the show the for you. It's more a drama about the impact of people suddenly coming back to life after years and the mystery surrounding it. For a couple of them it has been 100 years since their deaths, others decades and as Kate's case just 2 years have gone by. Personally, I find it intriguing, initially they didn't even realize had been dead and were completely confused by everything going on around them. This a story about mystery - why they came back, where do they even fit even in when time has moved forward without them and what do what do they do now that they are here?
sharenot looking for a zombie show. I just wonder how its possible that the resurrection of 6 people could be kept a secret. come on... !
Smoke me a kipper. I'll be back for breakfast
Except that it isn't. Look at the number of threads here complaining that not a single one of them shows any real confusion after the first episode. They just get in cars and turn on lights and running water and don't even question things like cell phones.
shareThis is no different than adapting to being in a different country - people pick up on things amazingly fast without the need to really think about what they are doing. If you don't believe me, talk with some of the medical staff who travel the world working with Doctors Without Borders. A cousin of my MIL's has been with DWOB for decades & has traveled all over the world incl'g areas where there is no running water, no electricity, & in some places it takes months to get supplies hoofed in - LITERALLY! In one remote area he was in for almost a year, it took approx 5-6mos to get supplies so everything had to be timed just right but even so, it wasn't unusual to have shipments be late by as much as 1-3 months depending on the circumstances req'd through modes of transportation. Large jets brought things in so far then they were sent on by a few trips on puddle-jumpers (smaller aircrafts, some places even by aircraft that land on water but cannot land in rivers or areas with thick foliage & they don't have any real legs under them so they can't go far or carry but so much weight each trip - aka where the 'no legs' term is often referenced... Hell, I know of families who live so far back in the bayous of Lousiana that the only way to get to them or for them to come to the nearest town is by boat & you MUST know your way there or you'll be lost forever to the point where even a search team can't find you! That's just here in the USA! Now, imagine areas of Africa, Bosnia, parts of Australia that are still unsettled b/c the land is just too inhospitable, though many Aborigine tribes live far off the grid but they follow along on lands that have been setted by their ancestors for centuries before the British started colonies there!) Once puddle-jumpers get supplies to the next stop, they can require going by small vessels up river & have lookouts to prevent local tribes in regions from stealing the supplies even though they don't know how to use or what to do with what they take & often just take what they need & dump the rest - hence the loss of supplies that need to be shipped again... Once these vessels make it close enough inland, if they make it close enough, they are often brought forward by oxen or even by large teams of locals who physically haul the supplies inland further to the destination. Every leg of that journey as well as learning to live with what you have available on hand, is a far cry from the sterility and plentiful access of industrialized areas yet these medical professionals quickly learn to use make-shift surgical items, use herbal medicine, & sometimes even doing surgeries by lanterns or candles while having to deal with the warlords in more violent areas. When survival counts, you pick up things extremely quick! Imagine never having built a fire using something other than a lighter or match... It doesn't take but a few tries & you have that down to a fine art, esp when your life & the lives of those you are treating depend on it. It's just as easy as picking up the fundamentals of using a rifle & hittig your mark. People are just more adaptable than you realize - probably because you have never lived outside your comfort zone where you had to pick up things such as this.
I've lived all over from extremely rural areas to metropolitian cities. While my health doesn't allow it today, I used to rock climb, base-jump, clift dive, scuba-dive, free-dive (diving to depths on a single breath of air at a specific rate of descent & resurfacing b/c if you dive too quickly or come up too fast it will cause the bends, which is deadly w/o access to a baromectric chamber - fortunately, I had a great teacher. I've trained horses, broken them to saddle w/o breaking their spirit, treated & excercised injured horses, & I used to be a damn fine ferrier as well (ferriers are the ones who care for the hooves & can remove & replace horseshoes properly to protect the horses hooves b/c if you don't take care of their feet, they'll go lame far too young). And yes, I have mucked more than my fair share of stalls. I can still start & repair a generator to run a small cabin or a smaller size to run appliances & such when hurricanes take out the power & lines, not to mention I've spend a few weeks out with the families I mentioned above who live back in the bayou of Louisiana. They live on plots of land that has been passed down thru their families for as long as the area has been inhabited. I can start a campfire as easily as the kids could who lived back in the bayou but I was taught by my grandparents & birth parents; hwr, my oldest daughter picked it up over the course of the first couple trips she took camping with friends without my having taught her. Our youngest is a natural with my old compound bow & it didn't take her long to pick it up either! Once I was able to get her to hold her stance, line the shot, adjust the pull & keep the bow off her cheek, she was hitting the center target every time! Neither of my birth parents were able to bow hunt but I was a natural at it & hit clear & clean shots every time; I was just as adept at handling a rifle, shotgun, & any variety of handguns. My oldest has an easier time with a rifle but the youngest is as adept as her dad & me with all three types of firearms in addition to the bow. MOF, she uses my compound bow, which I passed down to her in her pre- to early teens b/c she mastered it so quickly. I don't believe in using a crossbow b/c it's too much like cheating & she's taken the same stance to the point of politely refusing when she's come across others who go to the range where we take her when we can.
Before anybody gets panties in a twist, I know this is a tv series & not real but honestly, it's no different than real life. People literally pick up on things really quick when necessary & I don't think you're giving people enough credit. There was a small town I lived in for a while where they had parades & the ladies that ran this little museum-like place always tried to get some of the young women to participate by wearing replicas of some of the Victorian-era gowns & shoes in their yearly parades but needed them to know how to ride side-saddle. Few girls today have a clue how to ride side-saddle but I've done it since I was about 9yrs old. I didn't like it but I did learn & I had enough experience riding to do so even on a spirited horse & jumping overturned trees & crevices that are often found out in the wooded & unpopulated areas. It took me only a few weeks to get the girls up to riding but I had to pick gentle mares who didn't spook easily & insisted on blinders b/c horses will spook easily but not so much when fitted with blinders (they have a much wider peripheral field than people so any shadow will set them off if it's not trained out of them & sometimes it can't be b/c horses have a natural 'fight or flight' instinct. It's why they use mules on the trails of the Grand Canyon. They don't have the same 'fight or flight' instinct & are less apt to spook if properly trained. I generally rode the more spirited stallions w/high-end pedigrees for stud services. I was usually the only one who could ride w/o the use of blinders in a side saddle but it's only b/c of the years I've had & experience riding & working with horses as well as knowing how to keep them under control. Also, I won't ride a horse w/o a bit. It provides an extra level of control, esp when in skirts that are thick w/heavy petticoats that go to the bottom of the ankles & boots that require a hook to button up some 20 buttons on those riding boots worn in those days. I kept in touch & went back several years to ride in the parades & work with the young women willing to work with them until the group pretty much aged out & nobody picked up their desire to keep up with making & altering of the dresses & such. But even so, you'd be amazed at how quick the girls caught on to the riding lessons, tho most had riding experience of some type. I insisted on it.
I can see these people adapting to new things & how to use them was acceptable & adaptable IMHO. The only one who drove a vehicle was Kate but then again she had only been dead for 2yrs, so definitely plausible. The rest seemed to have walked everywhere they went or rode in the police car or the doctor's car once she was able to get them into it. Maria was familiar with cars b/c she died in a car accident & even talked about the lessons she had to learn to drive. Paddy definitely walked everywhere!
But that's just my opinion. Your mileage may vary.
Way too long -- didn't read past the first sentence.
Yes, it is entirely different from living in a different country for the mere fact that you know that you are living in a different country. You made the conscious decision to go there, and you may even have done some research on it. And you are still living in your own time.
These people did not know that they had been dead. They did not know that time had passed. The things that they are experiencing are so far beyond their experience -- there wasn't even electricity when the oldest were alive. They have nothing in their experience to relate it to and no skills that are relevant, yet they do not express any confusion or wonder or fear.
If we were to go 100 years into the future, even with our knowledge of technology, we would express some kind of amazement at how things had changed.
Typical response by a typical American who refuses to open their mind to something that might actually enlighten all b/c it's "too long" or it's "too hard" GODS WHAT A FREAKING LAZY BUNCH OF PEOPLE THESE DAYS!
There are other examples. YOU DO STILL KNOW THERE IS A SLAVE TRADE GOING ON RIGHT? THOSE KIDS ARE OFTEN KEPT SEDATED & SHIPPED OFF TO OTHER COUNTRIES WITH NO IDEA HOW THEY LAND WHERE THEY DO OR HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN GONE BUT THEY LEARN EVERYTHING FAST TOO!
GROW A SET ALREADY OR RISK BEING A MORON YOUR ENTIRE LIFE! It's no wonder the USA is so f-ked up these days! Too many lazy bones who refuse to attempt to think outside the box. While yes, this is fiction, the ideas actually come from some string of occurrence. The Lazarus Effect is an actual real thing only it happens rarely & never after burial these days but there was a time when a person was buried that they were buried with a string attached to their fingers with a bell at the surface b/c there are cases, hypothermia being 1 of them, which the heart beat can become so slow & inaudible that a person can APPEAR DEAD BUT NOT BE DEAD! Others with hypothermia appear dead BUT ARE NOT!
I'd say do some homework in research but you're probably too lazy to do that much!
Just an FYI: One of my grade school teachers had a great-aunt who actually woke up in the morgue after being declared dead. Scared the hell out of an orderly when it happened! Thankfully her heart rate picked up the pace enough for her to revive when she did! It's rare yes but IT DOES AND HAS HAPPENED!
I swear I hope there are more kids like my own who actually don't mind hard work and above & beyond to find their own answers out there or this country & this planet in & of itself is in for a world of hurt in the next several generations if something doesn't change. I pity you. I really do! My 19yo is already preparing for Grad school & she's only halfway through her Undergrad program but she was preparing for her Undergrad program long before graduating from high school & even then she did so with honors, high honors, & enough credit hours to graduate more than 1 semester ahead of schedule but not quite 2, but close; hwr, she has turned down graduating early & plans to spend that last semester taking classes to carry over to her Grad program. Plus, she is taking a full course load, 2 foreign languages w/2 more she plans to take beyond completing 1 & starting the 2nd this semester, taking a full course load, is in an internship program, & volunteers as the photographer for the Cultural Center on campus, the campus newspaper (as a photographer), and she volunteers helping new freshmen acclimate to college life away from home & living in the dorms. She does more in 1 day than you seem to do in a month & with no bellyaching! The kid spent her summer studying for this semester, in an internship program, & she still made time to lecture at a few of the private schools that are year around with upcoming juniors & seniors! She still manages to hold the Dean's List each semester!
This is a small rural area where NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED! Even Paddy, the OLDEST RESURRECTED ASKED THE BOY BEAU WHERE "THE ROYAL" WAS LOCATED! IT WAS THERE IN HIS TIME! IT'S STILL THERE!
A few towns over from where I live is a store that has been run by 6 generations of sons & each lived into their late 90s & much of what they sell in this store isn't all that different from what was sold there when the current generation owner/operator's great-grandfather run the place, let alone his great-great-grandfather!
As for electricity, there was electric lights in the late 1800s. My great-grandfather, who lived to be just shy of his 100th birthday, knew of & had seen electric lights & even saw the 1st automobile & remembered it vividly. He was born in the late 1800s & died in the 1900s but think of all he saw! Granted, b/c my family is Native American (again, I'm among the last of the generations who are not mixed-race), he was not privy to seeing a lot up close & personal, as well as the fact he was a simple man who lived a simple life but it does not mean he was not a learned man b/c he was highly intelligent! He spoke 3 languages & could write in 2 of them w/2 being Cherokee & Arapaho as he was Cherokee & his betrothed wife was Arapaho he knew the language fluently along with being forced to learn English.. he was able to write in both English & Cherokee as Cherokee was the only Native American First Nations language that had a written language as well as a spoken one.
If you were to dump someone from the 1800s into the middle of the town where I live, things wouldn't be much different b/c the same businesses are owned by the same families & roads are the same with a few added on but mostly everything has remained small & simple. In fact, it doesn't matter if you have been here in the state 20yrs you are still considered an outsider; hwr, I have local roots nearby & they were well known b/c previous generation elders used to treat the sick & I come from a multi-generation of potters, which is how my great-grandfather's family got it's name after the census record law passed in 1860 declaring that all Native Americans who did not live on the reservations were to be included in the census. The family didn't have a surname but b/c they were generational potters, they were given the last name of Potter as a surname on the census records!
There are A LOT OF AREAS IN AUSTRALIA THAT HAVEN'T CHANGED IN MORE THAN 100yrs JUST LIKE HERE IN THE USA! I have friends who have told me as much b/c they have roots in cities where their families either were colonized to Australia or are part of the Aboriginal ancestry & settled in an area that became a small town after the Brits showed up & took over from the Aborigine people just as the English did with the Native Americans here!
Wow -- hey, if it means that much to you . . .
shareLmfao I can't imagine any one would actually read all that.
shareI just watched the first series today and I'm completely hooked. Good range of characters all from different eras and backgrounds and all played by good actors. One of the best shows I've watched in a while. Can't wait for series 2. 😊 10/10
shareIt does hook you from 'jump' doesn't it? LOL!
I forgot to add under one of the threads where everybody was talking about the fact a person is embalmed, yada, yada, yada but with specific religious beliefs, certain preparations for the body can be waived - incl'g embalming. An elderly man I got to know years & years & years ago retired from the military then worked for some 15yrs in a mortuary and I recall him saying that with certain beliefs, religions, and ethnicities (ie. sort of but also separate specifics from beliefs) that specific generalized handling of the body can be changed and/or waived due to these beliefs. It doesn't really strike with any of this group regarding the Lazarus Effect b/c it's been too long of a time period but it does happen, even today. Doctors are not infaliable. Calling time-of-death when the patient isn't actually dead doesn't happen as frequently as in the past but it does still happen. In fact, some who were believed to be brain dead & are removed from life support only to wake up with no neurological deficit happens but it's rare & generally it's a mistake on the part of the doctor and/or the equipment. Just an FYI.
My stories propel mundane lives into magical worlds where all is possible. -Paisley
I really, really enjoyed it! Very well acted, and much more real. Nothing at all like the returned, which had no realism. Unfortunately there does not seem to be a second season in the offing.
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