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Post by hild1066 on Oct 14, 2016 11:36:52 GMT
What we thinking about the second outing for the moody, miserable and selfish Mr R Poldark!
Adoring the scenery, wonder how many times those horses have to gallop along those cliff edges. I know it's a sad tale but everyone is a tad over grim this series. We break it up at home by interrupting with chants of "Jaaass" a la Jamaica Inn when it gets a little too serious for itself. |
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Post by marispiper on Oct 14, 2016 12:08:00 GMT
I have to confess, I gave up on it after the second episode. However, each time I see the trailer when he looks over his shoulder, I regret it!!!!
There was a great piece a while back about him in the Guardian, just before it started... Did you know he was Irish Junior Latin American champion!!! Now there's a few moves I'd like to see 😄
He is quite self-effacing and gets a bit annoyed that his acting gets no comment, only getting his shirt off!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2016 12:21:19 GMT
I have to confess, I gave up on it after the second episode. However, each time I see the trailer when he looks over his shoulder, I regret it!!!! There was a great piece a while back about him in the Guardian, just before it started... Did you know he was Irish Junior Latin American champion!!! Now there's a few moves I'd like to see 😄 He is quite self-effacing and gets a bit annoyed that his acting gets no comment, only getting his shirt off! I find it all a bit boring and predictable, every week the similar story lines of the Warelggens trying to ruin him and the dramatic "will he survive" theme |
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Post by hild1066 on Oct 14, 2016 12:43:37 GMT
I have to confess, I gave up on it after the second episode. However, each time I see the trailer when he looks over his shoulder, I regret it!!!! There was a great piece a while back about him in the Guardian, just before it started... Did you know he was Irish Junior Latin American champion!!! Now there's a few moves I'd like to see 😄 He is quite self-effacing and gets a bit annoyed that his acting gets no comment, only getting his shirt off! I find it all a bit boring and predictable, every week the similar story lines of the Warelggens trying to ruin him and the dramatic "will he survive" theme But then if he looked like a pug he wouldn't have been in the lead role, he would have been some yokel or some landlord or something. The trials of being a good looking actor! Although I recall Thora Hird being asked if she hadn't wished to ever play the leading lady or femme fatale type roles and she laughed and said she always knew she looked ordinary, but looking ordinary and not being worried about looking old had kept her more than amply employed in character roles, minor parts and dramas for over 50 years and many of the young starlets who started out with her had got no further than a couple of B movies and a husband!! |
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Post by marispiper on Oct 14, 2016 18:10:11 GMT
How true...she was a legend, accent and all.
A propos of nothing, it's the anniversary of The Battle of Hastings which I mention just in case you live there or have another connection 😄
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2016 20:03:01 GMT
I find it all a bit boring and predictable, every week the similar story lines of the Warelggens trying to ruin him and the dramatic "will he survive" theme But then if he looked like a pug he wouldn't have been in the lead role, he would have been some yokel or some landlord or something. The trials of being a good looking actor! Although I recall Thora Hird being asked if she hadn't wished to ever play the leading lady or femme fatale type roles and she laughed and said she always knew she looked ordinary, but looking ordinary and not being worried about looking old had kept her more than amply employed in character roles, minor parts and dramas for over 50 years and many of the young starlets who started out with her had got no further than a couple of B movies and a husband!! There are quite a few actresses who fit that sort of description. Sue Johnson, Eileen Atkins, Stephanie Cole, Jean Alexander, Sheila Reid, Judi Dench, Brenda Blethyn, Joan Plowright, Imelda Staunton, Miriam Margolyes, Vanessa Redgrave, Penelope Wilton, Judy Parfitt, Pam Ferris to name just a few |
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Post by hild1066 on Oct 18, 2016 12:13:47 GMT
How true...she was a legend, accent and all. A propos of nothing, it's the anniversary of The Battle of Hastings which I mention just in case you live there or have another connection 😄 I don't I live hundreds of miles away, but it is one of my favourite periods of history and I write about it quite a bit and devour anyone's else writings I can find. I regularly plough through turgid theses on the state of the economy pre- post conquest etc. just to find another nugget of a fact. Thank you for noticing though. |
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Post by hild1066 on Oct 18, 2016 12:18:47 GMT
But then if he looked like a pug he wouldn't have been in the lead role, he would have been some yokel or some landlord or something. The trials of being a good looking actor! Although I recall Thora Hird being asked if she hadn't wished to ever play the leading lady or femme fatale type roles and she laughed and said she always knew she looked ordinary, but looking ordinary and not being worried about looking old had kept her more than amply employed in character roles, minor parts and dramas for over 50 years and many of the young starlets who started out with her had got no further than a couple of B movies and a husband!! There are quite a few actresses who fit that sort of description. Sue Johnson, Eileen Atkins, Stephanie Cole, Jean Alexander, Sheila Reid, Judi Dench, Brenda Blethyn, Joan Plowright, Imelda Staunton, Miriam Margolyes, Vanessa Redgrave, Penelope Wilton, Judy Parfitt, Pam Ferris to name just a few There you go a massive field of ordinary looking talent, you've compiled quite a list. My mum once told me I would be a wallflower if I went out because no amount of make up would make me as attractive as my sisters. She said I should just accept it and learn to cook and look after the house. Ha, ha - I told her that there were more ordinary looking people in the world than beautiful ones and we kind of had a way of finding each other and she shouldn't worry on my part I was quite happy being normal. Doesn't do you any harm does it?! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2016 13:37:27 GMT
There are quite a few actresses who fit that sort of description. Sue Johnson, Eileen Atkins, Stephanie Cole, Jean Alexander, Sheila Reid, Judi Dench, Brenda Blethyn, Joan Plowright, Imelda Staunton, Miriam Margolyes, Vanessa Redgrave, Penelope Wilton, Judy Parfitt, Pam Ferris to name just a few There you go a massive field of ordinary looking talent, you've compiled quite a list. My mum once told me I would be a wallflower if I went out because no amount of make up would make me as attractive as my sisters. She said I should just accept it and learn to cook and look after the house. Ha, ha - I told her that there were more ordinary looking people in the world than beautiful ones and we kind of had a way of finding each other and she shouldn't worry on my part I was quite happy being normal. Doesn't do you any harm does it?! That was terrible of your mother, beauty is in the eye of the beholder I would rather look at any of those women I have listed than a so called beauty like Jordan
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Post by marispiper on Oct 18, 2016 14:57:07 GMT
Hild, I have no idea what you look like...but I know you're lovely! 😄
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Post by ARENA on Oct 18, 2016 15:40:20 GMT
Hild, I have no idea what you look like...but I know you're lovely! 😄 A piccie would prove it!  |
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Post by hild1066 on Oct 18, 2016 15:49:32 GMT
Hild, I have no idea what you look like...but I know you're lovely! 😄 A piccie would prove it! Thanks for the suggestion. I am happy the way I am, always have been, despite my mother! |
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