I'd almost forgotten about his character it being so long since I watched BB. He was a no nonsense fixer who always got his job done no matter what, I really liked him. He was so different from his employer who struck me as a bit of a bumbler and chancer but nice with it too.
You are joking of course?Probably not the thread to express my enjoyment of Downton Abbey.
You are going to enjoy this series, and the back-story for all the main characters.
So much of that show is slow and low stakes. I really had a hard time caring about any of it. Fights between brothers and lawyers, Howard, Kim, etc., that went on and on and were increasingly uninteresting. Younger Mike, looking older, digging holes, leading to interminable plots. It’s all got that sort of formula invented on BB but less novel, less vital. When you start BB, it’s so fresh and crazy and new. The dynamics of those characters make the show tick and though they arguably milked it a bit too much, it did run hot and have many organically conceived high points. It was a great yarn and unique. With BCS, I could hear the writers thoughts as those plots unfolded (how cool they wanted it to be, how exciting they wanted the plot).
I think it's a mixed bag.
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She was pretty alluring!
I think I have much different interests which is definitely Ok. I want to put forth some of my ideas but I'm not trying to tear anyone else's down: The term, and concept of, "world building" is newer than my generation (X). It's something that leads things astray in my personal sensibilities. I don't think I ever heard of it before 10 or 15 years ago (or maybe I wasn't a serious sci-fi reader - perhaps it comes from that genre). I hope there's room for my sensibilities but maybe I just have to enjoy classics or older shows that had different goals or tastes in mind. I don't want back-story or world-building. I can hardly think of a show or movie that has flashbacks, for example, that I really love (Mad Men has a few that add nothing to the story IMO). BCS is one giant flashback so, for me, it kind of started off with a strike against it. I prefer less to be explained to me. Sometimes BB starts at the end and then shows you the story from the beginning, but that's not "world-building." It's just dramatic license. It basically starts off in the middle of the action. We can figure out their psychology as we go. We watch Walt change and try to decide what he was to begin with. When they do include flashbacks, it detracts from the show. I don't need to know the back story of Jimmy McNulty to understand that character or, rather, to enjoy the character. The same goes for any characters on The Wire or Deadwood, two shows with no flashbacks (OK, The Wire had one in S1, an admitted mistake).
No reason needed to watch BB again. It's such a great series. I watch the whole series every few years, just because of the quality ... and I have it on DVD.
