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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 442182" data-attributes="member: 57984">BKR is also correct when they call BIG VALLEY a &quot;slog.&quot; There are numerous goodish-to-good episodes, but it&#039;s ultimately a typically formulaic, pedestrian, by rote &#039;60s western TV series out of a factory, and, more often than not, stultifyingly boring. Always was... And mistitled, as there&#039;s very little big about it, and there&#039;s not much valley (ironically, given that the &#039;60s was indeed a big valley) -- and even the exterior scenes feature closeups shot inside the studio as per Stanwyck&#039;s contract). It&#039;s a claustrophobic, largely interior show rife with deadishly repetitive musical cues and drab, soapy melodrama.Certain installments I like. Most are a chore to get through.The more watchable ones seem to involve the two women. In fact, almost always.<img src="https://abcdvdvideo.myshopify.com/cdn/shop/products/7634-16_1024x1024.jpg?v=1519079129" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />That said, Missy&#039;s speech at her end of THE THORNBIRDS is one of the greatest scenes in human history. And protypical Stanwyck: the piercing stare, the gravely admonition, her eyes moistening as her voice rises to a magisterial climax, she pauses, bites her bottom lip, and then turns to wander away and close herself behind a door, flashing one final glare at whoever she&#039;s been dressing down.Is it high camp? Is it unparalleled, unfathomable cinematic brilliance? No one was ever sure.[MEDIA=youtube]QGRGYOSXiqg[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 442182, member: 57984"] BKR is also correct when they call BIG VALLEY a "slog." There are numerous goodish-to-good episodes, but it's ultimately a typically formulaic, pedestrian, by rote '60s western TV series out of a factory, and, more often than not, stultifyingly boring. Always was... And mistitled, as there's very little [I]big [/I]about it, and there's not much [I]valley [/I](ironically, given that the '60s was indeed a big valley) -- and even the exterior scenes feature closeups shot inside the studio as per Stanwyck's contract). It's a claustrophobic, largely interior show rife with deadishly repetitive musical cues and drab, soapy melodrama. Certain installments I like. Most are a chore to get through. The more watchable ones seem to involve the two women. In fact, almost always. [IMG]https://abcdvdvideo.myshopify.com/cdn/shop/products/7634-16_1024x1024.jpg?v=1519079129[/IMG] That said, Missy's speech at her end of THE THORNBIRDS is one of the greatest scenes in human history. And protypical Stanwyck: the piercing stare, the gravely admonition, her eyes moistening as her voice rises to a magisterial climax, she pauses, bites her bottom lip, and then turns to wander away and close herself behind a door, flashing one final glare at whoever she's been dressing down. Is it high camp? Is it unparalleled, unfathomable cinematic brilliance? No one was ever sure. [MEDIA=youtube]QGRGYOSXiqg[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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