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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 248579" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>The opening scene of Season Three was as disheartening as the close of Season Three- with its interconnected stories of the rebuilt church and the arrival of the Jewish Russian family in town - was heartwarming. Episode One of Season Three began with a strange young woman on horseback. After some moments, someone catches up with her and calls her name. Twice, so we don't miss it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>At exactly the halfway point, the series has had its first major recast. Rarely a good sign.</p><p></p><p>The two Dannis really are night and day. Gone are the impish smile and the cheeky-but-innocent tomboy charm of young blonde Danni. New brunette Danni is more mature, rather more generic and with glamour model orthodontics which make her look very contemporary (and at times perhaps a little slutty).</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/v6nV2QShTeWRfNEKtsAPD1XPK25dJF9qaNThW3skA72Qz22W1TugMkPwZ_V-p37y3MOkbLaFkSsKKd6vPvQhIbidzgq8jEvbTBGjbWylnORUYfMylU9UKkPbs2zBqBRZ4-YDYS0u7LBPw44I" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://img.reelgood.com/content/show/5549ac1e-30dc-40e8-b441-2ec0ea18ac84/619f4014-86c2-4baa-bf0a-b32751eb52ea/764a0552-f963-4f82-8933-5be3d21420be/screenshot-400.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>There's no getting around the recast, though. Whether through accident or design, the opening episode was probably the most Danni-heavy episode to date, what with her crying over her ailing horse who needed to be shot and whipping up a miracle tonic for the other horses from her mother's recipe book and everything.</p><p></p><p>There were a few moments where I forgot and bought into the story, but overall the change of actor changed the energy of most of her interactions, which made things feel a little off-kilter and wrong. The fact that a number of the sets appear to be changed or expanded didn't help in that department (though perhaps they did help new Danni since not all the wrong feelings are laid at her feet).</p><p></p><p>The opening titles are confusing me. Josh Lucas and John Stanton are still present, despite both Luke and Oliver being killed a full season ago. Reg Evans as Jack has simply slipped away, but he's still in the opening titles. Up to the end of Season Two I'd assumed this was either contractual or because they couldn't be bothered changing the titles more than once a season. However now that they're still there in Season Three - along with Joelene Crnogorac's original being the only Danni in the credits - I'm thinking the version on Prime is some kind of syndicated variant with one set of credits that's been stuck on the entire series. It's the only explanation for 40% of the people in the opening titles having left the show.</p><h3></h3></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 248579, member: 23"] The opening scene of Season Three was as disheartening as the close of Season Three- with its interconnected stories of the rebuilt church and the arrival of the Jewish Russian family in town - was heartwarming. Episode One of Season Three began with a strange young woman on horseback. After some moments, someone catches up with her and calls her name. Twice, so we don't miss it. At exactly the halfway point, the series has had its first major recast. Rarely a good sign. The two Dannis really are night and day. Gone are the impish smile and the cheeky-but-innocent tomboy charm of young blonde Danni. New brunette Danni is more mature, rather more generic and with glamour model orthodontics which make her look very contemporary (and at times perhaps a little slutty). [CENTER][IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/v6nV2QShTeWRfNEKtsAPD1XPK25dJF9qaNThW3skA72Qz22W1TugMkPwZ_V-p37y3MOkbLaFkSsKKd6vPvQhIbidzgq8jEvbTBGjbWylnORUYfMylU9UKkPbs2zBqBRZ4-YDYS0u7LBPw44I[/IMG][IMG]https://img.reelgood.com/content/show/5549ac1e-30dc-40e8-b441-2ec0ea18ac84/619f4014-86c2-4baa-bf0a-b32751eb52ea/764a0552-f963-4f82-8933-5be3d21420be/screenshot-400.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] There's no getting around the recast, though. Whether through accident or design, the opening episode was probably the most Danni-heavy episode to date, what with her crying over her ailing horse who needed to be shot and whipping up a miracle tonic for the other horses from her mother's recipe book and everything. There were a few moments where I forgot and bought into the story, but overall the change of actor changed the energy of most of her interactions, which made things feel a little off-kilter and wrong. The fact that a number of the sets appear to be changed or expanded didn't help in that department (though perhaps they did help new Danni since not all the wrong feelings are laid at her feet). The opening titles are confusing me. Josh Lucas and John Stanton are still present, despite both Luke and Oliver being killed a full season ago. Reg Evans as Jack has simply slipped away, but he's still in the opening titles. Up to the end of Season Two I'd assumed this was either contractual or because they couldn't be bothered changing the titles more than once a season. However now that they're still there in Season Three - along with Joelene Crnogorac's original being the only Danni in the credits - I'm thinking the version on Prime is some kind of syndicated variant with one set of credits that's been stuck on the entire series. It's the only explanation for 40% of the people in the opening titles having left the show. [HEADING=2][/HEADING] [/QUOTE]
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