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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 287071" data-attributes="member: 8">Still undecided whether or not to buy the DVD I thought it would be a good idea to sample some scenes on u-know-what-site, turns out it&#039;s all there.This being from 1994 I was surprised to find myself being catapulted back into the comfortable predictability of family-friendly 1980s TV.It has all the archetypal characters and situations, and any sort of wickedness or predicament only seem to scratch the surface.I have a feeling that this town&#039;s villain is more like FLYING DOCTORS&#039; George &quot;Barks But Doesn&#039;t Bite&quot; Baxter, and his children are probably not as messed up as Fallon and Adam Carrington.Nevertheless, the picture wouldn&#039;t be complete without them - sanitized or not.Then there&#039;s the hero&#039;s tomboy daughter, the mysterious stranger who&#039;s making waves from the moment he arrives (piercing blue eyes: check, attractive fake scar: check), the headstrong single mother semi-clashing with the show&#039;s lead man (I feel a romance coming up!) and so forth and so on.Of course they&#039;re free to do it the way they want to do it but somehow I had not expected the Australian audience to buy into it.And that&#039;s the strange thing: I didn&#039;t really struggle to readjust my viewing attitude to this old-fashioned way of story telling. Despite my previous comments I never felt tempted to roll my eyes or anything like that. But that was also the case with Big Valley, and after 4 or 5 episodes I had to throw in the towel. There&#039;s only so much repetition I can take, with characters always acting in exactly the same manner.Perhaps some series just aren&#039;t meant to be binge-watched.Certainly a big selling point for me. I&#039;ve always wanted to see more of Wendy Hughes and Andrew Clarke is...Andrew Clarke!That makes it sort of a 50/50 situation so I&#039;m still none the wiser regarding the DVD purchase.Naturally I could do the most obvious thing and watch the up***ds, but I have a feeling it&#039;s not going to be there forever. And a bigger priority is coming my way as we speak.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 287071, member: 8"] Still undecided whether or not to buy the DVD I thought it would be a good idea to sample some scenes on u-know-what-site, turns out it's all there. This being from 1994 I was surprised to find myself being catapulted back into the comfortable predictability of family-friendly 1980s TV. It has all the archetypal characters and situations, and any sort of wickedness or predicament only seem to scratch the surface. I have a feeling that this town's villain is more like FLYING DOCTORS' George "Barks But Doesn't Bite" Baxter, and his children are probably not as messed up as Fallon and Adam Carrington. Nevertheless, the picture wouldn't be complete without them - sanitized or not. Then there's the hero's tomboy daughter, the mysterious stranger who's making waves from the moment he arrives (piercing blue eyes: check, attractive fake scar: check), the headstrong single mother semi-clashing with the show's lead man (I feel a romance coming up!) and so forth and so on. Of course they're free to do it the way they want to do it but somehow I had not expected the Australian audience to buy into it. And that's the strange thing: I didn't really struggle to readjust my viewing attitude to this old-fashioned way of story telling. Despite my previous comments I never felt tempted to roll my eyes or anything like that. But that was also the case with Big Valley, and after 4 or 5 episodes I had to throw in the towel. There's only so much repetition I can take, with characters always acting in exactly the same manner. Perhaps some series just aren't meant to be binge-watched. Certainly a big selling point for me. I've always wanted to see more of Wendy Hughes and Andrew Clarke is...Andrew Clarke! That makes it sort of a 50/50 situation so I'm still none the wiser regarding the DVD purchase. Naturally I could do the most obvious thing and watch the up***ds, but I have a feeling it's not going to be there forever. And a bigger priority is coming my way as we speak. [/QUOTE]

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