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Post by allison1954 on Nov 10, 2022 19:54:57 GMT
I’m about to quit watching , it’s so boring!
Loved the other seasons but this is just dull.
Anyone else?
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Post by allison1954 on Nov 10, 2022 20:03:23 GMT
I mean , why do we care about Mohamed Fayedh THIS much?
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Post by Tearisci on Nov 10, 2022 20:18:21 GMT
I'm only on episode 2 but downloaded the rest of them to watch on a flight tonight.
Sorry to hear it's dull.
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Post by cindytred on Nov 11, 2022 7:35:46 GMT
I started watching tonight. Finished the first 2 episodes. The actor playing Charles has his voice down pat - but he is too handsome to be Charles. The actress playing Diana is perfectly cast in my opinion. One thing I don't like is how they bring in characters without explaining who they are - for example the man who is being the go between for Diana and Andrew Morton - he just rides his little bike up to the gates of Kensington Palace and gets let in. Who is he?
No matter my opinions, I am a big fan of this series and am enjoying it thoroughly.
Cindy
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Post by allison1954 on Nov 11, 2022 12:14:42 GMT
I think you hit the mail on the head.
We spend so much time trying to figure out who people are.
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Post by Scrapper100 on Nov 11, 2022 15:12:03 GMT
I think you hit the mail on the head. We spend so much time trying to figure out who people are. I’m so glad I’m not the only one. I watched the first three episode last night.
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Post by gar on Nov 11, 2022 15:17:14 GMT
One thing I don't like is how they bring in characters without explaining who they are - for example the man who is being the go between for Diana and Andrew Morton - he just rides his little bike up to the gates of Kensington Palace and gets let in. Who is he? He's James Colthurst a long time friend of Diana's who also became a friend of Morton's in more recent years. But don't forget it's a dramatisation - just because that happened in the series doesn't mean it really happened!!
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Post by allison1954 on Nov 11, 2022 15:28:32 GMT
But should we have to work so hard to even figure out what we are watching?
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Post by gillyp on Nov 11, 2022 16:06:23 GMT
But should we have to work so hard to even figure out what we are watching? I guess you don't get much of a synopsis for any film/series other than a trailer so why should this be different? You don't get biographies of who all the characters are for other productions.
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Post by allison1954 on Nov 11, 2022 16:15:42 GMT
The difference for me is that I am trying to relate it to people and events that happened on my lifetime
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Post by gar on Nov 11, 2022 16:42:17 GMT
I would think it’s harder for non Brits because those incidental elements probably aren’t reported so much.
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Post by gillyp on Nov 11, 2022 16:57:25 GMT
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Post by lesley on Nov 11, 2022 17:03:45 GMT
The difference for me is that I am trying to relate it to people and events that happened on my lifetime But it’s very much a dramatisation so certain characters may not even exist. They’re just there to help the story along. Maybe you should just enjoy it for what it is, and not try to make those connections. 😊
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Post by lesserknownpea on Nov 12, 2022 8:57:23 GMT
I found the episode that included the Al Fayed family interesting and well done.
And I was thrilled that they covered the assassinations of the Tsar and his family, ( although, whoa they showed how terrible it was to an extent I wasn’t expecting). And that they included the fact that King George decided not to try to save his lookalike cousin for political reasons.
The episode that covered “Camillagate” really surprised me. It left me with respect and empathy for Charles. Once I got over the idea of such a handsome man playing him.
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Post by auntkelly on Nov 12, 2022 16:26:52 GMT
I just finished episode 8. I've enjoyed this season. It's a good thing my husband doesn't watch this series w/ me, because I'm always pausing to look things up.
I was really surprised that they glossed over Diana's relationship w/ Hasnat Kahn. From everything I've read, she really became unhinged after they broke up. (Maybe he'll come up again in later episodes).
As in every season, I thought a lot of the "imagined" conversations between the royals bordered on the ridiculous. I thought the scene where Lady Romsey was "educating" the Queen about why England didn't come to the aid of the Russian Czar's family was ridiculous (although I did enjoy that episode about the Russian royal family). I also thought the scene where Charles dropped in on Diana after their divorce and they made scrambled eggs was silly. However, I thought the scene between Princess Diana and the Queen in which Diana informed her of the BBC interview was quite compelling. I thought it might very well be possible that the Queen would have tried to convince Diana that no one in the Royal Family wanted her to be unhappy. (Prince Charles and the rest of the Royal Family could have been much more understanding of Diana and treated her differently, but I don't think they actually sought to make her unhappy, as she seemed to believe).
Watching this season has made me more sympathetic to Diana. I think she had some serious mental health issues to begin with and the BBC played on her vulnerability to get her to do the interview, which was a disaster for everyone. I think Prince William's video about how the BBC manipulated his mother into giving the interview is rather heartbreaking. I can't help but think the series is a fairly accurate representation of just how underhanded Martin Bashir was towards Diana. He played on her paranoia and made her doubt everyone who was close to her.
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Post by smasonnc on Nov 13, 2022 2:16:34 GMT
This season is snooze. I want to see Princess Margaret behaving badly. I want to see more of Jonny Lee Miller. Maybe a constitutional crisis or two. Half an episode of the Al Fayeds speaking Farsi with subtitles is not my cup of tea and crumpets.
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Post by Bridget in MD on Nov 13, 2022 23:47:40 GMT
I cannot stand the "new" actor for Prince Phillip. I will forever see him as The Sparrow from Game of Thrones, and it is off putting. I even watched the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie with my DD this year, and he's in that, and I can't see him as anything but the Sparrow! LOL
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Post by thundergal on Nov 14, 2022 0:00:58 GMT
I really enjoyed this season. I loved the episode where they introduced us to the Al-Fayed's. I thought it was interesting. I don't mind hitting pause to Google a person or event real quick. I feel like it's beneath this show to spoon-feed the audience. Some level of curiosity seems necessary to enjoy a series like this. Since the first season, I will find commentary online after watching each episode and read a summary and about what the episode addresses factually. Always interesting getting used to the new cast and this one doesn't disappoint (ME, anyway!)
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Nov 14, 2022 1:13:09 GMT
I’ve barely started this new season but will chime in to say I hate the casting of Charles. The actor is far too attractive and moves too well to play Charles. They missed the boat on that one.
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Post by smasonnc on Nov 14, 2022 3:06:00 GMT
I’ve barely started this new season but will chime in to say I hate the casting of Charles. The actor is far too attractive and moves too well to play Charles. They missed the boat on that one. I agree. I like Dominic West in other things, but he's far too masculine and not nearly "posh" enough to be Charles. He tries to get the mannerisms down, but they may as well have cast Arnold Schwarzenegger. .......Spoilers follow.......It appears I've gotten my wish for more of Princess Margaret behaving badly. Then the gods smiled down by throwing in Timothy Dalton reading love letters--that voice! Prince Phillip defending Elizabeth...wonderful! This episode makes up for the earlier snoozefest.
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Post by rainangel on Nov 14, 2022 9:04:55 GMT
I've only watched three episodes so far, up until the episode with the Al-Fayed's. I rteally enjoyed that episode, because it shows how admired the English royal family is/was, and how some people strive to be like them. But all the money in the world can't really buy them into the fold of the family. I don't find this season to be dull. Only seen three episodes though, but I think drama is headed my way It's the 90's after all! Hoping to see Jonny Lee Miller more as John Major. The little I saw of him was impressive. Not only Lee Miller's acting, but how Major seemed to tackle the royals.
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Post by peppermintpatty on Nov 14, 2022 13:14:40 GMT
I watched the entire thing the first day it dropped (home after surgery). I did find it slow but I kind of enjoyed the more in depth episodes. I had figured that they would end it when Diana dies but they end it right before. She hasn't even really gotten to know Dodi yet.
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Post by Merge on Nov 14, 2022 13:19:53 GMT
I’ve watched a couple of episodes so far and have enjoyed them. I imagine there must have been some unhappiness in the UK about some unflattering portrayals of the queen so soon after her death?
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Post by fredfreddy44 on Nov 14, 2022 15:38:49 GMT
I just finished the season and thought it was so dull. Maybe because it happened in my lifetime and was background noise while I was in college in CA. I thought everyone is particular was annoying and whiny and the way the Diana actress kept pulling in her chin to her neck and constantly crying was irritating as heck.
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