If one year's back on my shoulder

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Not having read any of the source novels, approximately twenty minutes into the first series of Poldark (1975–77) as I lay on the couch self-medicating with the late eighteenth century, I remarked to spatch, "Is there any aspect of this homecoming that is not going to be a clusterfuck?" on which the answer turned out to be no, whence it seems the engine of the plot. Since I came to this show by having to wait for the third season of Turn: Washington's Spies (2014–17) to arrive at my local branch library, I was more than ordinarily entertained by the line pertaining to the hero's soldiering past, "Shocking business, eh? Losing the Colonies." The bomber leather frock coat is as impressive as advertised.

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I do like some of their changes - they definitely handle at least one of the most difficult storylines by far the best out of the three - and the very 1970s choices either suit me very well (like Demelza's extra fierceness and Angharad's delight in playing it, even if Winston Graham was less pleased, since he based her on his wife)

My condolences to the author who is literally dead, I was thrilled by Demelza turning up as full-bore feral as she does. Her introduction made me inclined to bet that Patricia C. Wrede had seen this series. My mother has seen this series. I mentioned that we'd started it and she immediately began to describe Robin Ellis.

or amuse me, like Verity being all "I used to be shy but I got over it," and them burning down buildings that should not be burnt.

Haven't gotten there yet, am delighted to hear it, I like Verity immensely. So far she often seems to be the person in the room with the brain cell.

the (highly unflattering) pics of Robin Ellis and Angharad

That was very impressive of the photographer, considering the material to work with.

and I like that even when it departs from its source material, it demonstrates that it gets it at every turn and somtimes improves on it.

That is about the most important qualification for an adaptation, so, good!

But of course he has!

And if it ever turns up in this country, I'll watch it!

I do like him as Francis here

Francis is a trash fire, it should go without saying that I like him.

(amusingly, in the 70s, mainly only with fellow Poldark alumni - with RE in S&S, marrying Angharad Rees in As You Like It & being Norma Streader's brother-in-law in an episode of Enemy at the Door)

Hah! Why waste good chemistry, I guess? He also makes those couple of appearances as Caroline Blakiston's Russian opposite number in Mr. Palfrey. You should do him as an Element sometime.

Ha, I had to watch bits of your linked Poldark!

Oh, good, feedback loop!

I found it after looking Robin Ellis's radio credits up on Genome as he seems to have done a fair bit of it & hunted it down on YT.

Nice! I'm glad you have his radio work to branch into.

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I was thrilled by Demelza turning up as full-bore feral as she does. Her introduction made me inclined to bet that Patricia C. Wrede had seen this series.

Aw, good. I mean, I think she's quite feral at the start in the books, too; she just calms down sooner and rather more than the 70s one ever entirely does & I am 110% Team Angharad on that one. And, heh, re. your mother! Glad to know Ross was so memorable. XD

I like Verity immensely. So far she often seems to be the person in the room with the brain cell.

Yeah, she is the one possible exception to the non-clusterfuck Poldark rule, but then again, she also makes Choices, lol. I do like Norma Streader generally, too. I forget what else I've come across her in aside from EatD and Poldark, but I'm sure there was something, and she's always good.

Francis is a trash fire, it should go without saying that I like him.

Also aww and yay. (George is an even bigger trash fire, but unless you're going very speedily, I don't think you will have achieved Ralph Bates yet, or at least not more than a glimpse of him).

Actually, one funny thing about you giving that link is that I had never realised there were 16 episodes in s1! I'd just assumed there were 13 as usual for UK 70s TV. My DVD copy is unfortunately one of the BBC Playback ones they did of a few things taken from the VHS editions where they edited three or four episodes into one long episide. (Only the intro/credits are missing, though, but it does mean that I have to guess where each episode starts and ends. Now I realise I have three whole more episodes than I may have been accounting for!)

You should do him as an Element sometime.

He would be a rather good one! I wonder which... ?

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Actually, one funny thing about you giving that link is that I had never realised there were 16 episodes in s1! I'd just assumed there were 13 as usual for UK 70s TV.

That's neat. I assume it made good use of the extra time.

He would be a rather good one! I wonder which... ?

I was going to complain about how difficult it is to think of an unexpectedly charming element, but then I thought of how much I like tungsten filaments over LEDs. It has a variety of weird properties, alloys well, and its source ores are often found when mining tin.