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"Downton Abbey:" the gift that keeps on givin.' I must

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tinear

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admit that I can't find a lot to fault: yes, it's melodrama, but it has a terrific set of characters and there are enough subplots to keep you interested, but not confused.
The level of acting is just plain excellent: why can't we produce male actors that don't all look like wimps? Or women that can speak the language w/out slurring in monotones?
How refreshing that the English acting traditions continue. Ours, alas, perished w/the great generation of actors now mostly in their sixties.
Anyhow, is it Sunday, yet?

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Wait for your wife to leave the room, then tell us how you really feel - Victor Khomenko 06:25:01 01/23/13 (10)
I have already written that I consider this easily the dumbest show around - since I stopped watching red neck belly flops some time ago!
I think the writing is done by a bunch of illiterate drug pushers in minimum security jail - it is so pathetic words are powerless.
Little wonder the main male lead apparently had enough with that excuse for acting and left the show - his conscience finally spoke loudly enough.
I would much rather just watch Gosford Part and be done with the theme for few more years.

Edits: 01/23/13
- Wow...dumbest? - jfz 05:05:18 01/25/13 (1)
  I can understand someone not liking it, but "easily the dumbest show around?" Maybe I don't understand what you mean by "dumbest," but in my view there are plenty of much dumber shows. Have you seen Honey Boo Boo? Do you maybe not get too many channels?
  - LOL! You caught me! :) - Victor Khomenko 06:46:34 01/25/13 (0)
    OK, OK, so the dumbest show *I* recall seeing in the long time! :)
    
    Will look up Honey Boo Boo on Demand, I am sure it is there. I was stunned, actually, at the number of shows there, as I was searching once for something. I have never heard of probably 98% of them, under my rock.
    
    Who, on Earth, watches all that crap?
- I like it. The characters have become "real" to me. Sorry, but I disagree w/you on this. nt - tinear 07:39:13 01/23/13 (7)
  sfd
  - "Characters have become real..." Agreed, I'm totally invested in them. Thomas WILL burn in He!! ^ - Road Warrior 14:25:36 01/23/13 (0)
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    "I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"
  - You, me, and millions more! - oldmkvi 08:47:26 01/23/13 (5)
    Gosford Park put me to sleep... ( OK, maybe my fault! )
    Maggie Smith's line about how Shirley MacClaine's ( Sp?) Character made her appreciate all things British. "But, she's an American." Maggie: Exactly!
    The Writer distiles so much fact and emotion in each scene, it's just amazing to me.
    My only possible complaint is that it's Too Perfect, but I'm lovin' it.
    Both my wife and I groaned at the end of Sunday's Episode, Oh, is it over Already???!!!
    - "and millions more!" Now tin's going to lose interest... - Victor Khomenko 10:56:36 01/23/13 (4)
      ...and go back to Tarr, appreciated by a few illuminati.
      Hold that Budweiser, Pinot Noir, here I come!
      
      Edits: 01/23/13 01/23/13
      - I like Coke and Grand Echezeaux, too. Burgers and filet mignon. nt - tinear 12:05:47 01/23/13 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: "and millions more!" Now tin's going to lose interest... posted by Victor Khomenko on January 23, 2013 at 10:56:36
        
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        I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okey... - Victor Khomenko 12:16:18 01/23/13 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I like Coke and Grand Echezeaux, too. Burgers and filet mignon. nt posted by tinear on January 23, 2013 at 12:05:47
        
        He cuts down trees. He wears high heels,
        Suspendies, and a bra?!
        
        Let the games begin! (Open in New Window)
        
        LOL! I'm a pirate, meself! nt - tinear 07:46:47 01/24/13 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okey... posted by Victor Khomenko on January 23, 2013 at 12:16:18
        
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      - Right, err, our little secret... - oldmkvi 11:43:23 01/23/13 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: "and millions more!" Now tin's going to lose interest... posted by Victor Khomenko on January 23, 2013 at 10:56:36
        
        Only a few of us, well, sensitive enough, to, well, you know, get it...

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