baileydash
Lady in Waiting
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Dec 12, 2009 17:21:35 GMT -4
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Post by baileydash on Jan 14, 2013 13:12:19 GMT -4
Am I the only person who finds Dan Stevens to be incredibly bland? Both the actor and his character were so emotionally dominated by Lady Mary's character that the whole Matthew/Mary story left me disinterested.
And he's leaving the show? For a movie career? What movie career? A David Caruso move if ever there was one.
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Post by Baby Fish Mouth on Jan 14, 2013 13:45:58 GMT -4
He's doing a Broadway play right now. I think he's totally fine with never being part of anything as big as DA ever again.
His acting was never a strong point, but I feel like he totally checked out during S3. The writing didn't help. I couldn't stand his self-righteous mewling over the Swire inheritance. Get over yourself, Matthew.
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Post by kanding on Jan 14, 2013 14:58:04 GMT -4
Am I the only person who finds Dan Stevens to be incredibly bland? Nope.
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Post by kateln on Jan 14, 2013 15:13:37 GMT -4
I was just so bored at the end of last season, I haven't bothered to check in at all this season. I want to know what Edith and Violet are up to, but otherwise I just have stopped caring.
Could that maybe be a spinoff?
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Post by ladyboy on Jan 15, 2013 23:22:41 GMT -4
I am incredibly bored by this season. (And the last.) I swore off it but am watching episode 2 right now and snooze.... It's so dull. And poorly paced - they introduce an idea - We're going to lose Downton! - and in the next scene it's "Oh, I am inheriting a packet of cash!". As IF it wasn't going to save the manor. So dull, so obvious. They should put googly eyes on Edith in the show itself to improve it.
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Post by Ninja Bunny on Jan 16, 2013 4:39:37 GMT -4
They should just lock Violet and Martha in a room and let them snark at each other for two hours. That would make the show watchable.
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Sept 30, 2024 6:39:38 GMT -4
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2013 15:29:25 GMT -4
I never found Violet and Martha to be as entertaining as Violet and Isobel were. Martha was so predictable in her quips. She was a promising character but like so many other things in the Downton universe, she didn't really deliever, IMHO of course ;-)
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Post by Martini Girl on Jan 16, 2013 16:46:27 GMT -4
I thought they completely misused Shirley MacClaine. I couldn't believe after all the hype, all we got was a dinner and afternoon tea with her.
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Post by kostgard on Jan 16, 2013 17:07:30 GMT -4
Fellowes does have a huge problem with pacing and the stories. Downton must be sold! Wait, no it won't! Mrs. Hughes has cancer! Wait, no she doesn't! Edith is getting married! Wait, no she isn't!
Meanwhile, crap like Bates the martyr and Matthew's guilt over Lavinia coloring absolutely everything he does drag on for-effin'-ever. Long after people stopped caring about them.
This show is still entertaining and well-produced, but this also exactly why I waited until it aired in the US to watch it instead of trying to get it when it aired in the UK - not worth the effort. Sherlock, on the other hand, I'll still make the efforts to find "alternative" means of getting it when it airs in the UK and would probably kick a toddler if it stood in my way.
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Post by kostgard on Jan 21, 2013 14:16:36 GMT -4
Okay, I'm kinda ready for Matthew to die in a fiery car crash. It's good that he's paying attention to the finances (since Robert sure as hell doesn't), but does he have to whine about it? Like he does everything else?
And did I miss something here - why are the people in the prison after Bates? Is there any specific reason or is it just because they sensed he is Bates and must therefor suffer always so we may martyr him?
But I love how Violet bright-sides the burning down of the castle by pointing out how butt-ugly it was.
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