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Post by andydecker on Aug 28, 2014 17:55:25 GMT
Maybe a bit off-topic, but after watching both series - Gentley has been broadcast on german tv up to series 5, Endeavour I bought on DVD - I wondered which of these period pieces are considered more authentic in their depiction of the 60s in their homeland.
From the distance I have the impression that Endeavour sometimes looked more real while Gentley is more "ripped from the headlines" in its topics and not always successful in its execution.
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Post by dem bones on Aug 29, 2014 15:18:10 GMT
Not seen enough episodes of Endeavour to comment, but "ripped from the headlines" is about right for George Gentley (which I like). Stating the bleeding obvious, I think these and similar nostalgia orgies (Heartbeat, The Royal etc.) are set in a rose-tinted, mythologised version of a swinging sixties that exists only in the minds of screenwriters.
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Post by jamesdoig on Aug 30, 2014 7:38:28 GMT
Not seen enough episodes of Endeavour to comment, but "ripped from the headlines" is about right for George Gentley (which I like). Stating the bleeding obvious, I think these and similar nostalgia orgies ( Heartbeat, The Royal etc.) are set in a rose-tinted, mythologised version of a swinging sixties that exists only in the minds of screenwriters. I like George, not so much the period detail but his relationship with Sergeant Bacchus. I've never seen Endeavour, though I've heard good things. I liked Morse, but some of the non-Dexter plots were a bit silly. |
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Post by andydecker on Aug 30, 2014 19:19:42 GMT
Not seen enough episodes of Endeavour to comment, but "ripped from the headlines" is about right for George Gentley (which I like). Stating the bleeding obvious, I think these and similar nostalgia orgies ( Heartbeat, The Royal etc.) are set in a rose-tinted, mythologised version of a swinging sixties that exists only in the minds of screenwriters. I like George, not so much the period detail but his relationship with Sergeant Bacchus. I've never seen Endeavour, though I've heard good things. I liked Morse, but some of the non-Dexter plots were a bit silly. Morse was never shown here, I first watched the whole series a few years back on DVD as I read so much about it. At first I was a bit disappointed, the early eps were rather slow and lacked the production values I were expecting. But I have to confess it grew on me, even if some eps were indeed a bit silly. Not every plot can sustain 90 minutes.
I first watched Gentley because of Martin Shaw, as I was a fan of The Professionals. These kind of productions always depend on the co-stars and the character interaction, and I liked the character of Bacchus at once.
The 60s has indeed become such a mythological place in fiction. A lot of its problems have been forgotten, it is so much more then hippies, free love and pop music.
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