Anybody watching the John Adams mini-series?
I'm really liking it (see how easy it is to come up with an alternative to enjoying it immensely). JA is a little stodgy for me but I get a kick out of Ben Franklin. Quite the character.
Amazing how much American History I've forgotten over the years.
Might have to pick up a book and brush up a little.
I'm really liking it (see how easy it is to come up with an alternative to enjoying it immensely). JA is a little stodgy for me but I get a kick out of Ben Franklin. Quite the character.
Amazing how much American History I've forgotten over the years.
Might have to pick up a book and brush up a little.
ccosborne3 Wrote:Anybody watching the John Adams mini-series?
I'm really liking it (see how easy it is to come up with an alternative to enjoying it immensely). JA is a little stodgy for me but I get a kick out of Ben Franklin. Quite the character.
Amazing how much American History I've forgotten over the years.
Might have to pick up a book and brush up a little.
Can't hurt, ccosborne. Our country's early history is mighty. Was just talkin' about that last week in a taproom with a fella, town called Swamp Fox, the state of Franklin...
I hear it's very good, but I haven't seen it yet. I'll be waiting!
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ccosborne3 Wrote:Anybody watching the John Adams mini-series?
I'm really liking it (see how easy it is to come up with an alternative to enjoying it immensely). JA is a little stodgy for me but I get a kick out of Ben Franklin. Quite the character.
Amazing how much American History I've forgotten over the years.
Might have to pick up a book and brush up a little.
JOHN ADAMS is intelligent, enjoyable, educational and, at times, stirring. I have a friend who loves it so much she watches each episode multiple times. I'm not that fascinated with it, but it surely is entertaining and absolutely worth watching.
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I've been watching it. It is excellent and Paul Giamatti is wonderful. I love Laura Linney as Abigail also. Abigail was one hell of a woman.
Franklin is funny, but he comes off as quite a jerk, IMO. He's all about the clever phrases and not much else. He was particularly annoying in the scenes in France.
The one thing I wish they'd captured better is the philosophy of the Enlightenment. But it's a great series nonetheless.
Franklin is funny, but he comes off as quite a jerk, IMO. He's all about the clever phrases and not much else. He was particularly annoying in the scenes in France.
The one thing I wish they'd captured better is the philosophy of the Enlightenment. But it's a great series nonetheless.
The present state of the world is not the proof of philosophy’s impotence, but the proof of philosophy’s power. It is philosophy that has brought men to this state—it is only philosophy that can lead them out.
Ayn Rand, “For the New Intellectual,” For the New Intellectual, 50.
DogWoman Wrote:I've been watching it. It is excellent and Paul Giamatti is wonderful. I love Laura Linney as Abigail also. Abigail was one hell of a woman.
Franklin is funny, but he comes off as quite a jerk, IMO. He's all about the clever phrases and not much else. He was particularly annoying in the scenes in France.
The one thing I wish they'd captured better is the philosophy of the Enlightenment. But it's a great series nonetheless.
Well, DogWoman--welcome aboard!--let's give Dr. Franklin his due. His scientific works were the first clue the Europeans had that the people of the New World were creating a civilization.
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:Well, DogWoman--welcome aboard!--let's give Dr. Franklin his due. His scientific works were the first clue the Europeans had that the people of the New World were creating a civilization.
Oh, I agree that the real Franklin was a good guy....the series just portrays him as annoying.
The present state of the world is not the proof of philosophy’s impotence, but the proof of philosophy’s power. It is philosophy that has brought men to this state—it is only philosophy that can lead them out.
Ayn Rand, “For the New Intellectual,” For the New Intellectual, 50.
DogWoman Wrote:Oh, I agree that the real Franklin was a good guy....the series just portrays him as annoying.
I wonder why?
I think they're doing a compare and contrast with his and John Adams's characters. John is very serious and driven and Ben's more laid back. I think they're just emphasizing the difference.
The present state of the world is not the proof of philosophy’s impotence, but the proof of philosophy’s power. It is philosophy that has brought men to this state—it is only philosophy that can lead them out.
Ayn Rand, “For the New Intellectual,” For the New Intellectual, 50.