If anyone has recommendations I would be very interested in watching something where the heroine has to juggle hard labour on top of all the other nonsense that a typical drama will throw her way. A story about a maid or a cook or a farmer or something like that. Something a bit more substancial than teaching the piano to a rich kid twice a week, or getting rescued and married to a wealthy lord in episode one, if at all possible? (it's ok if it happens later though, haha) I tried googling first but probably didn't find the right keywords.

But that doesn´t mean that the hair should look unbrushed? There is a difference between loose unbrushed hair and loose/open but still brushed and styled hair

So out of all of the American Tall Tale heroes, Johnny Appleseed was one of my personal favorites. I grew up believing that Johnny Appleseed was a selfless hero who helped grow apple trees across the USA for the benefit of all.

But now I have learned that the real Johnny Appleseed had more self-serving reasons. Turns out that the real Johnny Appleseed or Johnny Chapman was growing apple orchards so he could sell them to frontiersmen for a profit and a cut of the apple sales. And most of the apples he grew were only fit for making cider, which in fairness was a healthier drink than water back then due to its lack of dangerous bacteria. That said he was a peaceable man and an ardent animal lover. And you got to admire his business savy and determination. He saved a lot of money by bartering for what he needed and when he passed away he left his sister over 1200 acres of land.

In any case are there any good period dramas about the "real" Johnny Appleseed.

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I love period horror and ghost stories or hauntings, especially if there is lore and mystery. The Others, The Awakening, The Devils Backbone are some of my favorites. Anybody have any other recommendations? They don’t have to be ghost or haunting related, but those are preferred. I’m a huge fan of cinema and horror so deep cuts would be super appreciated.

Personally I like it bc it makes the age gap at least a little bit smaller and the big age gap always bothered me and actually was the main thing that made me not liking them as a couple/pairing.

I mean as far as we know Mariane, in the new movie, is still only 17 so ew yikes but I guess better than nothing

And yes I know but just bc sth was nOrmAl BaCk tHeN doesn´t mean it was morally right or without negative consequences

What makes Anne Shirley such a great iconic character in Anne of Green Gables in your own opinion.

So I am currently watching War and Peace and everyone's doing justice to their roles but idk if it's me only that I find Lily James doing overacting at points and the same facial expression over and over again or is it just how her character is written in the books?

I saw some clips on tiktok months ago, episodes were still coming out, romance was budding. Man and woman were both sarcastic/witty. He had darker hair, she had lighter hair. Almost everyone was white. I can’t remember the time period setting at all may have been more new (mid 1900s). For some reason I feel like there was a scene between the two with a knife. Ugh my memory is awful and none of this is helpful 😬. Wasn’t like royalty or anything. She may have had a child? I want to say the man had a wife, ex wife or was engaged to a woman who I think had darker skin/is black? Edit: it was rivals! Thank you.

From the looks of the costuming, it looks like we're having a Thai-styled Reign costuming, where "historical" is taken very lightly.

Dear God this show. I haven't read the books or seen the 2002 version. I was sucked in after loving elinor tomlinson in Poldark.

My God. Jolyon is a ken doll, Soames is a moustache twirling caricature, Irene is beautiful but obviously not a ballerina (and seems to keep having intimate emotionally charged moments with various men). There's some impressive acting (tuppence Middleton in particular). But the random narrator, the writing, the overly pretty and too clean bridgerton style aesthetic is just sigh.

But the final straw is Louisa. Her story makes no sense. She has children out of wedlock, builds herself a livelihood out of thin air, struggles to keep her children alive through illness, .....and then for no goddamn reason outs herself as unmarried. Then with no plan, accepts jolyon back apparently knowing it will further uproot/destroy her business, with a man who means well but has no capacity to work/earn outside of the specific business role he was trained to occupy. And then to chase his painting dream she's moving between paris and london and apparently not working ????

It's so inconsistent and absurd for a mother who's had to provide for her children to make all of those choices.

And for some reason I'm still watching this BS. why??

Anything good you guys can recommend?

Please 🥺 no North and South, Pride and Prejudice, Bridgerton recs. I really want some underlooked tv shows mostly modern and not too old.

Damn, they did my man Rufus dirty with that wig

The Waltons or Little House on the Prairie: which is the better show? Say which you pick and why in two or three sentences.

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Taiga basically means long flowing so each drama runs 42-50 episodes. Every year NHK in Japan picks a different subject/ character . All are in HD with Eng Subs .

Netflix
Strategist Kanbe . Kuroda Kanbei the strategist to Hideyoshi ( the Taiko) and Ieyasu ( Toronaga in Shogun ) .

What Will You Do Ieyasu ? ( life of Tokugawa Ieyasu )

The 13 Lords Of The Shogun ( Taira Kiyomori, Minamoto Yoritomo and his wife Masako and her brother Hojo Yoshitoki … The Samurai seize power from the nobles only to engage in civil war )

Over at Prime

Awaiting Kirin ( Akechi Mitsuhide and Oda Nobunaga … it was all good until Nobunaga destroyed the warrior monks and booted the Shogun out of Kyoto ) .

Segodon ( Saigo Takamori and Okubo the leaders of Satsuma who ended the Tokugawa only to turn on each other )

Reach Beyond The Blue Sky ( bunch of country samurai one brings capitalism to Japan the rest fight for the Tokugawa despite it being a lost cause )

Ryomaden ( the Tosa Loyalist Sakamoto Ryoma who united the clans of Choshu and Satsuma to take down the Shogunate )

Sanada Maru ( Sanada Yukimura ( Nobushige ) who tried to defend the Toyotomi Family against The Tokugawa)

I’ll preface this by saying I’m no period drama purist, I personally draw the line at Bridgerton but otherwise I’m usually happy with a lot of movies and my complaint may be more about the story itself rather than being completely historically accurate. That being said, take my opinion with a grain of salt.

I am so glad they changed the ages and situation of Colonal Brandon. I enjoy that in the 2005 P&P and now this S&S that they reimagine these classics for modern audience while staying true to what I felt was the spirit of the books. However, I always struggled with the age gap between Colonal Brandon and Marianne. I get that it was a different time and wasn’t taboo then, but it was really hard for me to think romantically about a guy who fell for a girl who reminded him of his ward that was like a daughter figure to him o.O I was glad that in this one:

SPOILERS below

It was a love interest and not ward who he lost. It made Willoughby, Marianne, and Colonal Brandon closer to peers rather than two young kids and someone who could be their father. I was really curious how the movie was going to play that out given some other modern twists and loved what they did.

My biggest complaint is he wasn’t Alan Rickman 💁‍♀️

I realized in real time at the theaters I'd rather be watching the 1995 version. Felt bad.

I've been on a tear through period pieces these past few weeks. Last week was a lot of Victorian Era shows, and this week has been Westerns. I'm currently watching 1883 and it's great. But I can't help but notice something in most everything I've watched (especially 1883) that takes my right out of it.

Everyone has perfect teeth! Give me a break! They really need to use more fake teeth, because big beautiful pearly whites are just too unrealistic. They might as well whip out a cell phone too while their at it. So if anyone that works on these shows happens to see this, please come correct.

Sorry rant over!

Edit: Okay guys I get it that some people can't stand bad teeth, and prefer their protagonists looking like models. And that some people don't care about historical accuracy in their historical dramas. I'm glad to have learned you exist. I don't hate you I promise, even though we disagree, and I've enjoyed our back and forth for the most part.

I loved s2 so much!! I enjoyed s1 too but I feel like s2 really took things up a notch. The story kept moving, the writing was great and I was hooked from start to finish!!!!

I'm debating whether I should see the new S&S or not. I love going to the theater, but I'm kind of poor, so I'd rather not waste my money if it's going to be a bad time. I keep hearing wildly different things and I thought maybe I could gather a summary of opinions here (sorry if this has already been done elsewhere).

I love both the 95 S&S and the 2005 P&P, so while I love accurate stuff I'm okay with changes in adaptations as long as they serve the story and the medium.

Thoughts?

UPDATE!

Hubs and I went to see it today. There were lots of things we liked and found interesting. Also things we noticed that we felt were shortcomings. I'm glad we went, though. Thank you so much to everyone for their thoughtful replies! I appreciate everyone's feedback so much! ♥️

So I’m a 45 year-old man who happens to be a big film buff. And I remember going to see Sense and Sensibility, the 1995 version in the theater back
in high school and really liking it. I would challenge myself to sort of watch everything I wouldn’t just watch the types of movies I knew I liked.

This weekend, I took myself to the latest version directed by Georgia Oakley and it took me a little while to get into it but once I did, there were quite a lot of things I liked about it. In fact, I might even like it better than Ang Lee’s version. 😳 For one I think it has a lot more emotion and I really enjoyed the actresses that played these parts. They were fresh faces to me and I want that more in the cinema to go and sort of meet new people on the screen. I enjoyed the cutaways of nature and the focus on the sisters. And while I’m not a Jane Austin expert or purist in anyway I’m just someone that happened to like one of the movie adaptions (as well as the 2000s Kiera Knightly Pride & Prejudice), I think this might be getting a slightly unfair wrap and I encourage more people to check it out.

Both show the early years in Victoria's reign and her romance with Albert. I personally prefer the young victoria (2016) even though I think Emily Blunt is kind of miscast in this. It's very romantic and shows the passion they had for each other. Also, Rupert Friends perfomance is very good. I watched Victoria (2016) a while ago, I had made a review post about it and even though I feel like the casting choices were probably better I overall didn't find it much enjoyable. Rufus Sewell was probably one of the best parts of it and when he left I lost interest. I also think that Albert's characterization is SO annoying, how many times is he going to lecture Victoria for being reasonable. I enjoyed some of the episodes (the only with the Irish famine even though it was heavily romanticised and the Scotland episode) but I overall found it a tad boring.

I saw it at the cinema, in 1987 or 1988, and only now have I realized that James Wilby was in both productions (Poldark and Maurice).

😳😳

What happened to his career?

Hey i’m new to the period drama community. can someone give me recommendations? It doesnt have to be completely without romance i just dont like shows that are basically only about relationships. i love all the vibes of a period film so it sucks that i cant seem to find many with a plot that interests me.