Gave this a shot as it seemed like a great idea, great time period, and would lead to some interesting situations.
Well, not so much. The characters are all as one dimensional as possible with all of the women being great human beings. All of the men, however, are knuckle dragging Neanderthals. A scene cannot go by without a man throwing in some creepy line about the girls or engaging in some other inappropriate behavior. I'm sorry, but even in the early 1940's men were not mean spirited jackasses every second. And if they really wanted to get laid, being a horses ass is not the lead strategy.
The acting is pretty amateurish except for Meg Tilly. But even even she comes across bad spouting such terrible, unbelievable dialog in situations that even my wife said didn't feel real. In fact, I'm not sure any actor could rescue such cliché ridden dribble as, "You're not going to win this war with lies!" Give me a break. No one talks like that! I honestly can't believe the ratings on this show. Maybe it gets a whole lot better later in the series? I'll probably never find out.
Well, not so much. The characters are all as one dimensional as possible with all of the women being great human beings. All of the men, however, are knuckle dragging Neanderthals. A scene cannot go by without a man throwing in some creepy line about the girls or engaging in some other inappropriate behavior. I'm sorry, but even in the early 1940's men were not mean spirited jackasses every second. And if they really wanted to get laid, being a horses ass is not the lead strategy.
The acting is pretty amateurish except for Meg Tilly. But even even she comes across bad spouting such terrible, unbelievable dialog in situations that even my wife said didn't feel real. In fact, I'm not sure any actor could rescue such cliché ridden dribble as, "You're not going to win this war with lies!" Give me a break. No one talks like that! I honestly can't believe the ratings on this show. Maybe it gets a whole lot better later in the series? I'll probably never find out.