Just watched the whole 3 series of this show and am just left feeling a bit "is that all there is?".
In fact I'm really, really disappointed – because I started out loving it. Lots of things to like, the theme song, the cinematography, the costuming. And Ian McShane a stupendous actor. I wondered how did he remember ALL those lines of dialogue - since he was the one who spoke the most during the entire 36 episodes.
BUT – a time came (mid-series maybe?) when I found there were lots of things just starting to plain annoy me as it progressed. I don't take offense at swearing; I often swear quite robustly myself, but as this series moved along I found myself getting more and more bored at hearing it all over and over and over again.
And then other things started to really irritate me, Molly Parker's whispered voice just totally grated in the end. Does she ever speak any other way?? Boring. Paula Malcolmson also began to annoy and become pretty unlikeable with her overuse of swearing; she just became quite unbelievable to the point of funny. And Timothy Olyphant I also found amusing – I could not get over his very strange gait like he had a wooden plank strapped to his back the whole time. Which I guess matched his wooden performance. And Robyn Weigert's "Calamity Jane" – funny as hell to start with, then just bloody annoying.
And don't get me started on the ending. WTF? All that – for nothing? No real resolution to anything? C***suckers!!!
In fact I'm really, really disappointed – because I started out loving it. Lots of things to like, the theme song, the cinematography, the costuming. And Ian McShane a stupendous actor. I wondered how did he remember ALL those lines of dialogue - since he was the one who spoke the most during the entire 36 episodes.
BUT – a time came (mid-series maybe?) when I found there were lots of things just starting to plain annoy me as it progressed. I don't take offense at swearing; I often swear quite robustly myself, but as this series moved along I found myself getting more and more bored at hearing it all over and over and over again.
And then other things started to really irritate me, Molly Parker's whispered voice just totally grated in the end. Does she ever speak any other way?? Boring. Paula Malcolmson also began to annoy and become pretty unlikeable with her overuse of swearing; she just became quite unbelievable to the point of funny. And Timothy Olyphant I also found amusing – I could not get over his very strange gait like he had a wooden plank strapped to his back the whole time. Which I guess matched his wooden performance. And Robyn Weigert's "Calamity Jane" – funny as hell to start with, then just bloody annoying.
And don't get me started on the ending. WTF? All that – for nothing? No real resolution to anything? C***suckers!!!