#poldark s1

[durtystars]

one of poldark's biggest strengths was its candid atmosphere. you will be hard pressed to find series set in this time (or in a particular popular era) and have the plot focus on the working class. usually you will find them focusing on the bourgeoisie all the way up to royalty, and while that's not wrong at all it is the groundedness of poldark that is different and shows you that people really had to work hard to live and sometimes failed, and they didn't go out on a beautiful warm bed in tailored clothes, decorated to the nines. some of them died freezing and drowning in a mine in the middle of bankruptcy while their family was miles away

[eilistraaee]

wip ur honor I’m clowning

[aidanturner]

CMore Finland is streaming all of the five seasons of Poldark

[tallmadgeandtea]

Turnsgiving 2023: Day 2

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To me, Turn is Perfect but Also Not Perfect but also The Greatest Show of All Time, so finding me dissing it only happens once in a blue moon.

Over the course of Turn and Tea, I’ve only watched seasons 3 and 4 once— I just only recently finished s3 for the second time. Not because I think they’re bad television, but because there are some moments that I don’t find as exciting to revisit.

My two nitpicks deal with Abe and Robert Rogers. In s1, Rogers was an intriguing character and watching him is fun! He’s a Scottish brute whose survival skills rival only Simcoe’s and he’s a foil for Washington, who he knew during the Seven Years War. I do wish they went into his historical dealings, specifically with the capture of Nathan Hale, but his and Ben’s face off is still a great moment in the show.

Rogers and Caleb’s scavenger hunt at the beginning of s2 was still fun, but after he leaves at the end to find the “Northwest Passage” I excepted to never see him again. And honestly? It should’ve remained that way. I avoided rewatching s3 for a couple reasons, but one of the was that I didn’t care to see Rogers and Abe fighting in a hole in the ground! If I wanted to watch men fight in dark holes, I’d go watch Poldark or a war drama! Okay… well… a different war drama!

Speaking of war and Abe Woodhull, that leads me to my next point. Private Woodhull. PRIVATE WOODHULL. What even WAS this?! Who ALLOWED THIS?! And to drag a poor Dragoon in it… Sergeant Champe I’m so sorry! You did that all on your own and they made you work with Private Tintin instead and forced me to watch it! #savethehorsegirls

But the most ridiculous part was having him to be shot at Yorktown! YORKTOWN. The most main character moment EVER. I get they wanted the gang all together but god… at what cost!!

Anyways. That’s two of my gripes with the show. I’m normal now. We all know I’m president of the Richard Woodhull Hate Club, but that’s just another day at Headquarters.

(S4 will be the next season I rewatch. Why did I only watch it once? Because I had a breakdown when I finished it but that’s digressing.)

[non-e-per-sempre]

One thought whilst watching QC

i had one thought while watching farmer george scenes it reminded me so much of the scything scene in S1 of Poldark

[moviesandseriesscreenshots]

Movie And Series (Screenshot COLLECTIONS 2024)

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•┈••✦ ❤ ✦••┈• Oscar Isaac

(part1)

MOVIES I'VE WATCHED FOR OSCAR ISSAC (but didn't get any screenshots):

The Addams Family

Moon Knights

Inside Llewyn Davis

Ex Machina

Sucker Punch

The Two Faces of January

Won't Back Down

Triple Frontiers

Life Itself

The Promise

A Most Violent Year

The Card Counter

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

In Secret

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Dune

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•┈••✦ ❤ ✦••┈• David Tennant

(part1 | part2 | part3 | part4)

Doctor Who

Doctor Who (part1 | part2)

MOVIES I'VE WATCHED FOR DAVID TENNANT (but didn't get any screenshots):

Good Omens

Bad Samaritan

Fright Night

Jessica Jones S1

Staged

Inside Man TV

A Much Do Ado

Casanova

Single Father

Doctor Who (not all)

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•┈••✦ ❤ ✦••┈• Aidan Turner

Poldark S1 (part1 | part2 | part3 | part4) And Then There Were None (part1 | part2) Love Is Blind / Beautiful Darkness (part1) Desperate Romantics (part1 | part2 | part3 | part4 | part5)

Being Human S1 (part1 | part2 | part3) Being Human S2 (part4 | part5 | part6 | part7 | part8 | part9)

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MOVIES I'VE WATCHED FOR AIDAN TURNER (but didn't get any screenshots):

Hobbit

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•┈••✦ ❤ ✦••┈• Richard Armitage

SleepWalker (part1 | part2) Fool Me Once (part1 ) Uncle Vanya (part1)

MOVIES I'VE WATCHED FOR RICHARD ARMITAGE (but didn't get any screenshots):

Hobbit

Ocean's 8

The Vicar of Dibley: A Handsome Stranger

Obsession

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•┈••✦ ❤ ✦••┈• Dean O'Gorman

Pork Pie 2017 (part1)

MOVIES I'VE WATCHED FOR DEAN O'GORMAN (but didn't get any screenshots):

Hobbit

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Judd Nelson

The Breakfast Club (part1 | part2 | part3) St. Elmo's Fire (part1 | part2) Relentless (part1 | part2 | part3 | part4)

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For more screenshot contents: @randommoviess

EXTRA Our Flag Means Death (part1) Wallpaper (part1) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 Beauty and the Beast 2016 part1 | part2)

Wednesday

Dead Poets Society

Oscar Isaac

The Promise

Anne With An E

Sweet Tooth

Good Omens

Disney's Once Upon a Studio

The Lord of The Rings

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Thanks for tagging me @ladyalayne !

9 TV Shows, 9 characters

1. GoT — Sansa

2. The Americans — Elizabeth

3. The West Wing — CJ Cregg

4. Friday Night Lights — Tami Taylor

5. Barbarians — Arminius (only s1)

6. Dexter — Dexter Morgan

7. Mad Men — Joan

8. Poldark — Demelza

9. Greys Anatomy —Cristina Yang

Tagging (no pressure!) @redwolf17 @red-embroidery @transdimensional-void @patritxi @ichooseviolence @hibistea @sansastarq @kitnjon

[thisbluespirit]

Top 5 ( or 10) period dramas

Thank you! Also so tough! Classic Lit adaptations, general period drama, which period, films, tv series.... /flails about.

OK, so for the purposes of this ask, I'm going for 20th C Brit TV period drama series, so with the caveat that you need to be prepared for the style, pace and other hazards of 1960s-70s TV, I think these five are still unbeatable:

Upstairs Downstairs (ITV 1970s)

Upstairs Downstairs is a brilliant, compelling original drama about one upper class London house and its family and servants, and often a surprisingly hard-hitting examination of the class system, made in an era when they could still make use of living memory to recreate the Edwardian era. (Despite my gif, it is a colour production - a handful of s1 eps were hit by a strike at Thames TV and had to be made in b&w!)

2. The Forsyte Saga (BBC 1967)

The Forsyte Saga is an epic adaptation of Galsworthy's series of novels (covering the story of one middle class family from the late 19thC to the 1920s). It has a truly amazing cast and was a sensation worldwide back in the 60s - and a true passion project for its producer. It's complex, in depth and full of theatrical nuance and was the last hurrah of the Beeb's classic drama in black and white.

These two are probably the biggest Brit TV period dramas of all time. Purely because of the way TV is watched now, you will never get those audiences again - both were popular enough to get remade in the 21st C, but while both of those series are fine, neither can quite match the originals in terms of depth or cultural impact). Definitely not overrated - and the same is true of this next entry:

3. Elizabeth R (BBC 1970)

Glenda Jackson is awesome as Elizabeth I - what more needs to be said? This is another all-time famous BBC production that's stood the test of time.

4. Poldark (BBC 1975-1977)

Even if this weren't purely 20th C shows, I confess I'd have to plump for this adaptation rather than the more recent every time - while s1 makes a few changes to the novels, it consistently 'gets' the books and what Graham is saying in them in a way the 21st C one seems to be deliberately refusing to engage with (despite a very nice cast!) Plus, give me Angharad Rees and Robin Ellis together, Ralph Bates, Judy Geeson in fabulous outfits, Ross's fighter pilot leather jacket (see above re. getting it - even the costume designer got it), actually, everybody's colourful jackets, excellent treatment of class issues involved, Francis generally, and just that bit more fire and bite somehow. (Er. Literally in the case of S1, lol! Watch the 1970s burn down buildings that shouldn't be burnt!)

5. Enemy at the Door (ITV 1978-1980)

A less obvious choice, but this WWII drama set during the Occupation of the Channel Islands is just so well written, with complexity and compassion, exploring all the issues of the situation, with finely drawn regulars on both sides. I've come back to it so many times, and I know that other people who've taken the time to watch it have loved it, too, so it's not just me. It's not an action-drama, like a lot of WWII things - it's a show about people trapped in a situation where action is often limited - but if you like thoughtful and painful exploration of the greyer areas of humanity, it's sadly unfinished, but it's one of the best.

(And, I know, I know, where's I, Claudius? But it gave me nightmares about Brian Blessed dying, so it's not on my personal list!! ;-p)

[nervousladytraveler]

Why would Poldark tv series writer DH have Ross say to Eliz S1Ep8 that Dem is the "love of his life" (not in WG books) when she is ill, then afterwards still have him pine and lust after Eliz constantly in series. Is it to show Ross as a duplicitous cad? Was it just to show his blind foolhardy idealization and obsession about Eliz because he was denied her. Don't get why she had Ross say that about Dem if it wasn't genuine and truly heartfelt. Why put it in? Doesn't make sense. What's your take?

Thanks for the ask, @anonymous. I’ve been giving this some thought (and will try to be succinct in my reply). Short answer: screen writers can have short memories. I remember feeling this frustration even as a kid watching something happen in one episode of a beloved show (Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries? Remington Steele?) that was conveniently left behind for plot purposes moving forward. And I’d shout at my TV, “Did they think we wouldn’t remember?!”

Or…perhaps it's not that simple. 

Maybe it was just easy for Ross to throw out the phrase “love of his life” because the situation was so dire. Nothing makes us love a person more than when we fear death, ours or theirs. (There’s a really lovely and sort of funny Mary Oliver poem on this very subject but I can’t remember the title). I don’t actually believe that he didn't really mean it, by the way, just offering it as an option.

Or maybe Debbie H. deliberately used that line to show us how complicated Ross and his feelings were. Sure he loved Elizabeth in one way but Demelza was the real deal. And it was really necessary in that moment in S1.8 for the audience to see a declaration of love for Demelza, so we could get through all the other horrible, painfully sad bits of that episode. It was the only saving grace, really.

If that’s the case, did DH have a memory lapse or a change of heart/direction moving forward? I mean she had to have known all the stuff Winston Graham mapped out for S2 when she wrote that line for S1. Does this make Ross a hypocrite or was she trying to show us how he lost sight of his true feelings for Demelza in S2 since we already knew she was the “love of his life” from S1?

Or were there some other lines written for S2 or even S3 that were edited out that would have helped us reconcile this inconsistency? I just read that the original scripts for S2.10 had Ross openly declaring his love for Demelza at the Trenwith riot in front of George and Elizabeth but that it was cut (not sure if it was filmed then edited out or edited out of the script before it was even filmed).

That said, considering the wildly inconsistent ride we had in S3, I can also see DH just playing around with lines, ignoring what had been established because she had somewhere else she wanted to go. And she did push Elizabeth to the center of the story far longer than WG did, so that pesky “love of my life” line she created must have proven very inconvenient for her!

Also, I have to admit, I hate the phrase “love of my life” as much as I don't dig the concept of "soulmate". I think they are really limiting and I think it is possible to love different people in different ways at different times as you grow and become a different person yourself. Sometimes you are lucky and can keep that one great love with you for years and years and sometimes you lose a great love. But I do think you can move on and find another, different, love. Ok--that's not the question you asked me.

Lastly, I wonder if the phrase is a bit anachronistic? I haven’t been able to find the origins of it but I’m not sure I’ve ever heard it used in 18th/19th c. dialogue.  Totally possible that I’m wrong and it's even some old expression that can be traced back to Roman Latin poetry. Or maybe it's a relatively modern take? Anyone with intel on that, I’m all ears.

Thanks for asking (and so much for being succinct).

[elena-ferrante]

I'm considering trying to watch poldark again solely cos of your caroline reblogs lol i've seen S1 years ago and i dont really remember her character (or anything from the show, really) but she seems so interesting now!!

you don’t remember her because she is in the show after season 1 😛 i finished my poldark rewatch the other day - well not exactly a rewatch as apparently i quit sometime in the middle of the fourth season but yes! caroline is the best. i find the female characters in the show in general very interesting as different archetypes of the era but this is definitely due to the books the show is based on. i remember reading a couple of them to find out what happens with dwight/caroline in the future and being really impressed (mental note to finish the books sometime in the near future). the show on the other hand is an enjoyable soap opera but season 5 which is not based on the books is atrocious and should never have happened so i’m warning in advance lol

[periodfcnetwork]

i know this is a very specific ask, but i was wondering if y'all had any suggestions for a male fc (in his 20s or 30s) with historical resources (regency preferred but honestly i'll take anything) that has face scars? any help is much appreciated!

hi! sorry, i couldn't think of many options but i hope any of those are of some help.

aaron taylor johnson in albert nobbs - he was 21 at most during filming (no gif packs available but it is 19th century so i thought it was close enough)

aidan turner in poldark - he was 31 when s1 started filming

braeden clarke in outlander - on his 20s?

eysteinn sigurðarson in the last kingdom - on his 20s?

lucas lynggard tonnensen in 1899 - also at most 21 during filming

[durtystars]

just thought about charles' favoritism towards ross over francis and how ross knew it but tried to hide it so it wouldn't hurt francis and i passed out sobbing

[upstartpoodle]

1x04. Elizabeth Poldark.

[harry-leroy]

George Warleggan + Dwight Enys in Poldark (1x05) 

[rapha-reads]

Me, starting Poldark : welp, here's to romantic period slow burn.

Poldark : episode 3, married. Episode 4, love confession and pregnant.

I. LOVE. IT.

[thoughtfulaviator]

I’m really genuinely sad about Jinny and Jim. He didn’t look much older than 18 but the way he died was despicable. He was moaning on the floor, uncared for and abandoned. Jinny and his child were probably the only things keeping him going in prison. He died promising Jinny he’d come home. He died never seeing his child. He died because he wanted to keep his family safe and fed. Jinny kept score for every day he’d been gone. She never lost hope he would come home. She loved him and he loved her and they were all each other had in the world. I know this is me getting way too attatched to background characters, but Jim’s death genuinely made me really upset. I’m only glad he was buried near the sea, so he could rest near something better. 🦋