On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 4:20 AM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The final scene.. > > > > > > S > > P > > O > > I > > L > > E > > R > > > > A > > L > > E > > R > > T > > > > > > > > ...sees the outbreak of World War I announced, and I've got to say that I > > thought it was a perfectly good place to break off. Will any of the staff > > volunteer to serve (it was all voluntary at the beginning)? What will be > the > > political ramifications? Will it affect the family fortune? And so on. > > The first scene was about the sinking of the Titanic. The series that > followed took place completely in the house and village and no other > events were mentioned until the assassination of the Austrian archduke > near the final scene. So the series begins with one historical event > and ends with another one. > > There are not many of the staff that would be eligible for service in > 1914. William, the second footman, and Branson, the Irish chauffeur > seem to be the only ones and I think Branson would be more involved > with the Easter Rebellion in 1916. They could probably find some > pretext for sending Matthew Crawley to the war. > > One of my criticisms of the series is that the passage of time isn't actually telegraphed very well. Events take place between April 1912 and August 1914, but you wouldn't necessarily know it, were it not bookended by those major events. Adam -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
