Anyone out there watch the first two episodes of HBO's mini-series "John Adams" last night?
I thought it was brilliant, an incredible accomplishment.
Anyone out there watch the first two episodes of HBO's mini-series "John Adams" last night?
I thought it was brilliant, an incredible accomplishment.
We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost effective ~ Kurt Vonnegut
So, how accurate was it?
Originally Posted by Raisor
So, how accurate was it?
Pretty darn accurate. Brought back a lot of memories.
You should have seen him when he was a kid.
We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost effective ~ Kurt Vonnegut
I just picked up the book after reading 1776.
So far I really love the series, and seems to be very accurate.
I've read the book, back when it came out. Can't wait to see the mini.
Alot of critics have trashed it but I watched it and enjoyed it.
It was a challenge trying to understand what they were saying alot of times.
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Fine, one of the girls read it to me, I didn't actually "read" it myself.
It's brilliant.
Paul Giamatti is some kind of god, and Laura Linney has me in a spell.
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How does it turn out?
I predict he'll die on the 4th of July, the same day as Thomas Jefferson.
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The book was one of the best I have ever read. If the TV series is close then it should be terrific.
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Nah. Coincidences like that don't play well.
I predict he'll win reelection narrowly, and Jefferson will respond by leading a coup. All this will end badly when Aaron Burr, with the military behind him, takes power and has both Adams and Jefferson shot. The British will then, of course, move back in and take over their former colony.
...or maybe my blood sugar's just up again.
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I hope they are going to rebroadcast it, or put it on DVD. I'd love to see it.
I just watched the HBO's "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" this weekend. I thought it was excellent.
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Seriously, I want to see this, having read the book. Right now I'm reading McCullough's "Mornings on Horseback" about the young Teddy Roosevelt. Back when I was in high school in the seventies, I read McCullough's "The Path Between the Seas" about Roosevelt & the Panama Canal, and am just now getting around to reading the prequel. Very good book so far.
One of these days I'll get to 1776.
It is on the whole probable that we continually dream, but that consciousness makes such a noise that we do not hear it. Carl Jung.
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