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Blood (2018)
Season two unwatchable after the first episode
Season one was interesting and a good storyline. By the time episode two of season two came along, the now prevalent insertion of characters involved in abnormal personal practices came to the fore, making for absurdity. European and, especially Irish movies and tv shows now feel a necessity to bombard us with this nonsense. This series ended for us at episode two.
Entebbe (2018)
Not worth your time
What a disappointment. For some unknown and unstated reason alot of time was spent showcasing a group of dancer jumping and stirring around in chairs to some apparent Jewish song. Totally out of place and rather irritating while taking time from telling the actual story of what happened at Entebbe. The interplay between Peres and Rabin was contrived and made Rabin, a decorated former general seem weak and only concerned with retaining the office of Prime Minister. Peres was portrayed as a war hawk. Yoni Netanyahu was shown only briefly and Dora Block and her fate only mentioned in the end write-up. You won't learn anything much about the raid on Entebbe from this movie. Try the Charles Bronson one called Raid on Entebbe made many years ago.
When We Go to War (2015)
Typical New Zealand film
We got through 3 episodes and into the fourth when the seemingly now-typical aberrant behavior of two boys came on full display. This in-your-face nonsense apparently appeals to film makers but only causes normal viewers to turn it off quickly and delete from the wish list(amazon). I wonder, does New Zealand have a REAL film industry anymore?
Victoria (2016)
Another typical British revision of history and nonsense
It seems that most British historical movies nowadays have to be not only historically inaccurate to a great degree but must include the obligatory pederast or similar. It's frustrating for those who actually know something about the period and insulting when you realize how the series creators are attempting to change the historical record. This could have been a much better researched and accurate representation of one of Great Britain's great monarchs andose the era she lived in, but it is but a sad catering to those with little knowledge of history.
A Place to Call Home (2013)
Series 4 is a major disappointment
The first three seasons were good and rather interesting but series four descended into typical soap opera nonsense with the recurring scenes depicting the aberrant behavior of the son. Apparently, the writer(s) wish to force this nonsense on viewers and thus, destroyed any enjoyment and anticipation we had for this season's continuation of the saga. Disappointing to say the least. Is this what Australian television has come to??? Added to the blatant attempt at political correctness were the silly situations and crises each and every character seemed to be having and how they dealt with them. All in all what started out as a nice picture and story of Australia in the 1950s became more and more proselytizing for an agenda and thus rather silly in the extreme.
Janet King (2014)
Unbelievably bad
We found this series on Acorn and looked forward to viewing it mainly because of Marta Dusseldorp whom we enjoyed in A Place to Call Home. What a disappointment! From the pushy, leftist attempts to normalize her abnormal homelife to the amateurish plots this show stretches credulity and is unwatchable. We found none of the characters likable and the whole premise rather juvenile and silly. One episode was about all we could take. Poor Marta, from a great role in A Place to Call Home to this nonsense! We have become fans of both British and Australian TV series over the years and have enjoyed many of them but recent attempts by creators and producers towards agenda-driven characters and plots is causing us to re-evaluate our viewing habits. This series is, bottom-line, unwatchable.