Be led by your dreams … Ralph Waldo Emerson
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Sneak Peek: Colin Morgan
“Humans presented a lot of challenges, a lot of intrigue. The main thing for me is a challenge in a role, is it going to scare me a little bit? If I feel that, then it feels like the right project. There’s a lot of passion behind this.”
Stay tuned to Hunger TV for more Colin Morgan in the coming weeks
Humans airs on Channel 4 this summer
Just Colin
April 28, 2015 … Hunger Magazine Photo Shoot
Hunger Magazine Photo Shoot
April 28, 2015
Favorites
The category for ‘Favorites’.
Mostly pictures and gifs … an appreciation for a face that can capture so many emotions … and bring out feelings in us of joy, laughter, sorrow, devastation, elation, anguish, tenderness … an unending list of deeply human reactions to events in our lives.
(All credit to the originator(s) of these wonderful pictures. The work is not my own.)
(source: farfarawaysite.com)
Not Quite The End
This seems a good place to end this thread … admonition noted!
Jamie Bell on Abraham Woodhull
An interesting interview with Jamie Bell: This is an insightful look at Abraham Woodhull by Jamie Bell. A link to the entire article follows. We are highlighting here some excerpts we found particularly appealing.
The story may be true but when it comes to the character of Abe Woodhull, Bell confides that when crafting his portrayal of the man, he realized that he had a great deal of work to do. “There isn’t much known about these people really. Most of the information about them comes from correspondence with George Washington and that really only gives us limited knowledge about Abe and what he did. So, we knew his name and where he came from. We knew he was kind of paranoid and that he was on edge a lot because of all the lying. We wanted to make sure to show that he’s terrified all the time that at any point all of the things that he’s juggling could go very wrong. Along with all of that, we really wanted to show that Abe, at his core, is just an ‘everyman,’ who was a farmer and a family man, just like a lot of people today, but then he suddenly had this incredible calling and responsibility thrust on him and this is about how he handles all of that.”
Bell thinks that it’s that ‘everyman’ quality that attracts viewers to Woodhull’s story, saying, “This is an ordinary guy in an extraordinary situation. He’s not a spymaster, he’s not militarily inclined, he’s not on the warpath. He’s actually very against the war, he doesn’t want to be any part of it, but then he has to do something. He’s constantly evolving as a man, as a spy and I think people can understand the need to fight for something that’s bigger than yourself, even when you’re scared to do it.”
ToY … new dvd release date
The dvd release date has been moved to 25 May 2015 in the UK, with a delivery date of June 2-6 for the US.
“Turn: Washington’s Spies”
This series follows New York cabbage farmer, Abraham Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends and forms The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who help turn the tide in America’s fight for independence.
Turn: Washington Spies … a very interesting AMC tv series
The lead, Jamie Bell, is quite a fine actor. Something about the UK training, I wonder? He is a few months younger than Colin, born in Stockton on Tees. I caught up with the first season on a little-known (to us) website called FindTv.net. It is a streaming service like Netflix, so is usually a season behind. There are a lot of offerings on this site, both old and new. I enjoy it very much.
Right now AMC is allowing streaming of the S2, episodes 01 and 02, on their website for a limited time. You might want to catch up with the plots and characters first though. Let us know what you think.
“Turn” & AMC … an opinion
This is pure opinion … well, maybe all blogging is pure opinion. Not a fan of gore, definitely not decaying zombies or werewolves … an occasional vampire, perhaps, but never the self-centered world of Madison Avenue. Generally discouraged with 80% of American offerings, I have found BBC programming much more to my liking. This by way of saying, AMC has not been my personal choice for tv viewing.
However, here comes an AMC offering completely pleasing, interesting, well-done, with a hint of history that presents both admirable and less than admirable characters from both sides. It’s the American Revolution. And, the Red-Coats are not all unlikeable, nor are the Rebels all heroes.
Done, much as Merlin was done, with Cinema quality cinematography, editing, and beautiful presentation, it is a pleasure to watch. The small details of the conflict have me harkening back, looking up trivia, and getting interested again in this event that led to the creation of a new nation on the world stage.
Offering number 2 is coming in June. The promise of “Humans” gives hope that this trend will continue, especially given that AMC has closed a co-production/distribution deal with UK production company Kudos and Channel 4 for their sci-fi drama Humans.
Now and Then
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This photo set is an absolute Treasure! Thank you!
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