Vol.1: I knew I was going to want to watch Outlander when I saw Ron Moore's name attached, but of course, this is pretty far from Deep Space Nine and Battlestar Galactica, even though the latter's composer Bear McCreary uses BSG-like Celtic cues to the proceedings. Outlander, based on the book series, is about a time travel romance in which a WWII-era nurse is magically sent back to 18th-century Scotland, where she tries to survive so she can get back to her husband in the 20th, navigating love and politics, and making friends and enemies along the way. The character of Claire Randall is a strong one, clever and sexy, and the world she enters detailed and, to my eye anyway, historically accurate. I did think the nudity was often gratuitous however, showing its star Caitriona Balfe topless a little too often. I'd go so far as to say the series falls into erotica at times, which is fine, but a crucial love scene would have been, I think, much more effective and powerful if they'd held on until then.
Vol.2: The second volume of Outlander's first season gets even more sexual that the first, rather more graphic than you'd expect even from cable, leaving no doubt that erotica is an important part of the show and of the books that spawned it. The season ends on a crescendo of sex and violence that fills me with mixed feelings, which is probably a good thing. I won't spoil it here. We're also getting our first real inkling that the books are a picaresque, moving Claire from place to place, and frequently leaving important characters behind. How is this going to work on television? That remains to be seen, but it's refreshing to see a show at least attempt this (compare to Game of Thrones that's kept certain characters active in spite of their long absences in the books; this seems the most practical, but obvious method). And if you remember me spilling the beans last time about the author being inspired by seeing 60s companion Jamie McCrimmon on Doctor Who, well, they found a small (non-Scottish) role for Frazer Hines! That's fun.
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Totally in love with this: resonates indeed! Can't wait for 5th season to come!Siskoid
Vol.1: I knew I was going to want to watch Outlander when I saw Ron Moore's name attached, but of course, this is pretty far from Deep Space Nine and Battlestar Galactica, even though the latter's composer Bear McCreary uses BSG-like Celtic cues to the proceedings. Outlander, based on the book series, is about a time travel romance in which a WWII-era nurse is magically sent back to 18th-century Scotland, where she tries to survive so she can get back to her husband in the 20th, navigating love and politics, and making friends and enemies along the way. The character of Claire Randall is a strong one, clever and sexy, and the world she enters detailed and, to my eye anyway, historically accurate. I did think the nudity was often gratuitous however, showing its star Caitriona Balfe topless a little too often. I'd go so far as to say the series falls into erotica at times, which is fine, but a crucial love scene would have been, I think, much more effective and powerful if they'd held on until then.Vol.2: The second volume of Outlander's first season gets even more sexual that the first, rather more graphic than you'd expect even from cable, leaving no doubt that erotica is an important part of the show and of the books that spawned it. The season ends on a crescendo of sex and violence that fills me with mixed feelings, which is probably a good thing. I won't spoil it here. We're also getting our first real inkling that the books are a picaresque, moving Claire from place to place, and frequently leaving important characters behind. How is this going to work on television? That remains to be seen, but it's refreshing to see a show at least attempt this (compare to Game of Thrones that's kept certain characters active in spite of their long absences in the books; this seems the most practical, but obvious method). And if you remember me spilling the beans last time about the author being inspired by seeing 60s companion Jamie McCrimmon on Doctor Who, well, they found a small (non-Scottish) role for Frazer Hines! That's fun.