I have thought many times about creating an account on IMDB. Well I finally did it! Only to praise this show as much as I can!
I have no idea how historically accurate it is, but it seems like it could be a pretty genuine retelling of the actual story of this particular colony. With some extra tv drama, of course.
It was interesting, moving, engaging! Something was always happening where you would be interested or concerned for all parties involved. It was simple storytelling, with nuance, without a villain and hero in black and white. You could easily relate to both "sides". In fact, their initial (and ongoing) suspicion of each other, and then some attempts at genuine friendship, just moved me in a sincere, profound way. It struck a cord with me, like, in the way that I could even relate it to present day issues of racism and suspicion between different cultures/religions/races.
But as soon as people get to know and trust each other, there is a totally different understanding and connection, and we can all see that we are all just simply human. This show delivered that message without preaching, but by simply telling a story. And it got my heart all into it, while doing so. Without me even noticing, I started to care about these characters!
The ONLY drawback with this show, is that instead of 2x 1.30 something hours, it should have been several seasons long, to let us know all the (interesting) characters more deeply! I hungered for knowing more about pretty much all of the characters!!
I was profoundly touched by this show, and I don't say that about a lot of things. That it was also entertaining/dramatic/interesting, is just another plus. Would highly recommend for anyone who likes drama/history/period drama.
One small reservation that I had with me while watching, was that from my history lessons in school, the native American population "in general" suffered a pretty bad take-over from the English population, whereas this example was a pretty "positive" example of how some made friends and allies, instead, etc. My viewpoint on this is that, with a few more seasons, this could easily have been reflected aswell. And probably shown in an even more nuanced and complex way. The show already demonstrated they were well able to deal with nuances.
The same kind of "grey area" could still have been there, between individuals, as I am sure that there was indeed at least some English and native Americans who actually became friends, as showed in this series.
Regardless of the above comment, I will say that the friendship angle struck me extremely hard, emotionally. And *MILD spoilers ahead*!!!
I can say that there is one death during the series that actually made me 😭 real hard. Like, real ugly-crying. If a show can make that happen, in only two long episodes, then it's a damn good show!! Give it a chance, and let us hope they pick it back up!
I have no idea how historically accurate it is, but it seems like it could be a pretty genuine retelling of the actual story of this particular colony. With some extra tv drama, of course.
It was interesting, moving, engaging! Something was always happening where you would be interested or concerned for all parties involved. It was simple storytelling, with nuance, without a villain and hero in black and white. You could easily relate to both "sides". In fact, their initial (and ongoing) suspicion of each other, and then some attempts at genuine friendship, just moved me in a sincere, profound way. It struck a cord with me, like, in the way that I could even relate it to present day issues of racism and suspicion between different cultures/religions/races.
But as soon as people get to know and trust each other, there is a totally different understanding and connection, and we can all see that we are all just simply human. This show delivered that message without preaching, but by simply telling a story. And it got my heart all into it, while doing so. Without me even noticing, I started to care about these characters!
The ONLY drawback with this show, is that instead of 2x 1.30 something hours, it should have been several seasons long, to let us know all the (interesting) characters more deeply! I hungered for knowing more about pretty much all of the characters!!
I was profoundly touched by this show, and I don't say that about a lot of things. That it was also entertaining/dramatic/interesting, is just another plus. Would highly recommend for anyone who likes drama/history/period drama.
One small reservation that I had with me while watching, was that from my history lessons in school, the native American population "in general" suffered a pretty bad take-over from the English population, whereas this example was a pretty "positive" example of how some made friends and allies, instead, etc. My viewpoint on this is that, with a few more seasons, this could easily have been reflected aswell. And probably shown in an even more nuanced and complex way. The show already demonstrated they were well able to deal with nuances.
The same kind of "grey area" could still have been there, between individuals, as I am sure that there was indeed at least some English and native Americans who actually became friends, as showed in this series.
Regardless of the above comment, I will say that the friendship angle struck me extremely hard, emotionally. And *MILD spoilers ahead*!!!
I can say that there is one death during the series that actually made me 😭 real hard. Like, real ugly-crying. If a show can make that happen, in only two long episodes, then it's a damn good show!! Give it a chance, and let us hope they pick it back up!