I haven't seen too many stuff from the victorian era based in Australia so this caught my eye. It's a reimagining of Oliver Twist and fellow characters, with the story leading us to colonial Australia. But to be honest with all I know of Oliver Twist is the song by D'banj that ravaged probably every party in Africa in the early 2010s. One of the things that stood out to me in this was there's notably a lot of amputations going on, the medical field has really come far.
Typical stuff though for any show/movie based in that time, with a the arranged marriages and smart girl who doesn't want any of her suitors so her younger sibling can't get married either. The high class, privileged daughter and the thieving bandit and many more elements that lead back to these being stories that have been done before.
In terms of the characters and how they all connect, it's pretty predictable and you can tell how it's gonna go, who's gonna end up with who and all that. And they're personalities too, which makes try them even more predictable as you can guess what they'd do next. The casting was good, I remember Thomas Brodie-Sangster from "Love, Actually". I liked that the characters were almost entirely convicts, as was Australia at the time, yet the story manages to string up a villain in captain Gaines.
However it is pretty quick paced and keeps itself on its toes, so if you can ignore all the formulaic stuff and act like it's the first show you've ever seen, it's pretty fun. It had good writing, good pacing, and characters you can get invested in. I love how they're portrayed, the good and the bad; but mostly I love how they're no annoying characters. If you haven't watched any Victorian era tv series in a while like I have, this feels pretty fresh and fun.
Typical stuff though for any show/movie based in that time, with a the arranged marriages and smart girl who doesn't want any of her suitors so her younger sibling can't get married either. The high class, privileged daughter and the thieving bandit and many more elements that lead back to these being stories that have been done before.
In terms of the characters and how they all connect, it's pretty predictable and you can tell how it's gonna go, who's gonna end up with who and all that. And they're personalities too, which makes try them even more predictable as you can guess what they'd do next. The casting was good, I remember Thomas Brodie-Sangster from "Love, Actually". I liked that the characters were almost entirely convicts, as was Australia at the time, yet the story manages to string up a villain in captain Gaines.
However it is pretty quick paced and keeps itself on its toes, so if you can ignore all the formulaic stuff and act like it's the first show you've ever seen, it's pretty fun. It had good writing, good pacing, and characters you can get invested in. I love how they're portrayed, the good and the bad; but mostly I love how they're no annoying characters. If you haven't watched any Victorian era tv series in a while like I have, this feels pretty fresh and fun.