I love the classic adventure stories so I thought I'd give this show a try.
Usually I wouldn't bother (I love the classic adventures too much to watch
the crap that most adaptations are) but this one did at least one thing
right: it's set in the same period as the book.
So I thought I'd give it a shot.
It's not great. Characters are added or changed for nothing more than
political correctness. "Friday" is now a erudite master of languages, a
peer and brother rather than a servant. We also get an amazingly capable,
inexplicably beautiful pirate princess (all of the pirates are filthy,
toothless and scruffy... but she, of course, has perfect skin, teeth and
nails). The show could also easily do without the melodramatic flashbacks.
But for all that it's surprisingly good. It's lushly produced, competently
acted and nicely action-oriented. It reminds me, very favorably, of the
latest crop of BBC action shows ("Robin Hood", "Primeval", etc) - similar
production values and tones.
I'm not sure if I'll keep watching it (there's definitely better shows and
we don't really watch that much - the BBC's 12 episode seasons are really
nice for that) but it's definitely not nearly as bad as I would bet.
Now if only somebody would do a decent version of "Tarzan".
Jim Davis
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