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Jericho (2016)
The casting confuses me
I like Clarke Peters, he is a very good actor and I love watching him but I am really struggling with the concept of an African American in 1870's Yorkshire casually taking charge of building a viaduct. We are talking Victorian Britain here and no one has batted an eye lid.
While this is exactly how it should be this is not how it was in Victorian Britain, there is no way this would have happened. How are they supposed to convey the reality of the day when the role players are a fantasy of what the world should be like. This is as bad as Kevin Costner's Robin Hood, the days walk to Nottingham from Dover and suddenly ending up at Hadrians Wall.
I was expecting something much grittier and realistic. I've really tried to watch this but I can't go on.
Jessica Jones (2015)
Jessica Jones: 5 episodes too long
I watched the show due to David Tennant playing a leading role and was very happy with what I found. Good casting, interesting plot, good soundtrack and all round good entertainment. It did take a while for all the characters to come into play but by the time I reached the later episodes and an umpteenth escape for the villain I began to tire. This is not necessarily the fault of the creators but 13 episodes was too much time to fill and left the show to wonder a bit as it tried to fill time. A shorter 8 episode run would have made the story telling a whole lot tighter, eliminated the need for filler characters that did not make sense and provided the viewers with a much more fulfilling experience. It gets a 7 thanks to David Tennant and a great performance from him, without him I doubt I would have finished watching to the end.