28 x Poldark (1975) Icons

[lost_spook]

28 Poldark (1975) set of icons. It was meant to be mostly other characters, as I'd already done a Ross/Demelza set a while back, but I couldn't quite keep them out, really.

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[lost_spook]

Well, they're both adapted from Winston Graham's book series, so they have the same overall story. In some ways, the new one is slightly more faithful to the novels in specific plot elements while the 1970s one has more of the spirit of the books overall.

The big difference is that 2015 seems to want to make Ross the romantic hero of its story (and they want it to be a romantic story primarily), whereas 1975 (and the books) is a story about a whole lot of characters of all classes, the main one being Ross who is both sympathetic and extremely flawed. (WG based him on the idea of equating this 18th C ex-soldier with returning RAF pilots from WWII - that he's fundamentally damaged and addicted to danger, effectively.) It's nice to have both, although I prefer the 1970s version, as the new one has really failed on some of the other main and minor characters - Francis, George, Prudie, and Keren in particular have been especially short-changed so far.

It's really good, but it's classic cardboard telly and the first episode really is a bit of mess, though it's great non-stop after that. The women are all 1970s-fierce, though. Even Verity says, "I used to be shy!" instead of still being shy. But I like that. But if you're enjoying the story and the characters, both the books and the original TV series are both actually very good if you want more - it's going to take the 2015 series a long time to get up to The Angry Tide!

[emeraldarrows]

Ah, interesting (I've been meaning to read the books at some point, too). I'll see if I can track it down. :D