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I am in sci-fi swashbuckly heaven. :) I don't think I've had more fun all year than I'm having now with Voyagers!. The combination of out-and-out fun and historical settings is a good starting point, but the characters are really making this show. As a lead man, Phineas seriously rocks. He's falling around through time, without a clue where he's going, or what he's going to do when he gets there; and then when he crash lands in some fairly random century, he almost invariably has a whale of a time there. Especially if there are swords, staves and bows and arrows. Jon-Erik Hexum was born to swashbuckle. He should have been around in the fifties - although of course then he couldn't have done Voyagers!, which would be sad. Think of the movies he could have done in the fifties, though! He could have been swinging from ropes and hacking about him with swords to his heart's content. Also, perhaps the fact that he's not around anymore would that way seem less tragic.
I do have one complaint, though. How come, episode after episode, we get lovely, detailed views of American history; but when we wind up in Britain we get, firstly, a bizarre Dickensian fictional London... and then secondly, Robin Hood. Complete with Errol Flynn Hollywood costumes, and Maid Marion. Yes, it is possible that there was an historical figure who was the basis for the legends. Marion, however, was added to the tale centuries later by a Frenchman. You only need do a tiny piece of research to get that one. British history is just as important as American history, Universal. And if you employed a few more British actors, rather than Americans with lousy fake accents, then you might just be able to ask them a few questions about it. :p
It's all too much fun to gripe, though. Way, way too much fun. 'Cause of the swashbuckling, and the time travel, and the swords, and the swashbuckling, and the playfulness, and the merriment, and the swashbuckling. And Jon-Erik Hexum. Always, always, Jon-Erik Hexum. Hard to believe that this year sees the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death.
Laurence Of Arabia!Voyaging!
Prohibition Gangster!Voyaging!
Obligatory Baseball Episode!Voyaging!
American Civil War!Voyaging!
Victorian Urchin!Voyaging!
Eep!Voyaging!
Intense Moment!Voyaging!
Have At Thee, Foul Fiend!Voyaging!
Persian Horseman!Voyaging!
Robin Hood!Voyaging!
Nobody Will Notice Me Dressed In This Subtle Gay Pride Robe!Voyaging!
Further Having At Thee!Voyaging!
Random Nineteen Twenties!Voyaging!
Prohibition Gangster In A Bush!Voyaging!
Oops, I Just Destroyed Harry Houdini's Career!Voyaging!
Damn, I Think They Noticed Me Even With My Highly Subtle Disguise!Voyaging!
Hurrah!
I do have one complaint, though. How come, episode after episode, we get lovely, detailed views of American history; but when we wind up in Britain we get, firstly, a bizarre Dickensian fictional London... and then secondly, Robin Hood. Complete with Errol Flynn Hollywood costumes, and Maid Marion. Yes, it is possible that there was an historical figure who was the basis for the legends. Marion, however, was added to the tale centuries later by a Frenchman. You only need do a tiny piece of research to get that one. British history is just as important as American history, Universal. And if you employed a few more British actors, rather than Americans with lousy fake accents, then you might just be able to ask them a few questions about it. :p
It's all too much fun to gripe, though. Way, way too much fun. 'Cause of the swashbuckling, and the time travel, and the swords, and the swashbuckling, and the playfulness, and the merriment, and the swashbuckling. And Jon-Erik Hexum. Always, always, Jon-Erik Hexum. Hard to believe that this year sees the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death.
Laurence Of Arabia!Voyaging!
Prohibition Gangster!Voyaging!
Obligatory Baseball Episode!Voyaging!
American Civil War!Voyaging!
Victorian Urchin!Voyaging!
Eep!Voyaging!
Intense Moment!Voyaging!
Have At Thee, Foul Fiend!Voyaging!
Persian Horseman!Voyaging!
Robin Hood!Voyaging!
Nobody Will Notice Me Dressed In This Subtle Gay Pride Robe!Voyaging!
Further Having At Thee!Voyaging!
Random Nineteen Twenties!Voyaging!
Prohibition Gangster In A Bush!Voyaging!
Oops, I Just Destroyed Harry Houdini's Career!Voyaging!
Damn, I Think They Noticed Me Even With My Highly Subtle Disguise!Voyaging!
Hurrah!