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Posted by amy
on 2/21/2009, 11:31 am, in reply to "Re: Ashton's just desert"
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i have to agree with what others have wrote in here.i thought the third one was made for $$$ money only.because the zest wasnt there like in the other two.too much time has lapsed.the boy in the first scene with brett,billy,george at the breakfast table i thought was tom.tom being the drummer boy that billy liked.but that was just me.ive watched book 1 and 2 every winter.but only watched the 3rd one, one time.it was majorly disappointing.i would like to think that constance and george lived to their ripe old age.same with orry and madaline.
--Previous Message--
: To be honest all of that was adressed
: in the novels. And to be honest
: Ashton does get her just deserts in
: the novel more so than anything you
: could imagine. So poetic if you
: really read the book. The miniseries
: was a horrid adaptation of the books
: to be honest with many facts and too
: much changed from the book. though a
: excellent series its not up to par
: to compare to the books John Jakes
: wrote. To many of the inconsitancies
: like what you pointed out. A free
: tip though, rant about the mini all
: you want but read the books. they
: are a more enjoyable experiance and
: quite the story. And unlike the mini
: you can actualy READ what happened
: in between.
:
: --Previous Message--
: I agree. I hate Book III and the
: whole
: thing makes no sense and goes
: against the established story. I
: ignore it!
:
: What about Stanley? When last seen,
: he was headed for jail, now he has a
: high ranking job in Washington?
: What?
:
: And Charles, why ditch his kid in
: Chicago when he had loving family in
: Charleston who didn't want to give
: him up?
:
: And speaking of kids, what's up with
: George and Constance's Hope suddenly
: a teenager, and where did that boy
: come from? And the house was not
: Leighigh station. Oh and where did
: Cooper Main suddenly come from? Book
: III must be denounced by all fans!
:
: --Previous Message--
: None of us seems to like Book III,
: and
: I am no exception. It was well
: below John Jake's ability and the
: plot really makes no sense. Ashton,
: after being expelled from the Main
: family by Orry and divorced by
: James, should have taken up with
: another man, then dumped by him, a
: long way from Mont Royal. After
: many years of no contact with her
: family and wandering from man to
: man, she should have wandered back
: to rebuilt Mont Royal in, say, 1873
: or something, with profuse apologies
: to the family and to the Hazzards.
: Remembering how she would scheme and
: scam, Orry as head of the family on
: Mont Royal accepts her apologies,
: but keeps a close watch on her, as
: would Brett where Billy was
: concerned. After a few years of
: good progress, she relapses to the
: old Ashton and takes up with another
: evil man like Bent. Orry
: immediately expells her from Mont
: Royal, her new beau soon leaves her
: and she just wanders from man to man
: till she dies of a bitter, broken
: heart at, say 57 in about 1891.
: Thanks to that abortion Maddlyn
: helped her get, she would never bear
: a child. She'd get buried in the
: Mont Royal family cemetary.
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