This England (2022) - Blu-ray Forum

Yurakucho · 12-30-2022, 01:51 PM

I was looking forward to this, mainly for Branagh playing Boris.
Unfortunately, it was a disgusting propaganda show of zero entertainment value.

Dominic Cummings is once again portrayed as a mad genius who switches from saying the elderly deserve to die of covid because they've been having it too good (any evidence he said this, producers?) but alas a quick glance at his laptop later and our genius has grasped the full threat of covid and has gone mega-lockdown. His escapade to Barnard Castle is tedious and uneventful.

Branagh's Boris just spouts historical and literary quotes for 99% of the time, very awkwardly. Bizarre. The show also tediously focuses on his supposed disconnect with his previous wives and children, him leaving them awkward voice messages and, when down with covid, dreaming of them shouting at him in a field.

Matt Hancock is probably the best acted, but they go out of their way to make sure he mentions "the media won't like this!" many times when dealing with super serious and professional scientists and pseudo-scientists.

None of the other politicians have much screen time. Dominic Raab in particular bears no resemblance and is just some guy.

Chris Whitty makes a brief appearance at the end, and is portrayed as someone who is actually quite sceptical about lockdowns. Hmmm. Not the way I remember it.

But if you're looking for scathing political satire or insight, be aware that the majority of the show focuses on care homes and hospitals dealing with covid patients. Once they had one full episode of this stuff, I thought that would be it. But no, this is pretty much the whole show. If it's totally beyond your imagination what a hospital multidisciplinary team meeting looks like, or what old people spitting into cups, or people being fitted with ventilators, or people/their relatives being told that they're gonna be okay/they're gonna die looks like, then maybe you'll find this entertaining. Oh, and this is all done with the totally un-subtle hint that the government is responsible for absolutely everything and if only we'd have had a faster, stronger, longer Chinese-style lockdown this would have all been avoided. At no point do the nurses break out into TikTok dancing. The negative effects of lockdown are never discussed.

So folks, if you think a Blu-ray of this series will reassure you that, in spite of everything, you were right all along and everyone agrees with you, attach your favourite face mask, sit back, take your 14th booster, and enjoy.

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12-30-2022, 01:51 PM	#4
Yurakucho Senior Member Member since:Dec 2015	I was looking forward to this, mainly for Branagh playing Boris. Unfortunately, it was a disgusting propaganda show of zero entertainment value. Dominic Cummings is once again portrayed as a mad genius who switches from saying the elderly deserve to die of covid because they've been having it too good (any evidence he said this, producers?) but alas a quick glance at his laptop later and our genius has grasped the full threat of covid and has gone mega-lockdown. His escapade to Barnard Castle is tedious and uneventful. Branagh's Boris just spouts historical and literary quotes for 99% of the time, very awkwardly. Bizarre. The show also tediously focuses on his supposed disconnect with his previous wives and children, him leaving them awkward voice messages and, when down with covid, dreaming of them shouting at him in a field. Matt Hancock is probably the best acted, but they go out of their way to make sure he mentions "the media won't like this!" many times when dealing with super serious and professional scientists and pseudo-scientists. None of the other politicians have much screen time. Dominic Raab in particular bears no resemblance and is just some guy. Chris Whitty makes a brief appearance at the end, and is portrayed as someone who is actually quite sceptical about lockdowns. Hmmm. Not the way I remember it. But if you're looking for scathing political satire or insight, be aware that the majority of the show focuses on care homes and hospitals dealing with covid patients. Once they had one full episode of this stuff, I thought that would be it. But no, this is pretty much the whole show. If it's totally beyond your imagination what a hospital multidisciplinary team meeting looks like, or what old people spitting into cups, or people being fitted with ventilators, or people/their relatives being told that they're gonna be okay/they're gonna die looks like, then maybe you'll find this entertaining. Oh, and this is all done with the totally un-subtle hint that the government is responsible for absolutely everything and if only we'd have had a faster, stronger, longer Chinese-style lockdown this would have all been avoided. At no point do the nurses break out into TikTok dancing. The negative effects of lockdown are never discussed. So folks, if you think a Blu-ray of this series will reassure you that, in spite of everything, you were right all along and everyone agrees with you, attach your favourite face mask, sit back, take your 14th booster, and enjoy.

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