Let's face it - the Downtown Abbey is just plain stupid, shallow and manipulative... and yet many of us like watching it - no big surprise there.
Many are sitting on the edge of their collective chair waiting for yet another season of that silliness... doing nothing... missing work, not mowing grass, letting their sex lives go stale.
Some probably already know the remedy, but for those who don't - The Grand is the better, much more entertaining one.
In reality, I think the Grand IS the better one of the pair, being less stupid. The coutresan side show is something sorely missing from the stodgy DA, and brings the element of real life excitement to the screen. The character interplay is more interesting, in my view, the butler has far stronger presence and it is just more fun overall.
No doubt about it - it IS a girlie show, but if you have to be present, then The Grand might make your suffering a bit more palatable.
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Topic - The Grand - for Downton Abbey junkies on withdrawal - Victor Khomenko 06:03:25 07/12/12 (31)
- RE: Downton Abey, is of course nothing for a Russian émigré, one who once sold his soul to Napoleon. - patrickU 03:20:14 07/13/12 (25)
- Hi AuPh! Long time, no see!!! nt - Victor Khomenko 06:05:30 07/13/12 (24)
- RE: He seat on my nap! - patrickU 06:14:26 07/13/12 (23)
- If you still have some of that vodka, use it to repell him - Victor Khomenko 07:06:06 07/13/12 (22)
- RE: If you still have some of that vodka, use it to repell him - patrickU 07:18:49 07/13/12 (21)
- Before you recommend another such "gem"... - Victor Khomenko 07:26:37 07/13/12 (20)
- RE: Before you recommend another such "gem"... - patrickU 07:54:36 07/13/12 (19)
- The US one. - Victor Khomenko 08:16:32 07/13/12 (18)
- RE: The US one. - patrickU 08:37:16 07/13/12 (17)
- Then you are in for a torture... - Victor Khomenko 08:46:05 07/13/12 (16)
- RE: Then you are in for a torture... - patrickU 08:48:51 07/13/12 (15)
- Do you like Agnieszka Holland? - Victor Khomenko 08:52:53 07/13/12 (14)
- RE: Do you like Agnieszka Holland? - patrickU 09:04:20 07/13/12 (13)
- Well, this film is not to compete with Wild Strawberries - Victor Khomenko 07:05:03 07/14/12 (12)
- RE: Well, this film is not to compete with Wild Strawberries - patrickU 07:29:59 07/14/12 (11)
- I am getting my punishment already - the Season 2 is a disappointment - Victor Khomenko 07:46:23 07/14/12 (10)
- RE: I am getting my punishment already - the Season 2 is a disappointment - patrickU 08:31:05 07/14/12 (9)
- I have not yet seen the original - Victor Khomenko 09:05:38 07/14/12 (8)
- RE: I have not yet seen the original - patrickU 10:03:35 07/14/12 (7)
- RE: I have not yet seen the original - Victor Khomenko 11:29:01 07/14/12 (6)
- RE: I have not yet seen the original - patrickU 13:48:19 07/14/12 (5)
- Yeah... but who cares about your "here"? - Victor Khomenko 13:55:35 07/14/12 (4)
- RE: Here there and everywhere. nt - patrickU 02:19:42 07/15/12 (3)
- Time for AuPh and his very gray Poop on... :) nt - Victor Khomenko 05:05:32 07/15/12 (2)
- RE: Yes he is sorely missed....I suppose- - patrickU 05:07:49 07/15/12 (1)
- I hope they kept his best part - Victor Khomenko 14:09:43 07/15/12 (0)
- Husbands everywhere thank you (in anticipation of wifely gratitude...). Meanwhile, I'm contemplating getting - tinear 09:19:47 07/12/12 (4)
- RE: Husbands everywhere thank you (in anticipation of wifely gratitude...). Meanwhile, I'm contemplating getting - patrickU 03:13:52 07/13/12 (0)
- Patrick already bought all the copies on the market - Victor Khomenko 11:04:00 07/12/12 (2)
- We always use the "hearing impaired" subs on English material. The higher up, the more the diction - tinear 11:18:12 07/12/12 (1)
- I usually don my cordless headphones. - Victor Khomenko 11:26:44 07/12/12 (0)