Book or adaptation?

How has Moore shied away from emphasizing the good guy/bad guy conflict between Fraser and BJR?

Thank you. We saw the same interactions, then, except I did not see any indication that her husband was gay until the dinner when she gets him together with Flint. Flint and Thomas's wife were lovers, and until that dinner we were made to believe nothing other than that Thomas and his wife had been lovers. Then,…

With all apologies to CS and to you, for interrupting. Moore has said he is entitled as showrunner to deviate from Gabaldon's books when necessary, so he has free rein to improve. In fact, he sees all that he has done as an improvement. However, this position on his part does not leave him, or his apologists, much…

Could I trouble you to explain it for me, if I've got it wrong? Otherwise, if you just see it differently, OK to disagree.

The short-shrift given the (supposed) end of Claire and Jamie's relationship in this episode is of a piece with the short-shrift given the end of Mary and Alex's relationship in Episode 12. All the shifts and turns affecting BJR, however, we get in spades from Moore and Co., who seem determined to minimize every…

You raise an interesting question that goes to the heart of a problem with Moore's "Outlander." He succeeds in giving entertainment executives exactly what they want: easily classified women characters. Depicting unlikable women with full characterization, like Bree and Laoghaire, seems too tall an order.

Notice that by neglecting to depict the Battle of Culloden, Moore's BJR can live to pursue Moore's Jamie another day: that is, during Season 3. It keeps the "couple" at the true center of Moore's "Outlander," Jamie and BJR, intact for the next sequel, just like any superhero franchise.

A little present: Jamie and Claire read back and forth to each other an English version of a famous poem by the Latin poet Catullus (c . 87-c.54 B.C.). Below is one English translation of the whole poem:

I have to turn down the nomination although I am flattered (while at the same time recognizing that a few of you would like to tear apart me reviews). I plan to join those discussions IF I can get over my disgust now that I've figured out why Moore adapted the whole of "Outlander" as he did.

Started a post in error. Just more of the same.

"Unbroken"—indeed. Thanks for these entirely on point and articulate responses. (I've handled the borrowings in two separate posts.)

On the subject of borrowed material, Matthew B. Roberts is the author of record for this year’s Episode 9. I found the plot-point Moore and Co. added regarding Claire’s PTSD out of character even for Moore’s Claire. Worse yet, I felt the entire story of Claire having seen two companions destroyed before her very…

The dialog in Episode 6 is largely supplied by the series's screenwriters: Ira Steven Behr has the credit for this episode. During Black Jack Randall’s interrogation of Claire, he lets her think, just for a moment, that there might be some hope for the restoration of his humanity, saying, "It would be pretty to think…

I haven't seen these yet, so thank you for suggesting it.

I’ve been thinking about these performances and actors for a while, so I’m glad you asked. I still find it hard to explain what I think of them, so please forgive the long post—or ignore it altogether, those of you who see such a thing as a rant.

Please, please, please forgive me for sticking my neb in here, but I do so on behalf of the actors. I find it very hard to say anything definitive about their performances, because I worked in a film editing department for a year. In the last analysis, every single performance in "Outlander" goes through a powerful,…

Agreed. Yet it is hard not to get discouraged.

Now you've put your finger on it. My rage is a function of disappointment, because I can see how "Outlander" could have been so much better on television, whereas I am willing to accept Gabaldon's novel as a cultural artifact that is worth preserving. And you are right: women need to be more involved in creating…

Too kind! We can keep track of each other on Disqus. I wish someone would steal my idea and run with it, because I'm too overwhelmed right now to do so myself. I forgive the theft in advance and ask St. Dismas, patron saint of thieves, pickpockets, and Fergus, to give cover and grant every success to the endeavor.