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Post by pharmom on Apr 21, 2014 3:46:08 GMT
I recently found MM the same way the new person from NC did - through Netflix. I grew up near Niagara Falls, NY, my grandfather was born north of Parry Sound ON and we travel from Maryland to my uncle's cottage on Georgian Bay every year. One of my favorite cities is Toronto and I love visiting every year. If Ontario could find some use for a telecommunications specialist and an extra pharmacist, hubby and I would move there if only to spare the 15 hour drive every summer.  My sons are looking at moving further north if only to be closer too. When I saw 3 of my favorite things - Victorian Era, mysteries and Ontario - in the same show I had to watch. I admit to binging on all 6 seasons available in the US over the course of 9 days. (I had lots of laundry to do! Really!) I got hooked with Nicola Tesla and fed my new habit first on Netflix and then, using the last of my Amazon gift card, on Amazon. Given the ending of Season 6, I would very much like to watch Season 7. I hope CBC releases it sooner rather than later to those of us outside Canada. (Yes, I seem to be going through a curious withdrawal right now. I admit it freely.) Are there many US fans on the site? I met another fan of the show on a site that I frequent not related to MM. She and I both write for TORn- TheOneRing.net, a JRR Tolkien fan site. She is from Long Island, NY. Netflix brought both of us to the series so I'm guessing there are pockets of us everywhere. More interest in the US won't help Canadian ratings, but I hope at least we can support in other ways. I would be glad to watch on the CBC site if they would open it up to non-Canadian ISP addresses. Alas, there is no electricity at my uncle's cottage so I can't use that as an access point.  Off to rewatch..... hmmm.... which episode.... oh heck, I think I'll just start over! |
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Post by snacky on Apr 21, 2014 4:40:15 GMT
I recently found MM the same way the new person from NC did - through Netflix. I grew up near Niagara Falls, NY, my grandfather was born north of Parry Sound ON and we travel from Maryland to my uncle's cottage on Georgian Bay every year. One of my favorite cities is Toronto and I love visiting every year. If Ontario could find some use for a telecommunications specialist and an extra pharmacist, hubby and I would move there if only to spare the 15 hour drive every summer. My sons are looking at moving further north if only to be closer too. When I saw 3 of my favorite things - Victorian Era, mysteries and Ontario - in the same show I had to watch. I admit to binging on all 6 seasons available in the US over the course of 9 days. (I had lots of laundry to do! Really!) I got hooked with Nicola Tesla and fed my new habit first on Netflix and then, using the last of my Amazon gift card, on Amazon. Given the ending of Season 6, I would very much like to watch Season 7. I hope CBC releases it sooner rather than later to those of us outside Canada. (Yes, I seem to be going through a curious withdrawal right now. I admit it freely.) Are there many US fans on the site? I met another fan of the show on a site that I frequent not related to MM. She and I both write for TORn- TheOneRing.net, a JRR Tolkien fan site. She is from Long Island, NY. Netflix brought both of us to the series so I'm guessing there are pockets of us everywhere. More interest in the US won't help Canadian ratings, but I hope at least we can support in other ways. I would be glad to watch on the CBC site if they would open it up to non-Canadian ISP addresses. Alas, there is no electricity at my uncle's cottage so I can't use that as an access point. Off to rewatch..... hmmm.... which episode.... oh heck, I think I'll just start over! OMG your tolerance for TV binging is higher than mine. It took me a couple months to get to Season 7. D: I've seen mixed messages about how many seasons are available on Netflix: glad to hear they're still offering MM and they're up to S6. I don't know how many people are from the US here: I think the owner is British, so there are a few Brits as well as Canadians. I've been super-talkative (side effect of binge-watching - many theories). I agree with you that there are probably small pockets of fans here and there. I've been grouchy about the wave of real media coverage for Orphan Black. It's not just because of the awards it picked up this year: the US entertainment industry thinks Americans will only pay attention to a show that's "edgy", and Orphan Black has sex, violent death, police corruption, and evil biotech conspiracy from the first episode. But the thought that "edginess" might be so overdone, Americans might actually be bored with it all is beyond their comprehension. I think a lot of Americans are ready for a show that's about good people trying to do the right thing even in tough circumstances. I find good mysteries, historical color, interesting characters, and true romance more than enough to make up for any "lack of edginess". btw, most of the fan pockets are probably interacting on Facebook. But I don't use Facebook, so I'm grateful some forums still exist. |
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Post by wildhorseannie on Apr 30, 2014 3:57:40 GMT
pharmom, congrats to you for getting that far! I started the series about a month or two and have slowly, but steadily made my way through to the start of Season 4. I think part of the reason for my pace is a reluctance to get to the end. I don't what I'm going to do with myself when I get to the end of Season 6!
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Post by pharmom on Apr 30, 2014 15:03:56 GMT
Yes, that was a problem. I got to the end and went looking for the current (just ended) season 7 and found it locked tightly over the border. I'm now rewatching at a much slower pace, trying to figure out just what it was that had me so entranced that I just couldn't stop watching the first time!
I think it's the characters mainly. Don't get me wrong, I love the setting (I grew up close to Toronto) and the accents (growing up in Niagara Falls I recognized the Buffalo detective's accent right off!). The history is so much fun too, as is the way they have a wink or a nod to something in the future - twitter, professional sports, etc. I love the writers' sense of humor.
But the characters have me fascinated. Buttoned-up Detective Murdoch isn't so buttoned-up. Pioneer female Doctor Julia Ogden isn't just an incredibly intelligent, brave, forward-thinking doctor, she's allowed to be warm loving *woman* too. Murdoch keeps his basic principles intact while finding his way through the details. Julia keeps her femininity even while elbow deep in guts. I love their relationship, fraught as it is with delay. The are true partners.
The most telling scene for me was when Julia was disappointed with Murdoch not coming to her side in an argument. He replied that he was confident in her ability to hold her own and would not rescue her. It's so refreshing to see!
So yes, the second time through I am taking my time, savoring the moments, making note of the details I missed. The writers have built such a wonderful story arc over the years even as they gave great individual stories each episode. I'm looking forward to seeing Season 7 when it comes out on Acorn in June.
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Post by snacky on May 1, 2014 2:34:55 GMT
trying to figure out just what it was that had me so entranced that I just couldn't stop watching the first time! and the accents (growing up in Niagara Falls I recognized the Buffalo detective's accent right off!). But the characters have me fascinated. Murdoch keeps his basic principles intact while finding his way through the details. Julia keeps her femininity even while elbow deep in guts. The most telling scene for me was when Julia was disappointed with Murdoch not coming to her side in an argument. He replied that he was confident in her ability to hold her own and would not rescue her. It's so refreshing to see! I'm also quite obsessed with *why* I like Murdoch Mysteries so much. I haven't felt moved to discuss a TV show on an online forum for years: yet there's something in this one that makes me dwell on motives and circumstances a lot. I agree it's not just the period setting. I thought The Tudors was a great show, but I didn't feel driven to speculate about it. There are smart shows I watch with a conspiracy element that you would think would demand analysis and comment, like "Person of Interest", yet I don't suddenly start writing ideas about it on napkins while sitting in a cafe. It seems shallow to admit, but I think the shippy element is a really important adjunct to the speculative element for hooking me. Regarding the accents - can you explain Julia's? It's obviously not Helene's accent, so - not having been to Canada or further north east than NYC - I don't get the reference. I do buy it as a signal of Julia's "upper class" upbringing, though. I agree that the character development on MM is part of the addictive aspect, but it only works as the characters develop in relation to each other. Great drama is like a machine that way, with gears clicking into place to move other gears. I remember feeling enlightened when I read about this in college (in an essay by Victor Hugo - Les Miserables being the great masterpiece of gears driving other gears). Victor/Victorian is one of my favorite episodes, but I have to say William's speech was a great turn off for me. While the reasoning was right for his character, I didn't like how he baited Julia into asking about why he didn't overtly support her, and he was waaaaay too pompous in delivering his reasons. I did think his bid for being "winsome" was super cute, and it had such a period flavor to it. Kudos to Julia for overlooking his Jesuit casuistry and suggesting, erm, other activities. |
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Post by wildhorseannie on May 2, 2014 3:34:08 GMT
Yes, that was a problem. I got to the end and went looking for the current (just ended) season 7 and found it locked tightly over the border. I'm now rewatching at a much slower pace, trying to figure out just what it was that had me so entranced that I just couldn't stop watching the first time! I think it's the characters mainly. Don't get me wrong, I love the setting (I grew up close to Toronto) and the accents (growing up in Niagara Falls I recognized the Buffalo detective's accent right off!). The history is so much fun too, as is the way they have a wink or a nod to something in the future - twitter, professional sports, etc. I love the writers' sense of humor. But the characters have me fascinated. Buttoned-up Detective Murdoch isn't so buttoned-up. Pioneer female Doctor Julia Ogden isn't just an incredibly intelligent, brave, forward-thinking doctor, she's allowed to be warm loving *woman* too. Murdoch keeps his basic principles intact while finding his way through the details. Julia keeps her femininity even while elbow deep in guts. I love their relationship, fraught as it is with delay. The are true partners. The most telling scene for me was when Julia was disappointed with Murdoch not coming to her side in an argument. He replied that he was confident in her ability to hold her own and would not rescue her. It's so refreshing to see! So yes, the second time through I am taking my time, savoring the moments, making note of the details I missed. The writers have built such a wonderful story arc over the years even as they gave great individual stories each episode. I'm looking forward to seeing Season 7 when it comes out on Acorn in June. I think the only thing Julia wasn't progressive about was being elbow deep in guts! I still can't figure out how she never felt the need to wear gloves...and this is coming from someone who works with injuries and dirt on a daily basis! |
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Post by snacky on May 2, 2014 4:43:00 GMT
I think the only thing Julia wasn't progressive about was being elbow deep in guts! I still can't figure out how she never felt the need to wear gloves...and this is coming from someone who works with injuries and dirt on a daily basis! Rubber gloves were only invented in 1889: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_gloveAnd the uses of rubber were still being developed at the time - the idea of the rubber mask in the Beaton Curse episode was a new thing. Disposable latex gloves were invented in 1964:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_glove Julia probably dipped her hands in a bowl of alcohol a lot. |
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Post by wildhorseannie on May 2, 2014 16:00:33 GMT
Even cloth gloves would have been better! I would even settle for a more consistent use of her forceps!  |
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Post by snacky on May 2, 2014 17:00:16 GMT
Even cloth gloves would have been better! I would even settle for a more consistent use of her forceps! At least she isn't as awful as the coroner in From Hell (the Jack the Ripper movie with Johnny Depp). Somewhere on this forum someone said that the reason Julia turned into a psychiatrist (and possibly the reason Helene Joy was taking "other projects" during the first for seasons) was that the coroner props made her queasy. Some people do have weak stomachs: I get nauseous from looking at uneaten food on other people's plates. I wish she had remained a coroner, though: that's a much cooler character, and I miss the "morgue humor". |
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Post by wildhorseannie on May 2, 2014 17:06:56 GMT
I'm definitely not a queasy person, but there comes a point when safety standards need to be followed...or perhaps invented in Julia's case!
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Post by snacky on May 2, 2014 17:10:25 GMT
I'm definitely not a queasy person, but there comes a point when safety standards need to be followed...or perhaps invented in Julia's case! Yeah! Why not let Julia (or, at this point, Emily) invent some stuff! |
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Post by lovemondays on Jun 19, 2014 19:14:47 GMT
pharmom, Season 7 is now available on Acorn TV. Apparently you can have a free month but you have to give a credit card number.
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My sons are looking at moving further north if only to be closer too. 
