Sons of Liberty

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If you're into historical fiction this is a fantastic show. I've only watched the first episode so far, but the production value, acting, and writing are as good as--if not better than--Vikings. Don't expect any amount of historical accuracy (thus my referring to it as historical fiction), but in terms of entertainment it's top notch. I'm very eager to finish the miniseries.

 

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Right before opening this thread I had a coworker come up to me and rave about this show. He is generally an idiot and an asshole, so I was skeptical. However, I value the McCheese Seal of Approval more than I devalue my coworker's opinion, so I think I will give it a shot. It sounds interesting, I just can't normally count on any of my coworkers being right about pretty much anything.

 

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how is this compared to Turn, that was another spy-sorta series set around the same time

 

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I lost interest in Turn after a couple episodes. In my opinion this is much, much better. Then again, it's a miniseries as opposed to a full series like Turn, so I imagine the story is a lot tighter and things happen a lot more quickly.

 

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Will check this out, was a big fan of John Adams.

 

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While entertaining, this really butchered the actual story of those in the show.

 

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Yeah, keep in mind that this is seriously "dramatized". I wonder which came first, portraying Sam Adams as an ultimate revolutionary bad boy/bad ass or Samuel Adams brewery buying commercial time in every... single... commercial... break.

 

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Sam Adams was a young, ninja!? Ha.

But overall it was a good series. Just not historically accurate like OP said.

 

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Just got around to watching episodes 2 and 3 the past couple of nights. Very entertaining show, spared no expense on production value, and actors did a pretty good to amazing job. In regards to comparison to Turn, I enjoyed Turn enough and finished the first season, but as McCheese said this is so much faster paced probably being a miniseries its not bogged down so much by the love bs.