On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Wayne Morrison <tewok@storm-monkeys.com> wrote:
Susan said:Subtle? I do not think it means what you think it means :) Personally my suspension of disbelief was *sorely* tried at the notion that the Roanoke colonists spoke Chaucer's English. Um . . . no. Roanoke was almost 100 years *after* Shakespeare, they would have spoken Early Modern English, not Middle English.
> my suspension of disbelief is being beaten about by the jet-stream....
> but I like it; just as long as I make a conscious effort to forget
> everything I know about American History, my extremely thorough religious
> education and a life long interest in mythology (American and otherwise).
I finally saw the pilot last night. I agree with you, but was interesting
and I'll keep watching.
I especially liked the subtle way they set themselves up for a seven-season
run and told us the two main people are going to survive the whole time.
Gwyn
Rain and sun shall feed me now,
and roots, and nuts, and wild things,
and rustlings in the midnight wood,
half-mad, like Myrddin, wandering.
--Terri Windling
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