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Sons of Liberty is a six hour min-series on the History Channel starting 25 January 2015
SONS OF LIBERTY, the three-night, six-hour event, follows a defiant and radical group of young men–Sam Adams,
John Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock and Dr. Joseph Warren–as they band together in secrecy to change the
course of history and make America a nation.

Calling themselves the Sons of Liberty, they light the spark that ignited our revolution. While many of their names
have become legendary, this group of young rebels didn’t start off as noble patriots. They were a new generation
of young American men from varied backgrounds, struggling to find purpose in their lives. They were looking for
equality, but they found something greater: Independence.

http://www.history.com/shows/sons-of-liberty
 
I've heard some complaints about this show already but I'll watch and I bet I'll enjoy it too.I ended up liking Turn and Black Sails which a lot of people criticized.
Mark
 
watched episode 1 of 3 tonight...
all 2 hour episodes...
it was pretty well done...
good acting and a nice history lesson...
I recommend it...
 
episode 2...another very good episode...so far...it has been as good as I had hoped...
 
I'm enjoying it.So much for the critics.:rolleyes2:
Mark
 
Well, it may be enjoyable, but how accurate is it? Or is it in the same league with "The Patriot", "Northwest Passage" and "The Battle of the Bulge"? Entertaining, but you don't watch them expecting a history lesson.

Prost!
Brad
 
theBaron said:
Well, it may be enjoyable, but how accurate is it? Or is it in the same league with "The Patriot", "Northwest Passage" and "The Battle of the Bulge"? Entertaining, but you don't watch them expecting a history lesson.

Prost!
Brad
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I have no idea on the accuracy of it...if you watch it...perhaps you could tell us...they do portray John Hancock as a pretty timid character...very timid actually...

but then again...I enjoyed all 3 of the movies you mentioned...
 
mikemiller1955 said:
I have no idea on the accuracy of it...if you watch it...perhaps you could tell us...they do portray John Hancock as a pretty timid character...very timid actually...

but then again...I enjoyed all 3 of the movies you mentioned...
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BLReed said:
Well, I'm sure their teeth were quite so pearly white.:)

Quote from one of the better reviews: ".........but if you want a history lesson, stay in school. Otherwise, there are enough facts in “Sons of Liberty” to add some ballast to a ripping good saga."
http://www.sfgate.com/tv/article/Sons-of-Liberty-review-Revolutionary-use-of-6033133.php

Sometimes it is just nice to sit back and enjoy a good story.
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That's kind of what I expected, from the commercials. It's a historical drama, and that's OK.

I enjoyed the movies I listed, too, especially when I made the conscious effort not to hold them up for any kind of historical accuracy. In fact, I hated "The Patriot", till I re-watched "Northwest Passage" and realized that "The Patriot" is exactly the same kind of movie. Same goes for "The Crossing.

Now, from the commercials, it really doesn't look like something I'd enjoy watching. I like historical drama, but I haven't seen many of them made since the 40s or 50s that I really enjoyed.

Prost!
Brad
 
marco55 said:
Give it a try Brad,it's good.
Mark
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Mark, I know that that you are a history guy, but I cannot watch the series. My history spider sense totally overloads with every imagined retelling of actual events. They have made John Adams into James Bond, Arnold Swartzenagger, and Teddy Roosevelt, with a Napoleonic complex..Samuel Adams, the prissy wimp, really? Hollywood history telling at its finest with just enough of a hint of actual history, to say the story is somewhat, maybe based, in a fantasy manner on real life events..:mad: Another bummer from the not so History channel...Michael
 
Been watching the re-runs this evening and must say that this show is quite enjoyable. Acting, sets, clothing are all well done. One thing for sure, John Gage needs some lessons in how to win friends and influence people. -- Al
 
I know history more than most people, but know nothing compared to you guys. When I saw the British present at the Boston tea party, I was like, I don't remember that. The show is pretty good. I didn't like George Washington's voice. For some reason it annoyed me. On the other hand, Ben Franklin's witty portrayal was what I would expect in real life. I was not happy that they ended the show before the battle at Concord & Lexington. I really hated the long commercials every 10-minutes.
 
If we wait until a movie,mini-series or series to be historically accurate we will be in for a long wait as they are few and far between.I think BOB and Pacific were pretty accurate but we are talking HBO and Tom Hanks here.I think the farther back in time you go the more you can take liberties as they are many things they don't know about in those times.So for me they might not be accurate but you will see me watching SOL,Turn,The Patriot and my all time favorite LAST OF THE MOHICANS!{bravo}} I watch TV for enjoyment and l read my books for history.
Mark
 
As I am not an expert on the British Army, it's uniforms or tactics of the period, can anyone tell me why the British infantry went into action wearing bandanas over their faces, officers and men? I have never seen this in any illustrations, other movies, or even alluded to in any of the books I have read regarding the period. Thanks in advance. -- Al
 
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maddadicus said:
Mark, I know that that you are a history guy, but I cannot watch the series. My history spider sense totally overloads with every imagined retelling of actual events. They have made John Adams into James Bond, Arnold Swartzenagger, and Teddy Roosevelt, with a Napoleonic complex..Samuel Adams, the prissy wimp, really? Hollywood history telling at its finest with just enough of a hint of actual history, to say the story is somewhat, maybe based, in a fantasy manner on real life events..:mad: Another bummer from the not so History channel...Michael
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Well in the year 2215 History Channel can pull out video clips of todays history. Oh wait, I guess that depends on which video clips they
pull and from which channel to keep all the history spiders happy. Two eye witnesses can't even agree with the cameras rolling. "The network
[History Channel] was quite open about “Sons of Liberty” being a “dramatic interpretation of events that sparked a revolution.” Clearly, the
facts were changed in many cases to make for a more contemporary, action-adventure story line." All in six hours. Not eight/nine years.
http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2015/01/five-big-myths-about-samuel-adams-in-the-history-channel-series/

Look, it's meant to be entertainment, first and foremost or people won't watch. If no one watches then every story will be lost to the
generations. At least the major theme can be carried on and people will have a basis to research depending on their interest and then make a name for their own fifteen minutes of Internet fame. See above Link.. If only we had a time machine to go back to 1765 through 1773 and condense it into six hours. Or base everything on some book that some professor writes that nobody reads except another history professor to dispute and sell his own book. All ten copies. Or about 3.3 million viewers signed on to the first night of History’s three-part miniseries Sons Of Liberty : 1.4 million adults 25-54 and 1.2 million adults 18-49 at 9 PM, according to Fast Cable Nielsen Ratings. The network noted that Night 1 of Sons Of Liberty was the most tweeted-about scripted series on television for the day. I'd say the story reached a few to carry on for another two hundred years. All my best and most remembered professors entertained. Their classes were always at capacity.

I suppose that Homer embellished [or made it up] the Iliad and the Odyssey to entertain. Two thousand years later we are still entertained. Even if Homer was not a real person or lived and wrote over a speculated period covering some 252 years apart. Still fragments of Homer account for nearly half of all identifiable Greek literary papyrus finds. He entertained. The papyrus wasn't used to wrap fish guts. Thus, Homer along with Plato has served as the basis of Classical Greek study for the Western World.
 
lancer said:
As I am not an expert on the British Army, it's uniforms or tactics of the period, can anyone tell me why the British infantry went into action wearing bandanas over their faces, officers and men? I have never seen this in any illustrations, other movies, or even alluded to in any of the books I have read regarding the period. Thanks in advance. -- Al
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Think Assasins Creed video game...The exploits, garb and fractured history is straight out of the game series mechanics...and plot lines.:rolleyes: Michael
 
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