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Old 03-17-2008, 12:07 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by The_Heretic View Post
I screwde up a couple lines of dialogue. One is where about speaking what he thinks, Franklin instead says, "No, I'm very much against it." And the other it that he says, "When you insult people in public they tend to think you are serious."

The scenery is fantastic and that includes the brilliant blurring of CGI into their set construction. Plus, while I knew the soldiers of the Boston "Massacre" were provoked by the mob throwing clubs and [not mentioned in the show] broken bottles and didn't fire until then, I did not know it was John Adams who defended them in court, eventually producing an acquital based on the rule of law. This principle which the British stripped away despite justice being served, is what clearly pushes John Adams toward independence, particularly when it strikes him so closely to home.
I have only one detraction. No one ever said "The British are Marching on Concord." Considering that until actual hostilities were underway, they all considered themselves "British". More likely it was " the regulars are marching..." perhaps even "the lobsterbacks......" but it wouldn't have been "British".
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