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Just watched the first 2. AMC really has something here. I'm really enjoying the time period and all the old-timey naval stuff, when they were just on the cusp of what you might consider a "modern" vessel, but still very rudimentary.
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Finished this up. Incredible limited series. The only thing that bothered me about the ending Crozier says all of his men are dead, but he knows that he left men at the ships with enough provisions to survive for quite a long time. Sure, one could assume that lead poisoning or scurvy would eventually take them, but he could have mentioned them in that moment and tried to check on them later. Would have liked a line or something about this at the end. Just a small nit to pick, and I really enjoyed this quite a lot. I can't even believe that there are settlements North of King William Island settled almost contemporaneously to the series. This show (the Inuit) is truly a remarkable example of what humans are capable of. Also, holy poo poo about the Canadian resettlement of Inuit in the 50s/60s. Very trail-of-tears-esque. Would not have known about this without this show.
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Apr 15, 2018 06:10
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Interesting interview with the showrunner on BI today http://www.businessinsider.com/amcs-the-terror-creator-talks-about-10-year-journey-to-make-it-2018-5
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One of the Terror documentaries on youtube puts forth the theory that the high officer death count early in the expedition was due to botulism. The idea is that, while frozen in the pack, a hunting party killed something, with Franklin and the rest of the senior staff naturally calling dibs on the fresh meat. The meat was improperly stored (possibly over the winter), and so Franklin was vomiting and making GBS threads himself before eventually expiring from respiratory failure. This wouldn't make for a very sexy story back home, so Crozier and Fitzsimmons didn't record the details. Can't remember if there is an actual basis for the theory or if it's just speculation, but the documentaries on youtube about this are great.
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