PLUM NEW TV SERIES
TO HAVE BRENDAN COWELL AND ASHER KEDDIE AS LEADS
Australian ABC is preparing a six episode series PLUM directed by Brendan Cowell who based it on his own book and will also take the lead next to Asher Keddie. It follows Peter ‘The Plum’ Lum, a 49-year-old national football treasure who lives with his son Gavin (Vincent Miller) and girlfriend Charmaine (María Dupláa) in Cronulla.
It looks like Plum is living
the dream until he discovers he has a brain disorder as a result of the hundreds of concussions he suffered on the field. The new diagnosis doesn’t receive its intended effect, as Plum would sooner hide, run, and head to the pub for drinks with the boys and pretend everything is peaches. But hiding from the truth isn’t easy when your ex-wife (Asher Keddie) cares too much and your son comes to realise the father he worships is falling off his mantle and the game they love might be to blame.
the dream until he discovers he has a brain disorder as a result of the hundreds of concussions he suffered on the field. The new diagnosis doesn’t receive its intended effect, as Plum would sooner hide, run, and head to the pub for drinks with the boys and pretend everything is peaches. But hiding from the truth isn’t easy when your ex-wife (Asher Keddie) cares too much and your son comes to realise the father he worships is falling off his mantle and the game they love might be to blame.
I like the idea of shorter series. It gives more time to do the story justice. One of the things I hate about usual (US anyway) serialized shows is that they take FOREVER to get anywhere, and then to shake thing up in later years, they often have the characters do really stupid things. That's why I usually prefer films over television shows.
ReplyDeleteBut you no longer have such long whole season shows, except a few on the networks, everything on streaming and cable channels is now from four to ten episodes tops. I like it when it is a very simple story, but often feel we do not get enough of the characters when it is so short. There are so many streaming shows I would like to watch for at least 15 episodes but we get just eight or ten, like Gilded Age for example. I think they are making them shorter now because it is cheaper and costs them less if they flop. For some series it is really a shame, for example new Star Trek shows have just ten episodes which is not nearly enough compared to 24 episode seasons from the old times.
DeleteAre episodes as short as the American one or longer like British one? We have been thinking to cancel Netflix...haven't watched anything good from Netflix in last few weeks.
ReplyDeleteDepends on the series, some are 45 mins some an hour, and some half an hour like Asher Keddies current hit Strife.
DeleteNetflix is garbage, but they are cattering for the generation Z so they mostly air childish rubbish, Koreans and promoting violence in most of their shows. Wish they would die so that other streamers can take over, but it seems these stupid kids today like the schaisse they get from there.
There should be more shows and movies about the dangers of contact sports like football, hockey and boxing. All those blows to head can have lasting results.
ReplyDeleteI find some of those sports utterly ridiculous
DeleteSports injuries are brutal. I have bad knees from my years on the volleyball team. My rheumatologist was quite angry to learn I played in my youth. I can't imagine dealing with a head injury from sports. My nephew is in flag football, so it isn't contact, but I worry that he could unintentionally inflict major damage on an opponent when he advances to real contact play. He's 11 years old, but twice the height and width of his peers. He's huge! As much as I'm not a sports fan though, I do think it's good for him to play and learn sportsmanship, team work, and direction following. Without the positive influence, I think he'd turn out like his deadbeat parents.
ReplyDeleteI truly do not understand the point of violent sports. I wonder how long do the boxers live and do they turn senile and dum after getting so many hits in the head. But then again they must be already dum to accept such beatings voluntarily.
DeleteMy grandpa was a boxer. However, he also ran guns for the mob, so I'd say many of them probably have an affinity for violence. I like the idea of boxing, but only on a punching bag. My empathy rears up towards my opponent. I took a female self defense class and the girl who was training me could clearly kick my butt and she's yelling at me to squeeze harder when I have her in a choke hold and wanting me to sweep her feet out from under her and knock her to the ground. I kept saying "I can't. I don't want to hurt you!" I do think in a threatening position I could hold my own, but just to hit someone for the heck of it, I couldn't.
DeleteDid you try it out on Jason? Lol
DeleteI've been tempted LMAO!
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