Greenes Please don't spend money on this.

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

theenergizerbunny I was completely engulfed during each episode. Definitely a travesty that they did not continue this series. The casting, acting, and story line was spot on.

Matthew Kays Apart from that, it is not a historical accurate drama, we don't have to write off this television serial. Don't wait from these show a correct picture of the Australian situation( late 18.century) and of the aboriginal people. It is a drama, slow actions, harsh emotion which must be processed.( and made for mostly for British, Irish viewers focused on definitely the connection between the convicts and the soldiers.) Concentrating on few characters, their developments, how their actions refine their personality. James Freeman what will happen to you? If there still would be a sequel, it would be really interesting, enjoyable to follow Freeman's life in the wilderness. But we will never see that.. Such a shame to have canceled this TV show.

mjrsnthl How can you create an historical drama without the history? The colony was on full rations until 1790. Officers had no monopoly over female convicts. Until July 1788 the First Fleet was anchored in Sydney Cove. The Aborigines are invisible, but were spearing any Europeans who strayed beyond the camp which, unlike this series, was not next to the Pacific. Freeman is seen managing the 100+ km to Katoomba, when no European managed this until 1813. On attempting the Blue Mountains in December 1789 William Dawes's party reported that the terrain was entirely hostile. Ross was a Scot and Johnson from Yorkshire. And so it goes on. There appears to be almost a wilful policy of ignoring the extremely well-documented actualities.If McGovern had wished to set a series in a dystopian nightmare he didn't need to travesty the complex, nuanced and subtle history of early colonial Australia. He could have invented some futuristic corporation, or perhaps imagined a version of Putin's Russia.

challenged_traveller That's how this program feels like each episode. Fantastic setting, Blue skies, green jungles, sunny beaches. The acting is first rate, the script is challenging enough to be fun without being too cerebral. That's what entertainment is supposed to be. Its one of those series where an hour is not long enough. As for realism, I don't want to see skanky teeth or manky uniforms but I do agree on the condition of Kitty's hair but then again 'maybe shes worth it'. Maybe in the second series, she looses her memory and The Major convinces her its May Belle Lynn McVitie This story could run and run as the New South Wales colony grows over the decade. If done properly, more series than Stargate SG1 Well done script writers and well done to the BBC for funding it. Feel free to making a remake of Mutiny On the Bounty or Hornblower or anything anywhere hot 'n' sunny on water or in a jungle and I'll be a fanboy of that too. :)