Did anyone watch the period drama 'Wild Boys'on Channel 7 tonight?
If you did what were your impressions?

I thought that it was a lower strata 'B' grade 'Gum-tree' Western.

i saw the previeuws
and realised i grew out of western violence long ago
so watched some beter tv on free to air

to wit dateline..and that earth quake repeat
and the future of food..another repeat

so watched regretfully [initially]
the part two of the night at the museum
and loved it...it was the best movie i seen all year

im glad i didnt watch..ie [waste a second]..
watching the boys..in various stage's of being boys...
and all that other...made for the girls...tv pap/stuff

I watched it merely because I am familiar with the Australiarna Village where it was filmed. Though the Village needed the cash and buildings to assist its rebirth, it doesn't need the poor image of "Wild Boys". It is a poor drama and unreal history script. It might appeal to untelligent 17 year old boys for action. and view of the police.

Dear Is Mise,

No. I didn't watch it.

I did see the previews though - and thought
it looked a bit "Hee Haw!"

The cast seemed to be having fun, and the music
was boot-stomping, hip-swinging, good.

At least it's providing people with work in the
industry.

One Under God…You are making good sense…

If I had a one way time machine, it's the late Australian 1800's I'd dial in, so I thought I'd watch it to see what all the promos were trying to sell.

I was initially concerned about the time slot. Anything screened at 7.30 when the "little ones" are still getting ready for bed has to be very light hearted and I was correct in thinking so. I watched it to the end and was still not sure if I was watching a B grade Aussie comedy or a half hearted attempt at drama. I decided on the former.

If I was a film critic, I wouldn't even know what category to place this one in. Adventure/comedy perhaps?

The guys looked cute. In fact too cute for late 19th century. Baths were few and far between, especially for bush rangers. These boys most certainly didn't look like desperadoes. The girls looked sassy enough, but once again, a tad over done!

The villain is reasonably "villainous," but lacks any real menace. The traps looked as dopey as they often were in those times.

Overall, I really wonder who thought this one up and I suspect it won't draw huge ratings. I just hope the creators don't decide to make another version of Robbery Under Arms, although having said that, they can't get as wrong as the last miserable attempt which included the hot-air balloon!

As for "Wild Boys," I give it two stars out of ten.
Aime.

I did not watch because I could see it would be as bad as you said it was.
My choice was supported by watching Ned Kelly played by Mick Jagger a few days before.
We once did very well with near true Australian movies if it is intended we watch American style stuff my DVDS will see much more use

I was embarrassed by the very gauche 'borrowings' from "BC & the SK", and was almost expecting a bicycle to appear at any point. And don't you think that the heroine looks a little like Katharine Ross! That said - it was very easy on the eye, and I will probably continue to watch, if only to see the baddies get it - I did think there was a good twist at the end of chapter one - but I will probably have to tape later episodes and watch when I am home alone - as I do with Miracle Day, because the interest on the other couch was hohum!

Well Belly, I haven't seen the Mick Jagger/Ned Kelly film since it first came out in 1972? I remembered it being a pretty good show at the time, but....... I was only 18 years of age. Heck, I still have the original double album (in vinyl) with some pretty great songs on it. Pity I don't have anything to play them on now :-(

But don't blame the Jagger picture entirely. I think he did a pretty good job considering the Rolling Stones were on all kinds of dope in those days. Even Mick Taylor left them just a couple of years later because, as he said, "the drugs and booze lifestyle they were leading would have killed me!"

Incidentally, I attempted to record Ned Kelly with good old skinny, drugged out Mick in the lead, but I didn't realise it was 4pm and not 4 am the following morning, so I still haven't seen it since '72. Damn! Still, anything shown at 4 pm couldn't be all that interesting.

Aime,
Players of vynil are still available. ALDI sell them from time to time.

Give it a few years & it'll be history curriculum material.

: Wild Boys on Ch. 7.........Yeah! just another template for taking the speed off man and his evolutionary/already too fast world. And what may I ask, are you all watching the slang word for idiot-box? What you pay for, is what you get:) Are you all that cheep/poor, that Pay T.V is out of the common Australian budget? The ABC store/DVD,s has plenty of great viewing. In this day and age.....the choices must be endless.

$25 dollars a week can get you SAT dish on the old roof. Thats just a packet of smokes a week roughly or a cheap night down the local..........or

One family pizza meal that eagle girls.....all 25 bucks...

Two pice feed and one z-ring stinger burger with 1.25 coke......all 25 bucks.....

Three big mac,s and some fries with a dessert of your choice........all 25 bucks

So all you people that just have the normal T.V digital set-top-box or the flat-screen all-in-one system.....you cant afford a lousy $25 dollars a week, for all the channels that have got the best entertainment for what-ever tickles your fancy?....haven't got the money A?

Just miss out on just one of those little luxuries a week and you will never winge again.

....And I thought this was the lucky country?

cactus:)

Cactus:)
I suggest you get a real life involving people. I watched the show because I know the people behind the Australiarna Village where it was filmed. I wanted to see how they promoted the village.

Oh Philo.....its rather ironic your sitting at the same place Iam at, don't you think:) Philo, I used to work for the film industry ( spectrum movies Inc ) and have worked for WIN4 TV, real people Philo? Come on, you can do better than that my friend. Maybe you can ring up Paul Mcalbe at the Wollongong station. Just mention FISHING UNLIMITED and the words Jarvis Bay "The eves or The tubes"....Philo, arr...those were the days:)
However thanks for the interesting post, and its too bad that more movies are not made locally.

Rapanewie "sorry for the wrong spelling, however the story line was about Easter Island and the down-fall of its culture. Set construction and props departments, making all sorts of things relating to the time period.

Australiarna Village where it was filmed. I wanted to see how they promoted the village....yes interesting stuff, I hope the history lesson is a fruitful one.

Cheers

cactus.

Cactus,

I watched part of it to see if it would be as bad as I expected it to be.

It was.

The sight of lead bullets defying the laws of physics and producing sparks against an iron target always makes me laugh.

Then there are the 'Colonial' buildings with great gaps in the walls which send a message to the world that not only were the pioneers a hardy breed but magnificently stupid as well.

$25/week for Pay TV is a gross waste of money.

I watched part of it to see if it would be as bad as I expected it to be.

It was. Yes unfortunately its successes didn't meet expectations. Rapa Nui is a 1994 film directed by Kevin Reynolds. It was produced by Kevin Costner and Barrie M. Osborne, among others. The plot is based on Rapanui legends of Easter Island, Chile, in particular the race for the Sooty Tern's egg in the Bird-man Cult.

The historic details of this film are questionable, but the central theme—the destruction of the island's irreplaceable forests—is well authenticated.

One of the reasons I found the history so interesting, is the fact that in other parts of the world today, with "human-overpopulation and deforestation" in similar cultures such as the palm oil industry, one can see the modern day equivalent. I watched the Wild Boys series trailer, and unlike pay TV, its OK for what it is.

cactus

Watched ten minutes of it last night; OK, so I've got masochistic tendencies.

They've got a cure for that...lol

cactus