As a fan of Little House, yes millions of years later I decided to give this show a chance.
I've forced myself to watch episodes because maybe I was missing something.
Nope. The episodes are just so bland.
Are these people even related? I see no chemistry.
And Richard Thomas won awards for his portrayal of John Boy. (shrug emoji).
And the Waltons had 9 seasons? Wow. Just Wow.
The Waltons was a nice, wholesome show with a huge nostalgia factor for middle-aged adults in the 1970s. This was a show depicting the era that the parents of we Gen Xers grew up in. Little House on the Prairie was goofy and overblown, but this felt like a very realistic glimpse into life of a bygone time.
Audiences today would demand that Jim-Bob gets hooked on drugs, Mary Ellen becomes a prostitute, Elizabeth comes out as LGBTQ and John Boy goes on a shooting spree.
Little House isn't very authentic feeling I agree. And always pushing some kind of morality lesson.
Funny you mention Mary Ellen as a hooker, I was watching some eps and at times it's like she is selling herself. Some of the lines when she is talking about selling something else and the way she goes about it. But that could just be my sense of humour.
And if they made this now there would be a mixed cast and a local Asian community and yes some of the Walton kids would be Gay etc
It's was pretty standard quality for the time. A lot of shows from back then don't work too well now. I have been watching some eps recently and I think they are still ok. Nothing amazing.
I find Little House to be more sanctimonious which puts me off.
The only problem is every time the Waltons eat I want fried chicken and mashed potato's, corn and apple pie!
One of the weakest things about the show is that, other than Richard Thomas, the actors playing the Walton kids are not very good. The girls, in particular the oldest sister, seem like non-professionals with no experience that they just recruited off the street because they had the right look. Their acting is consistently flat and stiff. They can't even read a line and make it sound natural.
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