The BBC have released a 3 part drama-documentary about WWI called 'Our World War'. I was looking forward to watching this but couldn't even get past the first scene. There seems to be a recent pattern where historical dramas and drama-documentaries have a modern rock/indie/dance soundtrack overlayed on them a la 'Peaky Blinders'. For me this creates a real disconnect between the viewer and the story being told that utterly shatters immersion.
I don't want to watch Tommies from 100 years ago going 'over the top' to a tune that wouldn't seem out of place at an illegal Berliner rave. I suppose the producers are trying to engage a younger audience by doing this and in turn trying to connect modern youths with these youngsters who sacrificed themselves for us all that time ago, but those people who fought in WW1 were not exactly like us, they had different beliefs and values that were of their time. The culture now is not the culture then and I really wish producers would not do this to what otherwise would have been a great series.
I don't want to watch Tommies from 100 years ago going 'over the top' to a tune that wouldn't seem out of place at an illegal Berliner rave. I suppose the producers are trying to engage a younger audience by doing this and in turn trying to connect modern youths with these youngsters who sacrificed themselves for us all that time ago, but those people who fought in WW1 were not exactly like us, they had different beliefs and values that were of their time. The culture now is not the culture then and I really wish producers would not do this to what otherwise would have been a great series.
