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Orphan Black on BBC-America

POSTED BY: ecgordon
UPDATED: Saturday, September 22, 2018 09:38
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ECGORDON

Sunday, April 28, 2013 3:57 PM

Has anyone else checked out this show? I believe it is the first that BBC-A has commissioned themselves rather than importing from the UK.

The first episode was a bit dodgy, but it did have to set up a fantastic premise. The best thing about it is the acting of Tatiana Maslany, who is Canadian, but she plays multiple versions of a clone with quite a bit of difference in accent and mannerisms between them. I don't know if the Emmys will recognize a Canadian produced show made for BBC-A, but they should since she deserves the recognition.

So far, in just five episodes she has played these characters, in order of screen appearance:

Sarah Manning - streetwise hustler
Beth Childs - police detective
Sarah pretending to be Beth
Katja Obinger - German
Alison Hendrix - uptight, conservative soccer mom
Cosima - genius student of evolutionary biology
Sarah pretending to be Katja
Helena - near-insane killer
Alison pretending to be Sarah
Helena pretending to be Sarah who is pretending to be Beth

It's on Saturday nights following Doctor Who.

AURAPTOR

Sunday, April 28, 2013 8:48 PM

I'm following along, or trying to. I dig Tatiana a bit. She has sort of a Summer Glau quality about her, though I don't think she can do accents as well. ( Or can she ? Summer did the bit of Cockney from the Train Job, and some Russian as the dancer in the episode of Angel ) Those w/ a better ear for such things can be the judge.

And much like Summer, Tatiana did a fully nude scene, early on in the series.

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PENGUIN

Sunday, April 28, 2013 9:54 PM

Actually, Summer's body double did the nude scene.

Olivia Lyn Yojana

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013 12:50 PM

Based on your recommendation Easy, I'll give it two or three eps

It's available on Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant Video (free with Amazon Prime), and can also be found via [url] http://www.tv-links.eu[/url]

Keep the Shiny Side Up,

YT

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AURAPTOR

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 2:19 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Penguin:
Actually, Summer's body double did the nude scene.

Olivia Lyn Yojana

Well dayum! All these years later, and NOW I'm just finding this out ?

Huh.

Tatiana has one up on Summer then. At least in the being nekkid on screen dept.

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AURAPTOR

Tuesday, May 7, 2013 12:32 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by River_Tam:
Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:
She has sort of a Summer Glau quality about her

I was thinking the SAME EXACT thing.

Oh man... more 'River' comparisons, as Sarah has flashbacks from some sort of clinical experiment done to her. Really liked how things are FINALLY starting to connect here.

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AURAPTOR

Friday, May 17, 2013 12:49 AM

'Helena' is crazy! I mean... River crazy!

Really enjoying seeing her character shine in Ep 7.

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SHINYGOODGUY

Sunday, June 2, 2013 7:47 AM

Thanks EC,

Gonna give it a look based on your recommendation. I've heard good things about this show, but most especially about Tatiana Maslany.

SGG

Quote:
Originally posted by ecgordon:
Has anyone else checked out this show? I believe it is the first that BBC-A has commissioned themselves rather than importing from the UK.

The first episode was a bit dodgy, but it did have to set up a fantastic premise. The best thing about it is the acting of Tatiana Maslany, who is Canadian, but she plays multiple versions of a clone with quite a bit of difference in accent and mannerisms between them. I don't know if the Emmys will recognize a Canadian produced show made for BBC-A, but they should since she deserves the recognition.

So far, in just five episodes she has played these characters, in order of screen appearance:

Sarah Manning - streetwise hustler
Beth Childs - police detective
Sarah pretending to be Beth
Katja Obinger - German
Alison Hendrix - uptight, conservative soccer mom
Cosima - genius student of evolutionary biology
Sarah pretending to be Katja
Helena - near-insane killer
Alison pretending to be Sarah
Helena pretending to be Sarah who is pretending to be Beth

It's on Saturday nights following Doctor Who.

ECGORDON

Sunday, June 2, 2013 3:23 PM

Here's a great interview with Tatiana on what it took to create such diverse characters and how they filmed her, in triplicate at times:

http://www.avclub.com/articles/orphan-blacks-tatiana-maslany-discusses
-all-her-ro,98458/

It was just a ten episode first season, with the finale last night. There were at least four times I was surprised by events in this episode, and it is going to be a very long wait for Season Two. I won't spoil anything, but there is at least one of those characters Tatiana won't have to worry about portraying anymore, but another one was added.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 2:32 AM

Thank you, Easy. Thank You

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Keep the Shiny Side Up,

YT

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