Post by jr866gooner on Feb 1, 2019 11:02:09 GMT -5
I guess WW2 has been a part of my life and childhood in some way, not because I have lived through the war. Far from it in fact. I lived throughout my childhood in a housing estate next to a WW2 airbase, one which has had a rich history and played a significant part during the war.
The houses we grew up in were present during WW2 as well, some of them at least - my house was one of them.
The airbase itself became a museum, a lot of the aircraft hangers and buildings stood during WW2 and perhaps even earlier. I actually worked at the museum too and this basically ignited more of an interest into the war and one thing that has always stood out is the togetherness of the country at such a testing time.
GNS was essentially my dream, one that if only I could do and see what surroundings that I was in looked like during WW2. I would always imagine standing outside my own front door during the war. What changed, how much has changed even at the airbase over the road.
There was a public museum side that I started working on and there was a side over the road that was closed to the general public- I was fortunate enough to work over there too, close to the end of my time working for the museum. I was able to take some extremely interesting pictures of old buildings that were used during the war and these were almost left untouched and in some cases sadly in disrepair but still intriguing.
Signs above doorways that were soldiers kitchens, mess rooms and one area a hospital. It had an undergrounds quarters to the hospital but I never did get the opportunity to see this.
So yes, GNS has captured a lot about the war very very well, a part of the war which I would have loved to see and its that fantasy of time travel that really stands out but its time travel of a different kind and touching upon different issues.
I do feel that Gary was in a very fortunate place to be able to do what he does, I don't mean be with two women - that never really phased me or anything I was more fascinated by the wartime aspect that I didn't focus on the fact he was cheating on his wife. Much to many peoples disgust this show obviously revolved around that fact but I was oblivious to that bit!
There are so many moments that I would love to have had in the shoes of Gary Sparrow, imagine being in Rons shoes able to roam the streets of 1941, it annoyed me how he blew his chances though, I would have done things differently at that part.
Its also the fact that Gary has every opportunity to make Phoebe's life so much better, that knowledge he had of forthcoming events. So much power in his hands. I often wonder why in the 1990's he doesn't investigate what happens to those he knows and loves in the 40's but the more I think about it the more I can understand how he wouldn't want to know.
I have rambled on long enough but this is one show I hold close to my heart and and fond memories of watching back then and now.
