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- Discovery
- Jan 20, 2014
- Discovery
- Jan 20, 2014
Summary Produced by Ridley Scott and based on the Charlotte Gray's book "Gold Diggers: Striking It Rich in the Klondike," the miniseries follows best friends Bill Haskell (Richard Madden) and Byron Epstein (Augustus Prew)as they set out in the late 1890s to the Yukon Territory to try to strike it rich.
- Discovery
- Jan 20, 2014
- Discovery
- Jan 20, 2014
Summary Produced by Ridley Scott and based on the Charlotte Gray's book "Gold Diggers: Striking It Rich in the Klondike," the miniseries follows best friends Bill Haskell (Richard Madden) and Byron Epstein (Augustus Prew)as they set out in the late 1890s to the Yukon Territory to try to strike it rich.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
74
89% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
11% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Klondike grabs you with terrific performances, an unusually rich script, magnificently sweeping visuals of jagged mountains overlooking valleys of ice and snow, and such a convincing attention to period detail, you'll believe you're back in Dawson City at the end of the 19th century.
It's so atmospheric, you'll absolutely feel the brutal cold.
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Based on 31 User Ratings
6.0
48% Positive
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29% Mixed
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 31 User Ratings
6.0
48% Positive
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
29% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
23% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
In 3 episodes, "Klondike" managed to leave me feeling like I had just watched the finale of a show I have loved for years. The scenery, characters, and plot are all spot on. Here's hoping Discovery Channel can keep up this level of entertainment in their inevitable future in scripted TV.
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SEASON 1
It’s too late to scrub some of the dialogue, though.... Klondike isn’t always this way. Its one-liners can be nifty in spots.... The miniseries also has some engaging supporting characters in grifter Soapy Smith (Ian Hart) and Haskell’s ad hoc mine mate, Joe Meeker (Tim Blake Nelson).
Scheuring gets sidetracked by the trite redemption stories of a hooker (Conor Leslie) and a Canadian Mountie (Marton Csokas). But those are small hiccups in this entertaining, expansive tale of one man's fight to keep his humanity, which he discovers is more valuable than all the gold in the Yukon.
The scenery in Klondike ... really is impressive, the performances are solid and though the dialogue's sometimes less than natural, the added-for-TV touches mostly make the story more palatable, if no less sad.
If the lavish production doesn’t quite strike gold, it comes close enough to encourage further exploration.
Alongside Roth, Shepard and talented character actor Tim Blake Nelson, Madden pulls off the sometimes treacly dialogue, but the insistent no-duh musings (“the die has been cast”) wear thin quickly.
The 1st most annoying aspect has been the amount of ads Discovery (read Foxtel) has shoved in & at the most inappropriate spots! I am sure there is more advertising than episode shown. It ruins the plot build up totally! The 2nd annoying feature is the constant "bleeping" of cuss words. This program is shown at an adult time slot & I've not seen as much "nanny-ism" for a long time on any other program. These characters are meant to be hard grit & the "bleeping" again ruins any kind of build up of storyline. 3rdly I am surprised to see such a quality actor as Tim Roth in such a poorly scripted program! From episode one where the guy falls in an icy river yet survives for at least a day soaked to the skin!, then some unknown business woman's first words to a total stranger are "don't get into the lumber business as its hers!" Then episode 2 where the claim they have staked is suddenly of interest to every shady character in town, (why didn't the bad guys just buy the claim the day before?), same goes with the dry goods store/church. Oh & the shooting of the Jewish man according to the Mounties is "the talk of the Town" (seems nobody else gets shot here.) I think a child could write a more believable script which has been presented even more poorly by Discovery (read **** is so frustrating to watch & I am very disappointed so I guess I will give up.
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SEASON 1
Worst dialogue ever, ranging from the ludicrous to the just plain inane. And while I understand that it's a plot necessity, why out of the thousands of faceless miners is our hero the focus of beautiful women, bad guys, the preacher and everybody else?
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