Guess what? I have more bad, manpainy TV!

I am now the delighted owner of The Snowy River Saga starring Guy Pierce and Hugh Jackman before they were famous and could appear in expensive rubbish like Australia. It looks like Little House on the Prarie had some bastard child by Young Riders and shipped it off Down Under.

YOU CAN ALL START BLAMING large_nom_ai NOW. It was her recommendation.

PS. There is some magnificent facial hair on view. And quite a bit of leaning on things.

ETA: Hugh Jackman is about 12 in this. He's sooo young.

ETA 1: All that has really happened so far is that Hugh Jackman has bought a hat. Though I think Pa MacGregor will probably have a heart attack soon. Yay!

ETA 2: Damn you, Pa! You had a perfectly good opportunity to have heart attack what with carrying some random bag of corn and you didn't! CURSE YOU!

ETA 3: So far most of Jackman's role seems to be trying on his hat and hiding a SECRET SORROW. Well, I am not sure if he has a secret sorrow, but I would put good money on it. I BET IT HAS TO DO WITH THE HAT.

ETA 4: Run, Pa, run! I want my heart attack! Well, not mine, yours. Plus I THINK JACKMAN KILLED A MAN. Hopefully with a hat.

Snowy River: The MacGregor Saga

Pros: Hugh Jackman as a sailor who I think killed a man in Reno just to see him die

Cons: Pa MacGregor and his enormous mustache. There are a lot of loving shots of him training for the big race. IT IS UNPLEASANT TO WATCH.

No Guy Pierce yet. I hope he is tremendously emo when he appears.

ETA: In non-Jackman related news Pa MacGregor has decided to catch and train a wild horse to run in a race the NEXT DAY. His mustache quivered as he did so. That was also unpleasant to watch.

ETA 2: I question their decision to make Pa and his mustache the star of the show. And to get rid of the only Asian by having the useless MacGregor daughter fire her. But I am pleased by the fact that they, like Young Riders, believe in having people do lots of random galloping.

ETA 3: I find the MacGregors annoying. I think it's the mustache and the useless daughter.

ETA 4: I like how they're sneering at the poor Ukrainian woman's fancy ideas and foreign ways in her shocking teashop. Which apparently serves dinner rather than tea and cakes.

ETA 5: OMG. TO MY HORROR I HAVE REALIZED THAT THIS SHOW WAS IN ACTUALITY SOMETHING LIKE 63 EPISODES. THE ONES I AM WATCHING ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS. THE HIGHLIGHTS..

Snowy River

HUGH JACKMAN'S PAST HAS RETURNED TO HAUNT HIM. AND THEY TOOK HIS SHIRT OFF. I would apologize for spamming your flist with this, but it is only 9 episodes and so you won't be bothered long.

OMG HE KILLED AN ENTIRE SHIP OF PEOPLE BY STEERING IT ONTO SOME ROCKS. I do not think there was a hat involved.

Still no Guy Pearce.

ETA: I love how the MacGregors discuss all of Jackman's deep trauma right in front of a complete stranger they have over for dinner. Niiiice.

HAHAHHAHAH. There is a great haunting scene with Jackman with actual ghosts descending on him.

ETA 2: This show has some of the most beautifully awful acting I have ever seen. It makes me weepy, it is so terrible. Plus, I think the Pastor's wife (the pastor is also a MacGregor) may have been a whore in the past.

ETA 3: Well, those were disappointing resolutions: no whoring, Jackman was cured and all is right with the world.

ETA 4: I don't know where Guy Pearce's cattle drive was going - possibly Antarctica - but it is taking the longest time ever. Though he is on the credits for every show. LIARS. I am sure you will be excited to know that this episode involves gypsy flamenco dancers. FOR REAL. One of them has an accordion.

ETA 5: I think the gypsy episode may have been my favourite of all. There was also a thief with a hook and prejudice. Which the MacGregors resolved because that's the sort of people they are.