![]() ![]() Fee, in the Missing Years, was a lot worse than the Fee in the original. because she has to hear about it everyday and suffer through her denial that "He's just a child-he'll grow out of it." It made sense that she kept saying that. Plus the fact that Dane, at a young age such as 10, knows he wants to be a priest is a harsher blow to Meggie. Ralph and Dane had a strong connection even when Dane is a youngster. Meggie DOES love Dane more than Justine-it's shown in their first scene together in the original, she TOLD Justine she did-the younger Justine picked up on it more-the sibling rivalry for Justine against Dane was realistic. In the original series, young Meggie says "I'll never love any of my children different from the others." "Missing Years" shows that she's contradicted herself. In the original, it takes awhile before it's shown that Dane IS Meggie's favorite. After all, you needed to see Meggie's partiality to Dane as a child. ![]() It was highly important that there be a young Dane. Granted, Philip Anglim had a strong resemblance to Richard Chamberlain and could easily be seen as an adult version of a Meggie-Ralph combination. He seemed, to me, more real than his zombie-like adult counterpart. I liked the young boy that played Dane.I thought he did a great job. But he's supposed to be-he's the more priestly version of his father. Granted, in the original, he just meets Dane as an adult.so there's a plot difference there, I'll admit. It was good that he meet Dane at a younger age and get to know him. Also, in the original, Ralph said he'd always felt closer to Dane. We see his placidness and calmness in several instances. Well, in the Missing Years, young Dane seems at peace with his decision. ![]() In the original, Dane said he'd always wanted to be a priest. If anything, it was easier for me to see young Dane first and THEN adult Dane. If his reputation is already on the line (and no doubt, would be severely tarnished if Dane's paternity were revealed), how would it look for Archbishop De Bricassart to be hugging and kissing Meggie at the train station? Dane's character seemed true to how it was in the original. Their parting in Missing Years was sweet and brought tears to my eyes. Like in the original, they had fought their passion.so it stood to reason that they tried to tell themselves, once again, that they were over their passion. The way they saw each other after their 10 years of being apart (by accident) and both were taken away. He is shown suffering in "Missing Years." In the original, it seemed like he decided to show up.waiting 19 years to do so. Why should Ralph and Meggie wait 19 years? If anything, it brought an interesting reason for Ralph's return: he was ordered. Some people say that Missing Years is a bad piece. I sat down with sodas watched it from beginning to end. I mean, so what if the people aren't the same? One day I broke down and bought the whole series. I didn't know where to get the series.and then about a year ago, they showed "The Missing Years." This series introduced me to Ralph and Meggie, and, admittedly, it was hard to follow the storyline. What started my interest in The Thorn Birds WAS "The Missing Years." I read the article on the series in TV Guide (a '97 Valentine's Day issue) that named Ralph and Meggie as one of the most romantic couples on television. ![]()
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