Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Peereddi I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

lancer165 Have now finished this series. An interesting twist was thrown into the mix. I know the tale and have read much theorising about the incident. America was settled by many who had left the British Isles and of course elsewhere from mainly Protestant lands. The heaven and hell and Satan with his demons figured greatly in the preaching and as a warning about transgressions. While some good ideas are out there about how this became an epidemic it may never be fully known.Some nations did persecute mainly women. The herbalists of then were seen as maybe witches and many superstitious stories told did not help. Women were the main target for some reason. James 1 had a fear of witchcraft. I have no idea how many were MURDERED and this is what the twist in the story is about.This story tells us that witches do indeed exist and that if we think about the actual real world the Puritan may indeed have unwittingly been the agent of evil. Many so called faithful parents were cruel to children in the name of their God and his laws. The inquisition was forged from interpretations of the Bible by Jesuits.Within the tale here is a long drawn out love story and in this a pregnant deserted? Mary succumbed to solve a problem. It did indeed solve more than one until her real love thought dead returned.The outcome overall was satisfying to the audience that took the tale at face value. The pedant of course will not be.There are a few supernatural series out there with other superstitious night creatures as even the heroes. I can enjoy the twists that are thrown in but they are usually follow on from Movie plots. Underworld a fair example. They are mostly for a much younger audience. A few things of course in this did not gel but all in all the story was well told and quite acceptable.Glad it had an ending that was not too rushed.

alphonse-68939 The main strength of Salem is its plot line, the Salem Witch Trial were real and witches were involved. This in itself could have been quite an interesting story. The plot is both interesting and captivating. Scenes of salaciousness and gore are abundant, almost Game of Thrones level.But it is all undermined by a weak and frankly moronic script. The show presents all witches present as evil, no chance for even a hint of any of them desiring to do good. This in itself is insulting to actual practitioners of witchcraft, Wiccans and other Pagans world over. The Christians in the show are presented as hypocrites but at least they are not genocidal hypocrites; at least that's how the first season began but by Season 1 end, you can hardly distinguish one from the other because they all do the exact same things. Salem is also quite horrifying and not in an entertaining way, on how it presents the female characters.Basically, all the women on the show who are shown as independent or strong are either all evil or end up dying, literally, every woman in the show who shows an interest in sex is either evil or ends up dead.The characters would have been interesting but the script undermines them and makes them uninteresting. Nonetheless, Janet Montgomery's character, Mary Sibley is quite entertaining.Without mentioning the numerous plot holes and unresolved side stories the show is quite terrible. World building as well is weak, the magic performed by the witches is hardly understandable. One moment someone chants a strange language and then another moment spells are cast in English. There is no consistency of any kind. Basically, the magic whatever the scriptwriters came up on the crapper while reading a mishmash of Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings and whatever teenage targetted novel they read.Salem is TV show written by mostly male writers with some very ridiculous notions and lack of worldly experience.It's basically "Interview with a Vampire" meets witches and TV cable. I strongly advise people against watching the show.

Liz Fediw I wish there were more shows like this. I"m not a big TV series watcher, but this show has really captivated me. I can't wait to watch every episode and I'm looking forward to watching Season 3. I love the setting in historic Salem, and all the costumes. The acting is truly great, not just by the lead characters either. Janet Montgomery is really wonderful..and so nice to see Lucy Lawless again. What I love most, is how it tries to explain the mystery behind the witch trials which gives it a realistic type of approach and how the witches receive their powers. There is just so much information building up on the characters.and you feel the emotional dilemmas they all face as well as the other characters.I really recommend this show..and I hope that the producers can continue with the show for a long time.

v-ley I only give it two stars simply because of the costumes. The acting, the entire cast/plot/script is just so awful, I can't get past the first episode. I tried with all my might to watch it in it's entirety, but failed to. It is so cheesy and dumb. There isn't one single male or female that I found even remotely attractive, let alone a colony of witches? Even the special effects are dumb. I honestly don't mind the spoken word being more modern, couldn't tolerate the "Ye" and the "Yay" anyhow. There is nothing remotely poetic about this series, other than it should have been canceled a long, long time ago. I would rather a more lengthy "The Last Kingdom" to have continued than this slop. No wonder everyone is absolutely loving "Starz" with their "Black Sails, "Vikings" and "Outlander" series available for rent. I will catch-up on all BBC-2, PBS, Starz, Masterpiece Theater(Poldark), etc shows than this one, any day! I've taken the entire Summer to binge watch series and this one, by far, is the very worst of them all..And yet, no season 3 of "the Fall" for viewing? Really? Bring back "Sparticus" and other shows that had some meat on them, this one is just for the youngsters.