Dynasty

1981

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Released: 12 January 1981 Ended
Producted By: Aaron Spelling Productions
Country: United States of America
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The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch; Krystle, his former secretary and wife; his children: Adam, lost in childhood after a kidnapping; Fallon, pampered and spoiled; Steven, openly gay; and Amanda, hidden from him by his ex-wife, the conniving Alexis. Most of the show features the conflict between 2 large corporations, Blake's Denver Carrington and Alexis' ColbyCo.

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JinRoz For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!
Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
Bumpy Chip It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
StuOz A rich American family, the Carringtons, fight for power and oil.I don't usually review soap operas, but I always review campy TV dramas and Dynasty is about as campy as they get.Each season ended with an over-the-top cliff-hanger ending which twice involved a building burning to the ground (with people inside) and once or twice involved people being shot. I loved it.As a male, I never cared about, or hardly even noticed, the constant change of clothing given to the female leads...others found this so interesting...but not me...to me, Dynasty was all about the wonderfully acted out Carrington dramatics and amusing snotty comments given out by Joan Collins (Alexis).The series probably should have ended two seasons sooner than it did as the last two years (seasons eight and nine) were missing some of the punch of previous years and Joan Collins sometimes even went missing in season nine to save budget costs.Dynasty without Joan Collins is less pleasing (she is missing all together in season one) so seasons two to seven (six seasons all together) are when the show shined most brightly.A much less talked about element to the series is the grand music scores that played over some of the early seasons, for example in the plot line when Blake Carrington (played well by John Forsythe) was blinded. To me at least, music is vital to all kinds of TV drama and this is one of the very few 1980s TV shows that still cared about quality music composers (by about 1977 the quality of TV music went down hill).So that is Dynasty, to be enjoyed by females AND males, for six seasons it set the world on fire, and it still holds up when watched today on DVD. Enjoy!
ShelbyTMItchell The show started out to being Blake ruthless until his actor, the late John Forsythe wanted to make him sympathetic as you have to feel bad for his character.But the ratings went sky high when the woman you loved to hate Alexis played deliciously by Joan Collins came on as a rival for Blake and for his new wife, Krystal(Linda Evans).As it shows wealth and power. Along with family like the openly gay Steve, one of the first at the time for someone being gay in the 1980s, son you loved to hate Adam but just misunderstood, spoiled brat Fallon who ended up with amnesia and changed from Pamela Sue Martin to Emma Samms.Show showed glitz and glamor. And in a sense was like Dallas to begin with. But really the show stood on it's own. It was the ABC's answer to Dallas in CO.
earlytalkie "Dynasty" is a series which starts out fair, builds up to being over-the-top camp, then gets really ridiculous. The show starts out as a straightforward semi-clone of "Dallas" with some attractive people in conflict. In this first season, by far the most irritating character is Lindsey, the daughter of Claudia and Matthew Blaisdell. Her most memorable line comes after she finds out her parents had to get married and she asks her Father: "Am I a bastard?" She whines and grimaces her way through her part and we are relieved that she is not in any subsequent season. The second season is where the series really comes to life when Joan Collins joins the show as Alexis. Her "feud" with Krystle (Linda Evans) is where the show hits it's peak. The series continues to be interesting through seasons three and four, but starting in season five, when Amanda comes in is where the story lines get really ridiculous. After the infamous "wedding massacre" episode, things really go down hill. In my opinion, the early seasons were the best, and the later seasons were really pushing the envelope for credibility.
sexysalonikon Where else can you find the bitchiest 50 year old, dressed in the most extravagant gowns of all time? Sounds like the perfect show to me! Yes, Dynasty was without a doubt that one show that basically encouraged fans to sit back, put up their feet and watch how these "rich bastards" are living! No other show, not even the ultra popular Dallas, could take fantasy to that level. The show made you feel as though you too could be a Carrington living in a mansion and drinking champange. The "storylines" or perhaps lack of, left plenty of room to emphasize what audiences really wanted to see: sex, power, vanity and the most expensive jewels in all the world! This is Dynasty and the 80s at its very best!

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