TV stuffs

Howards End continues to be fantastic. What I like about it is that it goes slower than the Merchant/Ivory film, so the characters just get a bit more development. (The Schlegel sisters also share clothing, which is a subtle touch I love.) As I get older, I relate more and more to Margaret - I'm not sure how old she's supposed to be, I've pictured her as about 30 (maybe because of Emma Thompson) which was certainly not too old for someone to get married in 1910, but old enough that it was like, huh, you're still unattached, then? Which is how I feel people see being long-term single at 30 today, so. So I like having more time to get into her head. To me, the film is third person objective perspective, while this series is third person omniscient.

I want to enjoy Godless, because it really is filmed very well, but even beyond the "too many male characters" and "historical = bloody and sexually violent" issues, I just can't get over the way that "crappy, inaccurate female costuming" is for some reason a fundamental trope of Westerns. Why? Why why why? The costumes appear to be made well, but the people who love Westerns apparently just loooooove those 1960s-1970s Late Victorian Mishmash (with Lots of Hair) outfits and so the designers go out of their way to be ahistorical, and I just. don't get. it. Would it really be bad if the clothing was right? Would people be offended if all the sleeves were fitted or there were fewer loose blouses tucked into skirts?