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NEED PROOF? CLOUGH TALKS TULANE Anthony Hopkins plays a man of in- President Clough addresses the ENTERTAINMENT credible genius slowly being eaten away Faculty Senate about Tulane students Technique • Friday, September 16, 2005 by his flagging mind. Page 18 enrolling in Tech. Page 5

Journey into past, Bang tackles all of history in single night future By Siddhartha Parmar are rather poor at the time of their Contributing Writer show, they are forced to use their Pander to that deep dark part of imagination and make use of house- you that loves ‘80s hair bands. You What does a conversation be- hold objects on their set. Anyone can know that it calls to you. Failing tween The Virgin Mary and Mrs. use a bed sheet to make a toga, but that, just take your mom to relive Gandhi have in common with how about using two umbrellas to her high school days, terrifying and Cleopatra or even the Antebellum make a Scarlett O’Hara-style dress? horrible though the sight of it may South? The Big Bang. No, not the Or getting the Colonel Sanders look be. Chastain Park Amphitheatre is by using white shaving cream? Or, hosting “An Evening with Journey: best of all, using a lamp shade to Back…and Into the Future” tonight “How did history’s make a crown? at 7:30 p.m. greatest stars really The Big Bang is definitely worth Tickets cost $34-59. Your acid checking out. Tickets are reasonable wash jeans are just itching to get feel about their at around $20 and the play runs till worn. lives? Did The Virgin Nov. 19. The theater’s atmosphere fits Mary have the same perfectly with this play. Everyone Heal the Hood maternal problems gets a great seat, and it allows the audience to fully participate. Relief Concert as Mrs. Gandhi? As is usual for Little Five Points, Would Cleopatra the staff was well-informed and Join Nelly, David Banner, 8 Ball, friendly. During intermission, they MJG and others tomorrow night at spend most of her even serve cookies and wine and ask Philips Arena for the Heal the Hood for feedback about how their show Hurricane Relief Concert. The music time governing starts at 7 p.m. and the whole event Egypt or gosiping is hosted by Lil’ John. “Anyone can use a with her fellow Ticket prices are $25, $40 and bed sheet to make $100 with proceeds going to the divas?” relief effort in southern Missis- a toga, but how sippi, southern Alabama and New about using two Orleans as well as to the thousands Big Bang that created the universe of evacuees in Atlanta, Arkansas, but The Big Bang that is playing at umbrellas to make a St. Louis and Texas. the Horizon Theater in Little Five Scarlett O’Hara-style Points. PHOTO COURTESY HORIZON THEATRE COMPANY It has been called “Mel Brooks’ Two wannabe producers give an impromptu reenactment of the story dress? Or getting Shake your groove History of the World Part 1 meets The of Adam and Eve in an attempt to secure funding for their show. the Colonel Sanders Producers,” which is a very fitting must present the entire play in a Park comedic portrayal of history. thing, yeah yeah description. Avenue apartment to the financiers, How did history’s greatest stars look by using white The setting involves two produc- played by the audience. really feel about their lives? Did The shaving cream....” Get your soul music fix tomorrow ers who are trying to get financial After wrapping your head around Virgin Mary have the same maternal night at Chastain Park Amphitheatre backing for their musical comedy, the premise of the play, everything problems as Mrs. Gandhi? Would with the ‘70s Soul Fest. This retro the Big Bang. As “the most expensive else falls into place. It starts out with Cleopatra spend most of her time is going. festival will feature the Manhat- Broadway musical ever written” it original sin and ends prematurely at governing Egypt or gossiping with If that isn’t enough to entice tans, Dells, Chi-Lites, Dramatics calls for $83.5 million with a cast of the beginning of the 20th century. her fellow divas? one to head down to the Horizon and Stylistics. The music starts at 7 hundreds of people. Normally, a play about the his- The entire play is a fast-paced Theatre, a portion of the proceeds p.m. and tickets cost from $33.75 In order to get the necessary tory of the world would not be a big musical with hilarious lyrics and are going to aid the victims of Hur- to $53.75. financial backing, the two producers deal, but The Big Bang is unique in its great music. Because the producers ricane Katrina. Come by and get a Serene Republic turns out great album tree or two Kenneth Baskett talented lyricists and experimental You might not be too worried Contributing Writer arrangers. Not what one would about it now, but in a few months expect from a group of recent high Tech is going to turn brown and There are few times when a band school drop outs. dreary. To combat the winter blues, debuts with an album which renews However, listening to this CD it always helps to have a plant or two my faith in new artists. New bands is akin to having a child run up around and the Fernbank Science all too often fall into the trap of not and kick you in the butt, and then Center has just the thing. Tomorrow innovating. smiling innocently as if he’s done from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., they’re holding They pick the popular sound nothing. their Fall Garden and Plant Sale. It of the time and Seemingly, doesn’t cost a thing to go take a look forget that music that is the at- and they’re offering native plants, should be excit- titude they took trees, shrubs and perennials to good ing and differ- “Perhaps the best making this re- homes. All they need is a little water ent. And you song on the album cord. The play- and some love. can forget about fulness of each them actually is ‘Proposition 61.’ track allows it to being good mu- Rather than dwelling fly in under the Walk like an sicians. radar. And then That is why on the themes of it hits you, did I Egyptian I couldn’t be- love and happines just hear what I lieve my ears think I heard? lPHOTO COURTESY ARTS & CRAFTS PRODUCTIONS The Michael C. Carlos Museum when I heard spresent on the Thankfully, the The Most Serene Republic’s debut album, Underwater Cinematog- at Emory University is hosting “Ex- The Most Se- rest of the album, answer is yes rapher makes for a surprisingly good musical experience. cavating Egypt: Great Discoveries rene Republic’s every time. From the Petrie Museum of Egyptian (TMSR) debut this song recounts a Many words Herein lies one of the album’s painful experience at a party. Archaeology, University College album Under- painful experience can describe problems. All of the songs are so For this track, Jewett trades in London,” until Nov. 27. water Cinema- TMSR’s sound, rich musically that they sometimes his normally soft choral sound for The exhibit features antiqui- tographer. at a party.” but the one that cover up other important parts, like a spoken word approach. ties from the collection that was T M S R , serves best is the lyrics. Instead of using elaborate per- established by Egyptologist Wil- whose members “full”. Almost Perhaps the best song on the cussion and huge layered arrange- liam Matthew Flinders Petrie. The are Adrian Jewett, Ryan Lenssen, every song is brimming with guitars, album is “Proposition 61”. Rather ments of guitars and synthesizers, exhibits hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nick Greaves, Andrew McArthur, drums, electronic effects, piano, than dwelling on the themes of love they use one synthesizer and an Tuesday through Saturday and 12 Adam Nimmo and Emma Ditch- and Adrian Jewett’s unnaturally and happiness present on the rest p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. Admis- burn, are at once skilled musicians, high lyrics. of the album, this song recounts a See Republic, page 19 sion is $7. 18 • Friday, September 16, 2005 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT Proof paints bittersweet portrait of math genius a way of thinking that is hundreds However; the cutting irony of the to the mental illness of their father, of years old. whole matter is that there isn’t any and that Hal wants “proof” that it Such are the sentiments conjured proof that she wrote this ingenious is her work—a total breach of trust up in one’s mind after seeing Proof. mathematical piece of material. and faith. Set in the a chilly autumn in the Windy City, it stars Gwyneth Pal- “Proof is a fast-paced emotional roller trow as the angst-ridden mathemati- cal genius Catherine so much like coaster that makes the audience genuinely her brilliant but mentally disturbed feel for the problems and frustrations of its father (Anthony Hopkins) and Jake Gyllenhaal, sporting an unshaven characters.” look unseen in his Donnie Darko Catherine must deal with the Proof is a fast-paced emotional days, playing Howard, an eager and inner turmoil of knowing she did roller coaster that makes the audience kind grad student who labors over her best work when her father was genuinely feel for the problems and his mathematics looking for his big slowly fading away, that her sister is “break” into the published world. convinced that she is succumbing See Proof, page 23 Hope Davis plays Paltrow’s es- tranged, perky, “to do list” obsessed sister whose interference is not only a day late and a dollar short, but ill-founded and a major source of contention. After her father’s death, Catherine must endure the frequent visits of Hal, as he prepares to go through all of her father’s notebooks in hopes that during the last years of his mental demise Catherine’s father perhaps continued to develop elegant proofs of pure mathematical genius, as he once had produced in his earlier days. PHOTO COURTESY MIRAMAX FILMS Catherine’s sister arrives home Gwyneth Paltrow and Jake Gyllenhaal find love in the wake of the to Chicago to attend to the funeral death of Paltrow’s character’s father, a mentally disturbed genius. and her sister. By Priscilla Revis of calculations that have taken several As tension mounts between the Contributing Writer hours to complete, that we will have characters, it soon becomes evident that one earth-shattering moment that maybe the father was not the As intellectuals perpetually burn- in which our tireless endeavors will only mathematical genius in the ing the “midnight oil” here at Tech, generate the epiphany of a lifetime: family: Catherine had developed an PHOTO COURTESY MIRAMAX FILMS many of us fantasize, as a puddle of a contribution so huge and utterly exquisite proof while caring for her Anthony Hopkins, who could probably turn taking an afternoon nap nap time drool forms on several pages remarkable that we will revolutionize father in his disturbed later years. into a filmworthy endeavor, plays an aging mathematical genius. ENTERTAINMENT Technique • Friday, September 16, 2005 • 19 Republic from page 17 01001011010T0WO101 B01ITS00110101001110010 acoustic guitar, along with plenty of hand clapping and even a human Two Bits Man marvels at the spectacle of women trying to decide what the hell to wear beatbox. Last week, my girlfriend had a bit women of the world: what the hell Not that guys are that much dreadful fate with a little Best Week “King of No One” is a sparsely of a vacation—owing to the fact that is wrong with you? How do you better. I personally consider it to be Ever or a rousing game of Halo 2. arranged song, which essentially her school was more or less blown even get out of the house in the a supreme accomplishment if I get Such an act would surely leave my puts the listener into a huge group away by the hurricane*—and she morning? to any sort of formal function and judgment impaired, despite the fact of people, like a park or a mall food decided to spend her time off with Have you ever heard of those that it will have no effect whatsoever court, through the excellent use of none other than yours truly. This people who have had a specific sort on anything. background effects. occurrence allowed me the hardly of brain damage where their left “As a person who Apparently, even though my The last song before the epilogue unique opportunity to observe a and right hemispheres don’t con- has never in his opinion is wholly ignored, it is highly curious female ritual, one full of nect anymore? Yeah, the ones who valued. It’s like being the significant great woe and of me repeatedly say- will deliberate endlessly on the most life spent more other to the automated message that “‘King of No one’ is ing things like, “No, you don’t look trivially inane crap because they no than 10 minutes companies play periodically when- fat in that dress.” longer have the capacity to discern ever they put you on hold. a sparsely arranged I speak, of course, of watching (I what matters are actually important getting dressed for “Your call is very important to us, song, which would have said “helping,” but let’s enough to worry about for hours anything, I’d just now just sit there and nod politely face it, she may have said she was on end. while we try on our thirtieth outfit essentially puts the asking for my opinion, but really That’s what you look like to guys like to say to you, of the evening.” listener into a huge, she just wanted to make sure that I when you spend hour after horrific the women of the As I close this piece, I’d just like hadn’t escaped) my girlfriend pick hour trying out every possible per- to say—and this is not at all moti- like a park or a mall out an outfit for a wedding that we mutation on three skirts, two tops, world: what the hell vated by anything I might have said food court, through had to attend. a necklace, a jacket and two sets of is wrong with you?” which could interrupt my getting As a person who has never in earrings. any lovin’—that my girlfriend is the excellent use of his life spent more than 10 minutes totally awesome and pretty and background effects.” getting dressed for anything, I’d don’t discover that I’m wearing one smart (much smarter, in fact, than just like to say to you, the black sock and one blue sock. On top some goon writing meaningless of that, it has recently come to my editorial pieces in his stupid, old, attention that the colors black and school newspaper)...Don’t leave me on the record, “You’re A Loose Can- brown ought not be worn together. baby! I love you! non McArthur…But You Get The I’ve also been told that this is such Job Done” sounds completely differ- common knowledge that the very ent from the rest of the album. idea of somebody not being familiar “I personally After hearing a man call to a with it should be hilarious. Still, at consider it to woman, “Wait, there’s this one least I’m not hurting anybody with more thing,” the song explodes my fashion faux pas, unless, of be a supreme into a musical tour de force, bring- course, you count being seen accomplishment if ing the listener to a state of sadness with me. when it ends three minutes and 41 The same cannot be said I get to any sort of seconds later. for my girlfriend’s endless formal function and Overall, this is a commendable parade of slight variations debut album. It is by no means of a clothing theme to which don’t discover that perfect. The skill displayed by the I am chained like a coyote I’m wearing one band, however, definitely makes caught in a bear trap. This them one to watch. simile is particularly apropos black sock and one Is this album worth buying? For because, like the coyote, I have blue sock.” most no, it is not. If you’re not into considered chewing my own limbs Indie rock or you’re left shaking your off in order to escape head at some of the excerpts, TMSR is I mean, it’s not like my presence *Don’t worry, the article isn’t going probably not for you. However, if you is actually needed, but God forbid to devolve into me plying you to give know what I’m talking about or you that I should presume to walk the money to the Red Cross or anything… just like new music, buy this album. 10 whole feet over to the television primarily because you should have You won’t be disappointed. so that I could at least multitask my already done so, you greedy bastards.

Come to our weekly staff meeting- 7:00 on Tuesdays in the Student Services Building. No experience necessary. Free pizza and cokes! 20 • Friday, September 16, 2005 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT Bridgetown delights with great Jamaican fare By Darshini Nanavati about the menu. The wait time is restaurant produces a burrito of Contributing Writer decent although one would expect such quality is surprising. It costs faster service at slower times in a lot less than the burritos available Located less than a mile away the day. at Mexican restaurants and tastes from Barnes and Nobles, at the Prices are not too expensive. A much better. corner of West Peachtree St. and plentiful meal S e a rc h i n g 3rd St., Bridgetown Tropical Grill for two includ- the menu may ing tip, but with “A plentiful meal for reveal good deals no appetizers like the Jamai- “Ambient lighting can come out to two including tip but can Burrito. At and wooden around $20 if with no appetizers lunchtime it chosen wisely. costs $8 for the decorations However, failing can come out to first burrito and provide a casual to order appetiz- around $20 if chosen you can get a ers may keep one second one for environment with a waiting a while wisely.” $2 to $3 more. tropical touch.” for the food to Bridgeport By Darshini Nanavati / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS come out. The also does cater- Bridgetown Tropical Grill and Bar serves up excellent Jamaican food, meals come with two side dishes ing and has a second floor with a huge and Bar offers a delicious Jamaican and on top of that, they make mean veggie burrito. of choice and there is enough food room and full bar for parties. cuisine for those that are tired of in a dish to satisfy the largest of Overall, Bridgetown Tropical the usual burritos and Asian bowls lighting and wooden decorations which offers a great view of the city appetites. Grill and Bar has good food that is offered at Tech Square. provide a casual environment with streets for fans of people watching. Plenty of meals for vegetarians not too expensive at great a location In the just before noon, the a tropical touch. More people seem The servers at Bridgetown Grill are available as well here, such as the and is definitely worth one visit if restaurant is not too busy. Ambient to prefer eating outside on the patio, are very friendly and knowledgeable Vegetarian Burrito. That a Jamaican not many more.

sliver www.nique.net/sliver I was responsible for at least 50% of the published slivers. seriously guys, if you know the urinal doesn’t work, and it’s full to the brim, stop pee- ing in it! “Throw a little woo at her and see what sticks” -Boom- hower Hey smokers... The world isn’t your f’n ashtray... If you junkies can’t give up your filthy habit, at least stop the littering... What’s up with the colon cleansing infomercial con- stantly running on PAX? Gross.... And a big F-U goes out to the Stinger driver that made eye-contact with me as she drove on by the stop where me and 2 other people were standing Rugby is for girls. ahh, sheer the shire wind blows ere not congratulations to the new Fall 2005 pledge class of Omega Phi Alpha! :) New school year and STAC major is still a joke. Seriously, get your flag foot- ball practice off my rugby field. Who practices flag football anyways? Can’t you find a more constructive competi- tive outlet? Play club sports, screw in- tramurals. Oh, and people who practice whiffleball are worse than Flag Football practicers my LCC teacher is hot in a librarian sort of way. I wonder if she puts out? who cares about dave barry? I sure hope this week’s tech- nique has lots of articles about stuff nobody cares about. We should start an exchange student program. Where we exchange our exchange stu- dents to UGA for girls. Can we bus our bums to New Orleans with the rest of the ‘fugees once the clean up is done?

See page 30 for more Slivers. ENTERTAINMENT Technique • Friday, September 16, 2005 • 21 THEME CROSSWORD: TINY TILLERS By Robert Zimmerman 55. “Dukes of 98. Horned viper 12. Race official United Features Syndicate Hazzard” Deputy 101. Rawboned 13. Upperclassman: 56. English 102. Competent abbr. ACROSS composer 103. Unspecified 14. Eateries 57. Imparts person 15. Gen. — Bradley 1. Gunnysack 59. Tocsin 104. Guiding light 16. Insect stage 4. Tragedian 60. A cardinal 106. Raison — 17. Stopwatch 9. At — — number 108. World of s 18. Contemptuous for words 61. Turbinate fruit cholarship 25. Cozy spot at home 14. NFL players 62. Large numbers 113. End of the 26. African insect 19. Slip up 64. Ambit quip: 4 wds. 28. Inspections 20. — diem 65. Stiff straw hat 116. Append 32. Cooked in water 21. Dense cake 68. Western 117. Uproar 34. Tests 22. With full force Indian 118. Gave a t 36. Student at Annapolis 23. Before now 69. Felt for icket to 37. Form of oxygen 24. Start of a quip 71. Cuts down, 119. Unearthly 38. Businesslike: hyph. by Steven as a tree 120. Vast expanse 39. Stitched Wright: 6 wds. 72. “The — of 121. Acts as emcee 42. Do without 27. Presently the Shrew” 122. Bell-bottoms 44. Even - tempered 29. Source 75. Disencumber feature 45. Garden flower of down 76. Knock 123. Abolished 46. Scary guy 30. Functioned 79. Jeans fabric 124. Highlander’s 47. Certain party mem. 31. Internet 80. Eastern hat 49. Fastens address: abbr. Europeans 50. Swellhead’s problem 32. Auction 81. Sign 51. Torn apart 33. Summer 83. A Teasdale DOWN 52. Holiday time garments 84. Severely simple 54. Plant of the tropics © 2005 United Features Syndicate, Inc. 35. Metric area 86. Part 3 of 1. Hit on the noggin 58. Clairvoyance: abbr. 79. “Mr. Mom” 100. Latin Quarter city 36. Some quip: 5 wds. 2. Jason’s ship 61. Recorded a 80. Shade of brown 101. Tresses apartments, 89. JFK’s 3. Expand certain way 82. Distance jogged 105. Monotonous speech for short predecessor 4. Pop music 63. Ballroom dance 83. Elegant party 107. Lab device 39. Amati relative 90. Part of variety: 2 wds. 64. Smart 85. Slacken 108. So be it! 40. Outer: abbr. USDA: abbr. 5. Plots 66. Settled after flight 87. Chalice 109. Funny fellow 41. Before life 92. Eye 6. Old city in 67. Abbr. on a map 88. Moved heavily 110. Vertical spar on Earth 93. Public Asia Minor 70. Peace goddess on wheels 111. Brainstorm 42. Hooves disturbances 7. Work 71. Prolonged quarrel 91. Plant part 112. Name in a 43. Coarse file 94. Tell tales 8. Rule: abbr. 73. Name in “Exodus” 95. Sire palindrome 45. Turf 95. Improbable 9. Noted barbarian 74. Popular search 96. Wear down 114. Lopsided 48. Part 2 of account 10. Three sheets engine 97. Player on ice 115. Cathedral town quip: 3 wds. 97. Stretcher to the wind 77. Ridge 98. Disconcert 53. Farrago on wheels 11. French department 78. Chump 99. Tussle: hyph. See Solutions, page 24 ENTERTAINMENT Technique • Friday, September 16, 2005 • 23

Rome sets about its bloody business Proof from page 18 frustrations of its characters. With quick cuts and up-close Lucius Vorenus (Kevin McKidd, modern viewers can relate. in Italy with the rest of the series, are shots between characters in con- By Kristen Noell Kingdom of Heaven) and Titus Pullo Rome is a fresh new take on an absolutely breathtaking. Copy Editor (Ray Stevenson, King Arthur) of the oft-told tale. Though Caesar, Antony However, the acid test of the famed 13th Legion. The two men and the rest play a part in this epic production values, a properly epic “Proof deals with When in Rome, do as the must retrieve the Legion’s stolen drama, the primary focus is on the ancient battle, has yet to appear on Romans do; when on HBO, have standard, and from this point on, experiences of Pullo and Vorenus. the show. The best they have done so the complexities of an excess of sex and violence to Rome becomes Other charac- far is a brief glimpse of the fighting human relationships, attract viewers. t he persona l ters that are of- during the Battle of Alesia where On any other channel, HBO’s story of two very ten pushed aside Caesar finally conquered Gaul. the fact that being new series Rome (Sundays, 9:00 different men: “Another selling in the history Although the cast is not made up misunderstood p.m.) would be somewhat interest- honorable and point for the series books, such as ing, maybe a bit more educational austere Vorenus Caesar’s niece is a lonely, dark is the sheer scale and wild lover of Atia, mother “Rome is fresh new place and that life, Pullo. of the production, of Octavian, “Rome brings In Caesar’s his heir, receive take on an oft- watching a loved a joint venture ancient history to a absence, a great more atten- told tale. Though one’s once brilliant gulf has formed between the BBC tion. more personal level between the rul- For those Caesar, Antony and mind deteriorate and HBO....” with these two men. ing class and the who watched the rest play a part sometimes must be lower classes. ABC’s Empire The history beomes Pompey Magnus this summer in this epic drama, suffered in silence.” tangible enough for is serving as Consul with Caesar, and found six episodes to be entirely the primary focus is from Gaul, serving as his Co-Con- too little to cover something as com- flict, as well as frequent flash-backs average viewers to sul. However, Cato and his faction plex as ancient Roman history, take on the experiences which serve as a means of character understand and even convince him to renounce Caesar, heart. Rome promises to take things of Pullo and introspection, the director grasps fearing that Caesar’s popularity will much more slowly and with greater the audience’s attention in order to enjoy.” challenge their authority and wealth attention to detail. Best of all, if you Vorenus.” break their hearts into a thousand when he returns. don’t understand something or get pieces. When the army crosses the character relationships confused, Proof deals with the complexi- and much less epic. As it is, this Rubicon, Pullo stands with Caesar you can always refer to www.hbo. of the best-known actors, the acting ties of human relationships, the show is one big festival of nudity and Vorenus harbors deep fears com/rome, an excellent resource leaves little to be desired. There are fact that being misunderstood is a and blood. Not that I’m knocking of committing treason against his that includes a glossary of terms some particularly nice casting sur- lonely, dark place and that watching it; quite the opposite—all that beloved homeland. and characters. prises, such as young Octavian, who a loved one’s once brilliant mind sex and violence just adds to the Rome brings ancient history to Another selling point for the series is played impressively by 16-year-old deteriorate sometimes must be suf- overall realism. a more personal level with these is the sheer scale of the production, Max Pirkis. One might remember fered in silence. Fortunately, there’s a lot more two men. The history becomes a joint venture between the BBC him as the brave kid who loses his Bittersweet, though it may be, to Rome than that. The year is 52 tangible enough for average viewers and HBO, who last produced the arm in Master and Commander. Proof leaves a sense of hope within B.C., and Caesar (Ciáran Hines, to understand and even enjoy. Plot 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers History, intrigue, civil war, sex, us, a sense that despite all of life’s dif- The Phantom of the Opera) and his elements from a fight with a wife together. The sets and costuming violence, romance and all kinds of ficulties, reaching out and embracing army, including Mark Antony or mother to visits to a whorehouse are particularly amazing; in addi- drama—what more could you want? the tragedies and joys of this existence (James Purefoy, Vanity Fair), are make the past less distant from the tion to the authenticity, there’s just Rome offers something for everyone, are what life is all about returning to Rome from a war present. The people are more than something commanding about white assuming the history-lovers can The proof of this is all around in Gaul. names in a textbook—they are real columns and red soldiers’ capes. appreciate the graphic content of us, if only we are willing to search It is at this point that we meet people with problems to which even Stunning countryside vistas, filmed the series. for it.