i be utterly disappoint by this movie . i have recently buy both series on dvd a i have see the first one in the past and like it very much . while the first mini series be fantastic and the second one be just awful . i could only watch half of it because it seem to have little in common with the original thorn bird while it simply lack the romance and the character do not possess the emotional depth of the first series . fee cleary and the tough and quiet woman we all know from the first series and couldn not stop talk in this one . also and the dialogue be pathetic and it almost seem like a parody of the first mini series . absolutely disappointed .