# Anne with an "E" - New Netflix series of Anne of Green Gables **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, netflix\ **Created:** [May 18, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anne-with-an-e-new-netflix-series-of-anne-of-green-gables/786881 "2017-05-18T00:24:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anne-with-an-e-new-netflix-series-of-anne-of-green-gables/786881/1 "2017-05-18T00:24:22Z")
Has anyone else watched this? It’s a more modern retelling, still set in the same period, but trying to interject 21st century sensibility, which can be jarring. And needless non-source material to make Anne’s life, both pre- and post-Avonlea pretty bleak. But it’s filmed beautifully. This [Slate review is pretty honest](http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/television/2017/05/netflix_s_anne_with_an_e_reviewed.html). > [@](#): > > But where most versions of the coming-of-age story—which follows the titular orphan as she is adopted by an aging brother and sister and then endears herself to the surrounding community with her imagination and optimism—are sweet, bordering on sentimental, Anne With an E has proudly aligned itself with the 2010s trend of the gritty reboot. > > All seven episodes of Anne With an E are penned by a screenwriter who knows from darkness, Breaking Bad’s Moira Walley-Beckett. Walley-Beckett has said that she set out from the beginning to explore the gloomier side of its seemingly sunny protagonist. “I wanted to dramatize it and I wanted it to feel visceral,” she told Entertainment Weekly. “I wanted you to know exactly what her origin story was so that we could really understand her original wounding and the stakes that were at play for her.” > > The very phrase “gritty Anne of Green Gables reboot” could dim the expectations of even the most hopeful redhead, but that is exactly what Anne With an E delivers. StG ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anne-with-an-e-new-netflix-series-of-anne-of-green-gables/786881/2 "2017-05-18T00:29:56Z")
Just started watching it. I’m liking it a lot! Very poignant moments in the first episode. This is not all sunshine and buttercups. AnnE is adorable and very spunky. Lou Grant: “I hate spunk.” But most of us like it. I’m a redhead by choice and proud of it. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anne-with-an-e-new-netflix-series-of-anne-of-green-gables/786881/3 "2017-05-18T01:38:01Z")
I tried to[start a thread last week but got ignored](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=826265). My thoughts are there (and include spoilers, fwiw). ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anne-with-an-e-new-netflix-series-of-anne-of-green-gables/786881/4 "2017-05-18T02:43:29Z")
> [@Lsura](#): > > I tried to[start a thread last week but got ignored](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=826265). > My thoughts are there (and include spoilers, fwiw). I had read that the series was coming, but didn’t notice it until Netflix shoved it in my face this evening on my Roku. I didn’t read the spoilers in your post, but I’ll come back after I’ve watched a few more episodes. About 20 minutes into the first episode, I sent a text to a friend I know would love the show and told her, “Anne will remind you of your daughter.” When her daughter was middle school up through most of high school she was a major league chatterbox. Never. Shut. Up. When she would go somewhere or finally go to bed, my friend, her husband, and their son would look at each other and heave a sigh of relief as they sank into the blessed silence. 😃 I’ve started soooo many threads that died on the vine. I hate it when that happens. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anne-with-an-e-new-netflix-series-of-anne-of-green-gables/786881/5 "2017-05-18T22:43:45Z")
The Barbarian family loved it, and the oldest child was greatly disappointed with the cliffhanger at the season’s end. (We watched it on CBC, being Canadians and all) ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anne-with-an-e-new-netflix-series-of-anne-of-green-gables/786881/6 "2020-01-14T00:26:06Z")
I’m bumping this because Netflix just released the 3rd season of Anne with an “E”. They seem to have departed wholly now from the source material. There are some things I still like about this, but Anne now seems like some cross between Nellie Bly and Greta Thunberg with some Jane Fonda thrown in. StG ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anne-with-an-e-new-netflix-series-of-anne-of-green-gables/786881/7 "2020-01-14T15:00:41Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > I’m bumping this because Netflix just released the 3rd season of Anne with an “E”. > > They seem to have departed wholly now from the source material. There are some things I still like about this, but Anne now seems like some cross between Nellie Bly and Greta Thunberg with some Jane Fonda thrown in. > > StG I started watching this series when it first showed up on Netflix. I enjoyed it, although Anne took some getting used to. She can be quite annoying. I kind of lost interest in it at some point in the 2nd season. I keep seeing the 3rd season on my Netflix list and have thought more than once that I should get back into it but I have several other series I’m currently watching. Thank you, you have helped me make up my mind. I don’t think I could take a character that is already kind of annoying and then throw Thunberg and Fonda into the mix! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anne-with-an-e-new-netflix-series-of-anne-of-green-gables/786881/8 "2020-01-14T17:30:34Z")
I preferred [the version with Ella Ballentine as Anne](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4820224/reference) to this version. The both suffer from Anne being insufferable [Mary Sues](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Laconic/MarySue)\*, but at least that one doesn’t glorify the fact in its theme song. - Yes, I know that’s not technically correct. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anne-with-an-e-new-netflix-series-of-anne-of-green-gables/786881/9 "2020-01-15T13:48:58Z")
It’s a well-done series. Great acting, great scenery and costumes. It does evoke a bit of Doctor Quinn, Politically Correct Woman and is a bit hamfisted in how it handles social issues. Nonetheless, it’s a great story well portrayed. Too bad there won’t be a season 4. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anne-with-an-e-new-netflix-series-of-anne-of-green-gables/786881/10 "2020-01-16T03:39:34Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > It’s a well-done series. Great acting, great scenery and costumes. It does evoke a bit of Doctor Quinn, Politically Correct Woman and is a bit hamfisted in how it handles social issues. Nonetheless, it’s a great story well portrayed. Too bad there won’t be a season 4. Have you heard this is the last season?I guess if so, they got Gilbert and Anne together. StG