thoughts spurred by new BBC Emma!

[lettered]

One day, I'd like to post about these things:

1) The lecture I heard once on how Emma is a maturation of Sense and Sensibility.
2) The Gwenyth Paltrow Emma versus the Kate Beckinsale one (*waves flag for latter*)
3) How girls in period costume with modern accoutrement make me feel funny (a la here:

Comments

[kita0610]

She looks WAYYY more like a wee Katie Sackhoff than Kartheiser ever remotely resembled Jackson Browne.

[lettered]

HAHAHAH DID YOU NOT SEE WHERE CONNOR AND BROWNE WORE THE SAME SHIRT???

She's so hot, I die ded. ...I have a thing for people with big faces.

[kita0610]

That's...a weird fucking fetish, J.

[lettered]

Not much weirder than your love of massive foreheads.

(though I have that too.)

[tinyholidays]

Oh, wow! Thanks for posting this! I'm guessing Romola Garai is Emma? I really like her. In fact, I like her loads better than Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Beckinsale. I saw her playing Cordelia in the Ian McKellen King Lear on PBS's Great Performances a few weeks ago, and she was very good. Looking at her imdb... apparently she was in a version of I Capture the Castle in 2003? How have I never seen that?

[lettered]

I Capture the Castle was actually the first thing I saw her in! I actually haven't read the book, but I was a fan of Dodie Smith from--yes--101. I didn't like the movie that much, but from it I guessed that I wouldn't have liked the book, because the story isn't terribly compelling to me. But for all I know it was a quality adaptation of the novel. Mostly I remember it because I thought Garai was hot

[lettered]

Oh yes, iirc I Capture The Castle had David Bamber reprise his role as Mr. Collins in it. Different vicar, same slimy. I love that guy!

[semby]

Ooh, I didn't know there was a new BBC Emma! I'll have to find a way to watch.

[lettered]

I know I know I know!!! I've been waiting for it; I can't believe I missed the casting announcement. Apparently it will be on this autumn.

It's going to be 4 parts, which is nice. Though I wish they'd do some Austen 6 parters like P&P. It really upset me that they shortened Persuasion so much (it was just feature length) when they did the recent--uh, redo. That story benefits so much from a slow unfold and every adaptation I've seen of it really doesn't do it justice.

[icyaurora8]

this is kinda off topic... but number 2 made me think of this (2) The Gwenyth Paltrow Emma versus the Kate Beckinsale one (*waves flag for latter*))

did you every watch Much Ado About Nothing? whenever i hear Kate's name, that is always one of the first things i think about. plus it always makes me giggle a little to see so many big name actors in it... it's rather enjoyable! and... though not the Emma you are talking about... gotta love Emma Thompson in it... her speech at the end to Benedick about killing someone for her... gah!

[my_daroga]

I think it's interesting that you want to do a post about you and Austen that is particularly about Emma.

But I will watch this with you!