During my historical podcast hopings, I came across one that in its Q & A sessions suggested his dream cast for a multi season lengthy HBO style series on the French Revolution: Timothee Chalamet as St Just, a younger Tom Hanks or Bradley Cooper type as Louis XVI ("someone who can be both sympathetic and frustrating at the same time"), Anthony ( Read more... )

16. Can't believe more people haven't read.

Well, it’s not that it’s utterly unread, but Armadale by Wilkie Collins has become something of a forgotten classic. I mean, Collins in general with his „Dickens‘ trashier pal“ reputation is due for a renaissance, but The Woman in White never got out of fashion, Moonstone has the „first modern detective ( Read more... )

Monday saw me visiting another bunch of dead Victorians - or perhaps more accurately dead Georgians who made it into Victoria's reign and some additional Victorians - at Kensal Green Cemetery, more on that below the cut complete with photos; and before you ask, that is the end of my morbid cemetery exploration during this particular London trip ( Read more... )

Choose ten characters. What fandoms would they participate in, and in what ways?

1.) I already did a post on clearly both movieverse Magneto and Xavier being Doctor Who fans, complete with highly scientific poll as to which Doctors and which Companions they like best. Expanding on that, I'd say Erik Lehnsherr to this day argues Genesis of the ( Read more... )

My top five books and movie fandoms where I wish there was more fic.

1.) Sandman. There is some, but not much, especially if you discount the inevitable "a lonely teenager becomes friends with one or several of the Endless" type of stories. The fact that everything that doesn't fall into this category tends to be awesome only makes me long for ( Read more... )

You know, I've yet to encounter a version of The Woman in White, except for a German tv miniseries, which does not change one crucial plot element. (The Woman in White, dear readers, is a Victorian mystery/thriller written by Charles Dickens' pal Wilkie Collins, the Thomas Harris of his day, who was a rather unorthodox gentleman living with two ( Read more... )