You'd think that in the 21st century, scientist know of every living creature in every corner of the earth. But no, new species of plants and animals are still discovered regularly
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Oooo, the saola looks so cute! I'm beginning to think we'll never finish unraveling all the mysteries of creation. :)
The last adaption of A Tale of Two Cities was in the 80's? Wow. I had no idea. That is a very long time! I liked A Tale of Two Cities, though, like you, I found it a bit difficult to process sometimes. Maybe we both just need to digest it again.
I'm with you about creation, I firmly believe that there will always be more questions to answers and I like it that way, also as a scientist. It keeps us humble ;-)
A Tale of Two Cities was the first 'big' Dickens (after A Christmas Carol)that I read and I found it to be so very different than the adaptation I'd already seen of his works (Little Dorrit, Bleak House, Our Mutual Friend etc.) that it dissapointed me a bit.
It's really mind-boggling how much we just don't know about this planet!
Hehe, I'm never going to hear the end of this joke! ;)
I'm with you on wanting a new adaption of A Tale of Two Cities! We got two Great Expectations in one year, it's about time for some other Dickens adaptions!
And a movie about the Brontës would be so cool! I think I heard about a French movie or something about them based on a book but now I can't find where I heard that...
Bella Wilfur and John ftw, and also Elinor and Edward! Their romance in the novel is so much sweeter and more involved than in the adaptations I've seen, which always seem to play more heavily on Marianne's story.
Also, Elizabeth and Darcy FTW.
Also props for Vilette. My boyfriend's doing his PhD in 19th Century Literature, and so spent a few months grappling with the Brontes. He loved Wuthering Heights, but hated Jane Eyre (as do I, year 9 English lessons ruined it for me!) He was so perplexed as to why Jane Eyre keeps being adapted but nearly no-one has heard of Vilette, which he much prefers.
But I love the ending of Sense and Sensibility '08, where Elinor and Edward lead a happy rural life and he's chasing the chickens and she's laughing about it. It's just so them, so to say!
That's really cool that your boyfriend is doing a PhD on 19th century Lit! I've never fully read Wuthering Heights, but I 'hated' it when I tried. As this is quite some years ago already, I might try it again now I'm somewhat older. I do love Jane Eyre and many of it's adaptation, but I also really love Charlotte's other works and I hope they will be picked up for adaptation by someone!
Oh I adore that adaptation! It's so perfect and wonderful, but it does seem to focus more heavily on the Marianne/Willoughby side of things even then. But I suppose even in the book that's how it's supposed to be, though Elinor is by and large the perspective character. Elinor and Edward's relationship is so internalised and downplayed, whereas Marianne's is so out there. But Emma Thompson and Hugh Grant make the perfect Elinor and Edward - it may well be the only Hugh Grant film I can say I actually really like.
Haha, he usually enjoys it more than he is at the moment. He's reading 'Strange Story' by Bulwer-Lytton, and it's like 8 volumes and 89 chapters and seems to largely be monologuing on the existence of the soul. He's nearly finished, but he's spent the whole of the last week grumpy about it! Jane Eyre made him grumpy too, but at least that was comparitively short!
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The last adaption of A Tale of Two Cities was in the 80's? Wow. I had no idea. That is a very long time! I liked A Tale of Two Cities, though, like you, I found it a bit difficult to process sometimes. Maybe we both just need to digest it again.
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A Tale of Two Cities was the first 'big' Dickens (after A Christmas Carol)that I read and I found it to be so very different than the adaptation I'd already seen of his works (Little Dorrit, Bleak House, Our Mutual Friend etc.) that it dissapointed me a bit.
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Hehe, I'm never going to hear the end of this joke! ;)
I'm with you on wanting a new adaption of A Tale of Two Cities! We got two Great Expectations in one year, it's about time for some other Dickens adaptions!
And a movie about the Brontës would be so cool! I think I heard about a French movie or something about them based on a book but now I can't find where I heard that...
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I've heard quite a lot in recent years about possible Brontë movies, but it never came to anything real.
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Also, Elizabeth and Darcy FTW.
Also props for Vilette. My boyfriend's doing his PhD in 19th Century Literature, and so spent a few months grappling with the Brontes. He loved Wuthering Heights, but hated Jane Eyre (as do I, year 9 English lessons ruined it for me!) He was so perplexed as to why Jane Eyre keeps being adapted but nearly no-one has heard of Vilette, which he much prefers.
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That's really cool that your boyfriend is doing a PhD on 19th century Lit! I've never fully read Wuthering Heights, but I 'hated' it when I tried. As this is quite some years ago already, I might try it again now I'm somewhat older. I do love Jane Eyre and many of it's adaptation, but I also really love Charlotte's other works and I hope they will be picked up for adaptation by someone!
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Haha, he usually enjoys it more than he is at the moment. He's reading 'Strange Story' by Bulwer-Lytton, and it's like 8 volumes and 89 chapters and seems to largely be monologuing on the existence of the soul. He's nearly finished, but he's spent the whole of the last week grumpy about it! Jane Eyre made him grumpy too, but at least that was comparitively short!
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