New Sense and Sensibility

[Carole]

....... begins tonight, 9.10 BBC 1.

Carole

[mimazali]

Yahhh

[Carole]

Don't like it!!!!! From the soft porn bodice ripping beginning right to the end :( The whole thing just isn't right somehow. The are all the little things that jar like the really modern drawing of Norland House and the "I've bought you wild strawberries Miss Dashwood" bit when it's obviously winter outside :(

Carole

[Leah]

Don't like it!!!!! From the soft porn bodice ripping beginning right to the end :( The whole thing just isn't right somehow. The are all the little things that jar like the really modern drawing of Norland House and the "I've bought you wild strawberries Miss Dashwood" bit when it's obviously winter outside :(

Carole
I thought of you as soon as the bodice pulling started, you did warn us it would be sexed up!
I'm not convinced either....will watch again simply because I love the story so much and I'm hoping it will warm up....I do think I prefer this Edward to Hugh Grant being Hugh Grant again though.
Is the girl playing Margaret the same as the girl who played Posy in Ballet shoes?

[Carole]

I think she is.

Mind you, you can pick holes in Jane Austen herself - I've just had a look at the book again and apparently the whole estate was left to the half brother's little boy - which would have been extremely unlikely in real life. No one would have willed an entire estate, especially one that size to just one young child, who well might not survive.

Carole

[capricciosababs]

watched it - went red faced at the body riller start! didnt seem the same as the last time they did this story - shall see episode two though since at least its something on the tv thats halfways watchable!

[Lucia]

I didn't like it, but after reading the fell words 'adapted for television' in RT, (which always strike terror into my soul) , I didn't really expect to.
You're right about picking holes in the Austen canon, Caro - but I'm sure even Miss Jane herself wouldn't have committed the social solecism of having everyone in the family (bar the Widow Dashwood) out of their mourning blacks in what appeared to be a matter of days.
Mind you, I've always been irritated by Marianne Dashwood - to me, one of the most stupid characters in the entire world of fiction - I'm probably alone in secretly hoping that she'd died after her foolish and reckless walk out in the rain. Give me Elinor any day of the week! :catwink:

[Carole]

Episode 2 and I still don't like it.

I swear they've given Elinor a copy of Flora Devoniensis to wander around with because they know all those picky viewers out there are going to rush off to Google it and discover it was first published in 1829 and will then mutter on darkly about it for days (you can read the whole thing on Google Books - if you want)

I don't like the costume - although I will admit clashing colours were fashionable at the time, even if they look "wrong" now, but the basic problem is that I just don't care about any of the characters :( Willoughby is just utterly lifeless.

Carole

[Princess Leia]

It has at least reminded me that I do enjoy watching "stuff" like this and I've put my foot down and insisted on control of the remote control for an hour :)

I think I may be inspired to re-read the book :) I remember watching the film that came out some years ago, but have no recollection of any of the detail

[Leah]

Episode 2 and I still don't like it.

I swear they've given Elinor a copy of Flora Devoniensis to wander around with because they know all those picky viewers out there are going to rush off to Google it and discover it was first published in 1829 and will then mutter on darkly about it for days (you can read the whole thing on Google Books - if you want)

I don't like the costume - although I will admit clashing colours were fashionable at the time, even if they look "wrong" now, but the basic problem is that I just don't care about any of the characters :( Willoughby is just utterly lifeless.

Carole
Willoughby is foul....[Greg Wise ...where are yooooouu :(] but I suppose it could be argued he's supposed to be a slimy slippery insincere superficial little tosser....fits the bill for that!
I am liking it more though, am warming to poor silly Marianne, And Brandon's face of fury gave me a little thrill, lol! Looking forward to all the coming drama shown in the preview. All said and done though it makes me want to dig out my dvd of Emma Thompson/Ang Lee and put that on.

[Carole]

Has anyone else noticed that the actress who plays Elinor sounds almost exactly like Emma Thompson?

Carole

[Leah]

Has anyone else noticed that the actress who plays Elinor sounds almost exactly like Emma Thompson?

Carole
YES! It's like she's channeling her! Most bizarre, doesn't look that dissimilar to a young Emma either.

[Leah]

I rather liked last night's :)

[Carole]

I wouldn't say no to Dan Stevens (Edward) even if I am old enough to be his mother! :catwub: :lol:

Carole

[Leah]

I actually melted towards the colonel....I thought he was awful at first, but I loved the way he was allowed to show more of the martial side of his nature [Alan Rickman was very soppy] . Thought that look he gave Willoughby when he shunned Marianne at the party was worth sitting through an episode just for it's own sake :catmellow1:

[Carole]

Hmmm ... I didn't like him - I think it's because David Morrissey usually plays weirdos and psychopaths that I can't see him as nice.
I also wondered where a Devon landowning squire managed to pick up such a Liverpudlian accent? Murky, very murky ....

Carole

[Leah]

Hmmm ... I didn't like him - I think it's because David Morrissey usually plays weirdos and psychopaths that I can't see him as nice.
I also wondered where a Devon landowning squire managed to pick up such a Liverpudlian accent? Murky, very murky ....

Carole
It took me till last night to unbend as I really disliked him at first. I think I enjoyed the thought of Willoughby getting a taste of the Colonel's more sinister side:catcheshire:

[Lucia]

Blushing - I really liked Colonel Brandon - I always like him best in the book and in every screen version of it I've ever seen, the other men in the Dashwood's world are so 'wet'!
I just could shake the sainted Miss Austen for stiffing him with that watering-pot Marianne!:angelic

[Carole]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/24/Dan_Stevens_in_the_Line_of_Beauty.jpg/180px-Dan_Stevens_in_the_Line_of_Beauty.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dan_Stevens_in_the_Line_of_Beauty.jpg)
But he's so pretty .... and he's got lovely blue eyes as well - just like one of those ... oh, what do you call it ??? some kind of cat! :lol:

Carole

[Leah]

I think they should have had Gerard Butler play Colonel Brandon.....



http://wolfn8.com/images/gerard_butler_03.jpg

He looks very good in costume......

[capricciosababs]

the colonel seems to get years younger through the series! and we kept thinking that one of those two girls who were always wittering with the cornish accents was the one who was the vicar of dibleys sidekick lookalike alice???