Comments on: S&S08 to be re-run on Masterpiece Classics in February

By: James

James — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:04:11 +0000

I has a big gun let me show you it…..Must of been written by A>D> hisself?

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:04:03 +0000

Oh good, something(s) to look forward to, and hooray for Laura Linney instead of Gillian A. My favorite LOLAusten was “What do you mean, it’s not in the book?” I wish that one came in a T-shirt.

By: ibmiller

ibmiller — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:15:41 +0000

Another pump for “Alomst Complete Gaskell” – Wives and Daughters particularly deserves another exposure. Justine Waddell shows (along with Anna Maxwell Martin in Bleak House and Claire Foy in Little Dorrit) that Mansfield Park doesn’t have to make Fanny Price spunky for the story to be successful.

By: Rosa C.

Rosa C. — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:09:49 +0000

Maria L @ #3 I would go for an “Not Quite Complete Gaskell” as well! I loved Wives and Daughters, really enjoyed North & South (more than P&P), and am longing to get my hands on Cranford.

Darn it! Bleak House didn’t make the cut for the “Incomplete Dickens.”

By: Trai

Trai — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:48:31 +0000

Laura, the Wuthering Heights adaptation is an all-new one This is all so exciting! I’m looking forward to the whole season!

By: Sylvia M.

Sylvia M. — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:24:45 +0000

Mags @ #5, did you mean P3 was your favorite LOLAusten or S&S3? If it was P3 I can definitely see what you mean!:)

I really liked S&S3. Everything wasn’t perfect, but as a whole I liked it better than S&S2. The main things (besides that opening scene)that I didn’t like were the following: Marianne was calmer then the book Marianne; thought she should have cried more; the engagement of Marianne and the Col. should have been later like in the book; the Dashwoods’ cottage wasn’t supposed to be directly by the sea and should have had a second story; the Palmers were majorly underwritten; the wood chopping scene was odd; the duel should have been placed in a different spot. All in all, those things are rather trivial complaints compared to some adaptations that majorly change the plot, the characters’ personalities, and put words in people’s mouths that were actually said by other people in the book. I really liked S&S1, except for the ending, the missing Margaret, and Col. Brandon. Other then that it was great.

By: laura

laura — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:57:53 +0000

OOOOOOh this is exciting! First of all, I watched the vid with Laura Linney and I infinetly prefer her over Gillian Anderson. Also, S & S 08′ was fabulous, in my opinion. Obviously I’m looking forward to Persuasion the most , lol. My Boy Jack was fabulous, which wuthering heights adaptation is it though? The one with Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche?
Doesn’t masterpiece theatre classics also show in Canada? Which means I can finally see the new version of Tess! It looks AMAZING.
I agree with Maria L. – a not quite complete Gaskell would be great, I LOVED Cranford, Wives and daughters and north and south – the latter 2 movies being 2 of my favourite movies

By: Mags

Mags — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:47:48 +0000

That’s my favorite LOLAusten of them all.

By: jemima-p

jemima-p — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:33:00 +0000

I actually really, really loved Davies’s Sense and Sensibility; It was quite as good as Emma Thompson’s. So that good news. Also, I’m looking forward to Laura Linney as host. Gillian Anderson was a bit solemn.

By: Maria L.

Maria L. — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:23:15 +0000

I wish they would do a “Not-Quite-Complete Gaskell” and re-run Cranford with the 2009 sequel in the works, show North and South, Wives and Daughters, and commission an adaptation of Mary Barton.

As for Persuasion 2007, all I can say is that I am underwhelmed with enthusiasm