That's Uptight *Purist* Janeites, dear
February 22, 2009
Kids these days. They never get anything right.
ETA: Somebody got all butthurt and friendslocked the entry. Basically it said that the P&P & Zombies would infuriate the “Uptight Rabid Janeites” like those meanies on AustenBlog who bash her beloved P&P2005 and therefore it was a good thing, not understanding that most of those who have praised P&P&Z without even reading it are doing so because their (negative) idea of Jane Austen’s work was formed from overly romantic film adaptations such as P&P2005. And we don’t understand that it will make people read P&P! Yeah, right. All those hipsters who “hate” Jane Austen so they “love” the Zombie book will read P&P. We’re not even entirely sure they’ll read the zombie book.
Leave a Comment
Comments are closed.
Kid? Her profile page has her as 33yo. That’s hardly a kid.
Although, dismissing something without even looking at it and claiming people shouldn’t disagree with her? That is something you should be over by the time you’re 33.
Oh my gosh. I assumed from the petulant tone and poor syntax it was written by a Young Person. I should know better by now.
I should also add that I know that most of the Young Persons who read and comment at AustenBlog are lovely, intelligent, and mature, and I wish to give you all virtual hugs for affirming my faith in your generation!
It says I have to log in to read it?
Hmm. I get the message that it’s a private post and can’t see it. Any way to post it here?
Ha ha. Entry is now friendslocked. I am not comfortable posting it here (yes, I do have the text–the Alert Janeite who sent me the link sent the text) but I’ve summarized the pertinent bits above. It was the “Uptight Rabid Janeites” bit that made me giggle.
Well thanks for sparing us the poor syntax at least.
I dunno, I kind of like “Uptight Rabid Janeite;” it has kind of a ring to it, though my vote is still firmly for Middle Aged Austen Whore
Someone told me that my LJ profile had popped up on this link. I’m not sure why that is but the above quote was NEVER said by me. I don’t know what led to this mixup but I would appreciate if you would make the correction. Thank you.
You deny you used the phrase “Uptight Rabid Janeites”? In title case?
I do have the text, remember. Happy to quote it if you would prefer, though I did you the courtesy of not doing so, since you had friendslocked it, though not in time to avoid being picked up by Google Alerts.
I did not write any of that text. The 2005 P&P is not my favourite drama although it is one that I enjoy. If anyone fits the label of “overly romantic”, it’s me so I wouldn’t be teasing anyone else about that. I have no idea how this text is being attributed to my LJ account but I never posted that. I am still baffled as to how this is being attributed to me. I don’t even know how to use “friendslock”.
Pfft, I just don’t understand why we need a Zombie version of Jane Austen’s work anyways. IMHO, it is obvious that Uptight Rabid Janeites would be much more exciting. Who cares about zombies when Austen Rabies would make SUCH a better disaster movie?
I can see it now: a vial of bioengineered virus is accidentally dropped in to the punch at a Regency Ball; Nothing much happens for a few days, except people on the street start arguing about who has thicker soles and whether netting purses can actually be considered an accomplishment; soon all the infected people are starting every sentence with “it is a truth universally acknowledged” and shuffling around town in pelisses and/or waistcoats. At the end of a week, the Rabid Janeites are spewing frothy Austen quotations at innocent passerby; they surround healthy people and force them to dance a quadrille. In the final stages of the disease, they eat nothing but thin gruel and chant “Kitty, a fair but frozen maid” over and over.
Why is this movie not in development???
charleybrown, it sounds like you’ve been hacked. Or perhaps you’ve been spoofed. I get spam emails from myself every other week.
I don’t know what happened but I would appreciate my journal page being taken off of the above link since I had no part in this. Thanks.
Well, I saw it, the person who sent it to me saw it, the person who commented first in this thread saw it. How did it then get there?
Mags, I have absolutely NO idea. You seem intent on believing that I posted it. If I had, would I be here trying to clarify the situation?
I don’t know who posted it, just that it was on that Livejournal.
I am not the only person who saw it. The person who sent it to me got the link from a Google Alert for “Pride and Prejudice” (which she sent to me, along with the text of the post). She saw the post, obviously, if she was able to copy and paste the text. I went to the post and saw it myself, and copied and pasted the URL directly from the Livejournal to the post above. The first person who posted a comment in this thread saw it, as his or her comment is germane to the text. It was there, and no, I’m not removing the link. I’m happy to post the full text, as well as a screen capture of the Google Alert of the post (which contains some of the text), to clear up any disagreements about what was and was not posted.
I ALSO don’t know who posted it and seeing that it is on my livejournal, I take offense that someone would do that. I believe you that you saw the post since you say that you saw it. But I’m telling you that it didn’t originate from me so obviously someone has hacked into my account or made it look like it was posted on my account. You don’t need to convince me that you saw it. I don’t really care what was or was not posted. What I do mind is that I’m being accused of something that I did not do and words are being associated with me that never came from me. If I had really made an off the cuff remark that insulted you, do you think I would be here now trying to clear my name?
btw, I don’t know where it said that my age is 33 because that is not the case. My age doesn’t appear on my LJ account.
I would hope that my word would count for something and that my request to take down a banner that is associated with me would be honoured. This is a tad frustrating that I seem to be guilty until proved innocent.
charleybrown, if you are bijjy, which I’m sure you are, your profile says what your date of birth is. it says that you were born in 1975. That means that you are 33/34, according to your LJ profile. I find it interesting that the post was there at 8am yesterday morning (Sunday GMT) and it 1am (Monday GMT) it’s not. I’m sorry if my comment was so problematic for you, and I admit I was also a bit patronising as well, sorry about that, that you felt you had to defend yourself on this blog and draw more attention to the whole thing. And, if you didn’t post that post, which was there last night, why did you reply to my comment on it not saying that “I didn’t say this someone hacked my account” but rather that I should get over myself, that you don’t want to watch P&P95 but you still will complain about people saying it’s better than P&P05, and that from what you’ve seen Austenblog (as if Austenblog is comprised of some sort of hive mind) are against P&P&Z?
slw2004,
There seems to be some mixup and I honestly have no idea what you’re talking about. I wish that the person who did have that discussion with you would own up to it because I’ve been dragged into it this somehow. With regards to P&P, if you check my Enchanted Serenity site, you will see that I only profile the 1995 series since I think it is much superior to the 2005 film. So I was not the person who argued otherwise.
You mean the Uptight Rabid/Janeite Purists/Middle-Aged Austen Whores aren’t a hive mind?
Dang, I need to return my Home Borg Kit™ for a refund.
Sorry but it appears that this DIDN’T have anything to do with me. I just realized that when I’m logged into Livejournal, my banner appears at the top of the screen. When I clicked on your link, I saw MY banner with a message: “You are not authorized to view this protected entry.” I assumed that it was showing up as a message on my account since I could see my LJ banner. I was confused by how this post was being attributed to me but I now see that my ignorance of LJ is to blame for my own assumption that it did involve me. And no, I’m not bijjy. I’ll let you take this up with her.
Oh Jane. My head just exploded.
Oh Jane. My head just exploded
Mags you have to be very careful about exploding heads. It’s very dicey in hive mind situations like the one here on Austenblog. We might all become afflicted with exploding heads. I am afraid you must keep it together for our sakes.
@charleybrown *sigh* Lol. Fair enough. At least now I’m not sitting here wondering how someone could write well in one blog and terribly on another.
Are you new to LJ?
Hive minds, zombies, aliens and bioengineered viruses: it appears science fiction/horror concepts are trying to colonise here/Jane Austen as well as pretty much everything else. Then again I’m a sci-fi geek so I see scifi all over the place anyway. *smile*
@slw2004: Don’t forget to add time/dimensional travel to that list.
My personal preference is to maintain a healthy distance between Jane Austen and the sci-fi/horror genres. However, Rabid Janeites seemed like such an interesting premise I dropped my guard for a moment, just to entertain the possibilities. Please note, I have set my “movie” in the present, not in an Austen novel. I’m anti-imperialism as a rule, and I don’t intend on doing any colonizing.
Has Doctor Who ever done a Jane Austen episode? I might enjoy that cross-over.
Oooh, I love being part of a hive mind.
Did Monty Python ever take on Austen? Now that is something I would have liked to see….
I’d like to see a Monty Python skits for the Jeuvenalia…
Okay, so “nobody” coined the phrase “Uptight Rabid janeite”? Goody. That means anyone can pinch it and use it on a tee-shirt, right? I htink I’d like one of those…
Aw, glad that was cleared up with Charleybrown because I recognize her name from another site and was going to vouch for her but I see now there is no need! Good