Back to watching things from the Beeb
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matrixrefugeeOr, "I need a Torchwood icon, stat..."
Recently watched the recent BBC adaptation of "The Crimson Petal and the White", thanks to a link sent me by the lovelytomboy_typist. I enjoyed it, but not as much as the book: they seemed to have made Sugar into a bit of a gold-digger, whereas I felt that in the book, she genuinely loved William, despite him being a jerk. Also, the bit of character assassination where William pretty much rapes Agnes (she appeared to be drugged or at least not in possession of her wits when it happened, which makes her ability to consent to him crawling in behind her and fumbling with her nightgown to suspect at best) was triggering. William Rackham might be a jerk in the book, but he's more a jerk by ignorance/moral dissonance: he's a nineteenth century guy and we all know that the 1800s were probably the worst time to have two X chromosomes.
Also, as someone who RPs Emmeline Fox, I wasn't quite thrilled with their choice of an actress: her voice was a bit whiny and her presence wasn't as quietly commanding as Emmi's is in the book, but she got the personality down pat.
But...I enjoyed it, overall: the cinematography is good (lots of short lenses and handheld cameras, which makes bits where someone's going up a narrow stairway feel fittingly vertiginous with being nausea-inducing.
And now, I want to write a bit of Bodley/Ashwell pre-slash, based on that bit in the book where they turn up drunk at the Rackham house while William is away on business, and Agnes has a hissy fit on them, telling them "Go kiss each other!".
Okay, I haven't finished watching Children of Earth, and I'm thinking I should do that while I wait for the next episode, but I am loving the new twists. Gwen and Rhys having as close to an ordinary life with their little girl just made me go "D'awwww...": I always liked them as a couple (Rhys is such a lovable doofus, and I don't doubt he's an awesome dad).
But the whole concept of this arc: Holy shit... The more you think of the implications, the more unsettling it gets. Even if you mentally divorce it from the lengths that humanity resorts to (and What It Strongly Reminds You Of), it's still creepy. The end of Episode 5 nearly made me throw up, it was so viscerally shocking. I love the inversion of the situation: poor Jack, getting confronted by mortality for a change (Need I add that John Barrowman is starting to edge up as the most beautiful man on earth, in my estimation??).
Recently watched the recent BBC adaptation of "The Crimson Petal and the White", thanks to a link sent me by the lovely
tomboy_typist. I enjoyed it, but not as much as the book: they seemed to have made Sugar into a bit of a gold-digger, whereas I felt that in the book, she genuinely loved William, despite him being a jerk. Also, the bit of character assassination where William pretty much rapes Agnes (she appeared to be drugged or at least not in possession of her wits when it happened, which makes her ability to consent to him crawling in behind her and fumbling with her nightgown to suspect at best) was triggering. William Rackham might be a jerk in the book, but he's more a jerk by ignorance/moral dissonance: he's a nineteenth century guy and we all know that the 1800s were probably the worst time to have two X chromosomes.Also, as someone who RPs Emmeline Fox, I wasn't quite thrilled with their choice of an actress: her voice was a bit whiny and her presence wasn't as quietly commanding as Emmi's is in the book, but she got the personality down pat.
But...I enjoyed it, overall: the cinematography is good (lots of short lenses and handheld cameras, which makes bits where someone's going up a narrow stairway feel fittingly vertiginous with being nausea-inducing.
And now, I want to write a bit of Bodley/Ashwell pre-slash, based on that bit in the book where they turn up drunk at the Rackham house while William is away on business, and Agnes has a hissy fit on them, telling them "Go kiss each other!".
Okay, I haven't finished watching Children of Earth, and I'm thinking I should do that while I wait for the next episode, but I am loving the new twists. Gwen and Rhys having as close to an ordinary life with their little girl just made me go "D'awwww...": I always liked them as a couple (Rhys is such a lovable doofus, and I don't doubt he's an awesome dad).
But the whole concept of this arc: Holy shit... The more you think of the implications, the more unsettling it gets. Even if you mentally divorce it from the lengths that humanity resorts to (and What It Strongly Reminds You Of), it's still creepy. The end of Episode 5 nearly made me throw up, it was so viscerally shocking. I love the inversion of the situation: poor Jack, getting confronted by mortality for a change (Need I add that John Barrowman is starting to edge up as the most beautiful man on earth, in my estimation??).