Pride ends up with prejudice
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shah_of_blahDay 16. Your guilty pleasure show
I thought about saying BSG, but the 'guilty' part of 'guilty pleasure' isn't that I watch the show, but the intensity with which I watch it. You know, my complete and utter geekery. But for a genuine guilty pleasure...I think I have to go with Glee. Because the writing is so uneven, and because I see the stereotypes and the tokenization and the weirdly sexist bits. I see these things, but I watch the show anyway. Come on, it's just so much fun. Plus, Kurt's dad makes me cry. And sometimes Puck sings ("Lady is a Tramp"--omg I just about died of squee).
Day 17. Favorite mini series
This was a little trickier. There were two runner-ups (runners-up?).
1. Battlestar Galactica - the miniseries is really frakking good. I think it's an excellent piece of television. But I do think of it as part of the show, which I talk about all the time. So for the sake of variety, I didn't choose BSG.
2. The animated version of Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters (on imdb). This is a really awesome adaptation from the book. I mean, it's word-for-word! And the book is absolutely hilarious. If you're a Pratchett fan, you should definitely check this out.
But for sheer fabulousness and amount of time I'vewasted spent watching it, I had to go with the BBC Pride and Prejudice miniseries. Some clips for your enjoyment:
Darcy and Elizabeth dance. It is awkward and awesome.
Sadly, they did not have the scene where Darcy notices her lovely eyes, or the scene where Caroline Bingley gets Lizzy to take a stroll around the room with her. But they do have this scene, which might be my favorite anyway:
Fun fact: Once, in high school, two friends and I were carpooling to a meeting. We were forty minutes late because A) we got lost, and B) we left late. The reason we left late? Pride and Prejudice was on TV and Friend #2 refused to leave before the end of the lake scene. When we explained our tardiness to our supervisor, she said Colin Firth jumping in a lake was a perfectly acceptable reason.
I thought about saying BSG, but the 'guilty' part of 'guilty pleasure' isn't that I watch the show, but the intensity with which I watch it. You know, my complete and utter geekery. But for a genuine guilty pleasure...I think I have to go with Glee. Because the writing is so uneven, and because I see the stereotypes and the tokenization and the weirdly sexist bits. I see these things, but I watch the show anyway. Come on, it's just so much fun. Plus, Kurt's dad makes me cry. And sometimes Puck sings ("Lady is a Tramp"--omg I just about died of squee).
Day 17. Favorite mini series
This was a little trickier. There were two runner-ups (runners-up?).
1. Battlestar Galactica - the miniseries is really frakking good. I think it's an excellent piece of television. But I do think of it as part of the show, which I talk about all the time. So for the sake of variety, I didn't choose BSG.
2. The animated version of Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters (on imdb). This is a really awesome adaptation from the book. I mean, it's word-for-word! And the book is absolutely hilarious. If you're a Pratchett fan, you should definitely check this out.
But for sheer fabulousness and amount of time I've
Darcy and Elizabeth dance. It is awkward and awesome.
Sadly, they did not have the scene where Darcy notices her lovely eyes, or the scene where Caroline Bingley gets Lizzy to take a stroll around the room with her. But they do have this scene, which might be my favorite anyway:
Fun fact: Once, in high school, two friends and I were carpooling to a meeting. We were forty minutes late because A) we got lost, and B) we left late. The reason we left late? Pride and Prejudice was on TV and Friend #2 refused to leave before the end of the lake scene. When we explained our tardiness to our supervisor, she said Colin Firth jumping in a lake was a perfectly acceptable reason.
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Date: 2010-05-31 07:45 pm (UTC)Hee! Even though CF does nothing for me, I love your supervisor. :-D
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Date: 2010-06-01 02:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-05-31 08:00 pm (UTC)Colin Firth jumping in a lake was a perfectly acceptable reason.
Heee. A very cool supervisor :)
ETA. I totally agree with you on Glee. I enjoy it even though my rational side tells me I shouldn't!
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Date: 2010-06-01 02:39 am (UTC)Oh, you should definitely watch it! Especially if you like the book. It's very well done. I was quite sad when Jennifer Ehle's role was recast on ASOIAF, as she is fantastic as Lizzy.
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Date: 2010-05-31 08:37 pm (UTC)And "Pride and Prejudice" is probably my favorite mini-series ever, too, and the lake scene is great, too.
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Date: 2010-06-01 05:29 am (UTC)And "Pride and Prejudice" is probably my favorite mini-series ever, too, and the lake scene is great, too.
I just can't resist awkward, bumbling Colin Firth (his state of undress is a pleasant bonus).
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Date: 2010-05-31 09:20 pm (UTC)Love that reaction to CF's lake scene :P
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Date: 2010-06-01 05:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-01 02:58 am (UTC)I have to agree with BSG mini series, one of the best of there.
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Date: 2010-06-01 05:34 am (UTC)And yes, BSG mini series is fantastic. Even if the show had never happened, I feel like it still stands on its own as a great few hours of television.