I just finished writing Year of the Dog ! It had a massive plot hole that I had to fix which turned out to be more work than I expected. Here’s a snippet: “Hey, Auntie Nell.” He wrapped his arms around her, bussing her on the cheek and breathing in pikake flowers and shortbread cookies. And suddenly he was nine years old again, and her solid presence had made his chaotic world stable once more. “What are you doing here?” He usually took her to dinner on Wednesday nights, but today was Tuesday. The edges of her smile faltered a little before brightening right back up again. “What, I can’t visit my nephew?” She angled around him to enter his home. “Is this your new house? Looks lovely.” Which was a blatant lie, because the fixer-upper was barely livable, much less acceptable to a neat-freak like his aunt. She also left four matching pink and purple floral suitcases on the stoop behind her. Only then did Ashwin notice the cab driver standing slightly to the side of the walkway. “Can ...
Captain’s Log, Stardate 04.20.2007
PLEASE NOTE: This is not the BBC/A&E version with Colin Firth. This is an older production by BBC.
Ugh! Talk about horrible writing on this miniseries (see below). I admit I was so disgusted that I didn’t finish the DVDs. The other BBC/A&E version is so much better written and truer to the book.
Costumes: score 4. In general, nice designs and more in line with the types of gowns from the time period. However, most of the designs were a little plain for my own taste, even for the wealthier ladies who would have richer clothing.
Acting: score 3. Nothing terribly bad but nothing outstanding, either. I didn’t take to the actress who played Elizabeth and didn’t quite care for Mr. Darcy, either. Charlotte is the same actress from Sense and Sensibility (BBC), and I liked her a lot although she has a smaller role. I’m not sure if it was the lines or the acting, but Mr. and Mrs. Bennett “played at” being incompatible. Mrs. Bennett didn’t seem terribly annoying and Mr. Bennett seemed more bitter and dour than put-upon and witty, as he was in the book and in the A&E miniseries.
Camera/filming: score 4. I thought it was quite good for a miniseries. It wasn’t movie quality—more like soap opera camera film—but it was nice and not distracting like I found Mansfield Park.
Musical score: score 3. Nice score and instrumentation, although they also didn’t utilize music as much as they could have.
Script: score 1. Perfectly awful. Not true to the book, but even despite that, it wasn’t true to Regency times. The added scenes and lines were not believable. Lots of little things in practically every scene, in dialogue and in actions. Pacing was fine, but the lack of accuracy bothered me so much I stopped the DVD.
Overall Score: 3 out of 5. This was horrible, in a different way than Sense and Sensibility had been. I liked the main actors better in Sense and Sensibility, but the script was bad in both series.
PLEASE NOTE: This is not the BBC/A&E version with Colin Firth. This is an older production by BBC.
Ugh! Talk about horrible writing on this miniseries (see below). I admit I was so disgusted that I didn’t finish the DVDs. The other BBC/A&E version is so much better written and truer to the book.
Costumes: score 4. In general, nice designs and more in line with the types of gowns from the time period. However, most of the designs were a little plain for my own taste, even for the wealthier ladies who would have richer clothing.
Acting: score 3. Nothing terribly bad but nothing outstanding, either. I didn’t take to the actress who played Elizabeth and didn’t quite care for Mr. Darcy, either. Charlotte is the same actress from Sense and Sensibility (BBC), and I liked her a lot although she has a smaller role. I’m not sure if it was the lines or the acting, but Mr. and Mrs. Bennett “played at” being incompatible. Mrs. Bennett didn’t seem terribly annoying and Mr. Bennett seemed more bitter and dour than put-upon and witty, as he was in the book and in the A&E miniseries.
Camera/filming: score 4. I thought it was quite good for a miniseries. It wasn’t movie quality—more like soap opera camera film—but it was nice and not distracting like I found Mansfield Park.
Musical score: score 3. Nice score and instrumentation, although they also didn’t utilize music as much as they could have.
Script: score 1. Perfectly awful. Not true to the book, but even despite that, it wasn’t true to Regency times. The added scenes and lines were not believable. Lots of little things in practically every scene, in dialogue and in actions. Pacing was fine, but the lack of accuracy bothered me so much I stopped the DVD.
Overall Score: 3 out of 5. This was horrible, in a different way than Sense and Sensibility had been. I liked the main actors better in Sense and Sensibility, but the script was bad in both series.
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