Unpersuaded

Last night J. and I watched the new PBS adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion. I'm always excited to see a new version of one of my favorite books and this time I was especially looking forward to Rupert Penry-Jones (whom I adore as Adam on Spooks) as Captain Wentworth and Anthony Stewart Head (Giles from Buffy) as Sir Walter Elliot. Even when I disagree with the choices made, I recognize that they have to be made, and I enjoy simply being immersed in that world again.

( But boy, howdy, did I disagree with their choices )

Overall, it wasn't painfully bad. Hey, I watch SciFi Originals, I know from painfully bad. It was simply wrong. Glancing around the net, I seem to have a lot of company in that opinion. It's a shame--there are a lot of people who love these characters and this story and it would have made a lot more sense to give us a lovable version of them, instead of this collection of ill-mannered, boorish louts.

Unpersuaded

Last night J. and I watched the new PBS adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion. I'm always excited to see a new version of one of my favorite books and this time I was especially looking forward to Rupert Penry-Jones (whom I adore as Adam on Spooks) as Captain Wentworth and Anthony Stewart Head (Giles from Buffy) as Sir Walter Elliot. Even when I disagree with the choices made, I recognize that they have to be made, and I enjoy simply being immersed in that world again.

( But boy, howdy, did I disagree with their choices )

Overall, it wasn't painfully bad. Hey, I watch SciFi Originals, I know from painfully bad. It was simply wrong. Glancing around the net, I seem to have a lot of company in that opinion. It's a shame--there are a lot of people who love these characters and this story and it would have made a lot more sense to give us a lovable version of them, instead of this collection of ill-mannered, boorish louts.