I want to watch the original so bad! Modernflapper gave me the link to the youtube version so I’ll watch that one after this. Maybe. Or something,

Right now, I’m still on a kdrama slump so I made it a point to catch up on my jdrama watchlist. Of all the jdramas I needed to watch, I can’t help rewatching Love In Tokyo. So cute!

First: I also have a soft spot for the K.Knightley version of P&P (it’s sooooo pretty) and for all I can list what’s wrong with it, I’ll always watch it when offered.

But back to the point, I totally agree re: the scene where they get together. I was literally about to drop it at that episode and then shit happened and I was like, “Alrighty then, I guess you knew what I wanted.” It was also really early in my drama watching career (definitely in the first 10 or so I watched). But Jung So-min was so good in that show that I have a bias towards her now in everything else.

Will def give KM a shot because I loved AoMike in the FH remake – that chemistry was no joke.

Really? There are literally only three scenes in that entire movie that I like: (in no particular order)1. When Lizzy teases Jane about Bingley and Jane hides under the covers and wiggles in embarrassment. 2. When Darcy flexes his hand after handing Lizzy into the carriage 3. Mr. Collins and his random little flower when he proposes to Lizzy. Not when he gives it to her, when he’s holding it and looking at her over it as he twirls it. Little. Weirdo.
That being said: I’ll watch it when its on because of my love of P & P but nope. Its not my jam.

I just love the visuals and the way that version really makes you feel like you’re in a family. For all the 6 hr miniseries is hands down the best (and my fave) version, I have a soft-spot for the over-romanticized, over-prettyfied, stripped-of-nuance (I wasn’t kidding when I said I could list all the flaws — and this is the short version) Keira Knightley version. I may even own the DVD. Actually, I think I do, because I recall marathoning the 6-hr version in uni, and then turning around and watching this version immediately after. (We were really hopped up on sugar and had taken over the main floor lounge, scaring away all other non-P&P loving students. Ahhh, first year…) So basically 8-9 solid hours of P&P were consumed.

That seems like a solid way to spend a few hours. I own every copy of it that I can find. The A&E version the BBC version, Mormon, Bollywood, Kiera Knightley there’s another one that I can’t think of. Maybe the 70s version where everyone is at least a decade too old. I didn’t really like Pride and Prejudice until my freshman year of college. I worked in the library and they had all 6 movies on VHS–they were on the top shelf and every day I would walk by and become a bit more smitten with Colin Firth until over a long weekend I checked them out. I sat in my room and watched that 6 hour miniseries 3.Times. In the scene where Caroline is going on about what a woman should be –my roommate who was using the only computer (hows that for aging myself?) in the house (mine) turned and said, “What. A. Bitch” and I turned to her with crazy, Colin Firth obsessed eyes–“We should watch it from the beginning. Let me rewind the tape.”

I’m still kinda mad that K-Drama P&P wasn’t an adaptation.

But three times in one sitting? Damn. That takes skill. Granted, I did watch Silence of the Lambs three times the night I saw it for the first time though, so I’m never allowed to judge anyone ever again. (I mean, I’m not insane, we watched other movies in between, but still.)

But when it comes to P&P I would probably be right there rewinding the tape before the words were out of your mouth, so I totally understand. Granted, I watched the entirety of You Who Came From the Stars in pretty much one sitting when I was supposed to study for the state-required ethics exam for lawyers, so I probably have some skills too? (Also, I passed in all 50 states, so take that MPRE. Stupid test.)

Um, one question: Mormon P&P? Saywhatnow? Why have I never heard of this until now?

I remember watching P&P with my boyfriend, and we were admiring one of Lizzys and Darcys arguments discussing how awesome it was that the winner is the one that keeps their composure and their temper in check when most couple fights are all about who’s loudest. And speaking of awesome banter Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in My Girlfriday. The Best!

Yes! Its Pride and Prejudice: A Latter Day Tale. My roommate had a friend who’s roommate looked exactly like the guy who played Wickham in the movie. He was so hot. And so rude.
Every single time I see the Pride and Prejudice drama I get excited. And then its not Pride and Prejudice and I get bitter. Every Time. I’m glad its not on dramafever’s home page anymore.
All 50 states? Dude. I’m pretty sure no one with sense has ever doubted you.

I hate it when the reply button goes on a walk.

I LOVE MY GIRL FRIDAY. And this is backwards, but it always reminds me of my favorite episode arc of the old tv show Ghostwriter.

(It’s not a super hard test to be fair, but most people don’t study for it for more than a day, so most people fail the first time and then pass on the retake. It’s the stupidest exam ever. And required if you plan to practice. I fully expected to fail, considering I’d signed up for it at the last possible second and looked up the study materials five days before the test and watched the vids at 1.5 speed.)

But I will now have to look up this Mormon P&P, because seriously.

Have you seen the web series The Lizzie Bennett Diaries? That is one of my fave adaptations, and it’s really good at updating the tale and characters. It’s all on YouTube, but because it’s the 5 yr anniversary they’ve been reposting on FB like it aired (eps on M/W/F) with all the transmedia stuff so it’s like watching in real time all over again. But that series is what kept me sane in law school I loved it so much. I’ve probably rewatched it twice already.

I have seen the Lizzie Bennet Diaries and tried to read the adaptation. I didn’t like it that much though. I thought Lizzie was really mean. But, I’m the only person I know who feels that way.
Its not the first time I’ve been in the corner all weird and whatnot.

OK, I just saw the trailer for Pride & Prejudice: A Latter Day Comedy, and I feel like my life has been missing this insanity. Also, everyone in that trailer has terrible hair. I get that it was 2003, but that’s not an excuse. I guess I know what I’ll be watching tomorrow.

(Also, hell yeah Ghostwriter — LOVED that show when I was a kid.)

I can get passed the hair. I can. Its the shirts–specifically Lizzy’s shirts. Its like she went to the store, tried one on and said, yes. I’ll have one of these in every color, pattern, material…wrap those suckers up. And the striped pants. Its…not a great combination.
Fun fact for when you do watch: They filmed the library scenes in the Utah Valley State College (now university) library. They are in the back on the second floor and right over the rail on the first floor in that corner there was a dude who used to sit there every.single.day. and look at the nastiest porn. He would get put out every day. The movie was made before I worked there, but every time I see it I’m all (to myself), hey…do you remember creepy porn guy? And they pass the apartments up the street from where I used to live.

Matthew is an attractive man. I always forget about him. Probably because he’s not my Darcy.

Oh Ha Ni did frustrate me alot in that version. I’m still shocked that I became so addicted to the story I would get so frustrated watching it. I remember thinking on more than one occassion, “can’t she be good at something? Anything at all?” But….nope. Thats why I like the other versions better. She’s still not bright. At. All. And she can’t cook and she can’t do a lot of things either but her stupidity wasn’t the butt of every single joke either. I love in other versions how she loves and respects herself enough to walk away (and mean it) when the male lead treats her like garbage.

Oops ‘His Girlfriday’

Making more P&P noises. Lol
The most readily available version that is freaking unwatchable is the ’40s version w/Greer Garson and L. Olivier. It sucked so bad. And they wore hoopskirts. Blech. Just wrong all over

That cant be the most readily available one because I cant find that one anywhere! Admittedly I havent looked recently because it’s terrible but I used to want to own every version ever (until I realized lifetime and hallmark make terrible adaptations) and thats the only one I cant get my grubby (obsessive) hands on.

Oops My bad. I seem to catch it on tv, usually onTCM. Way more than the quality warrants. There’s always Amazon

Oh, no no no no. I dont want to WATCH it. I want to own it and set it on my shelf with the rest of my P&P collection. Ive seen it. More times than I’ve wanted to, actually.

O get it , I have a weakness for Jane austen anyway. Collecting copies of her books. And audio books. I love to listen when I’m walking or trying to sleep. Although I have had a hard time getting a P&P reader that sounds “right” So if your interest lies that way I’m looking for recommendations for a believable Lizzy

For audio? I have yet to find any Jane Austen that I like on audio. The ones that I’ve heard have all been deadly dull. What narrator do you prefer?

That s the problem , I can’t seem to find one that sounds right , as Lizzy and if they’re not bad they try too hard to do the men’s voices, and it just comes out sounding wrong. I have Mansfield Park, and Sense&S. by Juliet Stevenson