Comments | aurora_novarum: Rec: Lizzie Bennet and its Sequel

aurora_novarum

Rec: Lizzie Bennet and its Sequel

May 24, 2013 16:22

Some people on my flist made reference to Lizzie Bennett Diaries, but I didn't pay much attention. It seemed like an odd P&P thing, and I've become skeptical of those ever since somebody paired it with zombies.

How wrong I was. The Lizzie Bennet Diaries are awesome! It's a completely new spin on Pride & Prejudice, setting it in today's world-- ( Read more... )

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holdouttrout May 24 2013, 20:51:05 UTC

Yay! I love the LBD. :-)

aurora_novarum May 24 2013, 22:13:09 UTC

Have you watched any of the sequel yet?

holdouttrout May 26 2013, 00:47:00 UTC

Some. I am not finding it all that enjoyable, to be honest. I'm guessing it'll pick up soon, though--I remember enjoying Sanditon itself when I read it! (I read a version that someone had finished.) Of course, I don't remember ANYTHING about it, and so I'm wondering what is going on.

Also, it was SO WEIRD to realize that I really liked Lydia and was rooting for her.

aurora_novarum May 26 2013, 01:05:49 UTC

I think some of it the nature of the medium. In both, we're viewing things (mostly) through Lizzie's perspective, but in the book, it's almost more intimate. By view of the narrative, we're in her mind looking out at the world through her eyes. Austen made her mostly perceptive, so her prejudices and thus unreliable parts of her narration were more hidden.

But in the videos, we're hearing things from Lizzie's perspective, but there's the distance of her talking to us as a separate person via the camera lens. So we can form our own opinions not only about the "secondary" characters, but also about her.

Also, maybe Lydia was just all more attuned to being a 21st century gal. ;-)

Look at you, making me pull out all my lit theory kinda talk. :-p

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pepper_field May 24 2013, 21:04:00 UTC

LBD! I did something similar - and then I had a load of days off and just watched ALL the eps in about two sessions.

And Lydia! It feels so strange to like her - I've seen some great adaptations of P&P, and yet no one, until now, has made her likeable.

aurora_novarum May 24 2013, 22:14:16 UTC

I'm watching an ep or two every day or so. It's so fun.

It is SO strange to like her.

pepper_field May 24 2013, 22:51:22 UTC

Mr Collins still makes my skin crawl, though. I guess they couldn't turn them all into decent human beings...

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aurora_novarum May 24 2013, 22:15:45 UTC

LOL, I checked and I think I'm up to the episode where he gets introduced. So...yeah. That oughta be interesting.

Of course Mr. Collins v Lydia was so much the riot...