You remember the War and Peace that was on MT? Wasn't that amazing? I read W&P after I saw that series (which I recall hearing took four years to make), and I recall easily being able to hear and visualize all the characters from the show, which meant they had been very faithful to the book.
I adored War and Peace! Yes, they were very faithful. I was watching the series and couldn't wait to see how things turned out, so when I got sick and had to stay in bed for a week, I asked Mom to get the book for me. I think I finished the whole thing that week.
And Last of the Mohicans - I read the book after seeing that series as well. Let me tell you, I had one powerful crush on Uncas, and quite an appreciation for Hawkeye too.
Lol! Me, too...the book and the crush. Heh. In fact, I went on to read all of the James Fenimore Cooper Leatherstocking tales. That Natty Bumpo had more nicknames than even Spike could dream up. Hawkeye, La Longue Carabine, Leatherstocking, Pathfinder, Deerslayer...
The movie version that came out a some years later was a big disappointment, because they took such Hollywood liberties with who was attracted to whom and screwed it all up; pairing Hawkeye with Cora and Uncas with Alice, IIRC (as if).
Yup, and they had Heyward lusting after Cora instead of falling in love with Alice. But I loved it nonetheless. I went into it accepting that they were going to change things up.
After seeing the incomparable I Claudius I read the Robert Graves novels it was based
Again...me, too! ::g::
Plus, I read a few other books on the subject.
- the excellence of those series were directly responsible for getting me to read literature I otherwise may not have chosen.
With me, it certainly fostered a love for the classics. I even voluntarily read "Crime and Punishment" because of MT and John Hurt. Heh.
I taped every episode of Upstairs Downstairs. Before BtVS took over it was my comfort fare of choice. The Duchess of Duke Street was another favorite.
I also loved the American answer to Upstairs, Downstairs, which was a very short-lived series called Beacon Hill. Wish they'd had VCRs then to record it, but no such luck. I think I must have been one of five people who saw it. I never saw Duchess of Duke Street, though I do remember the name. Can't remember why I didn't watch it.
Possibly the best thing I've ever seen on TV is Dennis Potter's Pennies From Heaven.
Wow. I'll have to look for that. I've only seen the Steve Martin version from back in the 80s, I think.
The Alistair Cooke era of MPT was truly the Golden Age of literary drama.
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Date: 2006-01-15 06:22 am (UTC)I adored War and Peace! Yes, they were very faithful. I was watching the series and couldn't wait to see how things turned out, so when I got sick and had to stay in bed for a week, I asked Mom to get the book for me. I think I finished the whole thing that week.
And Last of the Mohicans - I read the book after seeing that series as well. Let me tell you, I had one powerful crush on Uncas, and quite an appreciation for Hawkeye too.
Lol! Me, too...the book and the crush. Heh. In fact, I went on to read all of the James Fenimore Cooper Leatherstocking tales. That Natty Bumpo had more nicknames than even Spike could dream up. Hawkeye, La Longue Carabine, Leatherstocking, Pathfinder, Deerslayer...
The movie version that came out a some years later was a big disappointment, because they took such Hollywood liberties with who was attracted to whom and screwed it all up; pairing Hawkeye with Cora and Uncas with Alice, IIRC (as if).
Yup, and they had Heyward lusting after Cora instead of falling in love with Alice. But I loved it nonetheless. I went into it accepting that they were going to change things up.
After seeing the incomparable I Claudius I read the Robert Graves novels it was based
Again...me, too! ::g::
Plus, I read a few other books on the subject.
- the excellence of those series were directly responsible for getting me to read literature I otherwise may not have chosen.
With me, it certainly fostered a love for the classics. I even voluntarily read "Crime and Punishment" because of MT and John Hurt. Heh.
I taped every episode of Upstairs Downstairs. Before BtVS took over it was my comfort fare of choice. The Duchess of Duke Street was another favorite.
I also loved the American answer to Upstairs, Downstairs, which was a very short-lived series called Beacon Hill. Wish they'd had VCRs then to record it, but no such luck. I think I must have been one of five people who saw it. I never saw Duchess of Duke Street, though I do remember the name. Can't remember why I didn't watch it.
Possibly the best thing I've ever seen on TV is Dennis Potter's Pennies From Heaven.
Wow. I'll have to look for that. I've only seen the Steve Martin version from back in the 80s, I think.
The Alistair Cooke era of MPT was truly the Golden Age of literary drama.
Wordy McWord! ::g::