Oh boy. You know I'm a sucker for all things Austen. I will watch any stupid adaptation that's thrown my way, even when it's obvious that it can't live up to previous versions. This latest movie is no exception, and I can already guarantee you that it won't be faithful enough to the source material (one of my favorite Austen novels!). Characterizations are off, for one. Dakota Johnson's portrayal already looks too confident for a meek Anne Elliot, who only begins to find herself towards the end of the story. There is, in fact, very notable animosity coming from Wentworth in the book and in other films, because this ho broke his damn heart! But while this trailer promises to be unfaithful, I'm still going to watch it, and I'll probably enjoy it, because I'm lame.
You know, I was excited last night. Why? Because, after weeks of no Inspector Lewis, they were finally airing two new episodes back to back! Yay! PBS has been a bit backed up, what with all of their pledge programming and favorites. There are four new episodes in total, and two, I believe, were supposed to air in September. Only one did. Naturally, I was looking forward to the 9-midnight Lewis-athon. And you know what ticked me off? They didn't play two new episodes back to back. They repeated the first one and then played a new one. So I had to wait until 10:30 to get my fix. Because of course everyone wants to re-watch the first one, right? Wrong! Mamma not happy! But we did get one new episode, so I'll be content with that. They should be playing the other two next week, since a new series is supposed to start soon. This one is called "Wild Justice". Lewis and Hathaway are investigating the death of a female Bishop. She flew across the pond from the USA for
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