I am *so* loving Downton Abbey. I can't believe they're dumbing it down for US audiences. I'm not entirely sure what needs to be simplified. I'd never heard of "entail" before, and I get it.
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§ ita § - Jan 07, 2011 5:41:30 pm PST #9165 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 07, 2011 10:44:42 pm PST #9166 of 9843
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I am *so* loving Downton Abbey.
It's absolutely wonderful. The first good thing shown on ITV in decades. What are they doing to dumb it down?
§ ita § - Jan 08, 2011 3:42:18 am PST #9167 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They're cutting out an hour, doing something about the entail (seriously, I don't get entail--I just get that the guy is now the heir, end of story), and speeding it up so that he arrives in the first episode.
Dana - Jan 08, 2011 11:06:29 am PST #9168 of 9843
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Okay, caught up on Misfits.
That is...quite a show, considering it's more or less about a group of deeply stupid people. Except for Simon. They need to listen to Simon a lot more.
Consuela - Jan 09, 2011 4:06:09 pm PST #9169 of 9843
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§ ita § - Jan 09, 2011 4:14:46 pm PST #9170 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, thank god. There's nothing obvious to lose, and no way losing anything makes the inheritance plot easier to understand.
sumi - Jan 09, 2011 4:28:44 pm PST #9171 of 9843
Art Crawl!!!
Wouldn't which properties and money involved in the entail be something that would be planned at the time the entail was created? (i.e., I seem to remember that there was some small amount of money that Mr. Bennett from Pride and Prejudice was able to pass on to his daughters.)
sumi - Jan 09, 2011 4:34:14 pm PST #9172 of 9843
Art Crawl!!!
I love the ironing of the newspapers.
Beverly - Jan 09, 2011 5:13:21 pm PST #9173 of 9843
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I have to confess, I've ironed newspapers. A friend in England wrapped and padded a boxful of Christmas presents in newspaper. I smoothed out a sheet which happened to be a front page with a sensational murder trial report. The other pages were so wrinkled and crumpled, I wound up ironing all th pages so I could read all the titillating horrid evidence about the murders. The ads were fun, too. The newspaper may have been the best present she sent, that year.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 09, 2011 9:37:26 pm PST #9174 of 9843
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I shall henceforth wrap all Buffista secret santa presents in crumpled newspaper.
I'm surprised you can iron modern newspapers. They used to be made of much higher quality material, not being quite so mass-produced. They're thin and inky now.