Bleak House

[meddow]

Four a couple of days I got completely addicted to the BBC's 2005 adaptation of Bleak House. Epic love! Repression! Spontaneous combustion! Seething criticism of the inefficiency of the Court of Chancellery! I could recommend it for Gillian Anderson's fantastic Lady Deadlock alone, and Denis Lawson also stands out as his Jarndyce is just a bit heartbreaking, and also because it may well be one of the highest concentration of Doctor Who actors a BBC costume drama has managed to achieve.

Those particular reasons to watch aside, all together its one of the best costume drama's I've watched in ages. And having it in the form of half-hour episodes rather than hour-long episodes works incredibly well.

I'm really going to have to watch Little Dorrit now.

Although, I'm now kind of booked up. I introduced flatmate to BSG two days ago when she finally after a month of me nagging her agreed to watch the miniseries and we ended up watching the majority of season one yesterday. So yes, a short while after being done with BSG, I'm right back there. No complains from me though since I love it, plus it's fun watching it with someone who hasn't been spoiled and doesn't know where the show's going, who's a Cylon and who's not or the deal with Earth. I find the next best thing to watching an new episode of something is watching it with someone who hasn't seen it. However, her boyfriend and our other flatmate spent yesterday not-so-obliquely telling us how lazy we were sitting on the couch watching TV all day, ruining the fun a bit.

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[hibernate.livejournal.com]

However, her boyfriend and our other flatmate spent yesterday not-so-obliquely telling us how lazy we were sitting on the couch watching TV all day, ruining the fun a bit.

Pfft, spoilsports. That's what weekends are for! :)

[airie-fairy.livejournal.com]

It's Saturday. What are you supposed to do if not marathon TV?

I'm watching Little Dorrit as it airs on Masterpiece Theatre right now. It is looong, 4 parts so far at one and a half--two hours each and not yet done, but good. Oh Dickens. I should see that Bleak House; it's supposed to be very good. But for once I'd like to read a given Dickens before I watch it. I'm not sure if Great Expectations counts, as everybody knows the story anyway.

[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

Gillian Anderson is so good in Bleak House. The whole series is just beautifully done. Little Dorrit is fabulous as well. Both books have complex fabrics of characters and subplots, so they're much better suited for a mini-series adaptation than a two hour film.

An all day BSG marathon sounds like a great time to me.