Muffling my ears so as not to hear monkeybard's anguished screams

[jaunthie]

Brilliance: the 11-part 1981 miniseries adaptation of the Evelyn Waugh novel Brideshead Revisited.

Really Bad Idea: the less than 2 hour proposed film adaptation of the same novel, currently in pre-production.

If you've ever read the novel (do!) and/or seen the miniseries (do!!)...well, I expect you're screaming too. It's remotely possible that the film won't utterly suck (although you cannot possibly do the novel justice in under two hours of screen time). I can't begin to imagine it will come close to touching the absolute brilliance of the miniseries. And honestly, WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS????

Edited to add: Good thing I had my earplugs in...

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[monkeybard]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! BASTARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jaunthie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's pretty much how I feel about it too. >:-p Bastiches!