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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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I will admit to having failed to read it. It has been in my book pile for nearly five years now.
I am, however, very excited about it being dramatised on BBC2 this month.
I do hope it's on a Sunday.
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I was always a movie only guy until a few years back. I read a few books, most notably The Da Vinci Code, and have never watched films in the same way. Always enjoy a book more as the detail is greater. That said, there are some great films adapted from books out there. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"Will you still read the book after watching it? I never know which is best- read the book or watch the screen version. Or both."
I may yet get around to the book but I will still watch the series. Plus it's Damien Lewis.
Sometimes if I have read the book I can't watch the film or television version as they just don't live up to my vision. The only one that has been better is The Shawshank Redemption, for obvious reasons. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"I was always a movie only guy until a few years back. I read a few books, most notably The Da Vinci Code, and have never watched films in the same way. Always enjoy a book more as the detail is greater. That said, there are some great films adapted from books out there."
There are. I couldn't get on with reading the who Dragon Tattoo series after reading the first one. If he hadn't died I am sure he would have had an editor cut about 120 pages covering jurisprudence. However, the films were great. I watched all three over two nights. |
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By *afadaoMan
over a year ago
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"I will admit to having failed to read it. It has been in my book pile for nearly five years now.
I am, however, very excited about it being dramatised on BBC2 this month.
I do hope it's on a Sunday.
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Is it still sitting on your Hilary Mantelpiece? |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"I will admit to having failed to read it. It has been in my book pile for nearly five years now.
I am, however, very excited about it being dramatised on BBC2 this month.
I do hope it's on a Sunday.
Is it still sitting on your Hilary Mantelpiece?"
Ho ho. It's in the middle of the huge book pile at the top of the stairs. Although you may never have noticed that pile... |
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"I found the Dragon Tattoo books hard to read. The original films are great; far better than the Daniel Craig one in my opinion."
Totally agree, I saw the original films first, enjoyed immensley, and then saw the reboot, and started reading the books but didn't enjoy as much. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"I found the Dragon Tattoo books hard to read. The original films are great; far better than the Daniel Craig one in my opinion."
I only saw the original films. I read the first book to the end but couldn't bear to read the other two. |
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"Gone girl is a great book and film"
Really? I stopped myself from going to see the film until I finished the book. It was so slow and hard to read I missed the film altogether. Have to say I was disappointed with how it turned out but I'd be interested to see how the film works. |
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By *ugby 123Couple
over a year ago
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"I will admit to having failed to read it. It has been in my book pile for nearly five years now.
I am, however, very excited about it being dramatised on BBC2 this month.
I do hope it's on a Sunday.
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Wednesday 21 January at 9pm.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I found the Dragon Tattoo books hard to read. The original films are great; far better than the Daniel Craig one in my opinion."
I agree completely with this. I couldn't get into the books but the film's are in my all time top 10.
Can't wait for Wolf Hall. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"I will admit to having failed to read it. It has been in my book pile for nearly five years now.
I am, however, very excited about it being dramatised on BBC2 this month.
I do hope it's on a Sunday.
Wednesday 21 January at 9pm. "
Thanks, I'll have to record it. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Hoping Hilary hurries up with the third book never mind the telly! "
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher short stories will be on R4 next week.
If the third is as epic as the first two then a little wait might make it even better.
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"I am looking forward to it to , intrigue in Tudor England and Wales lol
I must say I am a real book geek !! I love the images books paint in your mind "
If I had started to read this one I am sure it would have painted some pictures in my mind but as I didn't I am going to be forever influenced by the images this adaptation presents to me. |
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"I read the book thief and loved it
The film was good but nothing in the book
I didn't want to see the film as I loved the book so much.
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There are a few books I have read and never watched the film or not all of it.
About a boy , Nick Hornby great book truly awful film . |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"I really enjoyed the books, I'm looking forward to seeing the series, I'd love to see the stage version too."
I wanted to see the stage version but got caught up in other stuff during the summer.
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"My only criticism so far is that all the clothes are too perfect. I am sure some of them would have had tears and dirt on them.
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Thomas More had food stains down his doublet in the last episode.
Remember, these were rich and powerful people whose status was reinforced by the clothes they wore - you quite literally wore your wealth on your back, which was why black was such a popular colour the dye was extremely expensive & tended to rot the cloth. It showed you could not only afford the best cloth and the expensive dye, but could afford to replace the clothes fairly regularly. They had servants and tailors/seamstresses to keep them looking as good as possible, shirts were considered underclothes & boilwashed regularly.
Don't fall into the trap of thinking they all walked around covered in pigshit, the elite had access to laundry and good tailoring on tap. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"My only criticism so far is that all the clothes are too perfect. I am sure some of them would have had tears and dirt on them.
Thomas More had food stains down his doublet in the last episode.
Remember, these were rich and powerful people whose status was reinforced by the clothes they wore - you quite literally wore your wealth on your back, which was why black was such a popular colour the dye was extremely expensive & tended to rot the cloth. It showed you could not only afford the best cloth and the expensive dye, but could afford to replace the clothes fairly regularly. They had servants and tailors/seamstresses to keep them looking as good as possible, shirts were considered underclothes & boilwashed regularly.
Don't fall into the trap of thinking they all walked around covered in pigshit, the elite had access to laundry and good tailoring on tap."
I missed the food stains. It's only been the prisoners with rent clothing, even the servants are very well turned out.
I appreciate the wealth being depicted. Clothes were left in wills of course.
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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On another note, the set designers had to tone down the tapestries as we modern folk are used to seeing them faded. The testing showed that people didn't believe the tapestries in their bright, vibrancy of the original new state.
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Well, servants reflected the status of the House. It was customary once a year to make a gift of good cloth to the servants so they could make livery with it - dyed the correct colour(s) of course.
Some Houses went further and had livery coats made for the staff, when you were out and about you were attended by your people & they reflected your wealth, status and power.
I spent quite a few yrs doing reenactment as a hobby, its interesting the stuff you pick up! |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Well, servants reflected the status of the House. It was customary once a year to make a gift of good cloth to the servants so they could make livery with it - dyed the correct colour(s) of course.
Some Houses went further and had livery coats made for the staff, when you were out and about you were attended by your people & they reflected your wealth, status and power.
I spent quite a few yrs doing reenactment as a hobby, its interesting the stuff you pick up!"
I can't quite imagine you doing reenactment.
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"Well, servants reflected the status of the House. It was customary once a year to make a gift of good cloth to the servants so they could make livery with it - dyed the correct colour(s) of course.
Some Houses went further and had livery coats made for the staff, when you were out and about you were attended by your people & they reflected your wealth, status and power.
I spent quite a few yrs doing reenactment as a hobby, its interesting the stuff you pick up!
I can't quite imagine you doing reenactment.
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Wars Of the Roses, so 2nd half of the C15th, although the group does also do Tudor period. I preferred the C15th as the clothes looked better on me, plus I had the armour. |
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The composer was on Woman's Hour this week and the music sounds fabulous.
I'm getting very excited about this series.
