Hi tyme, feeling frustrated right about now - suddenly the blog refuses to count my poll vote:) Flashback to the first few weeks when it wouldn't post my username and instead insisted I was a faceless anonymous. HA! Software gremlins.
IF said blog would count my one little bitty vote, it'd be for the last pic. John's eyes appear to be all-consuming as he gives that hot furtive glance at Margaret.*melting*
25-50 views of the train station scene would also get my vote..admittedly it's much closer to the 50:)
ok thought it was just me having problems with the polls! I do think it managed to count my votes - look back/25-50/fluttering
I do enjoy the tea pic - I probably would have spilt the tea all over him if I had been Margaret! Of course if that happened he may have had to remove his vest & cravat...hmmmmm
tyme, believe I've deciphered the reason for my poll vote not being counted. Last week I'd added a pic to the friends connect feature - instead of inserting it in the initial blank frame, blogger added it as an additional person. Since only one vote per person is allowed, the software must be eliminating any vote from Ricrar. I'd block the initial member & keep the one with pic IF there was assurance my account wouldn't be completely blocked. hahaha It's a tangled web we weave when playing w/the software gremlins. Best solution will be to get in touch w/blogger's tech support asap.
I must admit I didn't take all that much notice of Richard in N&S until that tea cup scene, when I suddenly realised that underneath that stern outer exterior and black clothes was a rather dishy actor! Those eyes looking up at Margaret and the slight touching of fingers as the tea cup and saucer were handed to him were quite sensual. I always remember thinking "blimey, it's the same actor that was in Sparkhouse, without the woolly hat".
Richard's interview for the N&S DVD really is an upclose & personal introduction to the man, isn't it? He remarked that he'd fallen in love with Gaskell's novel and also that she was the only 19thC writer who really seemed to understand a man's point of view.
As a history buff w/an appreciation for the associated tangents (antiques, almost anything vintage) he impressed me as treating the novel as a delicate antique deserving of great care in his interpretation of the JT role. His words 'he'd lived on a page for 150yrs' was the moment my head&heart said "you are too good to be true." -- Obviously masculine yet sensitive in a natural sort of way. Up to that point, thought I was married to the one male in the world w/those qualities;)
Know I sometimes step on toes when giving my true impression of Colin Firth(sorry, if I do again) To me, Colin always seems affected & stiff. The RA/Hugh Jackman type of bloke is definitely more to my taste. Emphasis on maleness w/a touch of tenderness...rather than the other way around.
Since N&S is a rework of P&P with the roles reversed, I have always thought that DD had the unenviable role of a female Darcy which may be the reason I don't care for her character all that much. What a blessing that RA was cast as the sympathetic character.
If I may discuss Sparkhouse, another classic rewrite in which our Guy appears, I find it interesting that RA's character John is the amalgamation of the doomed Linton siblings. They are, in my opinion, the most sympathetic characters in Wuthering Heights of the first generation and RA does a brilliant job in interpreting this character. While the Heathcliff character "Carol" lends itself well to a gender switch, Cathy's character "Andrew" doesn't work very well. "Oh, to be a girl again!"-not I think.
And Hugh Jackman is a real honey, would have loved to seem him on stage as Curly in Oklahoma (OK!).
After watching Sparkhouse I'd searched for Olivier's 'Wuthering Heights' online. Had seen it before, but this time my intention was to envision Richard in the same role. That was a very pleasant past time--RA's affinity for tortured souls would no doubt find a familiar home as yearning, love-sick Heathcliffe.
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Hi tyme, feeling frustrated right about now - suddenly the blog refuses to count my poll vote:) Flashback to the first few weeks when it wouldn't post my username and instead insisted I was a faceless anonymous. HA! Software gremlins.
IF said blog would count my one little bitty vote, it'd be for the last pic. John's eyes appear to be all-consuming as he gives that hot furtive glance at Margaret.*melting*
25-50 views of the train station scene would also get my vote..admittedly it's much closer to the 50:)
ok thought it was just me having problems with the polls! I do think it managed to count my votes - look back/25-50/fluttering
I do enjoy the tea pic - I probably would have spilt the tea all over him if I had been Margaret! Of course if that happened he may have had to remove his vest & cravat...hmmmmm
tyme, believe I've deciphered the reason for my poll vote not being counted. Last week I'd added a pic to the friends connect feature - instead of inserting it in the initial blank frame, blogger added it as an additional person. Since only one vote per person is allowed, the software must be eliminating any vote from Ricrar. I'd block the initial member & keep the one with pic IF there was assurance my account wouldn't be completely blocked. hahaha It's a tangled web we weave when playing w/the software gremlins. Best solution will be to get in touch w/blogger's tech support asap.
I must admit I didn't take all that much notice of Richard in N&S until that tea cup scene, when I suddenly realised that underneath that stern outer exterior and black clothes was a rather dishy actor! Those eyes looking up at Margaret and the slight touching of fingers as the tea cup and saucer were handed to him were quite sensual. I always remember thinking "blimey, it's the same actor that was in Sparkhouse, without the woolly hat".
Richard's interview for the N&S DVD really is an upclose & personal introduction to the man, isn't it? He remarked that he'd fallen in love with Gaskell's novel and also that she was the only 19thC writer who really seemed to understand a man's point of view.
As a history buff w/an appreciation for the associated tangents (antiques, almost anything vintage) he impressed me as treating the novel as a delicate antique deserving of great care in his interpretation of the JT role. His words 'he'd lived on a page for 150yrs' was the moment my head&heart said "you are too good to be true." -- Obviously masculine yet sensitive in a natural sort of way. Up to that point, thought I was married to the one male in the world
w/those qualities;)
Know I sometimes step on toes when giving my true impression of Colin Firth(sorry, if I do again) To me, Colin always seems affected & stiff. The RA/Hugh Jackman type of bloke is definitely more to my taste. Emphasis on maleness w/a touch of tenderness...rather than the other way around.
Since N&S is a rework of P&P with the roles reversed, I have always thought that DD had the unenviable role of a female Darcy which may be the reason I don't care for her character all that much. What a blessing that RA was cast as the sympathetic character.
If I may discuss Sparkhouse, another classic rewrite in which our Guy appears, I find it interesting that RA's character John is the amalgamation of the doomed Linton siblings. They are, in my opinion, the most sympathetic characters in Wuthering Heights of the first generation and RA does a brilliant job in interpreting this character. While the Heathcliff character "Carol" lends itself well to a gender switch, Cathy's character "Andrew" doesn't work very well. "Oh, to be a girl again!"-not I think.
And Hugh Jackman is a real honey, would have loved to seem him on stage as Curly in Oklahoma (OK!).
After watching Sparkhouse I'd searched for Olivier's 'Wuthering Heights' online. Had seen it before, but this time my intention was to envision Richard in the same role. That was a very pleasant past time--RA's affinity for tortured souls would no doubt find a familiar home as yearning, love-sick Heathcliffe.
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