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lesbiassparrow) wrote2009-07-08 08:14 pm
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
I just got this and so far it is cheesy good fun (though you can see *exactly* where Blackadder got its French Revolution episode ideas)* but...I know I'm not supposed to think this and the French Revolution ended with the Reign of Terror and lots of terrible things but I can't help but think how amazing it must have been to overthrow the Ancienne Regime and think you were forging a new world with new ideas about equality and rights. And tossing things at your former masters (I rarely feel much sympathy for the aristocrats. And non for the King and Queen. They were total twats).
ETA: Wow! They must have paid actresses well in France! Jane Seymour sure has a nice house. And Gandalf is her boyfriend! Well, before her taking up with Blakeney.
ETA 2: Gandalf is sort of hot. And Anthony Andrews is hilarious in all his disguises and as Blakeney. I also love the assembled crowd of cheering citizens at the guillotine. They really put their hearts into hating the aristocrats.
ETA 3: I love the little, blond dauphin. He is so grubby and oppressed and winsome. Quite delightful.
*Not helped by the fact that Le Pimpernel Scarlette's side-kick is the castaway from Top Secret.
ETA: Wow! They must have paid actresses well in France! Jane Seymour sure has a nice house. And Gandalf is her boyfriend! Well, before her taking up with Blakeney.
ETA 2: Gandalf is sort of hot. And Anthony Andrews is hilarious in all his disguises and as Blakeney. I also love the assembled crowd of cheering citizens at the guillotine. They really put their hearts into hating the aristocrats.
ETA 3: I love the little, blond dauphin. He is so grubby and oppressed and winsome. Quite delightful.
*Not helped by the fact that Le Pimpernel Scarlette's side-kick is the castaway from Top Secret.