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Yuletide Recs 2
Dec. 29th, 2019 05:55 pmTwenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea:
The Vast Unknown: in which Professor Arronax decides to stay on board the Nautilus. Really does feel like a possible alternate ending of the original novel, witch both Arronax' and Nemo's voices spot-on.
Versailles:
I never got around to writing a review of the third season, which I didn't enjoy nearly as much as the first two, not even on a crack soap opera history level, but one of the hands down undiminished bright spots was the show creating a credible OT3 out of its versions of Philippe d'Orleans, the Chevalier de Lorraine and Liselotte of the Palatinate. Not surprisingly, I loved the immensely enjoyable takes this year's Yuletide delivered on the golden trio:
Letters from Liselotte: If Versailles had ever done a Christmas special, this would have been it.
I prefer a pleasant vice: another great take on the trio from Liselotte's pov, this one with Louis.
The Seven Swans (the fairy tale):
Swan Song: the younger brother with the swan wing, after.
The Favourite:
Lady of the Bedchamber: Sarah and Abigail, sparring. Gloriously in the spirit of the movie.
The Goldfinch (the book, I haven't seen the movie):
How do you celebrate:
Boris and Theo, as intense and as messed up as ever.
James Asher mystery series - Barbara Hambly:
Unfortunate son: delivers all one loves this book series for - the three main characters rescuing each other, intense emotions between all three, minor vampire murder mystery, political scheming - and writes Lydia, James and Don Simon very very well indeed.
19th Century RPF:
Cor Cordium: Mary Shelley pov, covering the time between the Haunted Summer and the aftermath of Shelley's death. Among other things, it delivers a credible threesome with Byron, which I'm not that easy to sell on to because the relationship between Mary and Byron was always somewhat prickly (though they respected each other a lot), but this works for me. Though it's actually just one part of a greater story, covering Mary's development during those years, and it presents a very convincing version of her that doesn't ignore the edges (or the way her marriage was falling apart near the end).
The Vast Unknown: in which Professor Arronax decides to stay on board the Nautilus. Really does feel like a possible alternate ending of the original novel, witch both Arronax' and Nemo's voices spot-on.
Versailles:
I never got around to writing a review of the third season, which I didn't enjoy nearly as much as the first two, not even on a crack soap opera history level, but one of the hands down undiminished bright spots was the show creating a credible OT3 out of its versions of Philippe d'Orleans, the Chevalier de Lorraine and Liselotte of the Palatinate. Not surprisingly, I loved the immensely enjoyable takes this year's Yuletide delivered on the golden trio:
Letters from Liselotte: If Versailles had ever done a Christmas special, this would have been it.
I prefer a pleasant vice: another great take on the trio from Liselotte's pov, this one with Louis.
The Seven Swans (the fairy tale):
Swan Song: the younger brother with the swan wing, after.
The Favourite:
Lady of the Bedchamber: Sarah and Abigail, sparring. Gloriously in the spirit of the movie.
The Goldfinch (the book, I haven't seen the movie):
How do you celebrate:
Boris and Theo, as intense and as messed up as ever.
James Asher mystery series - Barbara Hambly:
Unfortunate son: delivers all one loves this book series for - the three main characters rescuing each other, intense emotions between all three, minor vampire murder mystery, political scheming - and writes Lydia, James and Don Simon very very well indeed.
19th Century RPF:
Cor Cordium: Mary Shelley pov, covering the time between the Haunted Summer and the aftermath of Shelley's death. Among other things, it delivers a credible threesome with Byron, which I'm not that easy to sell on to because the relationship between Mary and Byron was always somewhat prickly (though they respected each other a lot), but this works for me. Though it's actually just one part of a greater story, covering Mary's development during those years, and it presents a very convincing version of her that doesn't ignore the edges (or the way her marriage was falling apart near the end).
