Game of Thrones...

Saw not one but two episodes of Game of Thrones today, episodes 6 and 7, one aired on TV, one online.

What a marvellous sense of timing. Finding just the right cliffhangers for each episode. And a few things that didn't happen in the book... or perhaps we misrember. There seems to be more sex, for example.

Rereading a little, I saw something I'd forgotten: that my copy of Game of Thrones was signed by George R.R. Martin. Gave me a bit of a thrill to notice that again.

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Jane Eyre and Timothy Dalton...

Back on April 8, I saw the new 2011 movie version of Jane Eyre, starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender. That got me thinking about my favourite version of Jane Eyre, the 1983 BBC mini-series starring Zelah Clarke and Timothy Dalton.

Have I mentioned that it's one of my favourite books?

So today I held a video-party and watched all 8 episodes of the mini-series all at once, with gamergrrl, Beulah, and Tasia. Once again, I loved it. The 2011 version is in some ways a better show - beautifully adapted - but I like the actors better in the 1983 version, especially Timothy Dalton as Rochester. No, he doesn't look like Rochester. He doesn't need to. He acts the part so well he is Rochester, and I've never thought that of any other filmed version.



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