olde_fashioned: (TDK -- Joker ha ha ha)
olde_fashioned ([personal profile] olde_fashioned) wrote2008-10-14 09:49 pm

Jane Austen's Batman!

Okay. Imagine Jane Austen's world, or rather, Jane Austen's exquisite manner of speaking, only with a Gotham twist. Imagine Austen-esque words coming from the horribly twisted and scarred mouth of the Joker...intrigued? Heheheh. ;-D

[livejournal.com profile] fioriture was kind enough to point THIS out to me, and seeing as it made me laugh so hard as to nearly choke on my dinner and imbed pizza in the keyboard, I just thought I'd share it with the rest of you, only with a warning to not eat whilst reading humorous articles...

I'm not even sure what to use as an icon for this post! Batman, or Jane Austen? lol.

[identity profile] ceallaighgirl.livejournal.com 2008-10-15 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I think it's downright funny!

It's about this young woman, Amanda Price, who is absolutely a Jane Austen fan, you know, read P&P a bazillion times . . . one day another young woman appears in her bathroom who claims to be Elizabeth Bennett, and she finds that there is a door from her washroom into the Bennetts' house. She goes through it, but then the door closes behind her and she and Elizabeth are trapped in each others' world. Amanda discovers that she's right near the beginning of P&P (still not really believing she's actually there but thinks she's been caught up into some reality show), but then her presence there (and Elizabeth's absence) starts to mess up the plot -- such as Mr. Bingley thinking he's in love with her instead of Jane, and Amanda keeps trying to fix it ("this isn't the way it's supposed to go!").

So yeah, it's a very funny show and I think even Jane Austen would be amused by it.

[identity profile] olde-fashioned.livejournal.com 2008-10-18 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
LOL! In her bathroom???? Hahahaha.

I wonder what JA would say if she could see the media frenzy over her stories! lol.

[identity profile] ceallaighgirl.livejournal.com 2008-10-18 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, it's pretty funny. She goes up there one day and there's Elizabeth Bennet standing in her bathtub!

I think JA would probably be amused and perhaps even surprised at the popularity at nearly 200 years later.

I'm watching episode two now and I think one thing that stands out to me is how well-cast it is. Did you ever watch ER? Mrs. Bennet is played by Dr. Corday from that show, and I've never seen her in anything but ER, but she plays the role very well. Jane and Mary also just absolutely fit their roles well too, though Lydia and Kitty are, well they don't stand out (which means they're not bad). Mr. Darcy is actually pretty good-looking, and I think he fits quite well too!

[identity profile] ceallaighgirl.livejournal.com 2008-10-18 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, and Mr. Collins . . . EEW! Hahahahaha.