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Posted by Grace on October 16, 1996 at 08:49:40:
: In the last two weeks I have seen all three versions of P&P,
: Two versions of S&S
: Two versions of Emma
: and when I'm not logged on here I'm rereading one of them.
: I can't stop....I'm hopelessly addicted.
: Mich
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: Truly, you have nothing to worry about in terms of addiction. You are not close yet. Let me just suggest a few signs of addiction so you will know what to look for:
-you've given up Big Macs for white soup and ragout
-you've started legal proceedings to change your
husband's first name to Fitzwilliam (it will put an
end to the poor dear's confusion.)
-Citibank keeps calling about unusual spending patterns
on your card (must be that 2K to Jane Austen Books in Chicago)
-when Candace begins to take sides, so to speak, you
can refer to your notes
-you've contacted Sony about VCR technology (you're
sure with super slo-mo you'd find what you're
looking for in the Bath scene.)
-you're having a Derbyshire rock formation erected in
your backyard
Perhaps more later. Now I must go - the contractors want to know what to do with the old swing set. Grace
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Posted by Betty on October 16, 1996 at 08:52:42:
Indeed, you did not scare away Betty. Yes, I have been busy.
I browse here every once in awhile and was surprised that the discussion had gotten away from talk of the book and movie itself and had turned to the production angle. My comment wasn't to "attack" anyone(I'm an Austen fan too) but that you should be talking about more substantial matters than what the sound mixers and other production people did.
Betty
P.S. You really cannot scare me. (By the way, thank you sooo much for those of you who decided to take my comment about the credits seriously, that only serves to prove a point.)
Posted by Ian on October 16, 1996 at 09:03:22:
: G'day All,
: As I see that everyone is having trouble accessing OJ's Page (if anyone is able please e-mail to reassure me that the page is still there!!!) then the image is at A&Etv P&P site, but not in a readily available form. It takes the form of an AVI or MPEG. If you take the trouble to download the movie then you'll notice various characters in situations such as Lizzy running, Darcy fencing, and Wickham kissing Lizzy's hand. With a suitable viewer you may be able to view the movie frame-by-frame.
: Please see "Cheesehead? and Trouble Loading Image" comments at the foot of the P&P2 BB.
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Since OJ's page now seems accessible for all again here's that wicked Wickham picture.
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Posted by Amy on October 16, 1996 at 09:35:10:
Great additions. Anybody want to compile the signs we did a couple weeks ago and I will put them up permanently. Cheryl, you started it.
Amy
Posted by Donna on October 16, 1996 at 09:40:22:
: : Donna,P.S.I still don't know how to use op.link and Op.image link
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: Donna,
: Don't worry about it. People can paste the URL in almost as easily, but if you want to try doing the link, here's how you would have put in the BBC page. Fool around with it. If you screw up I'll just take the messages out. No problem.
: For a picture be sure to put in the entire URL, starting with http:// for best accuracy copy and paste it from browser's address window. Tip: if you have enough memory open two instances of your browser, for if you start a message here, then go look for the pic elsewhere on the web and try to come back to finish your message, it might have flown away.
: Amy
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I didn't have time last night to try this so here it is.
I hoped you found the Pemberley Pic.
Thanks Donna
Link:
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Posted by Amy on October 16, 1996 at 09:48:52:
: Since OJ's page now seems accessible for all again here's that wicked Wickham picture.
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Ian, you said Jane was looking our input on improving the page? How about linking the locations to the appropriate pages on the site below?
Link:
Posted by Amy on October 16, 1996 at 09:56:49:
: I didn't have time last night to try this so here it is.
: I hoped you found the Pemberley Pic.
: Thanks Donna
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You did it. Thanks for finding it. I'll put it on the links page.
Amy
Posted by Amy on October 16, 1996 at 10:02:37:
When the Gardiners arrive at Longbourn to pick up Lizzy for their holiday, does it sound to anyone else like Mrs Gardiner is saying,
"Nothing can compare to the wired, untamed beauty of the Peaks."
Amy
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Posted by Mary H on October 16, 1996 at 10:07:59:
: : Oh dear, I should not even mention this I fear, but I found a most engaging new IRC application and wanted to see if anybody has any interest in trying it.
: : It's a Microsoft Internet Explorer plug in called Comic Chat and it works just like regular IRC except you can "be" comic character. It's pretty limited right now but there are plans for customizable characters. Wouldn't it be almost too much fun to design some Regency characters -- or even play at being P&P characters?
: : I do not wish to start anyone on a new addiction. God knows I don't need to spend any more time on the net, but I have often been on simultaneously with three or four of you and wished I could talk more directly.
: : Amy
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: Amyloo don't do it!;-) You e-mailed me once to say how tired you were. The P&P2 BB is already enough for you to manage, and a MIGHTY THANKYOU too for this GREAT resource.
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I know Ian is probably right, but I love this idea! I would love to work on designing characters, but don't know how much help I'll be right now. (I borrowed an HTML book and am limping through it. Would help if I could stay away from the P&PBB. Also going to Web graphics class on my lunch hour.) By the by, all the new word wrap features are fab.
Mary H
Posted by Mary H on October 16, 1996 at 10:30:55:
With apologies to the President's fans, but I really think Bill is a lot closer to Wickham than Mr. Bingley.
(I still don't know who I'm going to vote for with election less than 3 weeks away.)
Mary H
Posted by Grace on October 16, 1996 at 10:35:31:
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: : Ah, I see -- I will have to watch again to see if I agree -- One thing I did notice after watching P&P2 too many times (Is that possible?) was that Mr. Darcy was not too consistant with which side he dressed to...I'm sorry -- I just couldn't help noticing this.
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: LOL! I must admit that I noticed this too (and Anna-karin thinks she is the only one with a dirty mind!) and was surprised. I thought men were excessively careful about that sort of thing. Dare we ask any of our resident gentlemen...? No, we dare not, it is too delicate a subject to dwell upon.
: Cheryl
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: Cheryl and Candace, you have obviously thought long and ..no, how shall I word it?.....carefully...on this subject. Others of us, however, may find it difficult to grasp the thrust of your conversation. Are we to understand that ladies of your sensibilities are taking sides in regard to the male members of the cast?
Grace
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Posted by Mary H on October 16, 1996 at 10:43:13:
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: : All right Mary, I will grant you that listening to Mrs. Collins fretting about being turned out into the street for a month would be unbearable.
: Of course I meant to say Mrs. *Bennet*. Oh dear, you don't suppose there is some kind of Freudian thing going on here!
: Cheryl
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Personally, I think Freud would have a field day with this whole BB. ;)
OK, I will admit that Mr. Bennet gets a preverse pleasure out of springing things on his wife and daughters, but that's actually one of the reasons I like him. Remember, he's not a real person, he's a character in a novel. Think how boring he would be if he always did exactly what Mrs. Bennet wanted when she wanted him to. Or told her things exactly when he should. We wouldn't like him as much as we do if he didn't "get her going" now and then.
OK, repeat after me, "It's not real, it's only a book" (substitute movie if you like).
Good. That's enough reality for today. Now, back to talking about these people as if they were real!
Mary H
Posted by Linda on October 16, 1996 at 10:55:01:
: But wasn't Darcy only enraptured by her eyes?
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Initially it was the "pair of fine eyes", but he soon began to appreciate
the whole of her countenance.
Chapter Six
"Occupied in observing Mr. Bingley's attentions to her sister,
Elizabeth was far from suspecting that she was herself becoming
an object of some interest in the eyes of his friend. Mr. Darcy
had at first scarcely allowed her to be pretty; he had looked at her
without admiration at the ball; and when they next met, he looked
at her only to criticize. But no sooner had he made it clear to
himself and his friends that she had hardly a good feature in her
face, than he began to find it was rendered uncommonly intelligent
by the beautiful expression of her dark eyes. To this discovery
succeeded some others equally mortifying. Though he had dectected
with a critical eye more than one failure of perfect symmetry
in her form, he was forced to acknowledge her figure to be light
and pleasing; and in spite of his asserting that her manners were
not those of the fashionable world, he was caught by their easy
playfulness." ...
Linda
Posted by Mary H on October 16, 1996 at 10:57:02:
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: : : I agree that Mrs. B is "half a bubble off."
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: : Follow the link below for more wonderful euphemisms.
: : Cheryl
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: Thanks! I enjoyed it.
: Tommye
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Great link! Am e-mailing it to all my friends who aren't obsessed with Jane Austen. Finally, I have something to talk to them about ;>)
Mary H
Posted by Donna on October 16, 1996 at 10:58:55:
: : Donna,P.S.I still don't know how to use op.link and Op.image link
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: Donna,
: Don't worry about it. People can paste the URL in almost as easily, but if you want to try doing the link, here's how you would have put in the BBC page. Fool around with it. If you screw up I'll just take the messages out. No problem.
: For a picture be sure to put in the entire URL, starting with http:// for best accuracy copy and paste it from browser's address window. Tip: if you have enough memory open two instances of your browser, for if you start a message here, then go look for the pic elsewhere on the web and try to come back to finish your message, it might have flown away.
: Amy
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I didn't have time last night to try this so here it is.
I hoped you found the Pemberley Pic.
Thanks Donna
Amy I have to instances the pic. is on one and your page is on the other copy is there on both pages the message I get is copy to clipboard,paste doesn't come up. What do I do after this. I put the image URL in when I post it said no Error no message?
Thanks Donna
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Posted by Mary H on October 16, 1996 at 11:07:05:
p.s. is Greg Wise still dating Emma Thompson off-screen?
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: : Bernie
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: Greg Wise, eh? I hadn't heard. So, logically, she has separated from Branagh? Divorced?
: I feel like a rumour-hawk.
: Raphael
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The Vanity Fair from a couple of months ago with Emma on the cover confirmed her amicable divorce from Branagh. However, when questioned she refused to confirm or deny reports about her relationship with Wise. I haven't heard anything since then.
Your obliging rumor-monger,
Mary H
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