Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (2015) - Teh Forum

<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42198.0&return_msg=42198.1"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42198.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42198.11">11–20</a>…<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42198.31">31</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=42198.1">Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (2015)</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="42198_1_31_10"> <a name="a42198_1"></a><div class="message" id="message_42198_1"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time"> 9 Jul 2018 16:14</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">1 of 31</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42198.1">42198.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> We started watching this over the weekend and have seen 3 episodes so far. Thematically it's like a Harry Potter for adults (or to put it another way, Penny Dreadful without the monsters). Really well done and believable in a suspend-disbelief kind of way. Mrs.D at first complained the pacing was too slow, but has warmed to it and is considerably more enthusiastic as the story unfolds. Bertie Carvel is Jonathan Strange, a meh everyman who can (it transpires) do magics, Eddie Marsan is Mr. Norrell, a far more complex character, and Marc Warren is the mephistophelian 'Stranger'. Many other great performances, sub plots and plot twists, with some fake history thrown in as well. Riveting.<br /><br /><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iE1nsOoTJos" style="height:360px;margin:0px auto;width:480px;"></iframe><div class="edit_text">EDITED: 9 Jul 2018 18:22 by DSMITHHFX</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42198.1&return_msg=42198.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42198.1"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42198_2"></a><div class="message" id="message_42198_2"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time"> 9 Jul 2018 18:57</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 9 Jul 2018 19:20"></span></span> <span class="message_count">2 of 31</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42198.2">42198.2</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42198.1#a42198_1" target="_self">42198.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Stick with it. The finale is a corker and I don't think I've ever seen main plot and loose ends resolved so successfully before or since.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42198.2&return_msg=42198.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42198.2"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42198_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_42198_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Chris (CHRISSS)<span class="message_time"> 9 Jul 2018 22:34</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 9 Jul 2018 23:51"></span></span> <span class="message_count">3 of 31</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42198.3">42198.3</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42198.1#a42198_1" target="_self">42198.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Yeah, this was great. I missed the first episode or two (came into it when Strange was in France) and loved it.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42198.3&return_msg=42198.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42198.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42198_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_42198_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">10 Jul 2018 00:19</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Chris (CHRISSS) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 10 Jul 2018 07:07"></span></span> <span class="message_count">4 of 31</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42198.4">42198.4</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42198.1#a42198_3" target="_self">42198.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> The first couple of episodes established the character and back stories of the main protagonists (and introduced some hangers-on who will figure largely in the ensuing plot). In particular Mr Worrell who is deeply conflicted and lacks all social graces yet has ambition. But I think much of it may be inferred in later episodes.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42198.4&return_msg=42198.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42198.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42198_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_42198_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Chris (CHRISSS)<span class="message_time">10 Jul 2018 14:04</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 10 Jul 2018 14:56"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 31</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42198.5">42198.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42198.1#a42198_4" target="_self">42198.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I have a bad habit of starting to watch serieses part way through. Or my wife has a bad habit of watching things I'd like and not telling me they're on.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42198.5&return_msg=42198.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42198.5"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42198_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_42198_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">10 Jul 2018 15:50</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Chris (CHRISSS) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 10 Jul 2018 16:05"></span></span> <span class="message_count">6 of 31</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42198.6">42198.6</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42198.1#a42198_5" target="_self">42198.5</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Can you not stream whatever episodes you missed (assuming you'd want to)?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42198.6&return_msg=42198.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42198.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42198_7"></a><div class="message" id="message_42198_7"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">10 Jul 2018 19:03</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 10 Jul 2018 19:12"></span></span> <span class="message_count">7 of 31</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42198.7">42198.7</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42198.1#a42198_6" target="_self">42198.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I may not be the most reliable correspondent.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42198.7&return_msg=42198.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42198.7"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42198_8"></a><div class="message" id="message_42198_8"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">10 Jul 2018 19:30</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 10 Jul 2018 19:39"></span></span> <span class="message_count">8 of 31</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42198.8">42198.8</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42198.1#a42198_7" target="_self">42198.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Reliability is overrated.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42198.8&return_msg=42198.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42198.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42198_9"></a><div class="message" id="message_42198_9"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: milko<span class="message_time">10 Jul 2018 22:42</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 11 Jul 2018 09:06"></span></span> <span class="message_count">9 of 31</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42198.9">42198.9</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42198.1#a42198_1" target="_self">42198.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I too enjoyed this one. The book's not half bad either.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42198.9&return_msg=42198.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42198.9"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42198_10"></a><div class="message" id="message_42198_10"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">11 Jul 2018 08:12</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 11 Jul 2018 09:06"></span></span> <span class="message_count">10 of 31</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42198.10">42198.10</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42198.1#a42198_8" target="_self">42198.8</a></div> <div class="message_body"> A number of people have noted the extraordinary number of hanging threads at the end of the novel (and the series) which is very probably a result of the book being 12 years in the writing. Nevertheless it is an enjoyable read (well, I liked it anyway). Susanna Clarke has done incredibly well from the book, receiving a £1,000,000 advance from Bloomsbury and at least that much again for the film rights. Since the average income for a full-time author in the UK is presently below £13,000, this is quite something. Apparently she has been working on a sequel for nearly 14 years, but I wouldn't hold your breath. But then again, you never know.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42198.10&return_msg=42198.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42198.10"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="42198.11" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>