{"id":11667,"date":"2014-09-19T20:41:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T18:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multifaceted-abnormal.net\/blog\/?p=11667"},"modified":"2014-09-19T20:46:49","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T18:46:49","slug":"down-the-rabbit-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/multifaceted-abnormal.net\/blog\/archives\/2014\/09\/19\/down-the-rabbit-hole\/","title":{"rendered":"Down the (media consumption) rabbit hole"},"content":{"rendered":"

I came home today knowing exactly what I’d do – take out my DVD of the 1999 Mansfield Park<\/a>, which I hadn’t done in years because, while I remembered enjoying it, I wasn’t sure whether it would hold up to a repeat watching, considering how loose an adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel it is. (It did, but that’s not the point of this post.) So why did I?<\/p>\n

In a way it started with the Youtube series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries<\/A>. Or maybe it started years and years before that, when I fell in love with Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice<\/em> and, not long after, the 1995 mini-series<\/a>. In any case, I watched and completely adored this modern take on the beloved story (unusual for me – most re-writes, adaptations and sequels leave me cold or, worse, make me cringe), so I bought the book<\/A> and subsequently the audiobook<\/a>. I took a break listening to it (not the fault of the book, I hasten to add!), so I only finished it yesterday. <\/p>\n

As chance would have it, the very next thing on my playlist was the recent BBC radio play<\/A> of Mansfield Park<\/em>. You see what I’m getting at – I finished listening to the play on my way home, being gripped with the desire for more. I have yet to watch the BBC mini-series<\/a> from the 80s (although I own it as part of a DVD set) and am not sure I want to bother with the 2007 ITV version<\/a>. Which is why I decided to follow up Jane Austen with another beloved story, Jane Eyre<\/em> – namely the 2001 movie<\/a>. I utterly adore the mini-series from 2006<\/A>, but a) it’s rather long for one evening, b) I’d only watched it once since seeing it in the cinema, and c) my recently rekindled love for the X-Men movies<\/a> (sparked by finally watching First Class<\/em> before seeing Days of Future Past<\/em> in the cinema) made me want to see more of Michael Fassbender.<\/p>\n

Which is where I stand now, asking myself in which direction I should let fancy lead me – because the X-Men movies are still fresh in my mind, I’m leaning towards The Eagle<\/a>, because St. John Rivers is played by Jamie Bell. We’ll see, shall we? It’ll be enjoyable in any case – and quite far from Pride and Prejudice<\/em>… <\/p>\n

Which is why I wanted to write this post, I guess. All of us have followed the rabbit down its hole at some point or another in this media-saturated age, I’m sure. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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