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Around the world in 80 Days with David Tennant
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I can't be the only one being OBSESSED with "Around the World in 80 Days"? Where are you? I need people to talk to!
For the unaware amongst us: It is a new 8 part series, NOT made by the BBC. It's made by a TV alliance of several countries, mainly Germany, France and Italy. But it does currently air at the BBC and in America it is airing at PBS. Poor guys only getting it once a week on Sundays. It will take them forever to go through.
In Germany it aired over three days before Christmas. I recorded it but hesitated to watch as usually German TV is dubbed. But to my delight it was available in original language and there are several different original languages from whichever country they travel to which makes it rich and full. So I only watched it last Sunday. When I say watched, what I mean is I binged it within one day. Yes, it's that good.
I was not yet sure after the first episode. David's Philas Fogg is a very insecure angsty man. But of course he grows, and with him grow the other characters. It is a modern and fresh take. It's very funny, I have been giggeling at times. It's also heartbreaking. David can show the full range of his acting.
Yes, there are those that say it does not stay true to the book, and how dare they have a black man and a woman in main roles. Ignore those ignorants! Go watch for yourself! On Twitter we are loving it, and we even already have fanfictions. One of them is by me:
https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Around%20the%20World%20in%2080%20Days%20(TV%202021)/works
Everyone is embracing this new fandom, and a second season (with a different adventure) already was confirmed before it even aired.
Did I say it's good? How could I have even any doubt. Everything David Tennant is in is good. I am just falling in love with him all over again. It also has a certain Doctor Who feeling, which I think may be intentional. Him travelling the world with companions, running around with coat tails flapping, and looking at a fobwatch.
What are you still waiting for? Go watch, watch it now! Watch it till the end, and then come talk to me!
alumfelga!I can't be the only one being OBSESSED with "Around the World in 80 Days"? Where are you? I need people to talk to!
For the unaware amongst us: It is a new 8 part series, NOT made by the BBC. It's made by a TV alliance of several countries, mainly Germany, France and Italy. But it does currently air at the BBC and in America it is airing at PBS. Poor guys only getting it once a week on Sundays. It will take them forever to go through.
In Germany it aired over three days before Christmas. I recorded it but hesitated to watch as usually German TV is dubbed. But to my delight it was available in original language and there are several different original languages from whichever country they travel to which makes it rich and full. So I only watched it last Sunday. When I say watched, what I mean is I binged it within one day. Yes, it's that good.
I was not yet sure after the first episode. David's Philas Fogg is a very insecure angsty man. But of course he grows, and with him grow the other characters. It is a modern and fresh take. It's very funny, I have been giggeling at times. It's also heartbreaking. David can show the full range of his acting.
Yes, there are those that say it does not stay true to the book, and how dare they have a black man and a woman in main roles. Ignore those ignorants! Go watch for yourself! On Twitter we are loving it, and we even already have fanfictions. One of them is by me:
https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Around%20the%20World%20in%2080%20Days%20(TV%202021)/works
Everyone is embracing this new fandom, and a second season (with a different adventure) already was confirmed before it even aired.
Did I say it's good? How could I have even any doubt. Everything David Tennant is in is good. I am just falling in love with him all over again. It also has a certain Doctor Who feeling, which I think may be intentional. Him travelling the world with companions, running around with coat tails flapping, and looking at a fobwatch.
What are you still waiting for? Go watch, watch it now! Watch it till the end, and then come talk to me!
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I found this funny picture of David Tennant in the desert!
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDiIY6tocILuJLV3yb7HI7UyhiuX_i_P-4cg6bjGw5nWP-n0rUxWU52exZXCxlxx-AnAhdiW5zdvLmDamhMJfts4yMjAHGR7qJXOeBhZOe6wDDojh8F8bYibyD40ZmaQw-kEtNydG5a0cISS4ANZJ8nbaXmN24kd4s0uRtI8CrgAOZXKB9m4DUCI4Z=s2048
Yes, most definitely real. It gave it the real spirit of an adventure. I assume filming there was not easy either. With such movies / TV series, the actors will have to suffer a bit in real life as well I guess.
I don't remember whether it was a video or an article, but it was the set designer saying that he also brought in smell. When there are all the animals, of course there is smell, and it helps the actors to immerse them into the scene.
That's true, he could have at least spotted the camels in a far distance, walking away. Maybe they were hidden behind the next dune?
So here's the thing I haven't figured out yet. Sometimes he knows exactly where and when to catch the next boat. Like he has planned it all out. But we did not see any of that planning. In the pilot, it looks like he decides to go on this journey and leaves immediately. Where does he get his information from since google has not been invented yet?
Passepartout is one of the most fascinating characters in this one! I love how everyone has so many different layers to them. It makes them rich and real. Nobody is just good or just evil. Yes, he certainly had a reason for what he was doing.
That's what is drawing me so deep in this, and what sparks all these fanfictions and fanart I am seeing.
Yesterday I scrolled the #AroundTheWorldIn80Days hashtag on Twitter - there are one or two negative posts, but all the others are very enthusiastic. We have found our new fandom. I've even seen the first cosplay! I love it all. If you're on Twitter, come join the fun when you are through.
I hadn't even realized about the Doctor Who connection when watching but I am educated now LOL
No, never heard of "Amazing Race", sorry!
Edit: Sorry, forgot, I also found an FVX Breakdown for episode 2, but you have to watch the video directly in Twitter. For some reason on the linked website is only the one for the first episode that I already showed you:
https://twitter.com/Mikrosimage/status/1482018950796185608
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Great picture! David still looks young and playful :)
Sometimes he knows exactly where and when to catch the next boat. Like he has planned it all out. But we did not see any of that planning. In the pilot, it looks like he decides to go on this journey and leaves immediately. Where does he get his information from since google has not been invented yet?
I was wondering about it, too. I thought maybe when they stop in one place like for a day, he sends telegrams and asks for information about ships and trains, and plans the next step. But he seemed certain they wouldn't make it in 80 days if they didn't catch the ship in Aden, so how could he know it?
Was the cosplay Fogg or Abigail? She has some good outfits.
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One day! I'm also thinking about a "Broadchurch" rewatch lately...
It was a Fogg cosplay!
https://twitter.com/TheDocShelby/status/1482849982575218698
Today a friend who is not yet a David Tennant fan and has never watched anything with him will start watching this. Wish me luck! (sadly only in German, as her boyfriend does not speak English. While I think his voice is half the charm of David)
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I wish you luck! Sadly your friend will miss David's voice, but msybe she'll like the show enough to rewatch it in English some day?
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We have fanfictions if you like! More whumping!
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Yes, we are mostly on Twitter, I scroll the #AroundTheWorldIn80Days every day - and it appears the producers do too, I have gotten several likes from them already. They must be chuffed that we all love it so much! I have seen wonderful fanart and many excited posts.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/AroundTheWorldIn80Days?src=hashtag_click&f=live
And then one evening I clicked on AO3 and was delighted to find the fandom. It has grown immensely in the past weeks. Three of the fics are by me if you like ;) I plan to do an extra LJ post about that yet but here you go:
https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Around%20the%20World%20in%2080%20Days%20(TV%202021)/works
Finally there is also a Tumblr that collects everything it can find:
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/atwi80d
Apparently there is also a Discord group, but I am not on that. I have too many things already.
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It's hard to believe Abigail really wasn't aware that Fogg wouldn't like the Estella story to be published. It's 19th century, everyone was more private, it's not like Fogg was an exception. I don't think he would ever forgive her if they weren't trapped on that island. Some scenes on the island were actually funny, given how conflicted they all were then :) But they were forced to overcome conflicts and work together to survive.
The episode with the wedding didn't really work on me, but I liked the Hong Kong story. I was surprised when Fogg has been flogged and I wish we saw more of him afterwards - I believe it's the first time he's been seriously physically hurt and it had to influence him. It was a nice touch that Fogg would be flogged for stealing, but Passepartout could be killed for the same thing. But it's hard to believe he wasn't in any way punished, even when he admitted he's done it. The governor's wife just backed off.
And the guns in America! Fogg has experienced so much by then but he didn't think to buy a gun to protect himself. Like the Doctor! Abigail, on the other hand, was a white knight for Passepartout :) I like that we don't know if he would shoot the arrested man, but the man believed it and dropped his gun. Funny thing is, Fogg would probably agreee with him if they talked before his journey or even if they talked in general and it was not about physically hurting Passepartout. Fogg is a man of his time, he's a good person, but there must be some racist and classist marks on him. Passepartout is his friend, he sees him in a different way than other non-white and non-gentlemen people.
They really gave us no hope for Fogg and Estella reunion. I liked their meeting, but I thought maybe she would go with him to London and it would be left unclear if they will be together or not. But I guess it's realistic, it's been 20 years and she's a different person now, she has her life in New York, kids and everything. I'm surprised Fogg wasn't more sad when they split, but I guess finishing the journey was the only thing he could think about at the moment.
I'm happy there's going to be season 2. David is so great as Phileas and I think we need more heroes who struggle with fear and overcome it, instead of being fearless.
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Just a couple of things....
I totally agree with you that Grayson shouldn't have explained the time thing. He should have told Fogg that it was Christmas Eve, then Fogg should have figured it out on his own, talking it through out loud. After all, they showed in the train episode that he's scientifically-minded.
If the American episode had happened early on, I'm sure that Fogg would have made a different decision. He's definitely a product of his time, and he shows his racism and classism (and sexism) many times through the show, but they lessens as he learns, so that he's changed enough that by the Klansman tries to sway him, his outlook is different and he makes the right choice. He's still racist, classist, and sexist at the end, but much less so.
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I love love love the island episode! Ever since reading Robinson Crusoe as a kid, I have loved cast away stories. Also in Star Trek they are often stranded on a planet and have to live there for some time, without technology. I just love it!
I did like the speech Fogg gave at the end of the Indian episode, to save the soldier. That was a proper theatre speech there!
I guess that flogging took us all by surprise. I can't deny that I hoped for it to happen, but realistically I thought it would be stopped just in time. When they really went through with it... yeah. A lot of fanfiction writers are drawn to it, and we all say, there should have been way more lasting effects. But that's what fanfictions are for! I just made a post about it.
Poor Phileas has quite to suffer in this show, hasn't he? Right in the first episode, he gets shot, and then all that walking through the desert... I read a Russian tweet that when I translated it, basically said "Let's see in which way Phileas has to suffer in this episode" and that was a good summary LOL
For a moment I thought Fogg would stay in New York for her! Only sending Passepartout and Abigail home. But as you said, it has been too long. They both have lived their lives. You cannot change that.
Now, Sally the stagecoach driver, on the other hand - I did see some chemistry there!
I am totally and unexpectedly back in David Tennant mood! I checked his IMDB, so many exciting projects coming up. It's a good time to be a fan.
Oh, and by the way the friend who never have seen any other David Tennant before, loved it too! She said he captured her right from the first moment and blew her away with his acting. As I knew he would. I hope she'll re-watch at least some important scenes in English, like when he talked about Estella on the island. That was so moving.
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They had so serious issues when they reached the island that I don't think they would ever get together again in the normal circumstances. But if you're the only three people on the island and have to work together to survive, you can't stay mad. And even when you're rescued, you can't just leave a person who experienced this thing with you.
For a moment I thought Fogg would stay in New York for her! Only sending Passepartout and Abigail home.
I think it would make sense. He never needed the money and he could get something far more valuable. But it was good to see he won over Bellamy. I've read on IMDB that 20 000 pounds would be 1.8 million pounds these days! And Bellamy owed 15 000. He really was bankrupt. I'm wondering how rich Fogg actually was, he gave him the check like 20 000 pounds was nothing!
I was wondering what they were doing with Sally. There was chemistry from her that Fogg totally ignored. Will she appear in season 2? Was it to show Fogg had to meet Estella to get over her and start thinking of other women? What was the point of her? I really liked her by the way.
I am totally and unexpectedly back in David Tennant mood!
Ha! Have you seen "Staged"? With him playing himself, with Michael Sheen? It's hillarious! I could probably help if it wasn't available for you. It was recently on my tv, and I have to say, it's slightly different to watch it after the big lockdown. How did we survive 2020?
She said he captured her right from the first moment and blew her away with his acting.</i? Ha! I always feel ridiculously proud when someone appreciates David, like "I told you so" :D