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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!
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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Date: 2022-01-09 10:46 pm (UTC)I'm happy that you write fanfiction so when more people join the fandom, they will have things to read!
I think for Phileas this moment could also be about a sense of purpose - he's a privileged man with money, knowledge and connections, but it seems to me like he hasn't really done anything in his life and is ashamed of it. He could have said he had other interests before or had to do this and that, but now he can and wants to start a new chapter in his life. Yes, some people would think it's just a whim of a rich man, but it still would be better than not saying anything. But he wanted to be seen as a traveller, like he already redefined himself after the adventures in France, and the Italian man took it from him and he was left with nothing. I might be completelty wrong as I only watched two episodes, but that's what I thought when I was watching.
The way he was running towards the train!
Why was the train going so slowly there was time to stop it and not kill him? It's not like it takes seconds for such a huge machine.
No, be assured, the travel will be well completed!
I'm glad to hear it!