Les Mis BBC, Part 1
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bobcatmoranThoughts cross-posted from Tumblr:
I think this is the only adaptation that’s straight up started at Waterloo.
Georges! What a good! I like how they kept in Georges being like, “Oh, thank goodness, Sargent Thénardier, you saved me, here, have my purse and watch” and Thénardier being like, “Oh noes they are not here” and trying to hide the purse and watch that he just stole, and Georges being like, “Drat, I have been robbed, I am sorry I have no purse and watch to give you.”
No Mlle Gillenormand in this adaptation, apparently. Nicolette (or at least the Nicolette at this point in the story) absolutely thinks Gillenormand is an ass which…well, she’s right.
OH MY GOODNESS TINY MARIUS
The scene where Tiny Marius is eating dinner and playing with his toy soldiers at the dinner table while Gillenormand indoctrinates him (”Napoleon is a scoundrel!” “Scoundwel!” “And your father is…” “Scoundwel!”) is adorable and heartbreaking. Someone rescue this poor child.
Kudos for not making the galleys literal galleys but just falling-apart ships where they keep the prisoners.
What the heck was up with that scene where Valjean drops a rock on a guard and then lifts it up off the guard. Why.
Also why does he very deliberately steal Petit Gervais’ coin?
Good news for everyone who was dreading a Fantine/Tholomyes sex scene: There isn’t one, at least not with sexytimes onscreen. We get pretty much everything else though. They tumble into bed, and then cut to afterwards with the two curled up next to each other, talking and wearing nothing but a ridiculously strategically draped cloth.
We do, however, get Fantine and the grisettes as well as Tholomyes and co all peeing in the woods. Why.
Why does Tholomyes sign his name “Felix” while the other two guys go by their last names? Who knows.
The timeline on this is kind of a mess since Valjean is simultaneously meeting the bishop while Fantine, Favourite, and Zephine are getting the Worst Surprise Ever, but I’ll excuse it for narrative purposes.
Speaking of the bishop, that entire part was…weird. Also, no Baptistine, just Mme Magloire. For Reasons.
In conclusion, OH MY GOODNESS TINY MARIUS
I think this is the only adaptation that’s straight up started at Waterloo.
Georges! What a good! I like how they kept in Georges being like, “Oh, thank goodness, Sargent Thénardier, you saved me, here, have my purse and watch” and Thénardier being like, “Oh noes they are not here” and trying to hide the purse and watch that he just stole, and Georges being like, “Drat, I have been robbed, I am sorry I have no purse and watch to give you.”
No Mlle Gillenormand in this adaptation, apparently. Nicolette (or at least the Nicolette at this point in the story) absolutely thinks Gillenormand is an ass which…well, she’s right.
OH MY GOODNESS TINY MARIUS
The scene where Tiny Marius is eating dinner and playing with his toy soldiers at the dinner table while Gillenormand indoctrinates him (”Napoleon is a scoundrel!” “Scoundwel!” “And your father is…” “Scoundwel!”) is adorable and heartbreaking. Someone rescue this poor child.
Kudos for not making the galleys literal galleys but just falling-apart ships where they keep the prisoners.
What the heck was up with that scene where Valjean drops a rock on a guard and then lifts it up off the guard. Why.
Also why does he very deliberately steal Petit Gervais’ coin?
Good news for everyone who was dreading a Fantine/Tholomyes sex scene: There isn’t one, at least not with sexytimes onscreen. We get pretty much everything else though. They tumble into bed, and then cut to afterwards with the two curled up next to each other, talking and wearing nothing but a ridiculously strategically draped cloth.
We do, however, get Fantine and the grisettes as well as Tholomyes and co all peeing in the woods. Why.
Why does Tholomyes sign his name “Felix” while the other two guys go by their last names? Who knows.
The timeline on this is kind of a mess since Valjean is simultaneously meeting the bishop while Fantine, Favourite, and Zephine are getting the Worst Surprise Ever, but I’ll excuse it for narrative purposes.
Speaking of the bishop, that entire part was…weird. Also, no Baptistine, just Mme Magloire. For Reasons.
In conclusion, OH MY GOODNESS TINY MARIUS
