it's raining men in cravats and waistcoats

[cimorene]

A hilarious music video: Period Drama Montage "It's Raining Men" by DreamyViper @YouTube. Fairly decent vidding relying mostly on Austen films, Hornblower, and Wives & Daughters. There's some stuff like North & South that I haven't seen; the absence of Master and Commander struck me forcibly, especially given Hornblower's presence.

But then, even more striking is the extreme lack (in existence, I mean, not in the vid) of other dramas from near the same period as Austen. I want more delicious production design and costumes. Sigh.

Comments

[brownbetty]

Man, I spent most of the video going “But where's Colin Firth in a lake?!”

I was so relieved when he appeared. It would have seriously challenged my world-view if he hadn't shown up.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

LOLL. Yeah, she should've opened with him, got it out of the way, to kill the suspense. That said, I think it could've been even cooler with more source material. There are several recent Austen adaps that she left out!

[brownbetty]

Probably (because of the internet's seriously skewed sense of priorities,) the unavailability of DVD rips.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, yeah, maybe. They aren't that expensive, but I suppose some people's dvd purchase threshold is higher.

[flyingcheerio.livejournal.com]

I clicked the video link before reading the rest of the post - I thought it was going to be about menstrual cycle drama.

[elfiepike.livejournal.com]

notably, there's no master and commander in part because there's no hornblower*? (just ioan gruffudd!) i need to watch more period shows/movies--the aesthetic of the productions are, are you say, totally delicious.

* edit: of course, this isn't meant to imply that there's actually a causal relationship. aaaand i'll stop now.