Sarah Waters: Books & Movies Discussion

[Lumière]

Yay!  Well, if all goes well, maybe we can schedule our coordinated viewing for Tuesday or Wednesday next week.  It sounds like lots of fun!  Do you want to be on BetterMost as we watch it and post our reactions during the viewing?  Or, should we just plan to come onto BetterMost and discuss is right after we both finish watching?

I vote we watch the whole thing and then discuss afterwards.
I don't have a laptop, so if we watch and comment as we go, I'd have to pause the movie, run to the computer, post my comment and run back to the living room to continue viewing, lol.
So, are we agreed on discussing it after?

Now we just need to actually get the dvds...
Do I sound impatient enough? 

[Brown Eyes]

I agree about discussing it afterwards too.  Even with a laptop it would probably be hard to watch and post simultaneously... especially for the very first viewing.

I also ordered a copy of I'm Not There from Amazon when I ordered Affinity.  So, this should be a fun package arriving soon.

[Brown Eyes]

I just got an email from Amazon saying that my order has been shipped! 

[Front-Ranger]

I'm looking forward to seeing the discussion, and I hope there won't be too many spoilers at first.

Still reading Tipping the Velvet. The point I am at in the story is where Nancy and Kitty are setting out for London! Very exciting! Nancy's father's parting words to his daughter were particularly moving.

[Lumière]

Hey Lee!
Glad to see you are keeping up with your reading. 

It is going to be hard for us to discuss Affinity without spoilers. lol.
Amanda, any ideas? 

I just got an email from Amazon saying that my order has been shipped! 

Excellent. 
My order shipped Aug 22 but I am still waiting.  grrr.

[Front-Ranger]

I put Affinity in my movie renting queue! Wouldn't want to cause any hardships!!

On Tiipping the Velvet, things are getting more interesting now that Kitty and Nan are in London!

[Brown Eyes]

I put Affinity in my movie renting queue! Wouldn't want to cause any hardships!!

Yay Lee! I don't really see any harm in watching the DVD before reading the book.  It would be neat if the 3 of us could watch Affinity at about the same time.  I recommend renting Tipping the Velvet if you get a chance too.  It's a really well-done BBC mini-series (3 episodes all on one DVD) with very good actresses/ actors.

On Tiipping the Velvet, things are getting more interesting now that Kitty and Nan are in London!

   Things certainly get increasingly exciting from that point on.

[Lumière]

On Tiipping the Velvet, things are getting more interesting now that Kitty and Nan are in London!

There are a lot of adventures to come, Lee. 

I just got an email from Amazon saying that my order has been shipped! 

Has it arrived yet?
I am getting slightly antsy at the moment...my order has taken almost 3 weeks!   
I know... patience...patience.

[JCinNYC2006]

Sorry to be a buttinsky, but please let me know how you like Affinity.  I am a big fan of Sarah Waters, I loved the book and film of Tipping The Velvet and have Fingersmith on my list of books to read, having seen the miniseries on Logo.  Thanks!

Juan

[Brown Eyes]

Sorry to be a buttinsky, but please let me know how you like Affinity.  I am a big fan of Sarah Waters, I loved the book and film of Tipping The Velvet and have Fingersmith on my list of books to read, having seen the miniseries on Logo.  Thanks!

Juan

Heya Juan!!!  It's so cool to see you here Bud!  Join our group!  I definitely recommend reading Fingersmith.  It's such a clever, clever bit of story writing.  There's a good DVD of Fingersmith too... but in that particular case I think the book is better (although I thoroughly enjoyed the DVD too).

I think I like the book and the DVD of Tipping the Velvet about equally.

Have you read Affinity yet?  I certainly recommend it as a book too.

All three, Tipping the Velvet, Fingersmith and Affinity are very different as far as storyline goes, but in tone there's a certain similarity amongst all of them.  It will certainly be fun to finally have DVD versions of all 3 stories.  I'm excited.



But, Milli, I'm still waiting on my DVD too.  I'll be sure to post here as soon as I get it. 

This is reminding me of waiting for my BBM DVD to arrive from Amazon when it was first released.  I remember that I pre-ordered it, and then I ended up waiting about a week or so after the release date to actually receive my copy.  It was very frustrating at the time.