@bammsie, @justme and all is Austenites.

‘Sanditon’: Rose Williams & Theo James Star In First Trailer For Jane Austen Adaptation – TCA

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    did I have tears in my eyes when i saw this message? why ,yes, yes I did. and not for creepy reasons. Im just so happy you thought of me.

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    Huh. Goody!

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    I love Austen adaptations. I love faithful ones. I love modern ones. I love the screwy weird ones. There really should be more of them.

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      I’m not loving the idea of this one because I can see a never-ending series coming up.

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        I understand your fear. I want random one-offs made by diverse independent creatives. I might know a writer who could probably imagine a screenplay with a serial killer Wickham, a sarcastic investigative reporter Lizzie, and a cold, misunderstood detective Darcy.

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          I know too much RL stuff about this Sanditon adaptation to actually be excited about it in any way, shape or form.

          Still think Persuasion would make an awesome modern kdrama though.

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            Oh no. To be honest, because it was unfinished, I’m not sure how I feel about Sanditon being adapted.

            Persuasion would adapt very well to kdrama. All that family and class stuff, the military. Yep. Someone make it happen.

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            Instead of making a fortune in the navy, Korean Captain Wentworth can have gone to the States and become a genius neurosurgeon, now coming back to Seoul to go on blind dates and get married.

            It basically writes itself

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            This doesn’t bode well.

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            @ally-le, it will probably be fine.

            However, what they pitched was a series that tie in other things (such as stories from Jane Austen’s life or minor characters from other books) to make it an >3 season drama (with the option to make it even longer)

            I guess as it was unfinished, they can do whatever they like but I hate dramas that never end.

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      Korean ones!

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      When you think about it, loads of romcoms, to their core, have the same premise as a jane austen romance novel.

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    Sanditon!! Now there’s one you don’t see adapted every day!

    (Like dear @justme, I am so utterly touched that you thought of me, Ally <3)

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