#Ripley 2024

[briony-poisoned]

I’ve figured out the key difference between the ‘90s Talented Mr Ripley and Ripley (2024).

So in the 90s Ripley, Tom Ripley is a kind of sweet gay man in the homophobic 1960s who just coincidentally (tragically!) happens to be extremely good at murder.

In Ripley (2024) Tom Ripley is a criminal who is actually only ok at crime, but the 1960s people around him are so obsessed with whether he is gay or not that they completely miss that he is a literal murderer. Is he gay? Irrelevant! Look out, bitch, he’s gonna kill you!

I personally enjoy both interpretations. I think the 90s one is more of an emotional roller coaster because Ripley is SO easy to empathize with, and yet you’re watching him do these horrific things like, NO! baby boy, stop!

Whereas in Ripley (2024) it’s more of a Hannibal feel like, damn, these rich jerks kind of have it coming.

I’m seeing some mixed reactions on Tumblr but I think if you take off your “I’m looking for a sweet gay blorbo” hat and put on your “eat the rich” hat you are in for a good time.

[lukaskyle]

RIPLEY ‣ 1.02 "Seven Mercies"

[sweetfishes]

danse macabre

[widgenstain]

Tom vs the shoulder lean (thanks @upwardsdescensum for the inspo)

[on-holidays-by-mistake]

see no difference

[wearebackbagels]

Credit to the animals of Ripley for doing a better job at exposing Tom than the entire police force of Italy without even trying

[finncetric]

Some shots from RIPLEY (2024) that I wanted to paint. Please go watch this show if you like messy gays and some of the best cinematography you’ll ever see in a TV show

[editfandom]

Tom Ripley - RIPLEY, S01E01

[boddainz]

i can't deal with ripley wearing swim trunks and dress shoes on the beach lmaooo

[barrel-of-screaming-aloe-vera]

uhmmm i take it back guys i don't know if i really like ripley 2024 🤨 i think it was just the initial excitement of getting a show version of my favorite book. and it is pretty book accurate but it feels a little lackluster? lmk ur thoughts if u watch it. i need a second opinion (im 4 episodes in)

[rrr-mmmm]

Tommaso con la testa di Riccardo

[briony-poisoned]

Ok another difference between ‘90s Ripley and Ripley (2024) is Marge. In the ‘90s Ripley Marge is a Cassandra. She’s the only one who figures out that Ripley is a murderer, but nobody believes her because it’s the 1960s and women are supposed to be too emotional for rational thought.

2024 Marge is just as tricked as everyone else. She’s not stupid, but she is selfish and rich, and as it occurs to her that a dead Dickie is probably better for her career than an alive Dickie she stops looking into it that much.

I find both Marges deeply interesting! Gwyneth Paltrow’s Marge is suffering under the same patriarchal society that’s cornering Ripley in many ways. I was tearing my hair out! Fanning’s Marge is very funny, to me. When she stays at Ripleys fancy Venice house because she’s so positive he’s gay and not a threat to her I cracked tf up. So good, Marge, I hope your shitty book sells a million copies.

[lukaskyle]

RIPLEY ‣ 1.01 "A Hard Man To Find"

[upwardsdescensum]

[widgenstain]

I wanted somebody older. I didn’t understand what the big deal would be that some guy’s son ran off to Europe at 25. That’s the story of every 25-year-old today. And so Tom Ripley would logically be the same age as Dickie Greenleaf [played by Johnny Flynn]. If he’s older, he’s more desperate. They’re both desperate. Ripley has been at this longer. He and Dickie have been around long enough to know that they’re failures.

Steven Zaillian on why he wanted an older Tom Ripley (x)

[queeringclassiclit]

Tom Ripley

from The Talented Mr. Ripley series by Patricia Highsmith