#j.j. feild

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Captain and his Commandos

Cool video with clips of the Howling Commandos!

Thanks to shimmy on YouTube!

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Ben Adler in episode 4 "Scarecrow"

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Felicity Jones my dream girl

Felicity Jones captured my heart when she played my favorite female character in the world of Jane Austen. She along with J.J. Feild conquered my heart with this adaptation. They fit perfectly with Catherine Morland and Henry Tilney from Northanger Abbey. I need more of these two as a couple forever and ever.

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Title: Austenland

Rating: PG-13

Director: Jerusha Hess

Cast: Keri Russell, J.J. Feild, Bret McKenzie, Jennifer Coolidge, James Callis, Georgia King, Rupert Vansittart, Ricky Whittle, Jane Seymour, Ayda Field, Ruben Crow, Demetri Goritsas, Parker Sawyers, Sarah Niles, Annie Gould, Tracy Higgins, Goldy Greaves

Release year: 2013

Genres: comedy, romance

Blurb: Pride-and-Prejudice-obsessed Jane Hayes travels to a Jane Austen theme park in search of her perfect gentleman.

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I watched every* Northanger Abbey adaptation so you don't have to

*Does not include written, audio, or theatrical adaptations. Excludes works that are merely "inspired by" Northanger Abbey, but not actual adaptations. Also I didn't watch the Spanish TV movie, because I wouldn't be able to understand it anyway.

Northanger Abbey (1987) starring Katharine Schlesinger and Peter Firth

Reasonably faithful adaptation (if you don't count the soundtrack, which sometimes veers into very '80s territory with saxophone and...was that an electric guitar?)

While all the actors are decent enough, none of them have a smidge of chemistry with each other.

Props for showing bits of 19th-century life we don't normally see in such adaptations, e.g. sedan chairs and the actual public bath of Bath (which seems to be more-or-less historically accurate?)

Everything feels rushed and smushed together, which is ironic because it's actually a couple minutes longer than the 2007 movie, which doesn't suffer from the same problem.

Absolutely terrible casting. Peter Firth was nowhere near charming and witty enough to be Henry Tilney, even if he is the only one out of all these versions to actually get to say his best line (the "intolerably stupid" one) in full. He comes across as such a serious, judgmental man that it's hard to understand what Catherine sees in him. And Robert Hardy is an excellent actor, but completely the wrong choice for General Tilney. He looks far too jolly, and works much better as Sir John in Sense and Sensibility, or even Cornelius Fudge in Harry Potter.

Kudos to them for finding a Katharine to play Catherine.

Wishbone s02 ep09 "Pup Fiction" (1997)

Obviously very truncated because they had to fit it into a half-hour children's show with a real-world framing story

They basically cut out all the marriage drama stuff and focus more on not letting your imagination run away with you.

Whether you enjoy it or not will mostly depend on whether you like Wishbone in general. (Personally, I'm ambivalent.)

Northanger Abbey (2007) starring Felicity Jones and J.J. Feild

The most watchable version (best acting, production value, faithfulness of adaptation, etc.)

Felicity Jones is perhaps "too pretty" to be Catherine, who is supposed to be rather plain, but she's very easy on the eyes and does an excellent job at portraying Catherine's wide-eyed wonder and naivety.

J.J. Feild is the perfect Henry Tilney. Suave, charming, with a cheerful twinkle in his eye as often as not, it's so clear to see why Catherine falls for him, as well as why he becomes so attracted to her way of assuming the best of everyone. Alas, he doesn't get to say the wonderful line about those who don't read novels being "intolerably stupid," but he shines in all the scenes where he teases Catherine. I also think he did the best job at portraying the gentleness mixed in with the anger when he rebukes her for assuming the worst of his father.

Excellent casting for most, if not all, of the supporting characters. Liam Cunningham makes for a very intimidating General Tilney, William Beck is exactly what John Thorpe should be, and Carey Mulligan, though I will always see her first as Ada Clare from Bleak House, was the perfect choice for Isabella.

The biggest downside to this adaptation is that some of Catherine's dreams and imaginings are rather sexual in tone. If memory serves, she even has a dream where we see her from behind, standing completely naked in front of a man. It's unnecessary and adds a strange sort of voyeuristic note to the movie that I didn't appreciate.

We get to see more of Catherine's siblings, which is very fun.

Does the best job at capturing the satirical tone of the novel, mostly through music and the narrator

Northbound webseries (2015-2016) by Oh For Cute! Productions

Of the two (yes, two) modern-day adaptations on YouTube, I think this one did the best job at capturing the essence of the novel. It's set forth as the vlog of Catherine Morland, a girl heading out from Fullerton, Virginia, to New York City. Instead of Northanger Abbey, she goes to North College in NYC, where she meets Henry and Eleanor, then finds out that their father is a history professor, and decides to take a class from him.

All the videos are fairly short, so it's kind of impressive how easily a coherent story can be told through them. Due to the format of the series and it being an indie production, the audio/video quality is fairly low and the actors aren't exactly Hollywood-tier (some better than others). But it kind of lends a sense of authenticity to the series, like it really is just a vlog by some random girl relating her adventures in New York.

Catherine is cute and pretty, but in a normalish sort of way that I think is very fitting for her character. She's very relatable. I wasn't sure about Henry at first, but he has a certain "dashing heartthrob" quality about him, and a great sense of humor, that are very fitting for the character. A lot of the characters are very relatable or feel like people I've met in real life, especially because of the modern setting.

Worth noting: In this adaptation, James Morland is Jamie Morland, Catherine's sister. She still has a romance with Isabella, and has much more of a presence in the story than James does in the original.

Oh my gosh the modern-day version of John Thorpe is so creepy and ick. It put the character in perspective so well for a modern audience, more so than scenes of him tearing through the streets in his fancy carriage or whatever. Like...I knew a guy in college exactly like him, though thankfully his attentions weren't turned on me *shudder*

The chemistry was really good between all the actors, so even when some of the lines felt a little too scripted, it was super believable that these people would be friends (or what have you).

I absolutely 100% want to be in Catherine's friend group (after the end, when the Thorpes are no longer around). They're all such lovely people, and seem fun to hang around.

The Cate Morland Chronicles webseries (2016) by Apple Juice Productions

Unlike Northbound, this one has Catherine in her twenties, trying to figure out how to be an adult while also being a huge nerd. Cate is running a vlog, but it's a bit more "official," because she runs a fan blog for, among other things, the cult classic TV show The Mysteries of Udolpho. She gets a job as a journalist, and continues the vlog for work. Shortly after she gets her new job, she has the opportunity to interview Henry Tilney, the actor for one of the lead roles in Udolpho. They're immediately and obviously attracted to each other, and the story evolves from there.

The setup for this series was much less relatable than Northbound, even though the characters talk about various fandoms (real as well as the fictional Udolpho show). I mean, many of us have gone through struggles like the Northbound Catherine, trying to find our way as adults and as college students. But how many of us have been journalists who have the chance to interview our teenage movie crush? And then fall in love with them for real? And end up in a relationship with them? And have it all captured on video and put up on YouTube for the world to see? It broke my suspension of disbelief more than once in that respect.

While the camera and mic quality was better than Northbound, the Cate Morland Chronicles generally seemed to have a lower quality of actors. Cate was probably the best, and Henry was pretty good too. But a lot of the supporting actors just didn't feel natural - especially James and Eleanor, I thought. It was like the difference between a high school play and a college play.

Probably as a result of the acting itself not being the best, a lot of times the chemistry between characters suffered. This was especially a problem between Cate and Henry. There were a lot of videos where I found it hard to buy that they were falling in love. The best ones by far were the road trip videos.

Oh yeah, and they had Henry and Eleanor not be siblings for some reason? She's his publicist instead. And yet they're super close, so that Eleanor can go along to Henry's house with him and Cate, and so they can preserve that fake-out moment when Cate first meets her and thinks Eleanor is Henry's girlfriend or something. So they had to have this whole thing where Eleanor explains that they have a brother-sister relationship, when everything would have been so much easier to explain if they'd just...actually been siblings, like they are in the original.

This is more subjective, but I found Cate to be kind of annoying at times. I just found her to be less likeable than the Northbound Catherine, kind of exhausting actually. I think she had a bit too strong of a personality to be Catherine Morland. To put it in Northanger Abbey terms, she actually seems to be perfectly set up to be the heroine.

Hopefully this information will help you decide which, if any, adaptations you want to pursue yourself.

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It is I! The Wizard!

. .. . .

They say in the past. . .in 20- something or what not, humans still lived on a planet called earth. Humans are smart creatures yet stupid as well, maybe that's why they didn't care for their planet until it was too late. They discovered space travel and other words far beyond the milkyway and when they left their burning, dead planet they left the Milkyway as well. . .

Now days us cosmodians believe the Milkyway to be a myth, in this Stargate date of 5073. The universe we know it had changed. .. New civilizations, species of Flora and fauna have appeared, and many planets are now connected. The cures for cancer have been found and radiation poisoning is a joke.

But space pirates and threats against the galaxies have appeared too, and it was up to Cosmos Warriors to defend the galaxies from these people. How do you fight in space? Well, space ships and stands of course.

What? Didn't think stands would be common? The asteroid stands originated from was from the depths of space, so naturally almost everyone has one.

So yes, there are the Space pirates, Cosmos Warriors and us, the bounty hunters. Which leads us to here.

"J.J.!" The female voice of Honeysuckle yelled in the mic reached Jodha Jorik's ears as the spacecraft of both pirates and the two bounty hunters zoomed around in the asteroid infested area near the planet Ziron. "Son of a Bitch! There has to be an outpost!"

Jodha growled into his oxygen mask, buckled securely into his spacecraft, a deep blue and white ombre ship that had a pilot steering control and buttons on the dash infront of him, ans did a barrel roll, shooting fire blasts onto the ship he had rolled over. the pirate craft exploded and he saw Honeysuckle's ship in the corner of his eye, a white and yellow ombre, and he heard his best friend's voice cheer at the take down.

Honey had a different craft than Jodha's, it was a stick controllerbut still had a breathing mask. Her legs locked into the sides and her waist secured on her seat as she dodged and shot, zooming over Jodha, both destroying more ships as they spotted the outpost. "Hell yea! we are getting our credits- worth this time!"

Jodha laughed with his friend, blasting another pirate spinning around before activity his sheild, and ramming into the ship. It blew up, and Jodha grinned. Then, the two bounty hunter's attentions went to the outpost, a large ship with a strange glow.

"Can't believe there's an outpost this big with such a small bounty. . .they most likely build this recently." Honeysuckle said, floating towards them when a golden beam flew past her. She dodged, looking back and seeing it his Jodha. She gasped as his ship was envolped by the golden light and vanished.

Honey immediately radio him in shock. "J.J.?! Jojo?! JOJO!" she yelled, in shock, wondering were the hell he had gone. . .

Jodha appeared in a large feild, in shock. He looked at his dash, trying to call Honey when he looked and saw a large man with blue hair and many muscles standing there with 8 others. He paused, seeing the shocking amount of oxygen in the air and unbundled, raising the hood. He looked at the group and shyly waved. "Uuh. . .hey?"

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SO COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!

It's like mixing Star Wars and Jojo!!

Jodha and Jonathan would be very confused because of the time difference.

Besides it is really cool thinking about a civilisation raising where the stand meteorite came from!!

I like the way you portrayed the future society!! And making them fighting with ships!

I love it I love I love it!!!

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!!! Is this talking about the J.J Feild one?

Honestly the best thing about the Northanger film is that whenever the General appears Henry and Eleanor become so incredibly still. Every movement becomes deliberate. And they keep sharing glances at everything he does. Because even if we have good parents, we've all had those times when they've been fighting or they're mad and that's exactly it, you think about every movement you make, and you share glances with your siblings because they're the only ally you have at this moment, but for the Tilneys of course it's constant. It's such an accurate portrayal of that kind of moment.

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the tulse luper suitcases, part 1: the moab story (peter greenaway, 2003)

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The Adventures of Captain and Mr. America

Part 143

To Be Continued...

(Parts 1 - 100) (Part 101) (Part 102) (Part 103) (Part 104) (Part 105) (Part 106) (Part 107) (Part 108) (Part 109) (Part 110) (Part 111) (Part 112) (Part 113) (Part 114) (Part 115) (Part 116) (Part 117) (Part 118) (Part 119) (Part 120) (Part 121) (Part 122) (Part 123) (Part 124) (Part 125) (Part 126) (Part 127) (Part 128) (Part 129) (Part 130) (Part 131) (Part 132) (Part 133) (Part 134) (Part 135) (Part 136) (Part 137) (Part 138) (Part 139) (Free Space) (Part 140) (Part 141) (Part 142)

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Okay, so this is just going to be a Howling Commandos blog for the next little bit! 🤣😂🤣

Thanks to Star Clips on YouTube.

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Look it's not even because Henry is my favourite and J.J Feild just caught my heart and kept it in a drawer, it's also because i just don't really like Johnny as an actor and him being in Mansfield too, as Edmund, And being my least favourite Austen Hero just...... puts him in a very low rank for me lol

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Propaganda...

Mr Tilney (2007) :

I do think that Mr Tilney needs to be seen in motion to be appreciated his attractiveness is his personality and just general charisma and he's FUNNY definetly the funniest austen man

Super charming, cute, fun, and handsome. What is not to love?

Mr Knightley (2009) :

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I was just going to send in the actual dance but the little panic he has when Emma says she knows his secret is just soo charming. There was some thread on twitter a few years ago about how a romcom man's most important quality is knowing how to look at a woman and JLM is just the master of it in this Emma

I really feel like the pictures say it all. He stands there, head tilted to one side. He is listening to you. His posture is relaxed. His gaze open, frank, candid. He's not trying at all. He just is.And that's why he is Knightley.

Some propaganda, not just for Jonny Lee Miller, but the general interpretation of 09 Knightley. I have some excerpts here from my review of the 09 adaptation:

What I really think is great about the 2009 interpretation of Mr. Knightley is what an easy and comforting presence he is, without being apologetic when he scolds Emma. I think this is communicated especially well by how often we are actually shown Mr. Knightley taking his almost-daily walks to Hartfield, how smoothly he comes and goes, and how happy Emma is every time she sees him coming up the path (usually, just at the perfect moment when she needs something to put her back to rights.)

Here is Emma, feeling lonely after Miss Taylor's wedding. And in the background, walking up to Hartfield--there's Knightley. He's always been there for her, and he always will be.

And also this Mr. Knightley is as understated as ever, but I wanna highlight this outfit and why I love it: This is Knightley’s first appearance in the series and it’s the perfect establishing shot that shows the viewer everything they need to know about Emma and Knightley’s relationship and how it has always been. He sort of materializes, out of focus in the background, but Emma immediately knows he’s there. And to accentuate how much Knightley is part of her home and scenery, his clothes (similar shades of pale tan, white and minty green to the wall behind him) almost camouflage him and make him seem at one with the moulding of her home.

Additionally, Jonny Lee Miller captures Knightley’s playful qualities, and his exasperation is so endearing

I can’t be the only one tickled by this Knightley’s frustration with Emma! JLM FTW!

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On set of Turn: Washington’s Spies (AMC).

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"DEATH ON THE NILE" (2004) Review

"DEATH ON THE NILE" (2004) Review This 2004 adaptation of Agatha Christie’s 1937 novel, "Death on the Nile", was the second to be adapted for the screen. In the case of this movie, it aired as a 90-minute presentation on the long-running television series, "Agatha Christie’s POIROT".

Like the novel and the 1978 movie adaptation, ”DEATH ON THE NILE” centered around Hercule Poirot’s investigation of the murder of an Anglo-American heiress named Linnet Ridgeway. Linnet had stolen the affections of her best friend’s fiancé and married him. When the newly married couple vacationed in Egypt, the best friend – one Jacqueline de Bellefort – stalked and harassed them during their honeymoon. Yet, when Linnet and her new husband, Simon Doyle, boarded the S.S. Karnak for a steamboat cruise down the Nile River, the heiress discovered she had other enemies that included the offspring of a man whom her father had financially ruined, her embezzling attorney who required her signature on a paper or her death to hide his crimes, a kleptomaniac American socialite and a professional thief who was after her pearls. Unfortunately for the killer, a vacationing Hercule Poirot and his friend, Colonel Race, are on hand to solve Linnet’s murder. There were aspects of this adaptation of "DEATH ON THE NILE" that I found admirable. The movie’s set designs for the S.S. Karnak seemed bigger and slightly more luxuriant that what was shown in the 1978 movie. Production designer Michael Pickwoad did a first-rate job in creating the luxurious atmosphere for the 1930s upper class. Actor J.J. Feild gave a solid performance as Simon Doyle, the man who came between Linnet Ridgeway and Jacqueline de Bellefort. However, I do not think he managed to capture the literary Simon Doyle’s boyish simplicity and lack of intelligence. I also enjoyed Frances La Tour’s portrayal of the alcoholic novelist, Salome Otterbourne. She gave her performance a slight twist in which her character seemed to be a little hot under the collar as she makes sexual advances toward Poirot in a subtle, yet comic manner. And the movie’s one true bright spot was, of course, David Suchet as Hercule Poirot. As usual, he gave an exceptional performance. However, I noticed that he was never able to form any real chemistry with James Fox’s Colonel Race or Emma Griffiths Malin, who portrayed Jacqueline de Bellefort; as Peter Ustinov had done with David Niven and Mia Farrow, respectively. I wish I could harbor a high opinion of "DEATH ON THE NILE". But I cannot. There were too many aspects of this production that rubbed me the wrong way. I noticed that this version adhered closer to Christie’s novel than the 1978 film. Unfortunately, the screenplay’s close adaptation did not help the movie very much. It still failed to be superior or just as good as the 1978 version. So much for the argument that a movie has to closely follow its literary source in order for it to be any good. A closer adaptation of Christie’s novel meant that characters missing from the 1978 version – Cornelia Robson, Marie Van Schuyler’s clumsy young cousin; society jewel thief Tim Allerton; the ladylike Mrs. Allerton and the Allertons’ cousin, Joanna Southwood – appeared in this movie. Only the Italian archeologist, Mr. Richetti and Jim Fanthorp, the British attorney were missing. And honestly, the presence of the Allertons, Cornelia Robson and Joanna Southwood added nothing to the story as far as I am concerned. Aside from a few members of the cast, the acting in this movie struck me as very unexceptional and a little hammy at times. You know . . . the kind of hamminess that makes one wince, instead of chuckle with amusement. There were other aspects that I disliked. Emma Blunt's portrayal of the autocratic Linnet Ridgeway Doyle struck me as . . . well, shallow instead of impressive. I had this feeling that she was simply going through the motions with a Valley Girl's accent. One scene featured her smoking a marijuana joint. Linnet Doyle has never struck me as the type who would risk losing her self control with the use of drugs. There were other performances I did not care for. I found Zoe Talford's Rosalie Otterbourne to be ridiculously arch and sardonic. Nor did I care for Judy Parfitt's one-note portrayal of the autocratic American socialite, Mrs. Marie Van Schyler. I could say the same for Daniel Lapaine's performance as the effiminate Tim Allerton. And Alistair Mackenzie's portrayal of the ardent Communist, Mr. Ferguson, seemed to be all over the map. The movie featured a potential romance between Rosalie Otterbourne and Tim Allerton, which was featured in the novel. Unfortunately, I disliked how screenwriter Kevin Elyot ended it . . . by hinting incestuous tones between Tim and his mother. I found it so unnecessary. Nor was I impressed by director Andy Wilson handling of the Abu Simbel temples sequence in which one of the passengers tried to shove a boulder on Linnet and Simon. It struck me as rather shabby and almost anti-climatic. Blunt's lazy performance in this scene did not help. But the movie’s real atrocities came from the hairstyles and makeup created for the younger actresses in the cast. Most of the hairstyles seemed like sloppy re-creations of those from the mid-1930s, the worst offenders being the cheap-looking blond wig worn by Emily Blunt (Linnet Ridgeway Doyle), the butch hairstyle worn by actress Zoe Telford (Rosalie Otterbourne); and the gaudy makeup worn by all of the younger actresses. Only Daisy Donovan, who portrayed Cornelia Robson was spared from resembling a kewpie doll. Instead, she wore a sloppy bun that served as a metaphor for her insecure personality – a theatrical maneuver that I found unnecessary. I hate to say this but despite David Suchet’s performance as Poirot and Michael Pokewoad’s production designs, I came away feeling less than impressed by this version of "DEATH ON THE NILE". Not only did I find it inferior to the 1978 version, but also to many other adaptations of Agatha Christie’s novels and stories.

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Title: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

Rating: R

Director: Angela Robinson

Cast: Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, Bella Heathcote, Connie Britton, J.J. Feild, Oliver Platt, Monica Giordano, Maggie Castle, Alexa Havins, Allie Gallerani, Christopher Jon Gombos

Release year: 2017

Genres: drama, romance, history

Blurb: Harvard psychologist and inventor Dr. William Marston helps invent the modern lie detector and creates Wonder Woman in 1941.

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And here it is! TURN!Professor AU. 

Sean Haggerty as Professor Alexander “Alex“ Hamilton: Law & Ethics, Classic Lit

Jesse Williams as Prof. John “Jack” Laurens: Drawing I & Art Appreciation

Ian Kahn as Gen (retired). George Washington: Military History and in charge of the Army ROTC program

Daniel Henshall as Prof. Caleb Brewster: Marine Biology I & II

Brian Wiles as Prof. Gilbert Motier: French I & II, French culture

J.J. Feild as Prof. John André: Drawing II  Burn Gorman as Prof. Edmund Hewlett: Astronomy I & II