Jeeves movies!

[dessieoctavia.livejournal.com]

I thought it would be of interest to those of you with Netflix memberships to know that recently, Netflix got two of the old movies starring Arthur Treacher as Jeeves.

Both movies are on the same disk. I will say right off that Fry & Laurie remain the definitive J&W, but Thank you, Jeeves is definitely worth watching. David Niven upholds the code of the Woosters as Bertie. The movie opens with him spiritedly playing the drums just like the Bertie we all know and love. Treacher has several wonderfully dry Jeevesian lines.

I recommend skipping the other movie. Bertie isn't in it, and as the central premise of the movie, Jeeves does something stupid. OOC much?

Also, there are short features about Plum's life, though I'm sure it's old news to a lot of you.


P.S. Long as I'm posting, I've been waiting for a chance to bring this comm's attention to some fics that I really think are of interest. Not fanfiction, but fiction about fanfic writers. They're at mina_de_malfois. Arc and Mina, the two lead characters, closely and intentionally resemble Jeeves and Wooster. The style is also fairly Woodhousian, and the stories are demmed good.

Comments

[vertigomac.livejournal.com]

By odd chance, I've just added that DVD to my Netflix queue, AND just came upon someone with Mina de Malfois icons. I had to ask, what was up with those Wodehousesqe lines o' dialogue?

[ayamemishi.livejournal.com]

Ye gods, you're right! Mina and Arc are like J&W in modern guise.

[amethystaura.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit foggy here, and can't access a lot of the stories, and also can't sort out the ones to which you refer.

Who are Mina and Arc? Who resembles whom?