tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post5003560107567231375..comments2024-02-18T22:40:55.084-05:00Comments on Jane Austen Today: Downton Abbey Creates a Stir & Hissy FitVichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-40467618767834509812012-06-04T21:14:44.578-04:002012-06-04T21:14:44.578-04:00Downtown Abbey is a period piece masterpiece, the ...Downtown Abbey is a period piece masterpiece, the sort of rare treasure I could find myself watching all day while curled up in a woolly blanket. It's like comfort food for the soul. It is witty, well-acted and totally absorbing. Fans of period movies will undoubtedly love it. If you find it is a bit slow at the start, stay with it. My sister was complaining at the beginning but she ended up Italiahttp://findingselfbelief.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-7187758010472084572010-12-21T11:33:39.518-05:002010-12-21T11:33:39.518-05:00Okay, news of this "hissy fit" just crac...Okay, news of this "hissy fit" just cracked me up. The new Upstairs, Downstairs is going to be wildy loved I'm sure, but good grief I think three is room in the world for two shows with sprawling casts and varied storylines. Bonneville's response is hilarious and oh so appropriate! Love it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11986319237275869540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-26858538205359637432010-12-20T23:16:59.142-05:002010-12-20T23:16:59.142-05:00Great post, really puts us "in the picture&qu...Great post, really puts us "in the picture" of this cinematic controversy. Thanks.Diana Birchallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18291540900938654707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-11046929700394164622010-12-20T22:44:59.158-05:002010-12-20T22:44:59.158-05:00If the creators are so mad, why haven't they g...If the creators are so mad, why haven't they gone after movies like Gosford Park?Eliza Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259562378445586899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-71227218142127667432010-12-20T22:26:06.345-05:002010-12-20T22:26:06.345-05:00I didn't see Downton Abbey, but I well remembe...I didn't see Downton Abbey, but I well remember seeing Upstairs, Downstairs on Saturday evenings (or was it Sunday?) when I was a kid. My dad liked watching it; he was born in 1899, so I guess there was a strong element of childhood nostalgia for him. I don't recall any story lines - I remember Captain James returning from the war, and the exquisite Lesley Anne Down played a girl called Dzhimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179072095139176108noreply@blogger.com