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    Undead Pride And Prejudice To Launch Horror Film Of Manners?

    Mr. Darcy's Brains Taste Foul In My Undead Mouth
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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    02/10/09

    In reply to Undead Pride And Prejudice To Launch Horror Film Of Manners?
    OK let's address the spelling error. My brain is still complete MUSH from covering Comic Con all weekend. Thanks for pointing it out, all of you, I get it Austen's work is getting brutalized and molested not the city in Texas.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    02/10/09

    @Meredith Woerner: Good thing no one made a crack about Jane Austin Powers: International Authoress of Mystery.


    That just would have been cruel.

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    Image of Jesse Mrozowski Jesse Mrozowski
    02/10/09

    In reply to Undead Pride And Prejudice To Launch Horror Film Of Manners?
    Imagine Moby Dick with zombie pirates... how can that not be awesome.
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    Image of B B
    02/17/09

    @Jesse Mrozowski: Needs ninjas. robot ninjas.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    02/10/09

    In reply to Undead Pride And Prejudice To Launch Horror Film Of Manners?
    Yay! The posthuman Jeeves and Wooster is just around the corner!
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    Image of prettycool prettycool
    02/10/09

    In reply to Undead Pride And Prejudice To Launch Horror Film Of Manners?
    If I ever get to see Mr. Bernstein rap "top that", my life is complete.
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    02/10/09

    In reply to Undead Pride And Prejudice To Launch Horror Film Of Manners?
    On the one hand - anything that gets people interested in reading the classics isn't bad.


    But on the other hand, could someone please just shot me now? I mean, how long until we get Garrison Dean's Citizen Kane West?

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/10/09

    @Belabras: Citizen Kayne West? Kill me know.
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    Image of jajbowler jajbowler
    02/10/09

    In reply to Undead Pride And Prejudice To Launch Horror Film Of Manners?
    I don't think I'd mind if this spawned dozens of imitations. I think a lot of classic/old literature would be made much better if they simply added zombies.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/10/09

    In reply to Undead Pride And Prejudice To Launch Horror Film Of Manners?
    FFS. I'm going to go live in a cave now. Fetch me when buxom ladywizards are the hot topic of the day.
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    Image of logicbox logicbox
    02/10/09

    @crashedpc: I point you to the Songs of Sorcelation, which detail the trials of a particular Witchalok. [www.penny-arcade.com]
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/10/09

    @logicbox: That's a DUDE.
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    02/10/09

    @crashedpc: Witchaloks aren't dudes they are hermaphrodites. Though you would know that if you read the Lord of the God King series.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/10/09

    @OW-Holmes: Aaaaand, I have no idea. Too busy reading The House of Cthulhu at the moment.
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    Image of CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
    02/02/09

    In reply to Mr. Darcy's Brains Taste Foul In My Undead Mouth
    Ha! Love it. Thanks I'll read it for kicks... I'll be the only one reading it on BART.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    02/02/09

    @CmdrHunt: I wouldn't bet you'd be the only one. I suspect it'll be pretty popular on BART, at least among the BART riders who are literate.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/03/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: Don't forget the book cover. The BART train is sometimes a little filthy. *shiver*
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    Image of ElectroJones ElectroJones
    02/02/09

    In reply to Mr. Darcy's Brains Taste Foul In My Undead Mouth
    Don't know if I'd read it myself, but it's a fun idea. At this point, anything original in the Zombie trade is to be applauded.
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    Image of geekgrrl geekgrrl
    02/03/09

    @ElectroJones: how is piggybacking on a well-known novel original?
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    Image of Adah Adah
    02/02/09

    In reply to Mr. Darcy's Brains Taste Foul In My Undead Mouth
    RE: the tags


    It's Austen, not Austin.

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    Image of capnrob capnrob
    02/02/09

    @Adah: Which raises the likelihood of _The Six Million Shilling Man_, doesn't it?


    "Colonel Brandon, landholder. A man barely alive. Gentlewomen, we can rebuild him. We have the fashion tips. We have the capability to build the world's first sensitive husband. Colonel Brandon will be that husband. Better than he was before. Better, stronger, more sensitive."


    (cue dramatic revving-up soundtrack.)

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    02/02/09

    @capnrob: I would read that, along with "The Great Undead Gatsby".
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    02/02/09

    In reply to Mr. Darcy's Brains Taste Foul In My Undead Mouth
    All of you anti-Zombie & Darcy forces are simply missing the real pull here, Pride and Prejudice.


    That's right I said it. Pride and Prejudice is the bees knees. And I am firmly in support of any and every time that someone chooses to update it, add a twist, or simply put on a new version of the period classic.


    Only one request. Film/TV versions are always done best with Colin Firth. And watching Colin Firth fighting zombies would be roughly equivalent to 100 bees with their 200 knees.


    (Although I'd also be okay with Bruce.)

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    02/02/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Why would you UPDATE a book that's already AMAZING? That's just stupid.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    02/02/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: You and I must agree to disagree on this one.


    I love updates. I love "New & Improved" even when it is neither. I love film versions of books and t.v. versions of those films. I love crappy re-imaginings of wonderful things.


    I love the 2 minutes of "Oooh, that was an interesting take" followed by 15 minutes of throwing shit around my apartment yelling "WTF WERE THEY THINKING?" Love. It.

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/02/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: You're gonna love the new Predator movie, then.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    02/02/09

    @crashedpc: Hmmm....I was unsatisfactorily unspecific in my word choice.


    (Stupid "love" and its vagueness.)


    I love that it happens. I love the hype and praise or criticism.


    I do not always love the actual product itself.


    So yes, I love that they are making a new Predator. Even if it sucks and I hate it. Cause then the build-up will have been a ride and the complaining about it after will be so much fun!

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/02/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Damn right. I love bitching about a movie almost as much as loving a movie.
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    Image of Ed Grabianowski Ed Grabianowski
    02/02/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Wouldn't 100 bees have 600 knees?
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    02/02/09

    @Ed Grabianowski: That's what I was thinking. Three times the bees-knees-iness!
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    Image of happymisanthrope happymisanthrope
    02/02/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: I'm just confused as to how this is going to work. If the dead were coming back would it really be right to hold a ball? Well, obviously Mrs. Bennett, Kitty and Lydia wouldn't notice the walking dead -- especially if they were still almost attractive and wearing uniforms.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    02/03/09

    @Ed Grabianowski, Evil Tortie's Mom, bookwench:


    @happymisanthrope: I always under the impression that William Collins was the walking dead, and it didn't seem to bother anybody but Lizzy.

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    Image of oriencor oriencor
    02/03/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: argh! That's just wrong and .. wrong.


    But I concur, if it involves Colin Firth playing Mr. Darcy, I'm on board.

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    Image of happymisanthrope happymisanthrope
    02/03/09

    @oriencor: @92BuickLeSabre: you're right, but even Lizzy would be willing to forgive her potential husband for being a zombie if he came with Pemberley and 30,000 Pounds Sterling per year...
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    02/02/09

    In reply to Mr. Darcy's Brains Taste Foul In My Undead Mouth
    Hey!


    I think he stole our ideas from your article about Lost In Austen.


    [io9.com]


    I thought my idea for Austen Annihilation was way better.

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    Image of HighNoon HighNoon
    02/02/09

    @twophrasebark: Actually we already had this sort of setup in the story "Society and Sickness" by Leila Eadie. It's hilarious and a great take on the source material. Find it in the anthology History is Dead:

    [www.amazon.com]
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    02/02/09

    @HighNoon: Wow. That is hilarious...
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    02/02/09

    In reply to Mr. Darcy's Brains Taste Foul In My Undead Mouth
    I don't know, this feels like a step too far for the zombie craze. Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/02/09

    @Belabras: We need to form a support group. I'll bring the booze.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/02/09

    In reply to Mr. Darcy's Brains Taste Foul In My Undead Mouth
    Enough with the zombies! *sobbing*


    Wasn't a romantic zombie comedy already done, à la Shawn of the Dead?


    Fine, I propose Zombie Cthulhu or perhaps The Great Zombie Gatsby. Cuz Gatsby (SPOILER) dies, and he comes back, and he throws wild swinging undead parties because he feels like he needs to pretend he's alive still. There? HAPPY??

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    Image of corpore-metal corpore-metal
    02/02/09

    @crashedpc: Uuuuum, technically, saying Zombie Cthulhu is sort of redundant.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/02/09

    @corpore-metal: Nuh uh, Cthulhu is dead but dreaming. Zombies are undead and not dreaming. *throws rock*
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    Image of corpore-metal corpore-metal
    02/02/09

    @crashedpc: Well maybe it's a definitional thing. The Big C is dead but this doesn't seem to hinder it very much in it's priestly duties to a pantheon of hyperspatial god-beings.


    So it's dead but still driving planets mad, filling galaxies with vapor clouds of crystallized blood and just generally being as weird and evil on a transcendental scale. Thus I claim Cthulhu is undead.

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/02/09

    @corpore-metal: But... but.. *stamps feet*


    FINE! I'm still sticking w/ the Gatsby adaptation.

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    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    02/02/09

    In reply to Mr. Darcy's Brains Taste Foul In My Undead Mouth
    The next edition is 'Wuthering Heights Zombies'.


    "I am Heathcliff!... because I just ate him... and he's inside of me"

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