Bednaya Nastya viewing...
Sep. 11th, 2007 12:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dangermousieI got my Bednaya Nastya DVDs in and so I finally started watching them properly today (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
alexandral, let me know if you are still interested).
So far, not much in, my thoughts are mainly the following:
1. OMG, costumes! So freaking gorgeous. From military uniforms to ladies' dresses. Mmmmmm.
2. Hair? Not bad. Especially for the men.fire_snake pointed out that they chose 1839 precisely because a little later and we are into sideburns of doom and much earlier and we'd get beards. As it is, everyone attractive is yummily clean-shaven.
3. For some bizarro reason, the actress who plays Anna reminds me of Veronica Mars a little which is odd to say the least. No idea why, except for her being blonde and a certain something same about the nose. Oh, and her thing for a bad boy. I like her. She is very pretty, though she could use less make-up. And I like her character as well. She certainly has a spine.
4. If anyone had told me before this that I would find Alexander II (in any shape, or form) hot, I would have pointed and laughed. But there it is. HOT.
5. No wonder this is 120 eps. This has about 18 billion characters. So far it's not draggy at all (I am really early in) but I foresee problems as I will inevitably get more interested in some stories *ahemVladimir/Annaahem* *ahemfutureAlexanderIIahem* than others.
6. Vladimir is a total jerk as of now. A repressed, incredibly hot jerk with huge angst potential, but still...jerk. There is something severely wrong with be because it just makes me like him more. Mmmmm...my favorite scene in all of ep 1 is when he orders Anna about while so clearly wanting to just pull her into his arms and do a romance novel type 'crushing her to his chest' thing. Heh.
7. I really like Lisa Dolgorukaya, the girl who loves Vladimir, who he used to court years ago but cooled since then. Maybe I am just reacting to all the horrible 'other women' in dramas, but she is remarkably fun and sane. Though hint, girl: I don't care how hot he is: no matter the love poetry he whispered into your ears, if he left years ago, and neither visited nor wrote since, chances are he is over you. Oh well, she gets her own happy ending, and I know it :P
8. I cheated, and watched some of ep 120. Mmmmmm...Vladimir/Anna angst of yumminess. But I get the impression that every ep from half on, at least, is going to have some of that.
9. Michael Repnin is very very sweet. But why do I think he's a little bland? Hmmmm. He is a doll though.
I think I'll screencap this a little...
ETA: I found out they are making Bednaya Nastya 2 (with same cast). Whaaaaa? I know this was psycho popular but what about? They tied everything up. *waits for Meteor Garden 2 level fiasco*
And of course, vids.
I am addicted to this one:
This one is basically one giant Vladimir angst fetish. And that is a very very good thing:
Oh, and I found another cute Anna/Vladimir vid (there are 17 billion of them out there. Mmmmm, the bit when he picks her up and swings her around and around is brain-meltingly awesome):
alexandral, let me know if you are still interested).So far, not much in, my thoughts are mainly the following:
1. OMG, costumes! So freaking gorgeous. From military uniforms to ladies' dresses. Mmmmmm.
2. Hair? Not bad. Especially for the men.
fire_snake pointed out that they chose 1839 precisely because a little later and we are into sideburns of doom and much earlier and we'd get beards. As it is, everyone attractive is yummily clean-shaven.3. For some bizarro reason, the actress who plays Anna reminds me of Veronica Mars a little which is odd to say the least. No idea why, except for her being blonde and a certain something same about the nose. Oh, and her thing for a bad boy. I like her. She is very pretty, though she could use less make-up. And I like her character as well. She certainly has a spine.
4. If anyone had told me before this that I would find Alexander II (in any shape, or form) hot, I would have pointed and laughed. But there it is. HOT.
5. No wonder this is 120 eps. This has about 18 billion characters. So far it's not draggy at all (I am really early in) but I foresee problems as I will inevitably get more interested in some stories *ahemVladimir/Annaahem* *ahemfutureAlexanderIIahem* than others.
6. Vladimir is a total jerk as of now. A repressed, incredibly hot jerk with huge angst potential, but still...jerk. There is something severely wrong with be because it just makes me like him more. Mmmmm...my favorite scene in all of ep 1 is when he orders Anna about while so clearly wanting to just pull her into his arms and do a romance novel type 'crushing her to his chest' thing. Heh.
7. I really like Lisa Dolgorukaya, the girl who loves Vladimir, who he used to court years ago but cooled since then. Maybe I am just reacting to all the horrible 'other women' in dramas, but she is remarkably fun and sane. Though hint, girl: I don't care how hot he is: no matter the love poetry he whispered into your ears, if he left years ago, and neither visited nor wrote since, chances are he is over you. Oh well, she gets her own happy ending, and I know it :P
8. I cheated, and watched some of ep 120. Mmmmmm...Vladimir/Anna angst of yumminess. But I get the impression that every ep from half on, at least, is going to have some of that.
9. Michael Repnin is very very sweet. But why do I think he's a little bland? Hmmmm. He is a doll though.
I think I'll screencap this a little...
ETA: I found out they are making Bednaya Nastya 2 (with same cast). Whaaaaa? I know this was psycho popular but what about? They tied everything up. *waits for Meteor Garden 2 level fiasco*
And of course, vids.
I am addicted to this one:
This one is basically one giant Vladimir angst fetish. And that is a very very good thing:
Oh, and I found another cute Anna/Vladimir vid (there are 17 billion of them out there. Mmmmm, the bit when he picks her up and swings her around and around is brain-meltingly awesome):
