Comments on: Mrs. Darcy vs The Aliens http://www.litdrift.com/2010/02/18/mrs-darcy-vs-the-aliens/ Storytelling in the 21st Century Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:12:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mrs Darcy, Episode Nineteen : Jonathan Pinnock’s Write Stuff http://www.litdrift.com/2010/02/18/mrs-darcy-vs-the-aliens/comment-page-1/#comment-1447 Mrs Darcy, Episode Nineteen : Jonathan Pinnock’s Write Stuff Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:38:29 +0000 http://www.litdrift.com/?p=4073#comment-1447 [...] pronounced it “fantastic and very funny”, and JK Evanczuk in the really quite serious Lit Drift has said that it’s “one of the weirdest book trailers I’ve ever seen”. My [...] [...] pronounced it “fantastic and very funny”, and JK Evanczuk in the really quite serious Lit Drift has said that it’s “one of the weirdest book trailers I’ve ever seen”. My [...]

]]> By: Kay Theodoratus http://www.litdrift.com/2010/02/18/mrs-darcy-vs-the-aliens/comment-page-1/#comment-1426 Kay Theodoratus Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:51:53 +0000 http://www.litdrift.com/?p=4073#comment-1426 Mysteries had a similar fad ... only they used the characters as sleuths. Mysteries had a similar fad … only they used the characters as sleuths.

]]> By: Jonathan Pinnock http://www.litdrift.com/2010/02/18/mrs-darcy-vs-the-aliens/comment-page-1/#comment-1425 Jonathan Pinnock Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:42:11 +0000 http://www.litdrift.com/?p=4073#comment-1425 Thanks very much for posting this, JK! And Kerry, I know exactly what you're thinking. But this certainly isn't a copycat operation; it's been brewing since 2007. Please do take a look at how it came about: http://www.jonathanpinnock.com/2009/12/mrs-darcy-vs-the-aliens/. There's nothing new under the sun, after all. Thanks very much for posting this, JK! And Kerry, I know exactly what you’re thinking. But this certainly isn’t a copycat operation; it’s been brewing since 2007. Please do take a look at how it came about: http://www.jonathanpinnock.com/2009/12/mrs-darcy-vs-the-aliens/. There’s nothing new under the sun, after all.

]]> By: Kerry http://www.litdrift.com/2010/02/18/mrs-darcy-vs-the-aliens/comment-page-1/#comment-1424 Kerry Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:25:13 +0000 http://www.litdrift.com/?p=4073#comment-1424 I loved the concept of the first mashup (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies), as it was just so original. And I actually found Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters slightly more enjoyable, I think because I am less familiar with the original text, and therefore found the monsters less irritatingly distracting than in P&P&Z. Then along came Abraham Lincoln: Vampire killer (from the author of P&P&Z), which turned the idea toward history. But haven't we know gone far enough? It all seems a bit like copycatting after a while. That being said, I think I'd have to agree with you that Jane Austen would find it all entertaining. I loved the concept of the first mashup (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies), as it was just so original. And I actually found Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters slightly more enjoyable, I think because I am less familiar with the original text, and therefore found the monsters less irritatingly distracting than in P&P&Z. Then along came Abraham Lincoln: Vampire killer (from the author of P&P&Z), which turned the idea toward history. But haven’t we know gone far enough? It all seems a bit like copycatting after a while.

That being said, I think I’d have to agree with you that Jane Austen would find it all entertaining.

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