Every generation has its own Wuthering Heights, apparently, but I cannot quite get over the incredible 2000s-ness of this 2009 version’s DVD cover, starring Tom Hardy as Professor Heathcliff Snape.
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And then of course there’s pre-Lovejoy, pre-Deadwood Ian McShane as Heathcliff in the 1967 TV version. A Heathcliff with a firm grasp of how handsome he is. Adam Ant could never.
TIL "Heathcliff" isn't just a cartoon cat.
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TIL "Heathcliff" isn't just a cartoon cat.
@futurebird @Nickiquote no one should terrorise the neighbourhood
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TIL "Heathcliff" isn't just a cartoon cat.
@futurebird Wuthering Heights would have been weirder if the main character was Garfield.
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@futurebird Wuthering Heights would have been weirder if the main character was Garfield.
I might have paid more attention to it TBH.
Is there more to it than period romance? Did I miss something good just because I didn't like the kind of people who kept talking about it?
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I have not seen the 2003 MTV version. The DVD cover doesn’t quite sell it to me.
Apparently it’s a musical about “Cate” and “Heath” and “Hendrix” (Hindley), also featuring Francis from Malcolm In The Middle.
@Nickiquote thank you for bringing this to my attention
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I might have paid more attention to it TBH.
Is there more to it than period romance? Did I miss something good just because I didn't like the kind of people who kept talking about it?
(Didn't like as a teen. I was very much "ew it has kissing" for most of my early years. I grew up a little... maybe. )
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I might have paid more attention to it TBH.
Is there more to it than period romance? Did I miss something good just because I didn't like the kind of people who kept talking about it?
@futurebird It’s more gothic and overwrought, but also quite complicated. Like Cathy dies halfway through the book, and a lot of the adaptations stop without telling the rest of the story.
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(Didn't like as a teen. I was very much "ew it has kissing" for most of my early years. I grew up a little... maybe. )
@futurebird @Nickiquote I don’t like it, because I consider many of the relationships described to be toxic, and the Heathcliff-Catherine… thing… to be borderline abusive. But, uh, tastes vary. I hear some people like it.
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TIL "Heathcliff" isn't just a cartoon cat.
@futurebird Thank you for saying so first.
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Every generation has its own Wuthering Heights, apparently, but I cannot quite get over the incredible 2000s-ness of this 2009 version’s DVD cover, starring Tom Hardy as Professor Heathcliff Snape.
@Nickiquote
I recall this being okay, but Tom Hardy was an immediate star, you knew he was going somewhere. -
@Nickiquote “I wish it need not have happened in my time.”
@overholt @Nickiquote
How is this not Rufus Sewell. They really need a smolder-off opportunity. -
@futurebird @Nickiquote I don’t like it, because I consider many of the relationships described to be toxic, and the Heathcliff-Catherine… thing… to be borderline abusive. But, uh, tastes vary. I hear some people like it.
@aprilfollies @futurebird @Nickiquote That's the impression I got finally reading the book.. which I had avoided as a teen bc every movie misrepresents it as a romance.
This is a story about revenge, toxic families, generational trauma.. and (ultimately) breaking free of that pattern.
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@aprilfollies @futurebird @Nickiquote That's the impression I got finally reading the book.. which I had avoided as a teen bc every movie misrepresents it as a romance.
This is a story about revenge, toxic families, generational trauma.. and (ultimately) breaking free of that pattern.
@aprilfollies @futurebird @Nickiquote Every adaptation fixates on a 'romance' which is:
- first 1/4 book only
- between very young angry teens
- toxic, tempestuous, and falls apart quickly.Then ignores or rushes the whole "sets in motion a trail of destruction rippling down the years and across families" part.
ie the main theme and Most Of The Book.. I want to see *that* movie!
Like Romeo and Juliet the Romance is NOT the whole story - it's the catalyst for the story.
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Of course the greatest version of Heathcliff was Cliff Richard in the 90s stage musical.
@Nickiquote this popped up on my YouTube feed and I think I need to watch the whole thing now https://youtu.be/GCUn4qpFj8I
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Of course the greatest version of Heathcliff was Cliff Richard in the 90s stage musical.
@Nickiquote just, wow.
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