tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post7816350331604282457..comments2024-03-27T16:39:57.485-04:00Comments on My OUTLANDER Purgatory: Outlander Starz Series Update from Diana GabaldonPurgatory Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206226666250028550noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-10706289086365919092013-06-04T20:19:36.284-04:002013-06-04T20:19:36.284-04:00This is my favorite DG quote from the above post: ...This is my favorite DG quote from the above post: "I'm not a team player. (Ask anybody.)" I love her!Jen W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00345141756452947716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-42135413368567328392013-06-04T19:40:27.606-04:002013-06-04T19:40:27.606-04:00Please God, I'm old. Let me live long enoug...Please God, I'm old. Let me live long enough to see this whole series.b.helmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11152355682410507086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-3727062026602059212013-06-04T18:17:41.966-04:002013-06-04T18:17:41.966-04:00I can't wait for this!!!
and @ Carol, it'...I can't wait for this!!! <br />and @ Carol, it's so true about Edward Cullen! Everyone was, well, mmmphm'ed about him, but he became film Edward (different from book Edward, but still a good Edward). And same with True Blood, book Northman is very different than Askars, but both ARE Eric Northman. I'm excited to see who they cast!<br />I kind of like Travis Fimmell from Vikings for Jamie right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-7854601463963680472013-06-04T13:06:26.602-04:002013-06-04T13:06:26.602-04:00RIGHT Ginny. That's what I fear. The backlas...RIGHT Ginny. That's what I fear. The backlash. And the ugly. And believe me - it'll get ugly. <br /><br />Remember when Robert Pattinson got cast as Edward Cullen? 5,000 comments on <a href="http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/18339045.html" rel="nofollow">this one blog post</a> , alone. <br /> Purgatory Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04206226666250028550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-57998414102867387702013-06-04T12:58:18.836-04:002013-06-04T12:58:18.836-04:00I'm excited for this, I gotta say. A tv serie...I'm excited for this, I gotta say. A tv series will do a much better job of the big story that is Outlander than a movie possibly could. And I have confidence that a good series can be made (take a peek at GoT to see how a big epic type story can be adapted well).<br /><br />I don't mind the speculating about casting, but the debate once actors are announced will be CRAZY. GPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120890283968477272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-29375425535829781452013-06-04T12:38:21.982-04:002013-06-04T12:38:21.982-04:00RIGHT! My thoughts exactly, Melanie! I would be ...RIGHT! My thoughts exactly, Melanie! I would be lying if I said I'm not going to obsess over casting. It's my thing!! (I just sent an "I TOLD YOU!" email to our writer/director about Charlie Hunnam showing up in Variety's 10 Breakout Actors of the Summer" list. LOL)<br /><br />But I'll tell you what I'm NOT going to do. I'm not going to crap on someone's opinion with a rude reply like "not even close...blah blah I'm so great and you suck blah". ;) Purgatory Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04206226666250028550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-32668151100415410902013-06-04T11:44:51.307-04:002013-06-04T11:44:51.307-04:00I'm not going to bitch about it but I'm in...I'm not going to bitch about it but I'm in film production as well and oooohhhhh, I just have to have my dream cast in my mind. It's so much fun to dream. As for who they pick, I can't wait to see it. If it's great, then GREAT! and if it's not, all I have to do is stop watching and go back to my wonderful books. *sigh* :)Courses on Horseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14122120461552084081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-62062637267624583282013-06-04T10:32:13.563-04:002013-06-04T10:32:13.563-04:00I see what you're saying - but - maybe it woul...I see what you're saying - but - maybe it would be a new take on a story we love? Maybe we could learn to love the new story, with characters we love, just tweaked in a different way? As long as they remain faithful to the characters themselves (ie: Jamie being who he is and Claire being who she is) does it matter if they take some liberties with the plot line here and there? I don't know, myself, just playing Devil's Advocate!<br /><br />Either way I am excited to see it! If I don't like it...meh! I can go back and read the books. Nothing will ever 'ruin' the story for me. It's in the books and honestly, it's a part of me!Alli S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-25196816434311511412013-06-04T10:17:28.202-04:002013-06-04T10:17:28.202-04:00I read an interesting interview with Charlaine Har...I read an interesting interview with Charlaine Harris (author of the Sookie Stackhouse books that were adapted into True Blood), and she has little to no involvement in the TV show--pretty evident, as the show has been completely different from the books for probably three seasons now. George RR Martin, on the other hand, is very involved with Game of Thrones (he wrote an episode this season), and that show is a pretty faithful adaptation of the books.<br /><br />So that's more my concern--not so much that they're going to cast someone who's 6'2" instead of 6'4" for Jamie, or that the hair won't be EXACTLY the right shade of red, or whatever--it's that after the first or second season, they'll diverge from the plot line that DG has set up. For example--what if the series kept J/C young? So in the second season, maybe they wouldn't bookend the story with an older Claire--and instead, they'd escape Culloden, and the next season would be more "adventures with J/C." Maybe they'd use some stuff from Voyager for season 3--for example, maybe they'd go to America--but do you see where I'm going here? From a casting/writing standpoint, doing that would be a lot easier than having to deal with the aging--but it wouldn't be the story we all love. <br /><br />But I'm getting ahead of myself....let's see what happens with season 1 first! :-)Tracey R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06775331935448970772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-10598933890579929682013-06-04T09:30:55.470-04:002013-06-04T09:30:55.470-04:00I know, JJ...I've thought about this a bunch o...I know, JJ...I've thought about this a bunch of times. I think that the number one reason she doesn't get involved is exactly what she said - it's all encompassing. She'd eat, sleep and breathe the Starz series until it ended. 24/7...all year long...not just during filming. She'd be dealing with the screenplay...she'd be dealing with all kinds of crazy fact-checking shiz that comes up along the way...she'd be on set, dealing with costuming questions and staging and actors. Lordddddd the actors. Some are great...some, not so much. And she'd have to deal with the personal relationships and the fact that she'd be stepping on toes every time the actors came to her instead of the Director for advice. And filming a series is not a film shoot; it goes on for months. And then she'd have to deal with editing questions afterward...and music and promotions...Can I get another Lorddddddd the promotions. UGHHHH. No thank you. I can't blame her one bit. <br /><br />I know some of you loathe the topic of Twilight...but look at how involved Stephenie Meyer was with the films. Her life was not her own for a few years there...and that was only film; not a TV series. Oy.Purgatory Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04206226666250028550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-18065940200959614482013-06-04T09:24:26.604-04:002013-06-04T09:24:26.604-04:00Right, Faith?! We could say that about a LOT of a...Right, Faith?! We could say that about a LOT of authors, I think. Purgatory Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04206226666250028550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-72548343390982957572013-06-04T09:24:00.837-04:002013-06-04T09:24:00.837-04:00LOL Even *I'm* going to have a hard time doin...LOL Even *I'm* going to have a hard time doing that, Genevieve. I keep having to remind myself to "Keep Calm and Wait for Outlander on Starz". ;) Purgatory Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04206226666250028550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-53932078181861307062013-06-04T09:20:39.281-04:002013-06-04T09:20:39.281-04:00I can't WAIT for this to come out!
I think DG...I can't WAIT for this to come out!<br /><br />I think DG would rock writing a screenplay. She rocks EVERYTHING. Come ON. I bet she just doesn't want to do it. And that's ok, bc we need book 8. And 9, etc. lol<br /><br />Jane Jefferieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12611773304104707833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-64190785517134130752013-06-04T09:15:01.372-04:002013-06-04T09:15:01.372-04:00I wish George R.R. Martin had the same focus and c...I wish George R.R. Martin had the same focus and conviction. Maybe then the next book in "A Song of Ice and Fire" series can finally get going again...MaryFaithPeacehttp://www.facebook.com/bookbeadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-11514324192008271772013-06-04T07:26:52.178-04:002013-06-04T07:26:52.178-04:00hear hear!
(and would it be too much to ask that w...hear hear!<br />(and would it be too much to ask that we quit trying to figure out which actors will play which characters? Can't we just wait and see?)Genevieve Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138099256899984001noreply@blogger.com