LBD 30 day challenge: day 31

day thirty one: i know it's a thirty day challenge, but March has 31 days, so this is a summary day i guess. it's been a month and LBD is done and i'm not sure how i feel about it (hence being a day off on posting here at the end) because it was really good, compelling entertainment, but now it's done and there's nothing left to look forward to. i definitely recommend it to others, it's better than i expected any web-original production to be (which i guess means i'm a snob? oops) and just.. compelling, which i totally already said. i liked the changes from the original story, i liked the bits of original dialogue that were kept entirely, really i just loved the whole thing and i'm kinda sad it's over. i'll probably get around to buying the DVD sometime after it comes out. until then there's the youtube playlist to watch, even if it means enduring repetitive and obnoxious advertising.

LBD 30 day challenge: day 30

day thirty: i think that Emma would translate well to a similar format, though i'm not sure if it'd be quite so compelling to watch. i've seen most of Shakespeare's comedies get modernized, so i know that'd be entirely workable, but i can't help thinking that Clueless was awesome and is technically a modern retelling of Emma with everyone getting new names, so i wonder how a more direct updating of it would go.

LBD 30 day challenge: day 29

day twenty nine: i think my favorite prop is the over the top Mrs Bennet hat. i've laughed every time it's been worn, and i know there's more to the costume, but it' the hat that really stands out.

LBD 30 day challenge: day 28

day twenty eight: my favorite siblings are the Darcy siblings i think. i do love the Bennet sisters, but having sisters i'm close to myself it's not anything groundbreakingly new. Gigi and William Darcy though play a loving sibling pair with obviously different temperment and i really enjoy it.

LBD 30 day challenge: day 27

day twenty seven: i've loved most of what Jane's worn on camera, but i think my favorite outfit is the TERRIBLE coordinated ketchup and mustard costume set Charlotte and Mr Collins wear at the Halloween party about halfway through. so terrible they became good, at first i was wondering why Charlotte was dressed as a crayon, then my brain caught up to what my eyes were seeing. xD

LBD 30 day challenge: day 26

day twenty six: the cutest moment i've seen in 109 episodes (with only one episode left to go) is the tag end of Q&A 10. Darcy leaves the camera's range, then swoops back in to carry Lizzie of in a princess carry. it was ADORABLE!

LBD 30 day challenge: day 25

day twenty five: nothing! i think the casting (and costuming) are great. i'm enjoying the way the original story's been spun into something new. i think the projected length according to rumored endpoint is just long enough to cover everything without dragging anything out too much. i wouldn't change a thing.

LBD 30 day challenge: day 24

day twenty four: i'm torn, i really loved when Darcy impersonated Fitz, but also crazy good was when Lizzie's impression of Mrs Bennet had Jane calling her 'Mom!' trying to get her to stop. i think though, that my favorite impression was the last episode Lydia took over hosting. Jane is helping out in it, playing Lydia in costume theater and it's just fantastic, the mannerisms, the wardrobe, the speech patterns. it really plays like an older sister pulling out all the stops, and when Jane worries she's gone too far, Lydia reassures her that it was possibly the best impression of herself she'd ever seen. xD

LBD 30 day challenge: day 23

day twenty three: my favorite Lydia episode is the one where she took over and pushed Ricky Collins into costume theater with her after Lizzie stormed out. it was a great episode. not only was it funny, it showed that Lydia actually gets Lizzie way more than she's understood in return. it's most obvious when she tells Ricky "the first rule of Lizzie's videos is that they're Lizzie's videos" or something similar.

LBD 30 day challenge: day 22

day twenty two: okay, this question is a repeat, originally asked on the 19th, but my new answer is YESTERDAY'S (aka ep98)! holy crap it was amazing! i watched it twice in a row and screeched like.. i don't even know, all my hyperbole died of fluffy happy feeling overdose. there was emotional mush talk and kisses and smoldering looks and I LOVED IT!

LBD 30 day challenge: day 21

day twenty one: what keeps me watching? well aside from my penchant for falling into new things obsessively, the acting is amazingly good, and the writing doesn't go the way i always expect it to, so i keep watching to see specifically how the points i know are coming get laid out. with a week left, and only the happy endings for everyone to resolve, i'm watching for the pacing, and the chemistry, and i'd be a straight up liar if i denied hoping for a Dizzie kiss or two since Jing got one upon reconciliation.

LBD 30 day challenge: day 20

day twenty: Lydia: adorbs or annoying? TOTES ADORBS! it helps that LBD Lydia is probably the most sympathetic, fleshed out version possibly ever. frequently she's left as little more than a plot device, but LBD Lydia is clearly a younger sister that desperately wants to be as close to Lizzie and Jane as they are to each other.

LBD 30 day challenge: day 19

day nineteen: favorite episode thusfar? yesterday's, episode 97. after episode 96 when Lizzie left Darcy a super awkward voicemail asking to "chat" it's 3 days later and she still hasn't heard anything. Charlotte shows up to be a good BFF and distract her with junk food, chick flicks, and their shared 25th birthday. after venting her feelings to the camera and admitting that she and Darcy both deserve more from each other, he shows up at the tail end just in time for the feed to cut off. i made a screechy squealing noise not unlike feedback on poorly setup audio equipment. it scared the dog.

LBD 30 day challenge: day 18

day eighteen: my favorite ship would be Lizzie/Darcy (Dizzie to some) because it's the healthiest and the most fleshed out, with them being the primary focus of the story. i like Jane/Bing because the actors are likable, but the relationship itself seems hollow to me, and the Lydia/Wickham plot was really well done, but i don't like it because emotional abuse is uncomfortable and they went there and made it visceral. by default that really only leaves Lizzie/Darcy to enjoy, and while it's not resolved yet i think i can count on it getting there. xD

LBD 30 day challenge: day 17

day seventeen: before watching LBD my knowledge of P&P was the basic plot. initial meeting, misunderstandings and ego, scattering of dramatic moments, pleasant resolution for most. i mean, i knew a bit more than that, but i've always had trouble with straight adaptions. something about it just rubs me wrong, but put the story in a different setting and i love it. i think it boils down to me liking Austen's plots and characters, but disliking the Regency setting.

LBD 30 day challenge: day 16

day sixteen: all the characters i've cared about have made it into the videos. we've never actually seen Mr or Mrs Bennet, but i prefer them as costume theater caricatures, the emotional focus is on the sisters this way and i think it really works. i really like Darcy, but at this point there's four episodes left and he's likely to show up again pretty soon, so i'm just waiting out the end.

LBD 30 day challenge: day 15

day fifteen: coming into it so late, i basically knew what i was in for, so the only thing that surprised me was how the resolution of the Lydia/Wickham drama's solution was revealed to Lizzie. Darcy needed to fix it, and Lydia pretty much had to be the one that told her, but there were a handful of ways those things could have gone, and none of the ways i expected were the way they used.

LBD 30 day challenge: day 14

day fourteen: the only spinoff videos i watched were the Pemberley Digital ones with Gigi, Fitz, and Darcy. i would totally watch more of those though because i loved them.

LBD 30 day challenge: day 13

day thirteen: my favorite quote is absolutely the following (from one of the earliest episodes) where they're talking about overhearing an early conversation between Bing and Darcy and Lydia goes off script, demonstrating costume theater is a work in progress.
Lydia-as-Bing-Lee: This dance is super slammin! So is that Jane Bennet? I wanna bang the *bleep* outta her! Are there any hot chicks that you'd like to slip your man-banana into, Darcy my homie?
Lizzie: *horrified stare*
Lydia: ...What? That's totally how guys talk!
(coinciding with the *bleep* is a subtitle from Charlotte: "WHAT?")

LBD 30 day challenge: day 12

day twelve: my favorite friendship is the Lizzie-and-Jane one. it's really nice to wach sisters get along like i KNOW they can, instead of falling into the cliche of fighting all the time. i know it's possible that siblings can be that close, so i like it better than the Lizzie-and-Charlotte friendship.