Buying the New Yorker 1996 - page 9

Now this takes me back:


When that version came out, it was an event. Everyone was eating it up like candy. I was taking a class in the history of Regency England, and let me tell you, when the professor brought in the videos, there was joy.

So lets have a bit of compare and contrast:

I've yet to see this new version, but that's okay, we're talking about the ads.

Outside, backlit by the sun, Elizabeth Bennet in the foreground looking confident, Mr. Darcy behind her looking glummish. The 1995 P&P feels like a cool mid April - and look at that chemistry. Mr. Darcy looks like he is trying to blow Elizabeth's skull apart with his dangerous psychic mind skillz, while Elizabeth grins smugly and contently with the knowledge that such heinous brain powers don't actually exist. The 2005 is late June and muggy, and this pair look like they get along. In fact, it looks like they may have just finished a session of getting along and once Darcy gets his breath back, they are going to go diving under a bush and get along some more.

Both are out on DVD, and I'm sure that the history class syllabus is all the better for it.