Well, I suppose it only comes to mind because it's so recent, but LBD would count.
(Didn't like the finale, by the way. Bland much?)
I wouldn't say it was a single plotline, but rather something that was lost in translation. While it was really well done overall, I think the biggest flaw was Lizzie herself.
Or rather, the writers' attitude towards Lizzie. The performance was always good.
I initially really liked the emphasis on the development of the secondary characters. It added to the appeal of the series and I actually had some sympathy for characters I'd never cared about before, but what I didn't realise at first was that it came at a price - Lizzie herself.
In the book, Lizzie is clever and rational in her judgements - always. It's one of Austen's greatest points of irony that her assessment of the character of others is only flawed when it comes to Darcy (and Wickham, but that's driven by her dislike of the former.) She doesn't trust Caroline as far as she can throw her, Mr Collins is an idiot, she accurately discerns Bingley's feelings for Jane and his reasons for leaving, and she has Lady Catherine's measure before she ever meets her.
In the web series, I don't think they do justice to this part of her at all. She's often portrayed as petty and judgemental and an unreliable narrator. They make it seem like her fight with Lydia is entirely her fault, and that she's even responsible for Wickham's actions. She gets called out multiple times for a handful of negative things she says about her little sister, who in turn spews constant remarks about how Lizzie is (paraphrasing) lame and nerdy and not attractive, and no one ever defends her.
Charlotte's choice is actually rational and sound, which just makes Lizzie seem petty. Book Charlotte did end up being miserable, stuck with Mr Collins and while she had fair reasons for making that decision, there was no guarantee it would ensure her future. Mr Bennet could live into his seventies, Mr Collins could die prematurely, he and Charlotte might have only had daughters and therefore no one to secure the entail... lots of things could have happened which meant that Charlotte would be out on her ass with no future, and it isn't as if she were that badly off. Her parents were middle class, she could have worked as a governess, or taken care of brothers' children... Lizzie was right in feeling that she sold out, but because the circumstances were changed, in the web series she has the same reaction, but instead she just comes across as petty. They changed Charlotte, but not Lizzie, instead of allowing both characters to evolve.
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(Didn't like the finale, by the way. Bland much?)
I wouldn't say it was a single plotline, but rather something that was lost in translation. While it was really well done overall, I think the biggest flaw was Lizzie herself.
Or rather, the writers' attitude towards Lizzie. The performance was always good.
I initially really liked the emphasis on the development of the secondary characters. It added to the appeal of the series and I actually had some sympathy for characters I'd never cared about before, but what I didn't realise at first was that it came at a price - Lizzie herself.
In the book, Lizzie is clever and rational in her judgements - always. It's one of Austen's greatest points of irony that her assessment of the character of others is only flawed when it comes to Darcy (and Wickham, but that's driven by her dislike of the former.) She doesn't trust Caroline as far as she can throw her, Mr Collins is an idiot, she accurately discerns Bingley's feelings for Jane and his reasons for leaving, and she has Lady Catherine's measure before she ever meets her.
In the web series, I don't think they do justice to this part of her at all. She's often portrayed as petty and judgemental and an unreliable narrator. They make it seem like her fight with Lydia is entirely her fault, and that she's even responsible for Wickham's actions. She gets called out multiple times for a handful of negative things she says about her little sister, who in turn spews constant remarks about how Lizzie is (paraphrasing) lame and nerdy and not attractive, and no one ever defends her.
Charlotte's choice is actually rational and sound, which just makes Lizzie seem petty. Book Charlotte did end up being miserable, stuck with Mr Collins and while she had fair reasons for making that decision, there was no guarantee it would ensure her future. Mr Bennet could live into his seventies, Mr Collins could die prematurely, he and Charlotte might have only had daughters and therefore no one to secure the entail... lots of things could have happened which meant that Charlotte would be out on her ass with no future, and it isn't as if she were that badly off. Her parents were middle class, she could have worked as a governess, or taken care of brothers' children... Lizzie was right in feeling that she sold out, but because the circumstances were changed, in the web series she has the same reaction, but instead she just comes across as petty. They changed Charlotte, but not Lizzie, instead of allowing both characters to evolve.