thoughts on the bbc trailer

maraudeuselunaire:

• some of the visuals (most stunningly jean valjean on parole and the barricades, but also the costumes of jean valjean as mayor and fantine in general) look strikingly similar to the 2012 movie?? i’m not even mad i just don’t understand how we ended up here again after all the bashing
• we’re also back at trying to pretend there is a happy end…please protect the first time viewers…i went to the cinema unprepared in 2012 and i know how it feels…
• on a positive note, i like that it seems we’ll see fantine before things start to go downhill as it could really add to her as a character that’s not solely defined by the things that happen to her. on a negative note, i feel the sex scene with tholomyès creeping up to us. it’s lurking out there…waiting…
• is this…is this a waterloo flashback…are we actually doing this because i’m genuinely here for it
• mentally preparing myself for a total of 15 minutes les amis de l’abc and insurrection without any historical context though. but possibly the trailer just doesn’t want to scare people off this family-friendly christmas series
• i told myself i’d just watch this series as another adaption that i didn’t really care about, why do i suddenly care
• weirdly annoyed by the valjean & cosette scenes
• not 100% sure why
• my man mabeuf ups my total score of this trailer by at least two points
• seriously though i’m not over how much this looks like the 2012 movie