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Friday Videos Are Thankful for Wet Period Dramas
by SB Sarah | by SB Sarah | November 26, 2010 | Friday at 1:40 pm | 71 CommentsFrom Nadia comes this lovely musical tribute to wet period dramas. Is there anyone not thankful for Wet Colin Firth?
Filed: Friday Videos, General Bitching
Tagged: wet, videos, jane austen, colin firth, awesomesauce
reggia723 said on 11.26.10 at 02:07 PM • [link]
Love it! Totally worth being up at 4am for :)
Christina said on 11.26.10 at 02:18 PM • [link]
Oh, awesome! Love it - thanks for posting this! It’s that sort of day and I just found out my ex has a new girlfriend - I hate to be a horrific cliche but Mr Darcy & co are just what I need today. Well, either that or Godzilla-type city-destroying mayhem. =(
It’s edited so well to the music also! =D
Annette McCleave said on 11.26.10 at 02:56 PM • [link]
Richard Armitage. Yum.
nitnot said on 11.26.10 at 02:58 PM • [link]
ROMANCELANDIA, YOU WIN AT THE INTERNETZ
Lora said on 11.26.10 at 03:42 PM • [link]
Oh yays I love this!
Was waiting to see mr. darcy step out of the water and walk across the meadow at pemberly in the dripping shirt—best part of epi 4, though.
Chance said on 11.26.10 at 04:26 PM • [link]
Who and what show is that at 1.11? i must see this please!!
Sarah W said on 11.26.10 at 04:52 PM • [link]
Give me a man in cravat and brocade vest . . . mmmm.
Karin said on 11.26.10 at 04:55 PM • [link]
Awesome.
Barb said on 11.26.10 at 05:48 PM • [link]
Outstanding video! I agree! Nothing like a man in a cravat and brocade vest riding a horse…...mmmmm
PJ DEAN said on 11.26.10 at 05:56 PM • [link]
cravat, brocade vest and TALL BOOTS! O yeah, works for me.
Jessica Andersen said on 11.26.10 at 06:00 PM • [link]
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm….
I’m sorry, did you guys say something? I was ... um ... distracted.
word ver win = research69
Rueyn said on 11.26.10 at 06:28 PM • [link]
Good gracious…thank you. Just…THANK YOU!
Kati said on 11.26.10 at 06:34 PM • [link]
Hallelujah! That is all.
Lisananda said on 11.26.10 at 06:36 PM • [link]
Yummy! And there were several that I have not seen so I am deeply grateful for the list of titles at the end. Working on one ... last ... paper, and then I think I’ll be blissing out with some videos as a reward for completed homework.
Thank you!
Kel said on 11.26.10 at 07:04 PM • [link]
Silly yumminess was exactly what I needed this morning. Especially with glimpses of Alan Rickman, Richard Armitage, and Benedict Cumberbatch in there.
JamiSings said on 11.26.10 at 07:05 PM • [link]
Dry or wet, I’d rather have Alan Rickman to a wet Colin Firth.
bambbles said on 11.26.10 at 07:56 PM • [link]
That was wonderful! Now I have a list of movies to watch!!
ev said on 11.26.10 at 08:08 PM • [link]
Mmm….Ioan Gruffudd, Alan Rickman and Colin Firth. I think I will be having a movie fest this weekend.
Lyssa said on 11.26.10 at 08:19 PM • [link]
Colin Firth, You had me at that..I mean in college we had it taped, and would watch Him walk up that hill soaking wet over and over. And he still looks yummy today!
Karen H said on 11.26.10 at 08:30 PM • [link]
Definitely thankful for a wet Colin Firth but sooo disappointed this didn’t include him walking out of the water all wet! Maybe I missed it…maybe I’ll just have to watch it a few times more to make sure it’s not there! But thanks (plus I have always loved that song)!
Betsy said on 11.26.10 at 08:57 PM • [link]
Amazing! Colin Firth is just…fantastic.
Melissandre said on 11.26.10 at 09:22 PM • [link]
Can we identify all the movies? I saw Emma, Sense and Sensibility, both Pride and Prejudices, North and South, and what I assume is Amazing Grace (the Ioan Gruffud one). What are the others? Help a girl out! The swordfighting one looks intense (and delicious).
Suzanna Medeiros said on 11.26.10 at 09:59 PM • [link]
I *love* this ... I’m also going to be sharing it everywhere. :)
cayenne said on 11.26.10 at 10:03 PM • [link]
@Melissandre - I think I noticed a list at the end of the piece, but as I had OD’d on man-candy, not 100% sure. I know I saw Richard Armitage, and in addition to the list you have, I’m pretty sure there was the other P&P, Northanger Abbey, and - thrilling to me - Shadow of the North. I’m not sure what else, though.
Broke Baroque said on 11.26.10 at 10:04 PM • [link]
@Melissandre: From the YouTube info of clips in the video:
Amazing Grace 2006
Casanova 2005
Emma 1996
NorthAnger Abbey 2007
North & South 2004
Persuasion 2007
Pride & Prejudice 1995, 2005
Sense & Sensibility 1996, 2008
The Shadow in the North 2007
Wives & Daughters 1999
Broke Baroque said on 11.26.10 at 10:05 PM • [link]
Damn, I forgot to mention—the sword fight is from the 2008 version of Sense and Sensibility, I’m pretty sure. :)
Ros said on 11.26.10 at 10:06 PM • [link]
Yes, there’s a list:
Amazing Grace
Casanova
Northanger Abbey
Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice (x2)
Wives and Daughters
North and South
The Shadow in the North
Emma
Personally, I wish that Wet Colin Firth hadn’t happened. Though I did absolutely love the parody of it in Lost in Austen.
Lynne Connolly said on 11.26.10 at 10:13 PM • [link]
Fabulous, thank you! nice to see gorgeous Neil Morrisey there!
Chicklet said on 11.26.10 at 10:17 PM • [link]
THIS IS WHY THE INTERNET WAS INVENTED, FULL STOP.
evelyne said on 11.26.10 at 10:17 PM • [link]
loved it !!
and thanks for the list ;—
mssarahb said on 11.26.10 at 10:28 PM • [link]
Help! Which film had the desert scenes? I can’t place it and I thought I had seen all of these movies.
Lisa said on 11.26.10 at 10:45 PM • [link]
Mmmm - so thankful…
Janet Mullany said on 11.26.10 at 11:58 PM • [link]
The desert scene was from Wives & Daughters, the best Gaskell adaptation ever. Lovely editing, but nothing in my mind beats this version of “It’s Raining Men:”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi2t58CRmbU
Bibliophile said on 11.27.10 at 12:50 AM • [link]
Be still my beating heart!
It’s definitely costume drama day for me tomorrow.
Zoe Archer said on 11.27.10 at 12:51 AM • [link]
How awesome is it that one of the tags for this post is “wet?”
MOAR WET POSTS PLEEZ.
Alpha Lyra said on 11.27.10 at 01:08 AM • [link]
Hot, hot, hot!
Cammy said on 11.27.10 at 02:21 AM • [link]
Ok, the scene at 1:01 where the guy on horseback rushes downhill to help the damsel who just tripped down it? I didn’t recognize that one and couldn’t see who was playing our yummy rescuer.
Judy said on 11.27.10 at 02:53 AM • [link]
Colin Firth. And Ioan Gruffudd. And Alan Rickman. Be still my heart….
Sycorax said on 11.27.10 at 03:21 AM • [link]
Awesome.
I finished rewatching the BBC adaptation of Our Mutual Friend last night and there are men in river and rain shots from that. Mmmm, Mortimer Lightwood…
I’m glad they included North and South and the marvelous image of cotton fluff hanging in the air. I love that miniseries as much as the Pand P one, which is saying something.
MichelleKCanada said on 11.27.10 at 03:26 AM • [link]
Just thank you. Thank you..
Cristiane Young said on 11.27.10 at 03:28 AM • [link]
Cammy, I believe that’s from the Emma Thompson Sense and Sensibility, and the rescuer is the gorgeous Mr. Emma Thompson, Greg Wise.
“remember25” - not very clearly, these days.
fifi trixibelle said on 11.27.10 at 03:50 AM • [link]
How could they miss out Sean Bean as “Sharpe” bathing stripped to the waist and bathing in a stream…
HoneyBearKelly said on 11.27.10 at 04:18 AM • [link]
Rupert Penry-Jones is just stunning. And Richard Armitage made me forget Colin Firth. North & South is available on Netflix watch instantly thingie. Watch it and you’ll see what I’m talking about.
oldbitey said on 11.27.10 at 04:30 AM • [link]
Oh, so lovel, but where…is Mr Rochester? Hello? Toby Stephens!! Lotsa wet and rain scenes in Jay Eyre!
oldbitey said on 11.27.10 at 04:30 AM • [link]
Um…sorta ruins the rant when you misspell Jane Eyre.
Mimi said on 11.27.10 at 06:38 AM • [link]
oh…
my…
gaaaaahhhh…..*dissolves into puddle of ...drool…*
Literary Slut said on 11.27.10 at 01:00 PM • [link]
Somebody fan me, quick! Oh my, Alan Rickman is soooo swoonworthy.
I’m so over to Netflix to add to my queue.
JamiSings said on 11.27.10 at 07:09 PM • [link]
I wonder if Alan Rickman is even aware of what a sex symbol he is.
Augustina said on 11.27.10 at 09:19 PM • [link]
Have watched it four times in the past half hour and can’t seem to stop smiling - brilliant, absolutely brilliant :-)
Colonel Angus said on 11.27.10 at 10:53 PM • [link]
I want to go to there
Tory Michaels said on 11.27.10 at 11:45 PM • [link]
Holy moley…Yeah. No wonder I love reading Regencies. All the pretty, pretty men with their awesome clothes. Now if only men STILL dressed like that and women weren’t stuck with the dresses and corsets. Heh.
HelenMac said on 11.28.10 at 12:55 AM • [link]
@fifi trixibelle : agreed! Sean Bean as Sharpe is a glaring omission.
@HoneyBearKelly : oh thank goodness! I was scrolling through the comments, wondering why no-one had commented on the loveliness that is Mr Penry Jones.
@oldbitey : oh, Toby Stephens…*siiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh*
oogame said on 11.28.10 at 02:25 AM • [link]
I love that miniseries as much as the Pand P one, which is saying something
mollificent said on 11.28.10 at 03:55 AM • [link]
Chiming in on the Toby Stephens side. The scene in the recent JE when he and Ruth Wilson come in out of the rain and kiss…oh MY. And Toby in general, of course.
Also yay to anything involving Sean Bean with his shirt off.
(Just realized this may be my first post…can’t remember. Been reading for a few months. LOVE this site. :))
Lydia Storm said on 11.28.10 at 04:07 AM • [link]
Such fabulousness! But how could they have left out Room With A View?
Literary Slut said on 11.28.10 at 05:07 AM • [link]
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* Biographies
* Hands On Regency
* Events
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Rachel said on 11.28.10 at 05:10 AM • [link]
Holy yum. First…“It’s Raining Men” is my disco jam, 100%. It played at a male strip club one time and I absolutely freaked out! I spent the most money during that song.
Second…I will so be watching every single one of those movies when I have the end of next week off from work.
Trippinoutmysoul said on 11.28.10 at 05:48 AM • [link]
EVERY TIME I read the words “wet period drama” I see “wet period dream” instead….good grief.
south87- I was born in the South, in ‘87!
Kristin said on 11.28.10 at 07:37 AM • [link]
Absolutely FABULOUS…the only thing that would have made it better would have been having the original Weather Girls singing it.
JamiSings said on 11.28.10 at 08:00 AM • [link]
BTW - That version of It’s Raining Men - is it the original or one of the covers? Because I was thinking of buying it on iTunes but the one there that’s suppose to be the original has some speaking in it where this one seems to be 100% singing. I’d rather have the version from this video.
quichepup said on 11.28.10 at 08:04 AM • [link]
This is the only thing that comforts me, my Pokes just lost to OU, 47-41.
I might need to watch it a few more times, just for comfort’s sake.
ev said on 11.28.10 at 05:05 PM • [link]
There’s going to be a, probably, dry Colin Firth on CBS Sunday Morning today.
Kirstin said on 11.29.10 at 06:27 PM • [link]
Hi! I think I’ve seen all these movies - except for the Ioan Gruffudd film. Which one was that? Must rectify this situation!
Erica said on 11.29.10 at 10:06 PM • [link]
This video = My Catnip!
Brussel Sprout said on 11.29.10 at 10:26 PM • [link]
That was just heaven.
Suzanne said on 11.30.10 at 12:30 AM • [link]
Oh LAWD! Sooooo gooood! heeee!
Breemgrrl said on 11.30.10 at 07:00 AM • [link]
Oh, yes, just the mood lifter I needed today! Loverly, indeed. I could have used a bit more Alan Rickman, but with this many riches, I’m not going to complain too much. :)
Randi said on 12.01.10 at 03:16 AM • [link]
@Chance:
OMG yes! Who is that guy!!??
subject59: I’d be his subject 59 times.
Alison said on 12.03.10 at 11:58 PM • [link]
“This video = My Catnip! “
That created a wonderful mental image for me thank you.
Jennifer said on 12.04.10 at 05:22 AM • [link]
I just showed this to my husband who said “It’s distressing to me that not only have I probably seen most of these movies, but that I also enjoyed them.” Thanks for the awesome clips!
Julia said on 12.06.10 at 06:56 AM • [link]
It’s from Wives and Daughters, which is really amazing and well worth watching!
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