18 thoughts on “We Can’t Get to Everything

  1. Would love an MCM for Basil Rathbone. He may have almost always played bad guys, but I found him amazingly sexy.

    1. I could have added Sherlock Holmes to my list of “stuff that doesn’t float my boat,” really, most mystery/who-dunnits. In addition, Three Musketeers movies/TV, even though I enjoy the costumes, the story irritates me.

      1. Rathbone is my main reason for watching and re-watching most Errol Flynn movies. He was particularly stunning in Captain Blood, his favorite film. And his one Oscar nomination opposite Ronald Coleman is also a great costume piece.

        The less said about the Holmes films—other than The Hound of the Baskervilles—the better.

      2. I thought I was the only one who thought that the Three/Four Musketeers movies were tedious. The only thing good was watching Raquel Welch in the 1973 version but that was probably fueled by adolescent hormones… :-)

  2. I’d love an MCM for Paul McGann. :) He’s in a number of period and period-esque films and he does fill out a cravat rather nicely. You haven’t had a chance to discuss the female gaze profiting throughout the Hornblower saga, either…

      1. Oh, what a shame.
        I saw him first in “The Rainbow” and… well. Quite lovely. Took me a bit to see him in other odd films to gather that he was the same fellow, but, after that? A fan.
        I did see the Doctor Who movie, which was terrible, really, I blame the writers and the ham-handed actor they got for the Master. McGann himself does quite well, considering what he’s given. And I rather did like what he did in the webisode (though I reject the entire new series as not-canon, myself. It’s far too Batman these days.)
        I hope you do re-consider (though I certainly can’t blame you if you don’t). Or at least consider the Hornblower films for their, uhm, potential. ;)

        1. Thank Heaven there is someone else who considers Classic Who the only TruWho. It kills me that people think Doctor Who began with—and was created by—Russell T. Davies and really believe Steven Moffat is to be admired. To me NuWho is nothing short of an abomination.

          And yes, McGann was pretty good despite a terrible script and Eric Roberts’ horrible Master. And he’s actually done some lovely Who audio work.

          1. Oh, yes–quite the Big Finish fan, myself. So glad to see another ClassicWho fan, MoHub!
            Confess I’m a bit disappointed that Big Finish has decided to bring in the new Who and its storyline(s). I suppose they want/need the income. Although I do wonder what the profit margin could be, considering how expensive Tennant and Tate are. But, not my problem, I suppose. I shan’t be buying them.
            I am torn about the River Song/Eighth Doctor crossover. I want to have the full McGann collection–but… River Song. Ew. The actress is a lovely lady, but that character. Don’t want any of that at all.

  3. Thanks for the clarification. I’m glad to see several of my favourites, including the fantastic Tipping the Velvet, Wives & Daughters, The Heiress (Edith Head deserves deification for making the gorgeous Olivia deHavilland look frumpy and unattractive. BTW, I have some of her sketches for the film. (on Google))
    Have you seen Phryne Fisher Mysteries?

  4. I really love this site and think you are all doing a wonderful job. I check every day for updates and am rarely disappointed. There is only one series which I would like to add to your already daunting list, the BBC’s adaptation of Gaskell’s North and South, (2004) and of course Richard Armitage is surely a candidate for a MCM blog.

  5. I think I also need a WCW for Mae West, a woman who made her sexy mark at an age when most actresses were considered to be on the wane.

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