Comments on: Lost in Austen Episode Four Review: Brilliant and Bonkers

By: LaRue Wunderlich

LaRue Wunderlich — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:59:45 +0000

I can imagine that no one picked up on the best line in the 4th episode. I loved it when Darcy picks up the stuffed doll and states innocently, Tinky Winky. The double takes from both Amanda and Elizabeth are priceless. I loved it.
Also, thanks for clearing up the lost song. Since it’s referenced several times, I was at a lost as to what they were talking about. I watched on Ovation, is there an explanation of why it was omitted?

By: Mia

Mia — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:15:29 +0000

So glad to have found your review. I agree with everything here, and my journal has a page of all the things I wish were included at the end becuase it was far too rushed and I felt like I didn’t have nearly enough satisfaction for where the main characters ended up, let alone for all the others. This could have easily been 6 episodes rather than 4, and I wish it was.

Amanda singing Downtown wasn’t shown on Australian TV either. Very disappointing, I felt like I was missing something – and even more so when I saw that the end credits still showed “Downtown, performed by Jemima Rooper” credit. Is it in the dvd version?

I adored Wickham in this, and after I went back and re-read Pride & Prejudice I somehow couldn’t dislike Wickham as much with Tom Riley’s cheeky smirk in my head!

I really loved this show, but as great as the ride was it was let down by the condensed round-up that was the ending. “Lost In Austen” is now in development as a feature film project, and one can only imagine how much less depth we’ll get from a less-than-2-hour film.

By: Vic

Vic — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:18:14 +0000

Yes, it was on British t.v. and pretty funny, too.

By: thomps

thomps — Fri, 08 May 2009 01:57:24 +0000

The “Downtown” singing scene is not on the US DVD version but I got to see it on Youtube. I’m assuming copyright considerations were the reason it wasn’t on the dvd. Was this scene on the British dvd?

By: TRK

TRK — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:46:39 +0000

I rented and watched Lost in Austen this weekend. I loved it and watched it three times. I actually had bought it from Amazon, but I couldn’t wait for it to come in the mail. (It came today) I had seen many clips on U-Tube and I wish they hadn’t deleted the scene where Amanda sings. I really like Elliot Cowan as Darcy, he showed so much more emotion whether anger, contempt, love, sadness. And Wickman was very likeable. My sister thought Amanda was going to wind up with him.

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By: LaJuonna Fenters

LaJuonna Fenters — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:14:25 +0000

I agree with everyone, the show could have been 4 more hours longer. And alot more with Darcy and Amanda. But I still loved it.

By: Felicia

Felicia — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:17:10 +0000

For those who missed pieces of the show on Ovation (which is when I saw it for the first time this weekend), Amanda singing Downtown and other pieces of the show are available on You Tube. You Tube!!!!

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:07:46 +0000

Nicole, I too am searching for more info after having seen the movie on Ovation TV. I must have rewound my DVR five times to make sure I didn’t miss something when Jane married Mr. Collins. I thought maybe it was dream sequence and that at any moment one of the characters was going to wake up from a nightmare. I have to admit I was pretty ticked off throughout episode 3 because I thought the show was so ridiculus and nothing was at all as it should be. Once I decided to just relax and accept this mess of a movie, I enjoyed the acting and the characters. I thought the movie was well cast. While episode 4 did move at warp speed, I was pleased with the conclusion. I wouldn’t have been pleased if Lizzy had ended up with Mr. Darcy. So as true in all Austen novels, love prevailed.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:16:36 +0000

Just finished watching the series here in in Florida, USA and really enjoyed it. (Enough that you find me surfing here to find out more about it–and not just to try and find out more about the dreamy actor who played Darcy, wink–What IS it about that character?!) I am the mother to two children under 5 and enjoy BBC dramas and series (usually exclusively on PBS) as a little mental vacation. I stumbled upon this serious flipping through channels on Ovation by delightful accident. What a lovely and fun little escape this was! I do agree that the ending was quite the whirlwind and left me wanting for more. But, swoon, the kiss sweeps away all other little bothers…

By: Vic (Ms. Place)

Vic (Ms. Place) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:54:40 +0000

I agree. Singing Downtown seems incongruous, doesn’t it? Try watching the production on Surf the Channel before ordering the DVD. That should answer your question.

By: GirlGeorge

GirlGeorge — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:54:26 +0000

Viewing in the States on Ovation Television. It seems there there are some very strange gaps perhaps created to allow for more advert time. For instance, did Amanda actually play and sing “Downtown”? Is it worth ordering DVD to fill in gaps?