|
Post by Morgana on Mar 23, 2019 8:38:40 GMT
I was wondering if anyone else had read Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast or more correctly, Titus Groan novels? When I first read them I remember being overwhelmed by how atmospheric they were. I felt as though I were living there with the characters. The names of some of his characters show how he was influenced by Dickens. I would love to see them made into a TV series; I don't think films would be able to do them justice.
|
|
|
Post by Zos on Mar 23, 2019 11:27:09 GMT
I was wondering if anyone else had read Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast or more correctly, Titus Groan novels? When I first read them I remember being overwhelmed by how atmospheric they were. I felt as though I were living there with the characters. The names of some of his characters show how he was influenced by Dickens. I would love to see them made into a TV series; I don't think films would be able to do them justice. BBC did it a few years back.
|
|
|
Post by Morgana on Mar 23, 2019 12:33:57 GMT
I was wondering if anyone else had read Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast or more correctly, Titus Groan novels? When I first read them I remember being overwhelmed by how atmospheric they were. I felt as though I were living there with the characters. The names of some of his characters show how he was influenced by Dickens. I would love to see them made into a TV series; I don't think films would be able to do them justice. BBC did it a few years back. Really? Did they do the books justice?
|
|
|
Post by Zos on Mar 23, 2019 15:40:52 GMT
|
|
|
Post by Carl LaFong on Mar 23, 2019 19:17:15 GMT
|
|
|
Post by Morgana on Mar 24, 2019 13:07:11 GMT
|
|
|
Post by Morgana on Mar 24, 2019 13:07:37 GMT
|
|
|
Post by Morgana on Mar 26, 2019 7:51:26 GMT
I was wondering if anyone else had read Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast or more correctly, Titus Groan novels? When I first read them I remember being overwhelmed by how atmospheric they were. I felt as though I were living there with the characters. The names of some of his characters show how he was influenced by Dickens. I would love to see them made into a TV series; I don't think films would be able to do them justice. BBC did it a few years back. I saw episode one and I didn't like it. It was too light and farcical for my taste. There was no atmosphere at all. i just hope this new version they are supposed to be making, as Carl said, is better.
|
|
|
Post by Morgana on Mar 29, 2019 7:58:01 GMT
Neil Gaiman is the one behind American Gods, so I'm not hopeful of his version of the novels being anything like the books.
|
|
|
Post by Zos on Mar 29, 2019 11:25:03 GMT
Neil Gaiman is the one behind American Gods, so I'm not hopeful of his version of the novels being anything like the books. Neil Gaiman did write American Gods, so I'd say his version is his vision.
|
|
|
Post by amyghost on Apr 18, 2019 14:33:22 GMT
BBC did it a few years back. I saw episode one and I didn't like it. It was too light and farcical for my taste. There was no atmosphere at all. i just hope this new version they are supposed to be making, as Carl said, is better. Watched that one solely for the presence of Ian Richardson (as Lord Groan). I thought he was excellent as always, but the series itself didn't stack up that well for me, though if the way over-rated Gaiman is at the helm of the reboot, I'm in the camp who thinks it won't be all that close to the original novels. By the way, anyone else here a fan of Peake's artwork? I love it, and have a couple of books devoted to him as a graphic artist.
|
|
|
Post by darknessfish on Apr 18, 2019 20:26:57 GMT
I saw episode one and I didn't like it. It was too light and farcical for my taste. There was no atmosphere at all. i just hope this new version they are supposed to be making, as Carl said, is better. Watched that one solely for the presence of Ian Richardson (as Lord Groan). I thought he was excellent as always, but the series itself didn't stack up that well for me, though if the way over-rated Gaiman is at the helm of the reboot, I'm in the camp who thinks it won't be all that close to the original novels. By the way, anyone else here a fan of Peake's artwork? I love it, and have a couple of books devoted to him as a graphic artist. I can hardly remember The Gormenghast books now, though I do recall enjoying them. Pretty underrated as an artist, however. Manchester art gallery has this painting (though it's not part of their current exhibits), which I think is one of the finest works there:
|
|
|
Post by Morgana on Apr 19, 2019 8:48:48 GMT
I saw episode one and I didn't like it. It was too light and farcical for my taste. There was no atmosphere at all. i just hope this new version they are supposed to be making, as Carl said, is better. Watched that one solely for the presence of Ian Richardson (as Lord Groan). I thought he was excellent as always, but the series itself didn't stack up that well for me, though if the way over-rated Gaiman is at the helm of the reboot, I'm in the camp who thinks it won't be all that close to the original novels. By the way, anyone else here a fan of Peake's artwork? I love it, and have a couple of books devoted to him as a graphic artist. I agree with you about Gaiman - my hopes aren't high for the re-make. I have seen some of his artwork - online, I mean, and it is fantastic. The makers of the TV series should use his sketches as a basis for the characters - not in how they look necessarily, but in how to characterize them. In the BBC TV series, I felt they made them caricatures of what they should be.
|
|
|
Post by PreachCaleb on Jul 23, 2019 15:54:09 GMT
The Gormenghast BBC series was quite enjoyable. It's what got me to start reading the books. I'm currently in the middle of Titus Groan, and it's as amazing as the series led me to believe it would be.
|
|
|
Post by Morgana on Jul 24, 2019 8:22:51 GMT
The Gormenghast BBC series was quite enjoyable. It's what got me to start reading the books. I'm currently in the middle of Titus Groan, and it's as amazing as the series led me to believe it would be. As i'm sure you read, I didn't like the TV series, but I'm glad you did if it got you to read the books.
|
|
|
Post by lordquesterjones on Jul 24, 2019 23:21:48 GMT
I was wondering if anyone else had read Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast or more correctly, Titus Groan novels? When I first read them I remember being overwhelmed by how atmospheric they were. I felt as though I were living there with the characters. The names of some of his characters show how he was influenced by Dickens. I would love to see them made into a TV series; I don't think films would be able to do them justice. I read Gormenghast, and the two sequels by Mervin Peake, about 5 years ago.
I thought they were fantastic; and weird.
They were great insights in to duty and honour.
I couldn't bring myself to read the sequel written by his widow though.
Probably great, but I felt I would be betraying Peakes original concepts.
|
|
|
Post by Morgana on Jul 25, 2019 7:58:54 GMT
I was wondering if anyone else had read Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast or more correctly, Titus Groan novels? When I first read them I remember being overwhelmed by how atmospheric they were. I felt as though I were living there with the characters. The names of some of his characters show how he was influenced by Dickens. I would love to see them made into a TV series; I don't think films would be able to do them justice. I read Gormenghast, and the two sequels by Mervin Peake, about 5 years ago.
I thought they were fantastic; and weird.
They were great insights in to duty and honour.
I couldn't bring myself to read the sequel written by his widow though.
Probably great, but I felt I would be betraying Peakes original concepts.
I didn't even know there was a sequel but I won't read it anyway, I'm sure it would be disappointing.
|
|
|
Post by PreachCaleb on Jul 26, 2019 14:44:49 GMT
The Gormenghast BBC series was quite enjoyable. It's what got me to start reading the books. I'm currently in the middle of Titus Groan, and it's as amazing as the series led me to believe it would be. As i'm sure you read, I didn't like the TV series, but I'm glad you did if it got you to read the books. Going in blind is what helped me appreciate the series' beauty. It was so wildly different from anything else on television at the time. The cast was superbly hilarious and the set design amazing. That being said, the Peake's writing is incredibly poetic, dizzying at times, and wondrous. I've found myself reading the same passages several times trying to do justice to the images he describes.
|
|