@anghraine has sometimes complained about the Jane Austen fandom's tendency to insist that Darcy must look like Colin Firth. So I thought I'd see if that same tendency is common on Tumblr or not.
So I looked up David Rintoul after I wrote my earlier post. David was born with the last name of Fisher.
You may wonder why I am looking at all this. Well, I have to tell you that I have a great interest in the past, before and after Culloden, an interest in the monarchy, and the tartans.
The tartan David was wearing in the episode of Dr. Finlay was of inrerest to me. It appeared to be mostly grey, with a touch of brown, and perhaps some green. According to my TV picture. The closest I come to in my book of tartans was a later one that Prince Albert designed, and is called the Balmoral Tartan, in colours of grey, with touches of brown and red. Again, I have seen it only in photographs, both on TV and in my book, which is probably more reasonable.
Sam's tartan, the one he designed (see it in the Great Glen Company merchandise) is basially grey with touches of black. In Outlander, the tartan he wore for his wedding to Claire was one of the McDonald's tartans, after Culloden. His own Fraser tartan is red and black, which is the one I have of "jamie" in an Amazon publicity photo. But as Murtagh, he could not have had the red and black tartan because the people hunting for him would have seen rather than the more subdued McDonald tartan (no matter what the publicity department for Outlander said their reason for not using the red and black for their costume department). Anyway, Sam's tartan design if grey with black interlaced.
So I have solved my own questions relating to David Fisher (Rintoul). Perhaps the one in Dr. Finlay was more related to the show being situation near Balmoral.
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The Hollywood Reporter "I've had the time of my life." Helena Bonham Carter reflects on the experience of working on #TheCrown while accepting the #SAGAwards statue for ensemble in a drama series
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Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
The Crown, Marion Bailey, Helen Bonham Carter, Olivia Colman, Charles Dance, Ben Daniels, Erin Doherty, Charles Edwards, Tobias Menzies, Josh O'Connor, Sam Phillips, David Rintoul, Jason Watkins (WINNER)
Hi, I'm new to your blog so apologies if this question has been asked already
Do you prefer Colin Firth or Matthew Macfadyen as Mr Darcy?
Neither. I don't think we've seen a perfect portrayal of Darcy yet.
1940 Laurence Olivier is far too charming.
1967 Lewis Fiander doesn't show enough contrast in his behaviour between people he deems worthy and doesn't.
1980 David Rintoul is too robotic.
1995 Colin Firth is way too broody. Broody McBroodface
2005 Matthew Macfadyen is a Shyboi. And Darcy ain't shy.
Pride & Prejudice & Zombies's Sam Riley is too short, I don't know why that bothers me so much. It was a decent portrayal otherwise.
Watching 1967 again (it's here), I think Lewis Fiander is my favourite Darcy. Not perfect, but the interactions with the Bingleys are great and I like him at the ball. The proposal is also very good though he might not be quite angry enough. But he might be a bit too smiling and "performing to strangers" with his aunt. And they don't show his awkward parsonage visits (it's 6 episodes of 25 minutes).
Also, my favourite Elizabeth is either 1967 or 1980. I find 1995 too serious and 2005 too angry. In both 1967 and 1980, Elizabeth is fun and charming, as she should be!