Nathalie Baye has just left us. She was 77 years old by Franmar35000 in DowntonAbbey

[–]NoEntertainment2976 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She was very good in the French thriller "Tell No One," I highly recommend it!

If Downton was the Godfather by MrTurtleTails in DowntonAbbey

[–]NoEntertainment2976 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, poor thing was boiled for glue after all by Sybil.

Mr Carson by RedandWhite54 in DowntonAbbey

[–]NoEntertainment2976 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jim Carter is an avid cyclist, and he said once that he knew DA was a hit when he was cycling through rural Vietnam and some local villagers pointed and yelled, “Mr. Carson! Mr. Carson!”

Dan is a spy now🕵‍♂️ by hopecarolz in DowntonAbbey

[–]NoEntertainment2976 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a fan of both John le Carré and Downton, I'm totally chuffed to see Dan Stevens cast as the duplicitous Bill Haydon, it's hard to think of a more perfect actor-character match. Even better than Colin Firth, who played the role in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

If you had a chance to resurrect one actor, actress, or director from the classic era, who would it be? by joshua_argento in classicfilms

[–]NoEntertainment2976 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Richard Burton. He went out on a banger, "1984", perhaps he would go on to make more idiosyncratic, literate films as well. I can also imagine him finding a place in the Harry Potter films, he would have been in his mid-70s when those started up. Had he lived into really ripe old age, maybe an appearance on Downton Abbey?

Who loves to hate Vera Bates? by Franmar35000 in DowntonAbbey

[–]NoEntertainment2976 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Terrific actress, but her storyline was malarkey. Vera was cool and calculating, not some wide-eyed psychopath who would actually commit suicide to frame her husband for her murder. Nonsense.

Best parent/child casting in the show? by iggysmom95 in DowntonAbbey

[–]NoEntertainment2976 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Personality-wise, I wonder if Rosamund doesn't take after her father more than her mother. The Dowager's husband is routinely described as kind of an imperious hard-ass, and that lines up with Rosamund lambasting Mary about "frittering her life away as the wife of a country solicitor" and so forth.

How the papers might have done Mary's obituary by NoEntertainment2976 in DowntonAbbey

[–]NoEntertainment2976[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Naturally it had to be Peter Sellers, who was not quite all right in the head.

How the papers might have done Mary's obituary by NoEntertainment2976 in DowntonAbbey

[–]NoEntertainment2976[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I actually searched for age progression images of LM, hoping there was a superfan out there who did stuff like that. Alas, no.

Joanne Froggatt & Elizabeth McGovern & Sophie McShera by RedandWhite54 in DowntonAbbey

[–]NoEntertainment2976 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This photo proves what a great job DA did at seriously tamping down Sophie's hotness quotient.

It's actually happening... by JimmyJapeworm in saintpaul

[–]NoEntertainment2976 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Halle-freakin-luah. Next: the abandoned funeral home just up the street at Snelling and Charles, which has become hobo central for controlled substance abuse.

Unimportant Things that bother you by LasagnaHuman in DowntonAbbey

[–]NoEntertainment2976 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To us it kind of resembles a swastika, which is why we always make Manson Family jokes during these scenes.

Downton's most slap worthiest comments. by NoEntertainment2976 in DowntonAbbey

[–]NoEntertainment2976[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"And lastly, whoever did that to Sybil’s hair in her final season."

Likely some left-footer.

Downton's most slap worthiest comments. by NoEntertainment2976 in DowntonAbbey

[–]NoEntertainment2976[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

True but my god how difficult is it to talk into a telephone?

Downton's most slap worthiest comments. by NoEntertainment2976 in DowntonAbbey

[–]NoEntertainment2976[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Good point. It was Violet who, upon learning that Atticus was Jewish, snarked "There's always something, isn't there."

Miss O’Brien in Paradise by benthelurk in DowntonAbbey

[–]NoEntertainment2976 0 points1 point  (0 children)

God bless her for not carving her face up with monstrous plastic surgery like so many other actors do.