#tcomc 2026

[mzannthropy]

A lot is being said about Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights, but if you're up to watching an adaptation of a classic that is not disrespectful to the source material, there have recently been 2 quite decent The Count of Monte Cristo adaptations; a film and a series. Neither of them is styled with quotation marks around it, and both make changes, but they keep the spirit of the book. The series adapts it better bc it has more time to include events from the book, but if you don't have that much time, go for the film. Or better, watch both!

[redrumkhaleesi]

I love a little Easter egg in a show! I eat it up every time.

Jeremy Irons in the new Count of Monte Cristo adaptation saying “Cardinal Spada was a great enemy of that terrible Borgia pope Alexander the VI” and he was the terrible Borgia Pope!

I live for it 😭

[whenthegoldrays]

The power of Sam Claflin as Edmond Dantès

[mzannthropy]

Sam Claflin on playing Edmond Dantes

[mzannthropy]

This is a good endorsement! Boze mostly tweets about books and the decline of literacy. (Also corrects someone in the replies that it's not an American production.)

[mzannthropy]

Edmond and Mercedes in the park, The Count of Monte Cristo series E6

So I've sang a million praises to this scene by now, if I ever stop talking about it, I'm dead etc; this is a shorter clip of it, just the end as he leaves. For some reason, seeing "I'm sorry about the earrings" on its own gets me more. Also, as he walks away, it seems like she says "Edmond"? Her lips move as if she was saying his name.

[mzannthropy]

I posted these posters (hehe. posted posters) before and I know it's funny (I still laugh about that 'can I copy your homework? sure just change it up a little' reblog) but can I just point out how well the colouring works for the respective actors?

Pierre Niney is dark, he has dark hair and brown eyes and he looks good in black, and that's the colour he wears all throughout the film, since he becomes the count. The sunset makes a nice contrast. Sam Claflin, OTOH, is pale, with deep seas of green-blue eyes. That shade of blue (navy blue?) suits him the best. Therefore, sea and waves are good features for his poster (I also associate him with water).

[mzannthropy]

Sam Claflin on finding empathy for Edmond Dantes