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Where were all the scenes with Diggs and Brooke?

posted 19 years ago by doraymefar333901
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Brooke and Diggs are such great characters in TBSD and i can't belive they cut Brooke right down and out from huge sections of the story...(they cut Diggs all together) both really memrable characters in the book.

I Know its a film so they have to cut so much from the story to fit it in to 2 hours but somtimes i really think they dont think to keep enough of the characters the readers really care about and follow a certain arc regardless of this!

Ask anyone who is a tom brown fan and they will tell you Brooke and Diggs are vital to the story....Shame....Good film though!

love allxx
P.s....You usually take a kick after you score in Rugby dont you? Get it right guys!

[–] sandyhubbard 19 years ago

exactly what i said!
but still thought it was not a bad translation of the story

and yes they did take major liberties!

[–] PiNkChErRy4Eva 19 years ago

yer it was still rele good but they should have included Diggs because he's the whole start of them standing up too flashman(well in the B&W film anway :) ) and Brooke is 1 of the best charcters there was in it!!! take care XxXxX

Aurther:I dont Believe in Volience.Tom:Ofcourse u believe in volience ur BRITISH..Nuff luvXxXx

[–] avenger-16 19 years ago

There's another version of this which was made in the 1970s which consists of about four episodes and which goes into a lot more detail. The actor Richard Morant is in this older version as Flashman and is extremely good in the role, plus Diggs and Brooke have much larger roles. I really preferred this version, but even so the Stephen Fry one was quite good, although there seems to be a gap in the middle where Tom goes off the rails for some totally inexplicable reason and starts pinching chickens off a neighbouring farmer, then he gets all bitter just because he gets the cane once, for heaven's sake.

The earlier version is available on DVD, and I highly recommend it.

[–] pngdash 19 years ago

Just a note about the rugby game played. The game originated at the Rubgy school, of course. However, the depiction of the game in the movie was of its developmental phase, when it was really little more that a scuffle for the ball rather than a game regulated by rules. As it has evoloved, it has rules regarding possession, scoring etc. The modern "ruck" is easily recognisable from the rough and tumble of the boys' scramble for possession of the ball.
The film makers "got it right".

Bill