Bolly! Bols!

[alexsarll]

Well that...that was unexpected. Having heard earlier in the day that a third series of Ashes to Ashes was confirmed, I was expecting a cop-out ending to the second series last night, and fearing that the third was going to be marking time with formulaic episodes like so much of the second series of Life on Mars. Gene Hunt on Jackanory in the normally slightly tiresome pre-credits eighties TV bit should have told me otherwise. He's part of this somehow, even if he gives no glimmer of knowing that when Alex tells him the truth. Part of the structure of it all. And then with that ending...'last night I dreamed I was a butterfly, and now I do not know whether I am a man who dreamed he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he is a man'. She was comatose in 2008, and Gene was on her screen in 1982. Now she's comatose in 1982, and Gene is on her screen in 2008. So whatever happens next series, it's at least going to be different. Gene coming to the modern day? Molly as the evil Pierrot who must be destroyed (here's hoping, that child is so annoying)?
Also, a car chase to the sounds of the Associates, and Shaz in a wedding dress with a gun. Top stuff.
The ending of Primeval, on the other hand, was horribly hit by pacing. I'm used to this in comics, where delays can turn an undemanding but fun adventure series into an interminable so-what? And while I like the bonkersness of what Primeval has become, it couldn't sustain me over a two week. Still, I suppose on the intervening week ITV1 were showing the big footballist thing and Susan Boyle; another programme with subhuman apemen and hideous monsters might have been overkill.
(Speaking of monsters, here's me as a minotaur)
So those two being done would leave me pretty much without anything to watch on TV bar South Pacific (I can haz middle age?), except that on Thursday Mitchell and Webb are back, preceded by the potentially promising fantasy spoof Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire. Followed next week by League of Gentlemen successor Psychoville. Still, looks like I might be getting my drama digitally for a while.

On Friday, renegadechic showed me a Youtube clip which has been stuck in my head ever since and keeps randomly giving me the giggles when I remember bits of it: 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' with the lyrics amended to describe the video. Sacrilegious but brilliant.

Comments

[pippaalice.livejournal.com]

I am soooo in love with Shaz with gun and sexy wedding dress. You look silly as a minotaur. Why do you have breasts in the first picture?

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Possibly I was not always the minotaur.

[perfectlyvague.livejournal.com]

Totally your epitaph

[pippaalice.livejournal.com]

Hahaha!

[puzzled-anwen.livejournal.com]

IAWTC. Except I hadn't noticed breasts. Also I loved her hat as well <3

[pippaalice.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! I love it when people agree with me. :D

[xandratheblue.livejournal.com]

"Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire" looks absolutely amazing, I've been watching the clips all morning! "Psychoville" looks like it could go either way: it could be an underrated masterpiece like LoG Series 3, or it could go the way of LoG Movie, which, well, wasn't as bad as made out, but was pretty bad.

This Literal version of "head over heels" by "tears for fears" Is pretty amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0TYun-Nq1Q&feature=related

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

I liked the film! Though I was biased by being in the presence not only of the League, but of the newly-announced Tenth Doctor, and I'm generally easy prey for fourth wall-breaching.

My only problem there is that I don't really know the original...

[angelv.livejournal.com]

Oh MAN I hope that child ends up being some kind of evil that must be destroyed. It was completely wick wasn't it.

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

'Wick' is one of those words like 'ahine' where I don't know if it's good or not. But yes, top episode, awful child. BEAT THE CHILD WITH STICKS!

[augstone.livejournal.com]

wow, didn't have the chance to check that 'total eclipse of the heart' when i read this but my sister just sent me the link. unbelizable.

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

I finally succeeded in getting the version stuck in my head to go back to the real lyrics, so should probably not have posted this, but it is amazing.