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sebastienneOnce again, this week, I am much more excited by Ashes to Ashes than by Doctor Who.
I mean, yes, there was a dogfight in space and a sweetCylon lifelike deep-cover android and tea-serving daleks who bizarrely reminded me of talkie toaster... but once again Gatiss' episode seemed full of good ideas that didn't *quite* come off right in the execution (cf The Idiot's Lantern). I think maybe he was trying to cram in too many good ideas, so none of them had any time to grab me and there were some glaring nonsense moments, like nobody in London having blackout curtains or defusing a bomb with the power of unrequited love wtf.
Whereas Ashes.. I am so, so, compelled! I don't know if they're pulling a LOST on us or if they've been planning it all along, but I am completely wrapped up in this. Now, two weeks running, we've had a tiny bit of long-sought Gene-Hunt-validation giving characters a Bowie zoom-in. Which I'm assuming will roll on through to Chris next week. And as for what it means... explanations range from the metaphysical to the mundane. But Keats did recognise the name of a 90s serial-killer, so I'm going for metaphysical. They can't all be from the 2000s, though, or Shaz would never have claimed eternal socialism and an avoidance of unjust wars as characteristics of Labour (unless she's got a very deep sense of irony indeed). And 6-6-20? Is one of those entirely transparent *hooks* that we have no way of working out with our current information, and only exists to keep us compelled. It's working exceptionally well. Much better than the R* of the Daleks for the nth time.
I mean, yes, there was a dogfight in space and a sweet
Whereas Ashes.. I am so, so, compelled! I don't know if they're pulling a LOST on us or if they've been planning it all along, but I am completely wrapped up in this. Now, two weeks running, we've had a tiny bit of long-sought Gene-Hunt-validation giving characters a Bowie zoom-in. Which I'm assuming will roll on through to Chris next week. And as for what it means... explanations range from the metaphysical to the mundane. But Keats did recognise the name of a 90s serial-killer, so I'm going for metaphysical. They can't all be from the 2000s, though, or Shaz would never have claimed eternal socialism and an avoidance of unjust wars as characteristics of Labour (unless she's got a very deep sense of irony indeed). And 6-6-20? Is one of those entirely transparent *hooks* that we have no way of working out with our current information, and only exists to keep us compelled. It's working exceptionally well. Much better than the R* of the Daleks for the nth time.
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Date: 2010-04-18 01:01 pm (UTC)