Theoriginalspy's Blog

Anyone going?  It'll be a blast.

To begin, I'm going to be rational about this. Yes, John Simm may rock my life, but QaF had a life outside of Britain.

I have to say, the producers are pimping this like crazy when it gets leaked prior to airbrushing out things like harnesses to keep Sam and Annie on the roof.

I'm going to start with what they did right.

1) Redressing LA: Seriously, it looks like 1972.

2) Gene Hunt. He may be no Philip Glenister, but Colm Meaney is always a good time. Also, Colm Meaney clearly wasn't intimidated by the part like I think the Sam Tyler is. I just hope the producers don't soften him up much more.

3) Dialogue: Don't mess with what worked

4) Music: They must be paying a shit-load of rights' money.

5) The wardrobe

6) The present. As an opening, they shot it well.

7) The last scene with the little boy. It is very creepy.

8) The television: it's just as eerie as the original.

I am undecided on:
1) Sam Tyler. He's got the WTF-ness down, but emotionally, he's not reaching me. I'm hoping it's just terror of having such shoes to fill. On the other hand, he does sell that last scene on the rooftop.

After a week of constantly seeing the Barrowman whenever I turned on my television (How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? Various morning shows, feeling the need to rewatch Torchwood)  my TV just up and died on me.

I guess the pretty was too much. 

Damn you and your perfect genetic structure, Barrowman! 

Oh Dollhouse, why must you be a midseason replacement?

Clicky here for the Dollhouse trailer from dollverse.com. 

Writing my last recap, I had a serious case of Brain Freeze.  Don was talking to Colby about the time that Charlie helped them find a plane with shadows.  I froze.  WTF?  I couldn't for the life of me remember what eppesode that was.  My brain went through "Noisy Edge" then "Pandora's Box" then "Obsession" which was totally a stretch because it only involved shadows, not a plane. 

Therefore, over the next little while, I'm going to rewatch Numb3rs, from the beginning.  Okay, maybe not the beginning.  It's been more like "which one do I feel like watching tonight?"  For some reason, I started with "Two Daughters," not even" Spree."  It's wierd that I'd pick the one eppesode I didn't recap in season three.  (For family reasons, I was offline for the better part of two weeks.  I didn't even see "Two Daughters" until 5 days after it aired.  That's all I'm putting here.)

Okay, so after "Two Daughters" it became, let's watch all the LDP eppesodes.  I tend to do that -- watch things in spurts.  Maybe I'll go with all the Lieutenant Walker eppesodes  (I can't say the Robin ones as I watched those the day before this decision was made).