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squint13 on the first two episodes of series three of A2A and blog about Law and Order UK episode "ID" starring Nicola Walker as a guest star for fragglebo.
Ashes to Ashes spoilers Under cut link.
So, Ashes to Ashes episode one, series three. OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG. Absolutely loved it! Who else squeed when the opening was "My name is Alex Drake and frankly your guess is as good as mine..." Ashes to Ashes and Life on Mars summarised in 10 seconds. (I will not be jealous ofmadama_airlock who met Keeley at a convention and got her to say that line. *Cough* Not jealous at all.) I love wink, wink, nudge, nudge eh fans moments like that in shows. My other favourite is in series five of Dr Who when River tells The Doctor she'll meet him again when The Pandorica opens.
Doctor: Ha! The Pandorica! That's just a fairytale.
River: Aren't we all Doctor. Aren't we all.
Just squeee guys squeee!!!!!!!!!
Loved the used of the video shop to have The Gov and co on dvd covers and the song use of Kings of Leon, "Your Sex is on Fire." (Surely I'm not the only one who has an A2A soundtrack for each season on my ipod by the way). Loved the creepiness of how it was Alex came to "wake up" and OMG GUYS OMG LOVED, JUST LOVED INTO INFINITY the quiet conversation between Gene and Alex where Alex says "Sometimes in life you can't help which way you fall," followed by "Well then Gov, there's only one things for it..." Pause. "Let's fire up the Quattro," with Sweet Dreams playing in the background. That scene fills me with more joy than any one of you can know. Also, love Alex's costume this ep. Oh and Keats? Hated him from day one... the swarmy bastard. The other part of this episode which in hindsight fills my fannish heart with a ridiculous amount of love for the show's creator's is how the episode ends with Keats staring at Alex to "Every breath you take." Was that a really clever bit of foreshadowing or what?
Episode Two:
Ok this episode is my favourite of this season, alongside episode seven. The Uptown Girl sequence was utterly HILARIOUS, possibly one of the funniest moments on tv EVER. Loved how Keeley is in that car and her body language is totally "yeah guys, I'm cool, I'm real cool," kind of like the cat in Red Dwarf actually ;) Oh and bloody hell those dance moves. Ray grinning and dancing. Hilarious!
Loved the whole dating agency sub plot, especially whe Gene and Alex compare answers and when Alex goes into the agency and talks to the owner.
Agency Lady: So Ms Winslet...
Alex: (Batting eyelids): Call me Kate...
Gene: (Barging in) I'm looking for love... you got any?
I also freaking love into infinity (another one of the moments that fills me with a ridiculous amount of happiness) the very end when Shaz has sorted out her issues with the police force and dances around zanily to Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. Love, love, love that scene. "Look at Shaz... she's blooming."
The music is so important in both LOM and A2A. Probably why I love my self made soundtracks so much!
I don't watch Law and Order UK generally speaking but I watched episode 4.1 "ID" because Nicola was in it and it was well worth my time to see her guest role (though I think the show itself is pretty mediocre from what I've seen. Certainly no Foyle's War that's for sure.) I don't want to spoil this for those L&O/Nicola fans who haven't seen the episode so I'll have to be vague here.
I liked the morality question throughout this episode. The rights of the individual to privacy and the assumption of innocent until proven guilty versus the rights of people not to be murdered and have their murder go uninvestigated. I loved seeing Martha (I mean Freema) on my screen again and gee she is one beautiful lady, and I liked the older police woman and her acerbic wit. I also liked the guest actor playing the main suspect's lawyer (he was in 9.4 of Spooks as Beth's Chinese asset I believe) and the dodgy political cover up that was underway for most of the episode.
Nicola plays the main suspect's psychiatrist and though she isn't in the episode as much as she is in Spooks or Luther, it was another great performance from her. (By the way you should try watching TV with my Mum. "NICOLA WHAT ARE YOU DOING. NO. AHHH NICOLA WHY? WHY NICOLA? JUST TELL THE POLICE AND STOP BEING A NAUGHTY GIRL. NOOOO NICOLA NOOOOOO). Nicola also gets a pretty decent costume for once which is a pleasant change lol. Her end scenes are the best ones and there's one bit that made my hair stand on end. It's not quite as indescribable a performance as 1.4 of Luther, but it comes pretty close in some places. My heart was a little bit scarred yet again by the compelling honesty of Nicola's performance. Will this woman ever cease to amaze me?
squint13 on the first two episodes of series three of A2A and blog about Law and Order UK episode "ID" starring Nicola Walker as a guest star for fragglebo. Ashes to Ashes spoilers Under cut link.
So, Ashes to Ashes episode one, series three. OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG. Absolutely loved it! Who else squeed when the opening was "My name is Alex Drake and frankly your guess is as good as mine..." Ashes to Ashes and Life on Mars summarised in 10 seconds. (I will not be jealous of
madama_airlock who met Keeley at a convention and got her to say that line. *Cough* Not jealous at all.) I love wink, wink, nudge, nudge eh fans moments like that in shows. My other favourite is in series five of Dr Who when River tells The Doctor she'll meet him again when The Pandorica opens. Doctor: Ha! The Pandorica! That's just a fairytale.
River: Aren't we all Doctor. Aren't we all.
Just squeee guys squeee!!!!!!!!!
Loved the used of the video shop to have The Gov and co on dvd covers and the song use of Kings of Leon, "Your Sex is on Fire." (Surely I'm not the only one who has an A2A soundtrack for each season on my ipod by the way). Loved the creepiness of how it was Alex came to "wake up" and OMG GUYS OMG LOVED, JUST LOVED INTO INFINITY the quiet conversation between Gene and Alex where Alex says "Sometimes in life you can't help which way you fall," followed by "Well then Gov, there's only one things for it..." Pause. "Let's fire up the Quattro," with Sweet Dreams playing in the background. That scene fills me with more joy than any one of you can know. Also, love Alex's costume this ep. Oh and Keats? Hated him from day one... the swarmy bastard. The other part of this episode which in hindsight fills my fannish heart with a ridiculous amount of love for the show's creator's is how the episode ends with Keats staring at Alex to "Every breath you take." Was that a really clever bit of foreshadowing or what?
Episode Two:
Ok this episode is my favourite of this season, alongside episode seven. The Uptown Girl sequence was utterly HILARIOUS, possibly one of the funniest moments on tv EVER. Loved how Keeley is in that car and her body language is totally "yeah guys, I'm cool, I'm real cool," kind of like the cat in Red Dwarf actually ;) Oh and bloody hell those dance moves. Ray grinning and dancing. Hilarious!
Loved the whole dating agency sub plot, especially whe Gene and Alex compare answers and when Alex goes into the agency and talks to the owner.
Agency Lady: So Ms Winslet...
Alex: (Batting eyelids): Call me Kate...
Gene: (Barging in) I'm looking for love... you got any?
I also freaking love into infinity (another one of the moments that fills me with a ridiculous amount of happiness) the very end when Shaz has sorted out her issues with the police force and dances around zanily to Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. Love, love, love that scene. "Look at Shaz... she's blooming."
The music is so important in both LOM and A2A. Probably why I love my self made soundtracks so much!
I don't watch Law and Order UK generally speaking but I watched episode 4.1 "ID" because Nicola was in it and it was well worth my time to see her guest role (though I think the show itself is pretty mediocre from what I've seen. Certainly no Foyle's War that's for sure.) I don't want to spoil this for those L&O/Nicola fans who haven't seen the episode so I'll have to be vague here.
I liked the morality question throughout this episode. The rights of the individual to privacy and the assumption of innocent until proven guilty versus the rights of people not to be murdered and have their murder go uninvestigated. I loved seeing Martha (I mean Freema) on my screen again and gee she is one beautiful lady, and I liked the older police woman and her acerbic wit. I also liked the guest actor playing the main suspect's lawyer (he was in 9.4 of Spooks as Beth's Chinese asset I believe) and the dodgy political cover up that was underway for most of the episode.
Nicola plays the main suspect's psychiatrist and though she isn't in the episode as much as she is in Spooks or Luther, it was another great performance from her. (By the way you should try watching TV with my Mum. "NICOLA WHAT ARE YOU DOING. NO. AHHH NICOLA WHY? WHY NICOLA? JUST TELL THE POLICE AND STOP BEING A NAUGHTY GIRL. NOOOO NICOLA NOOOOOO). Nicola also gets a pretty decent costume for once which is a pleasant change lol. Her end scenes are the best ones and there's one bit that made my hair stand on end. It's not quite as indescribable a performance as 1.4 of Luther, but it comes pretty close in some places. My heart was a little bit scarred yet again by the compelling honesty of Nicola's performance. Will this woman ever cease to amaze me?