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Ashes to Ashes
So. I watched A2A s1 back when it came out, but wasn't overly impressed, so I didn't watch s2 or 3. Until last week, when I had some downtime and decided I wanted some mindless television to keep me entertained. So, I marathoned s2 and most of s3, up until 3x07--and I just saw the finale.
. . . sorry. I cannot quite take it seriously. So . . . Gene Hunt's Charon, guiding dead cops across the river
That said, they did do a good job of not being ashamed of their crack. The worst thing about shows is when they're afraid to go for the full-blown crack or cheese because they're worried they won't look high-brow anymore. House does this, never commits to anything, and it's not good. A2A didn't do that. Once they knew what they wanted, they went for it, and I have to count that in their favor.
Nice things:
- Gene Hunt and gang pulling up to the high noon confrontation to Michael Jackson's Beat it.
- Shaz and Chris getting back together. Yes, I ship it. They're cute together.
- Gene Hunt shopping around for a Mercedes. Oh Gene, you have no taste.
- NELSON. Omg I've missed Nelson.
Not-so-nice things:
- they did make Nelson into a "magical n*gro" character. So he's the pub owner of the afterworld heaven pub? Well, that's not stereotypical at all. I mean, in Life on Mars, I could see him as a self-created character--someone who plays towards a stereotype for his own protection. But like this, that explanation's out the window. Which did irk me.
- . . . that's it, really. That's the only thing that really bothered me. Apart from the fact, of course, that I still don't want this canon to have anything to do with Life on Mars. But hey, that's me personally, that's no critique of the show itself.
I did never manage to warm to Alex. Sorry, Alex. You're not my type. And I think if they wanted Keats as the persuasive devil figure, they should have cast someone who has a bit more appeal than that. Make the audience like him, make the audience actually question Gene Hunt. I mean, who actually liked Keats? He wasn't a character made out to like. He should have been. It would have made the story arc more interesting.
Ahaha the dude stumbling into the office at the end of the finale. That was a nice touch. I mean, I think they did do a good job of pulling it all together in the end, but of course there are still giant, gaping holes, because this finale is not what they set out to do when they started A2A. But, you know. Considering that, it worked quite well.
And now I think I will go and rewatch LoM. Because LoM is awesome.
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Oh, it was cheesy and black-and-white, but it was also true to the characters, so it worked. It played very much at the whole old-school western thing Gene Hunt likes to play at anyway. He's the sheriff of his patch, and he has high noon confrontations, and stuff. Yay!
A2A is not a show that, imo, needs to be watched. It's an okay show, better than I expected it to be when they started airing it, but it's not something you have to watch or you'll miss out.
As for Dollhouse, I actually liked the pilot and the first episode. Not loved them, but they were all right. I might watch some more and see if I continue to like it.
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Then I will continue watching Dollhouse, instead, for unknowable reasons. I think the twists will all be fairly predictable (considering the premise makes it so any and everyone on the show could be an Active, so you start suspecting everyone of being an Active immediately, which means I'll probably be right about at least a few of them actually being Actives, just because I think everyone is), but there's this odd compulsion to watch, in a show that you know will try to pull predictable twists, to see if it will indeed pull them.
I suspect I'll be marathoning it weekends with my sister.