@bluesqueakpip —

The US model was producer-led TV (and the producer might or might not be a writer). British TV series often did come directly from a writer’s pitch, and the writer would then write the entire series.

Absolutely. And this really only worked in the UK with series that had a run of  six or seven episodes. Now runs are longer (as a…[Read more]

@pedant

Or you have expressed with no conviction or clarity.

In what way would that be? Sorry, but if my argument ‘lacks clarity’ the onus is on you to explain exactly why other people can understand it. Otherwise you are simply using debate tricks.

I love it when you come over all teachery 🙂

Another debate trick.

but narrowing the…

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@bluesqueakpip

Not really. If you find my point risible, then you’ve probably either genuinely misunderstood it – or suspect you’re about to lose the argument and are trying to make your opponent angry by insulting them.

Or you have expressed with no conviction or clarity. I love it when you come over all teachery 🙂 but narrowing the argume…[Read more]

@pedant

You’re confusing missing your point with finding it risible.

Not really. If you find my point risible, then you’ve probably either genuinely misunderstood it – or suspect you’re about to lose the argument and are trying to make your opponent angry by insulting them. 😀

Even setting aside that the vast majority of current viewers h…

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@ScaryB

Huge fan of Broadchurch. Really dislike Broadchurch 2 because it pissed away the strengths of the first one on a horribly mis-conceved courtroom drama. It isn’t (and never was) about realism vs fantasy, but about credibility vs absurdity. And the finale, for its genuine virtues, didn’t save it because time wasted in court meant no time…[Read more]

@pedant— As someone who can quite reasonably be accused of occasional snippiness, can I just say, abrasive much? Not sure there’s a need for quite that level of ‘tude. @bluesqueakpip does, after all, have a reasonable point to make and makes it well, and doesn’t really deserve that kind of snark.

RE. Broadchurch, I think I’m kind of in the…[Read more]

Congratulations indeed and well deserved. I thought Samuel Anderson was great in both roles. Thanks for the link @ScaryB

Cheers

Janette

@ScaryB

 So if you have any knowledge of the workings of courts, you will need to do a big suspension of disbelief and just go with it.

The problem isn’t the suspension of disbelief but that the story rested so heavily on the two lead QCs being such utter, abject, total and complete incompetents and the judge so totally unaware of basic of law t…[Read more]

@ScaryB

The main thing that’s been attracting criticism is the lack of realism about the court room scenes.

Yes, it’s interesting, isn’t it? Television’s been wedded to this kitchen sink realism for so long that it’s become very difficult for a writer to say ‘realism really isn’t the best way of telling this part of the story’. So unless y…[Read more]

@ScaryB – not ‘still’ so much as ‘fully intend to watch when I have time’. Fortunately, audiences held up well enough that they’re going for Series 3 – and fortunately for me, I have Series 2 recorded.

I couldn’t watch the first two episodes on broadcast, then when the first iffy reviews came in I decided that I was going to wait to watch until I…[Read more]

@scaryb — the remastered version of That Sinking Feeling is definitely worth picking up. Just got it in Fopp for £9. Both DVD and Blu-Ray included and has a shedload of excellent features with it too.

@scaryb — ah yes, That Sinking Feeling. Also a great little movie. I’d say stronger for script than direction as Forsyth seemed to be still to find his confidence in terms of directing actors (who are really great and more than a few of them find their way into Gregory’s Girl, I seem to remember.

I love Forsyth so much because, like Cassavetes,…[Read more]

@ScaryB – didn’t quite catch what all the said but no matter cause I could still ‘feel’
what they said in that clip of ‘That Sinking Feeling’ which was what you need to ultimately
have in any successful and brilliant film ! thanks so much for sharing

Always loved the ‘Local Hero’ flick! It hit a nerve from the first viewing and remains
a…[Read more]

@ScaryB

Therefore they know that at some stage (pretty soon) he is going to wangle at least 1 more regeneration,

No, they don’t. There are twelve regenerations. That means thirteen faces. That means they think all the Doctors from his first cycle are orbiting around Gallifrey.

They don’t know that the Tennant Doctor had vanity issues and…[Read more]

@ScaryB

I’m surprised the Doctor didn’t have a peek at the TARDIS flight logs after Listen, despite/because of Clara’s warning. It’s not like him to do what he’s told, haha.

It’s a pair. In fact, a lot of Listen seems to be pairs. Earlier, he insists Clara gets in the TARDIS where it’s safe – because this time it’s too dangerous even for her.…[Read more]

@ScaryB —  Yes, that’s how it *should* be — the lying issue resolved and and put to bed in “Xmas”.  But Moffat said (interview, someplace noted by a bunch of different people), and I quote (well, I *think* I quote): “Everything (of the Xmas ep) but the very last scene is a dream.”

Which (assuming the dream-sequence began either with Santa on t…[Read more]

@ScaryB exactly- how can you not exist and still show up? well- realistically there are
some plot holes – I going to go mash up a few jelly babies now 🙂

@ScaryB yeah but but but –lol I’ve been trying to twist my head around that time stream idea too.
HurtDoc was brought forward in a time stream event an CapDoc must have been brought back???
So does that still have the same effect on memories. So I know it took him some time to get
his thoughts together after regeneration but it wasn’t long…[Read more]

@Bluesqueakpip @ScaryB @Shamster – Can someone explain to me if we are supposed to be
thinking that Clara recalls everything that happened in the freezing of Galifrey? So
it all happened in ‘normal time’ for her so she should be able to recall all of it.
So she knows that he was there with all the other timelords
She and Capdoc must have…[Read more]

@Bluesqueakpip  and  @ScaryB  I was under the impression that since Gallifrey had been removed, not destroyed, and “The Moment” had not been used. That it could no longer be time locked… I type this and remember the council telling Rassilon that they were still time locked, and that The Doctor still held “The Moment”.

So forget all th…[Read more]