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eponymous_rose(I shall keep my spoilers below the cuts.)
Well, I managed to finish Sapphire and Steel, audios and TV show and all, and that was just a huge amount of fun. And yes, I did listen to that interview where somebody (possibly the producer) was talking about what a challenge it is to adapt this show to audio because we really don't know a thing about the main characters at the end of the TV series (I mean, the opening credits are about as much information as we're given), so you can either couch everything in mystery and stay perfectly true to TV, or you can develop it in different ways and risk getting called OOC. I suppose it's a bit like fanfiction, then, isn't it, where staying too true to canon can make for a terribly dull story? Whatever the case, while I think the risks they took in the second series really paid off, it's definitely not the same Sapphire and Steel - but the transition is believable.
Now, I adored The Mystery of the Missing Hour, which should come as no surprise given my addiction to clever, gimmicky-type audios (the only one I can think of in the Big Finish line that really didn't work for me was the Doctor Who audio Flip-Flop). I mean, voice actors playing themselves! And, uh, lots of totally random sex and violence! And purposefully terrible writing! And... and Egypt and things! And UNEXPECTED COLIN BAKER was really, really cool - I almost recognised his voice! (Hey, it was two in the morning. Cut me some slack.)
But yes. Very, very neat and meta - like a cross between Scherzo, The Chimes of Midnight, Live 34, and a bit of Doctor Who and the Pirates thrown in for good measure. It had absolutely hilarious moments, and the ending was pretty chilling, yes (though the last few moments where Sapphire and Steel are gonna die if the audio ends were spoiled by the fact that my iPod cheerfully cued up Cake's cover of "I Will Survive" immediately afterwards). And it was clever - all the gratuitous referencing of other audios (Gold! Silver! Books and things!) actually worked, and I had such a good time listening to the piano music in the background of the dénouement, which ran through everything from the theme to the assorted omnipresent nursery rhymes. Oh, and I see what they did thar with Sarah Douglas making the reference to Superman II.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to listening again and maybe not starting with the second CD this time (I only noticed the fact 20 minutes later, whoops). And eek, all done! Considering that my other two active fandoms are Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes, it's weird to have so little to work with here. But kind of nice. I've got a fic in the works already, hurrah!
Off to go door-to-door apartment hunting after school this afternoon, which will hopefully go well now I've got my roommates' blessing. Hee!
Well, I managed to finish Sapphire and Steel, audios and TV show and all, and that was just a huge amount of fun. And yes, I did listen to that interview where somebody (possibly the producer) was talking about what a challenge it is to adapt this show to audio because we really don't know a thing about the main characters at the end of the TV series (I mean, the opening credits are about as much information as we're given), so you can either couch everything in mystery and stay perfectly true to TV, or you can develop it in different ways and risk getting called OOC. I suppose it's a bit like fanfiction, then, isn't it, where staying too true to canon can make for a terribly dull story? Whatever the case, while I think the risks they took in the second series really paid off, it's definitely not the same Sapphire and Steel - but the transition is believable.
Now, I adored The Mystery of the Missing Hour, which should come as no surprise given my addiction to clever, gimmicky-type audios (the only one I can think of in the Big Finish line that really didn't work for me was the Doctor Who audio Flip-Flop). I mean, voice actors playing themselves! And, uh, lots of totally random sex and violence! And purposefully terrible writing! And... and Egypt and things! And UNEXPECTED COLIN BAKER was really, really cool - I almost recognised his voice! (Hey, it was two in the morning. Cut me some slack.)
But yes. Very, very neat and meta - like a cross between Scherzo, The Chimes of Midnight, Live 34, and a bit of Doctor Who and the Pirates thrown in for good measure. It had absolutely hilarious moments, and the ending was pretty chilling, yes (though the last few moments where Sapphire and Steel are gonna die if the audio ends were spoiled by the fact that my iPod cheerfully cued up Cake's cover of "I Will Survive" immediately afterwards). And it was clever - all the gratuitous referencing of other audios (Gold! Silver! Books and things!) actually worked, and I had such a good time listening to the piano music in the background of the dénouement, which ran through everything from the theme to the assorted omnipresent nursery rhymes. Oh, and I see what they did thar with Sarah Douglas making the reference to Superman II.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to listening again and maybe not starting with the second CD this time (I only noticed the fact 20 minutes later, whoops). And eek, all done! Considering that my other two active fandoms are Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes, it's weird to have so little to work with here. But kind of nice. I've got a fic in the works already, hurrah!
Off to go door-to-door apartment hunting after school this afternoon, which will hopefully go well now I've got my roommates' blessing. Hee!
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Date: 2008-03-25 03:10 pm (UTC)One of these days I plan to sit down with MotMH and write up a list of all the shout outs to previous events and such. I really should do it before the new season starts.
At the end of it I sat staring at my computer yelling what at it. A very good impression of Ten if I do say so myself. I spent some time concerned I was missing a track as I had a hell of a time tracking down a copy to begin with.
Oh and much like you I listened to a good ten minutes or so of the second disc before realizing I was listening to the wrong disc. Suddenly things started to make sense.
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Date: 2008-03-27 01:38 am (UTC)Hm, sounds neat! At the risk of acquiring a new fandom, what's it all about?