Drake, Donna, Death - Damn I Hate Thinking Up Subject Lines

[meddow]

So, Ashes to Ashes. I have a feeling I should really not like Ashes to Ashes. But I do. I mean, the lead female character is an absolute train wreak, which normally I can’t stand (see: Anatomy, Grey’s), but strangely, Alex Drake’s train-wreak-ness is strangely enjoyable. Probably because she is in (or believes she is in) her own mind, therefore, I don’t care that she’s the kind of person who seems to be incapable of keeping her issues separate from her job and acts ridiculously unprofessionally at times.

Anyway, I kind of want to compare it to Life on Mars, for obvious reasons, but Ashes to Ashes really is it own show. It has its own feel and look and the central dynamic between the two leads of Alex and Gene is so different from Sam and Gene that when you watch one you really don’t sit there thinking about the other. I thought I would desperately miss Sam and Annie, but I don’t really, because you don’t compare them. Though I would like to find out what happened to Annie. And I do miss Creepy Test-Card Girl. I’m probably in the minority about this but I think she was creepier than the Bowie Clown of Death.

I do feel awfully sorry for the character of Caroline Price. I mean, there she is attempting to go about her life and then every now and again this emotionally unstable detective with mummy-issues shows up on her doorstep and acts incredibly weirdly. And you just know Alex is eventually going to come out with ‘You are my Mummy!’ and make herself look like a deranged lunatic. Imagine if that happened to you – scary shit.

Okay, moving on. So you know my theory that Donna is going to die. Well, I had a thought: 2007 – the year that killed everyone fictional – saw the deaths of three of my number one favourite characters in three different fandoms, and only one was resurrected (even more annoying was that the two permanent deaths were pretty lame, only the temporary one was an awesome death, which seems somehow wrong. Though Heroes wins at death).

Well, what if this trend is not temporally confined to a year? Donna really is doomed.

I also suspected that season four is going to be the season of alliteration. Well, Doctor, Donna Davros…

Oh, and I say “bleh!” To UNIT now being the Unified Intelligence Taskforce. And how much do you be this topic comes up next time I’m drinking with UN geeks?

And finally I shall end this post with a vid rec. calapine remade What About Everything. The original was already one of my favourite vids, the new one is pretty much the best representation of exactly what Doctor Who is all about and why I love it in four minutes out there.

Comments

[artic-fox.livejournal.com]

So.... Ashes to Ashes is good then? I've been meaning to get round to watching it but just have been putting it off and putting it off... but if it is actually good? Well then!

[meddow.livejournal.com]

It is very good. I don't think it's quite as brilliant as Life on Mars, but it's highly entertaining and still very good telly. You really should try it out (plus Gene/Alex should not be missed).

[chocolatepot.livejournal.com]

I don't know if Test-Card Girl was creepier than Bowie Clown, but I really really HATE the Bowie Clown. I want it off my screen. >:(

I also don't know how I feel about this shippy direction they're going in.

[meddow.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if I'd like them to actually hook up, but the sexual tension between Alex and Gene is very entertaining at the moment.

[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

When I watched the first episode of Ashes to Ashes I wasn't entirely sure about the series, for the reason you mentioned: Alex is such a train wreck. At first it was very grating, but I think she's grown on me with each episode. It's so different from Life on Mars, but I'm enjoying it just the same.

Oh, and you're not the only one who thinks the Test Card Girl is creepier than the Bowie Clown. I feel like clowns are pretty commonly associated with creepy stuff these days, little girls are supposed to be sweet, not vaguely insidious. But come to think of it, didn't she have a stuffed clown? Weird.

[meddow.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've become much more enthusiastic about the show with late episodes than I was at the beginning and I think it is because it takes Alex a little while to become a likable lead. She really needs to get herself and Annie, like Sam did, somebody to stop her from doing stupid things.

I find clowns creepy, but little kids are way creepier. And TCG's clown is way scarier than the Bowie clown, I remember it used to give me the creeps when I was a little kid.