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SJA I Love You So
Sep. 8th, 2008 06:52 pmIt's been posted around quite a bit, but if you happen to have missed it: The Sarah Jane Adventures Season Two trailer featuring loads of Clyde (hooray for their being more of Clyde! He's my favourite of the trio and he was sadly given very little attention last season).
I feel I haven't said it in a good six months, so I shall say it again: I freaking love this show. If it were a person I'd hug it and ruffle its hair and buy it chocolate and never ever let it go because it's just so very earnest and hopeful and cute.
You've got the three teens, reminiscent of the Harry Potter trio but without horrifically wanky ship wars and Emma Watson bringing them down. You've got Maria, the mini!Sarah, Luke who's so adorakable he could be the Tenth Doctor's son (those two need to meet – that moment in JE was not enough) and Clyde, who's sits at the half way point between Mickey and Captain Jack with maybe a smidgen of Donna.
And then there's Sarah. It could have been so easy for them to have Sarah in the Obi Wan role of dispensing wise advice to her protégés, but instead she's the main character and a considerable amount of the stories have her struggling with something; whether it's her sudden motherhood, getting older, or, you know, fighting aliens and saving the planet. In fact, one of the main themes seems to be that adults are just as confused and unsure about life as teenagers, which is really quite refreshing. And it's just so good seeing an Old School companion get the new series treatment of having her life pre-Doctor fleshed out and getting character development. One of the best bits of JE was Sarah's comment about the Doctor having such a huge family – it also perfectly summed up the message of the first series of SJA.
( Spoilers )
I feel I haven't said it in a good six months, so I shall say it again: I freaking love this show. If it were a person I'd hug it and ruffle its hair and buy it chocolate and never ever let it go because it's just so very earnest and hopeful and cute.
You've got the three teens, reminiscent of the Harry Potter trio but without horrifically wanky ship wars and Emma Watson bringing them down. You've got Maria, the mini!Sarah, Luke who's so adorakable he could be the Tenth Doctor's son (those two need to meet – that moment in JE was not enough) and Clyde, who's sits at the half way point between Mickey and Captain Jack with maybe a smidgen of Donna.
And then there's Sarah. It could have been so easy for them to have Sarah in the Obi Wan role of dispensing wise advice to her protégés, but instead she's the main character and a considerable amount of the stories have her struggling with something; whether it's her sudden motherhood, getting older, or, you know, fighting aliens and saving the planet. In fact, one of the main themes seems to be that adults are just as confused and unsure about life as teenagers, which is really quite refreshing. And it's just so good seeing an Old School companion get the new series treatment of having her life pre-Doctor fleshed out and getting character development. One of the best bits of JE was Sarah's comment about the Doctor having such a huge family – it also perfectly summed up the message of the first series of SJA.
( Spoilers )
