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Feb. 28th, 2006 10:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenayToday I am feeling comparatively good so I am in a very happy mood :-) Almost bouncey, one could say. I can feel the pain just starting to kick in, but it's been a lovely morning so I can't really complain. In fact, I suspect that I'm annoying my colleagues with my rather OTT cheerfulness.
Of course, this week isn't without problems. Our financial year began this week which means that half of our reports and spreadsheets have broken. The other half will break next week. We're doing running repairs to everything to get past this traumatic period ;-)
But my aunt arrives tomorrow and I am very excited. Nothing can break this happy mood :-)) My Nettage may be spotty over the next few weeks because time with my aunt is important, but I'll be doing my best not to completely drop off the radar.
But I'm bouncey :-))
As an aside, my only real comment on last night's Life on Mars is: *blibble*
Very good episode :-) On some levels not what I expected, on others kinda half-expected but different. Feel free to discuss spoilers in the comments - the warning is here for those who haven't watched it yet :-)
Of course, this week isn't without problems. Our financial year began this week which means that half of our reports and spreadsheets have broken. The other half will break next week. We're doing running repairs to everything to get past this traumatic period ;-)
But my aunt arrives tomorrow and I am very excited. Nothing can break this happy mood :-)) My Nettage may be spotty over the next few weeks because time with my aunt is important, but I'll be doing my best not to completely drop off the radar.
But I'm bouncey :-))
As an aside, my only real comment on last night's Life on Mars is: *blibble*
Very good episode :-) On some levels not what I expected, on others kinda half-expected but different. Feel free to discuss spoilers in the comments - the warning is here for those who haven't watched it yet :-)
Life on Mars
Date: 2006-02-28 02:21 pm (UTC)I loved Sam telling Gene what he thought of him, and Gene's reply.
But there was a point where Gene was telling him this was where he wanted to be - I think it was when they were in the pub - that sounded as if it was really someone else saying it, but speaking through Gene.
I think there's a whole time-travel paradox-type thing going on with what Sam tells his mother to say to young Sam. If Sam hadn't told her what to say then presumably one of the other coppers would have told her something. And she would have known what Vic did, even if she didn't know the whole story. So why not tell Sam, even if she waits until he's older. I can understand her wanting to protect him, and still look up to his dad, but you'd think she'd have given in eventually.
Plus, Sam tells her to say he'll see his dad again, because it's true. But if she hasn't been told to say that, it does seem like a bit of an odd thing to say.
It's occured to me that, even though he didn't remember until he came to 1973, Sam seeing his dad kill Annie must have told him something about what his dad was like. I dunno, maybe that's why he was wanting to believe in his dad's innocence, right up till the end.
Re: Life on Mars
Date: 2006-02-28 06:37 pm (UTC)It hadn't really ocurred to me as a possibility until over half way through and then I was really hoping that I'd made a leap too far.
that sounded as if it was really someone else saying it, but speaking through Gene
That's what I thought! It was something about the delivery and the expression on Gene's face that struck me. It was him but not him, if that makes any sense. But I don't think that it was anyone external to Sam's coma situation, so I still don't know what it might have actually been.
I think there's a whole time-travel paradox-type thing going on with what Sam tells his mother to say to young Sam
I'm thinking that this isn't one of those things we should attempt to analyse too deeply. Either there is an explanation for everything that the writers haven't revealed yet (very likely) or the science is going to make my brain bleed :-) But it was a really interesting moment. I'm kind of intrigued about whether this has changed Sam's memory of that day and how that's all going to be conciled.
I can understand her wanting to protect him, and still look up to his dad, but you'd think she'd have given in eventually.
Not necessarily. Parents can take protectiveness to strange levels and it struck me that, unless Sam remembered on his own, in both time-lines she'd want to preserve his memories of a fantastic father. She would have broken his heart if she'd forced the memory on him and that's not what most parents will willingly do.
Sam seeing his dad kill Annie must have told him something about what his dad was like
Subconsciously, I think that it did. And I agree with your idea that that's why he wanted to believe his father's innocence right up to the end. Everything in this series has lead up to that moment, of finally remembering what his father did. He obviously buried and blocked it, but even then the memory must have been affecting how he related to anything involving his father and his past. Maybe that's why it's 1973 in particular.
The interesting bit for me is why he's still there. He's finally broken through that blockage, remembered what happened, so if this is really a coma then why hasn't he woken up? Or is there something else that's pushed out and still needs to do? Or is there something going on that isn't a straight coma, could he really be in 1973? In which case my brain has to start bleeding from the science.
In many ways, this episode has left me with more questions than I had before I watched it! But I guess that's why the thing has been so darned addictive :-)
Re: Life on Mars
Date: 2006-02-28 10:36 pm (UTC)At the beginning I was absolutely convinced Vic was innocent. But as he looked more and more suspicious I got more and more worried that he was involved with something big. I was hoping it was a leap too far too.
It was him but not him, if that makes any sense.
So glad it's not just me! I'm not convinced about the whole coma thing - it does seem the most likely explanation, so it could be what Sam is thinking is going on.
I'm thinking that this isn't one of those things we should attempt to analyse too deeply.
I was thinking it's one of those general time travel paradoxes it's a good idea not to think about too much :)
He's finally broken through that blockage, remembered what happened, so if this is really a coma then why hasn't he woken up?
Maybe him waking up from the coma is unrelated to what's happening in 1973 and he'll actually wake up in the middle of a sentence or something. That seems a bit silly, story-wise, but could be equally likely for all we know about comas and why he's in one.
In many ways, this episode has left me with more questions than I had before I watched it!
I'm definitely going to be interested to see where they go with it next series.
It was interesting, at the end that Sam touched Annie's cheek and told her he didn't hate everything about 1973. It seems to tell us that he's starting to let go of his life in 2006 and maybe let himself live in 1973.
I also finally realised why I'd been recognising Chris's accent for the past 8 weeks - its the same one as a guy from The Bill, who comes from Manchester! (odd, that :))