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TV conclusions
19 August 2024 04:58 amQuick TV roundup: the ending of "A Good Girl's Guide to Murder" didn't live up to the promise of the other episodes, alas. ( Read more... )
And as I suspected they did try to pair off Pip and Ravi in the final reel, and as it turned out it didn't work for me at all. I don't know if the result was any less toe-curling in the original novel (or if it didn't take place at all in the original novel, and was just the producers trying to tie off loose ends!), but Pip simply does not come across as emotionally adult enough to start nursing a romantic interest in anyone, and the enormous height difference between the two characters doesn't help either. The dynamic between them is big brother/younger sister, which makes kissing both unconvincing and unattractive :-(
On the other hand "Piglets" was pretty successful despite my having missed most of the start, although if this week's episode was really the final one it seemed a bit inconclusive. (None of the plot strands were really cleared up except the one about who was going to be the new Chief Superintendent, which was neatly resolved by bringing the old one back over the head of both warring candidates!) With hindsight the programme is very much the modern equivalent of "Carry On Constable", with a similar mix of visual/verbal/character-based humour; the inept Superintendent Bob is least successful for me, because I never did find incompetence entertaining, but on the other hand the clueless trainee Huggins who always takes everything literally is often very funny, so I'm not sure where the distinction is. I suspect it is that Huggins often manages to succeed unexpectedly, whereas Bob just fails...
Another 'season' (well, two episodes) of "Vienna Blood" appeared unexpectedly and I managed to catch it quite by coincidence; the BBC seems to keep it very quiet :( ( Read more... )
And as I suspected they did try to pair off Pip and Ravi in the final reel, and as it turned out it didn't work for me at all. I don't know if the result was any less toe-curling in the original novel (or if it didn't take place at all in the original novel, and was just the producers trying to tie off loose ends!), but Pip simply does not come across as emotionally adult enough to start nursing a romantic interest in anyone, and the enormous height difference between the two characters doesn't help either. The dynamic between them is big brother/younger sister, which makes kissing both unconvincing and unattractive :-(
On the other hand "Piglets" was pretty successful despite my having missed most of the start, although if this week's episode was really the final one it seemed a bit inconclusive. (None of the plot strands were really cleared up except the one about who was going to be the new Chief Superintendent, which was neatly resolved by bringing the old one back over the head of both warring candidates!) With hindsight the programme is very much the modern equivalent of "Carry On Constable", with a similar mix of visual/verbal/character-based humour; the inept Superintendent Bob is least successful for me, because I never did find incompetence entertaining, but on the other hand the clueless trainee Huggins who always takes everything literally is often very funny, so I'm not sure where the distinction is. I suspect it is that Huggins often manages to succeed unexpectedly, whereas Bob just fails...
Another 'season' (well, two episodes) of "Vienna Blood" appeared unexpectedly and I managed to catch it quite by coincidence; the BBC seems to keep it very quiet :( ( Read more... )