Apr
11
2007
Leaving the apt yesterday evening I noticed a fire engine down the road. And getting a bit closer I spotted the fact that the firemen[1] had the hose out and were aiming it at a tree in the park.
Hmmm, I says to myself, don’t tell me someone has started a fire.
Well no, they were bravely and valiantly attempting to rescue two footballs that were at the very very top of the tree, stuck in the branches. Did I ever wish that I had my camera with me.
Unfortunately, I believe they were unsuccessful as upon my return they were gone, but the two footballs were still in the tree. Then again, they could have rescued them only for the silly childers to kick them back up again. Who knows.
Life on Mars finished up last night. The last ever episode[2] and I’d have to say that I’m all bit meh over it. I really loved the first season, but the second wasn’t quite so great. Although Gene Hunt remained magnificent throughout. But I really didn’t like the ending.
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Issue the first; Sam returned to the present right, but we never found out about the girlfriend wan from the very first episode did we?
Second; he felt nothing in his original life, so he committed suicide in order to return to the past. Okay… not even glad to see his Mam or anything. Plus, tv-makers, promoting the suicide of a mentaller? Are we sure we wanted to do that.
Returning to the past; was that life real then? Including the whole back story? And if so does that mean that the future parts were the hallucinations?
What happened yer man Morgan and his investigation into Hunt? Why did Hunt et al accept Sam the Snitch back into the “gang”>
I didn’t like it.
However, I do like the news that Hunt is getting his own show, Ashes to Ashes. Tyler won’t be in it, but there will be a time-travel aspect, in the form of Alex Drake Show Spoilers ▼
who I’m guessing was yer wan that Sam sent his trauma report to
“It’s a touch of Moonlighting teamed with a measure of Miami Vice”
Linknotes:
- fire people? firefighters? who cares, they were both fellas ↩
- unless you count the proposed US version, which I won’t ↩
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Jan
28
2005
Dir: Jay Russell
* Joaquin Phoenix
* John Travolta
* Jacinda Barrett
* Robert Patrick
So you see firemen and Joaquin Phoenix and you think, hmmm, that’ll be fun. (Or you do if you’re me). Well it wasn’t. Honestly, yet another crappy film. 2005 has been very mixed so far.
Ladder 49 starts with Phoenix as an experienced firefighter who, in rescuing a worker from a burning building, get trapped inside. The rest of the film tells hs story in flashback, with bits in between detailing his attempts, and those of the other firefighters, to free him.
I guess it isn’t totally rubbish. The scenes in the firehouse, especially the tricks they play on one another are great fun, and never overly predictable. It is just a pity that the rest of the film is so obvious. I mean he meets a girl, falls in love, marries, has kids, fights fires, worries, has friends dies, worries some more. But all in all there is nothing to this film.
And there is a terrible feeling that this film was made because of the attacks on the world trade centre, and because firefighters were such heroes that day. This is especially true of the final scene and the absolutely dire song that is used. It is really horrendous.
Yawning even through fires, not a good sign.
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Bored Now!,
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Jacinda Barrett,
Jay Russell,
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