tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.comments2024-02-28T17:50:10.303+00:00LUCID FRENZY JUNIORGavin Burrowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16347163260510316959noreply@blogger.comBlogger921125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-64341163883135245372024-02-28T17:47:00.561+00:002024-02-28T17:47:00.561+00:00Ssh, you're spooling my theory!Ssh, you're spooling my theory!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-29501726796308329482024-02-27T21:10:50.109+00:002024-02-27T21:10:50.109+00:00Sorry, that was me (Jenni S) commenting about bein...Sorry, that was me (Jenni S) commenting about being Leela on the playground.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-47020708431770584632024-02-27T21:10:12.547+00:002024-02-27T21:10:12.547+00:00I certainly identified with Leela, and I wasn’t th...I certainly identified with Leela, and I wasn’t the only 7 year old girl running round the playground being Leela, I can tell you! She is the key female character I remember from the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-88196607883142753182024-02-27T17:49:28.873+00:002024-02-27T17:49:28.873+00:00I've not read either of those. (Mmm, Google st...I've not read either of those. (Mmm, Google still not allowing me to sign in to comment on my own blog. Happy times!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-82599398956776405212024-02-26T22:07:56.692+00:002024-02-26T22:07:56.692+00:00If Triffids is about Class War or about Nature’s R...If Triffids is about Class War or about Nature’s Revenge, there are two less well known novels to include for comparison. For Class War see also Nevil Shute’s very odd book about a socialist revolution having succeeded in the UK - the Royal Family end up wandering the world on a non-stop plane flight that needs refuelling in mid air, and only certain Commonwealth countries still support them. For Nature Fights Back, check out also Susan Cooper’s odd science fiction story Mandrake where the earth very literally fights back and wins the war of hearts and minds. (Jenni S)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-72919994472864649212023-10-24T17:45:20.593+01:002023-10-24T17:45:20.593+01:00Thanks! (Still having to comment anonymously due t...Thanks! (Still having to comment anonymously due to ongoing Google crapness.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-8360308384620399512023-10-24T00:09:51.550+01:002023-10-24T00:09:51.550+01:00Just dropping in to say how much I am still enjoyi...Just dropping in to say how much I am still enjoying and appreciating these posts. I often don't comment because I often read your posts on a horrible device that is just capable enough for me to read blogs in bed before falling asleep, but not capable enough to leave comments. But I always absorb your thoughts, and they enrich my enjoyment of even New Who.Mike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-71067105462603892572023-09-28T17:24:13.004+01:002023-09-28T17:24:13.004+01:00Me too. (For some reason Blogger will only let me ...Me too. (For some reason Blogger will only let me comment on my own blog anonymously. Twitter hasn't colonised uselessness.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-26054673312827243402023-09-28T08:35:29.855+01:002023-09-28T08:35:29.855+01:00I can't decide whether it's a bad thing or...I can't decide whether it's a bad thing or not we don't have film of the Space Ritual concerts. Perhaps no visuals could ever truly match up to those weird sounds! Still, if there were any footage, I'd watch in a shot.<br /><br />Thanks for remembering my (now long ago) post on Hawkwind!Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00082197948948958365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-87046918742277364402023-06-12T17:46:17.963+01:002023-06-12T17:46:17.963+01:00I think you answer your own question, really. Thin...I think you answer your own question, really. Things are sold on the premise of forward development, but that doesn't mean they're actually going to give you forward development. After all, if you got what you wanted you might stop watching.<br /><br />(Google stil forcing me to guest comment on my own blog, we note.)Gavin Burrowshttps://lucidfrenzy.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-11458053172879058152023-06-12T10:54:27.560+01:002023-06-12T10:54:27.560+01:00"I fought the lore and the lore won."
T..."I fought the lore and the lore won."<br /><br />That is rather brilliant.<br /><br />I remember the short version of the Anglia ident — I suspect it came on at the start of Sale of the Century. What is that music? It's so familiar!<br /><br />"Television has become the source millions turn to for long-form episodic narratives, the media has had to focus on story and forward drive over ambience and atmosphere."<br /><br />Actually I'm not at all sure about that focus on forward drive. I've started watching several shows recently — Mr. Robot and The Boys are two of them — where the premise seemed appealing to me, but they just moved so slowly I was bored for most of the time I was watching. I gave up on both of them after two or three episodes.<br /><br />I'm not sure what that means. Maybe other modern TV has spoiled me for slow-down-and-smell-the-roses shows, but then I thoroughly enjoyed watching through Butterflies and The Good Life not long ago (see posts on The Reinvigorated Programmer) so it's probably not that. Perhaps the makers of those shows were deliberately aiming for a more contemplative approach than their subject matter seems to invite, but just lack the craftsmanship to make it work. Or maybe their material was stretched thin not for any artistic reason but just to squeeze out enough episodes of the required length. Anyway, for whatever reason, they didn't work for me.Mike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-67963002145686190652023-06-12T10:54:17.239+01:002023-06-12T10:54:17.239+01:00"I fought the lore and the lore won."
T..."I fought the lore and the lore won."<br /><br />That is rather brilliant.<br /><br />I remember the short version of the Anglia ident — I suspect it came on at the start of Sale of the Century. What is that music? It's so familiar!<br /><br />"Television has become the source millions turn to for long-form episodic narratives, the media has had to focus on story and forward drive over ambience and atmosphere."<br /><br />Actually I'm not at all sure about that focus on forward drive. I've started watching several shows recently — Mr. Robot and The Boys are two of them — where the premise seemed appealing to me, but they just moved so slowly I was bored for most of the time I was watching. I gave up on both of them after two or three episodes.<br /><br />I'm not sure what that means. Maybe other modern TV has spoiled me for slow-down-and-smell-the-roses shows, but then I thoroughly enjoyed watching through Butterflies and The Good Life not long ago (see posts on The Reinvigorated Programmer) so it's probably not that. Perhaps the makers of those shows were deliberately aiming for a more contemplative approach than their subject matter seems to invite, but just lack the craftsmanship to make it work. Or maybe their material was stretched thin not for any artistic reason but just to squeeze out enough episodes of the required length. Anyway, for whatever reason, they didn't work for me.Mike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-30169013815592349402023-06-12T10:30:22.936+01:002023-06-12T10:30:22.936+01:00Oh, don't worry, I won't hold you responsi...Oh, don't worry, I won't hold you responsible if, when I force myself through Flux, it doesn't come up to the standard of The Web Planet :-)<br /><br />No, I had not read The Magic Box — but will do!Mike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-38964433367066710352023-06-10T14:58:32.249+01:002023-06-10T14:58:32.249+01:00In fact it puts my own comments into moderation, a...In fact it puts my own comments into moderation, and then emails me to ask if I want them published. Great work, guys!Gavin Burrowshttps://lucidfrenzy.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-16943442104987455702023-06-10T14:55:21.804+01:002023-06-10T14:55:21.804+01:00Thanks for reading! Not suggesting anything either...Thanks for reading! Not suggesting anything either way over 'Flux' but this is very much focused on classic Who. How much it applies to New Who is a question which will have to wait for another day. It's very much a sequel to last week's post on 'The Magic Box', don't know if you read that one. (Google not letting me into my own account to comment on my own blog again. If only they put as much effort in to that sort of thing as they do dodging tax.)Gavin Burrowshttps://lucidfrenzy.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-59461156285307300342023-06-10T13:35:36.526+01:002023-06-10T13:35:36.526+01:00Thank you for this. It's the kind of analysis ...Thank you for this. It's the kind of analysis that reminds me why I love Doctor Who, and which gives me the strength to think I might have another go at Flux before the new Doctor comes in.Mike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-12849014514693098872023-05-10T08:47:49.979+01:002023-05-10T08:47:49.979+01:00CoolCoolB.B. Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309813811923145780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-8441072034254408822022-10-30T17:38:59.875+00:002022-10-30T17:38:59.875+00:00Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream.Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream.Gavin Burrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347163260510316959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-9490250028512444942022-10-30T16:17:08.374+00:002022-10-30T16:17:08.374+00:00Oooh, A whole bunch of stuff I don't know. I&#...Oooh, A whole bunch of stuff I don't know. I'll enjoy checking it out, thanks!PhilDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11176626617532772821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-83360002564132703272022-10-02T09:46:02.486+01:002022-10-02T09:46:02.486+01:00Congrats!Congrats!Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00082197948948958365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-49016032190160019192022-08-02T17:49:11.361+01:002022-08-02T17:49:11.361+01:00Thank you to both my readers!Thank you to both my readers!Gavin Burrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347163260510316959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-55768306500544263842022-08-02T00:47:08.347+01:002022-08-02T00:47:08.347+01:00Same here.Same here.Mike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-33767779827884492602022-07-31T18:10:02.811+01:002022-07-31T18:10:02.811+01:00Thanks! We'll see....Thanks! We'll see....Gavin Burrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347163260510316959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-41451963710725371192022-07-31T17:42:43.000+01:002022-07-31T17:42:43.000+01:00I sincerely hope you return, I love your deep week...I sincerely hope you return, I love your deep weekly musings on things I’m interested in<br />PhilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-47645263146408820442022-07-21T18:48:45.106+01:002022-07-21T18:48:45.106+01:00They come recommended from me! (If that wasn't...They come recommended from me! (If that wasn't obvious already!)Gavin Burrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347163260510316959noreply@blogger.com