Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:14 am
Hmm. I'm halfway through this and although it has some interesting points made on occasion, it generally feels like the newsletter of the "We Hate Tara and Brian Clemens But LOVE Emma Peel" club.
It's getting quite irritating as they call the character "Em" all the time, as though she's a close friend or something. I don't see them chummifying the names of other characters like Johnny and Mum...
Every opportunity they get to point out BCs (perceived) inadequacies they do. His episodes are by turn; silly, bland, dull, time-wasting and pointless. Interestingly, when they DO find a Clemens episode they quite like, the Notes section (where they normally have a go) is notable by it's absence...
They even have a dig at the Tara stories (and Tara) in the reviews of Cathy Gale episodes!
I'm no BC apologist (and I'll be the first to admit that not all his stuff is great) but all the bashing does feel a bit unneccesary. I have no problem with them having opinions that don't match my own, it's just that they don't feel particularly well thought through. It also feels like they haven't watched the episodes in a long time and are going by memory, which seriously damages their judgements.
I'd be interested to see if their opinions have changed all these years down the line - and with the benefit of actually being able to watch the episodes properly!
Onwards and upwards, still half of it to go...
It's getting quite irritating as they call the character "Em" all the time, as though she's a close friend or something. I don't see them chummifying the names of other characters like Johnny and Mum...
Every opportunity they get to point out BCs (perceived) inadequacies they do. His episodes are by turn; silly, bland, dull, time-wasting and pointless. Interestingly, when they DO find a Clemens episode they quite like, the Notes section (where they normally have a go) is notable by it's absence...
They even have a dig at the Tara stories (and Tara) in the reviews of Cathy Gale episodes!
I'm no BC apologist (and I'll be the first to admit that not all his stuff is great) but all the bashing does feel a bit unneccesary. I have no problem with them having opinions that don't match my own, it's just that they don't feel particularly well thought through. It also feels like they haven't watched the episodes in a long time and are going by memory, which seriously damages their judgements.
I'd be interested to see if their opinions have changed all these years down the line - and with the benefit of actually being able to watch the episodes properly!
Onwards and upwards, still half of it to go...