Oh my, re-watched 3.05/3.06 for ficathoning reasons and they are so good (if you ignore the occasional terrible dialogue) - SO GOOD. Malcolm posing as Ruth's sister so she can meet the man of her dreams! Aargh!
Oh, I'm glad I'm not the only one, but sorry you are too? I mean, I haven't read spoilers, but I don't actually care what happens to Ros? (Or at least I don't think I do; maybe I will be proved wrong when I see 9.01.) I haven't re-watched any of series 8 and I don't really want to, but god, all I am on the internet is a Spooks fan! What do I do if I'm not one any more!
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I think the comm will be fine; you run it well and there are enough old folk around to jump on newbies who don't read the spoiler rules. Don't stress.
I was surprisingly okay with the end of last season? I don't know what's going to happen, either, but I'd like by fondness of this ridiculous, ridiculous show to continue. You know what I mean.
It's less the spoiler thing (I! Am! Dictator! Mod!) and more: jesus, last year wasn't even that bad, and yet nearly all the initial comments on the discussion posts were about how shit the show is now. I get mad at that sort of thing because it doesn't really breed discussion, just bad feeling, and it dictates a lot of how the rest of the discussion goes. I'm not the Thought Police or anything, but it can harsh my joy, sometimes. Am I making any sense?
Yes I see what you mean; there was a bit of that wasn't there. Hopefully those are the kind of people who won't bother watching series 9, but you always get people who would rather complain.
I just skimmed my series 8 reaction-posts and realised exactly how ridiculous I'm being. Honestly, self! I am like this at the start of every series, then I surprise myself with how much I enjoy it, then after the series is over I spend the rest of the year convincing myself that I didn't like it. What? I did like it. I even said so.
Anyway, still nervous, unfoundedly so. BRING IT ON.
When the lights come back on, you'll be the most important person in this room.
I can't even shake your hand.
I had a big sign over my head saying 'jilted' Yeah? Well I had a big sign over my head too. Oh? What did it say? End of the world, end of the world, end of the world.
Ok, enough.
Series 2 \o/
Also re new series: I promise to bring the squee. Although I too am worried about this series, mostly because I have somehow convinced myself it is the last one (I have NO evidence for this btw) and even though logically I know one day I will have to live without new Spooks, I have no idea how I'm going to do that.
In other news, ficathon fic in progress and possibly nearly finished. And the 806 recap (question: does 806 actually make any sense? I'm not convinced).
If I may interject, I think sometimes the problem is... well, I was going to say differing opinions, but then I realised what I mean was 'me', because I do come along with the caps lock and the exclamation marks and I think maybe I put people off sometimes? IDK (sometimes I worry that a large chunk of Spooks fandom wants me to shut up, and then most of the time I know I'd be saying it to myself if no-one was listening, so stuff it). But then tbh that's why I post on my lj and not the discussion posts (also, as ever, I am late with it...)
And I think there are still a lot of people who are very devoted to Adam, in a way that prevents them enjoying episodes that he isn't in... IDK, I adore Ruth beyond reason, but that doesn't mean series 7 wasn't amazing.
I think in the end series 8 was uneven - I am recapping 807, it is wonderful, but 806...meh - but on first watch things either seemed great or awful. Rewatching, there aren't any terrible episodes - even the dodgy ones have great characters - but there's maybe only 2 or 3 that really, really good.
Aaargh, I can't believe it's back so soon. I want to go write some series 8 meta now.
and I think maybe I put people off sometimes LADY, IF YOU EVER STOP, I WILL HONESTLY LOSE THE WILL TO DO ANYTHING IN THAT COMM. Don't stop. Ever. Ever! I am all for your meta and adoration and poking at holes. Do. Not. Stop.
Ugh, shut up, Adam.
I have since re-watched S8 a handful of times, and frankly, I love it. I wish there was more dedication to seeing things through - 2.0's story could have been something SO AMAZING - but I don't think it's terrible, and I think it's massively entertaining.
I actually stalled on my s5 rewatch just before 505, but that's another thing that's been put off (SO MUCH of my fandom stuff is now planned for some vague time in December/Jan, hahaha)
I think it could be really interesting. Not everything - apparently it is not possible to have a series of Spooks without wasting at least one decent plot - but some of the new stuff is intriguing.
Mine will be up today once I have read it over. I'm pretty happy with it :) I have to go find a load of other fics people have been writing today, I need to catch up!
:D Well thank you. That wasn't fishing for compliments, btw, and as if I could ever give up on the comm. Every time I post on lj going 'really busy, can't post for a while' something happens two hours later so I have to...
Yes! That is the problem with it. Well, no, ok, there are 3 big problems: 1. Lucas and 2.0 have no chemistry, and she has much more with Ros, which is problematic in a romance storyline 2. Apparently sex makes Lucas stupid and 3. They didn't do enough with 2.0's storyline (they almost managed it with 806 and 807, but I wish she'd survived, and I do have a ridiculous fic to that effect somewhere, I may try to post it before the new series).
I think that the problem is that too much of the focus was on the relationship that did not work, much like the Adam/Bakshi/wifey (have forgotten her name) love triangle in s6. Romances in Spooks work much better as a background thing.
I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! I find it impressive/amusing how the whole fandom was going 'la la la, two months to go, ho hum' and now everyone's running around going 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh! I was not expecting this! Heeeeeelp!' Yay BBC.
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Date: 2010-09-05 09:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-05 09:41 am (UTC)(Also: this. (http://notabuddhist.tumblr.com/tagged/spooks))
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Date: 2010-09-05 09:47 am (UTC)Oh my, re-watched 3.05/3.06 for ficathoning reasons and they are so good (if you ignore the occasional terrible dialogue) - SO GOOD. Malcolm posing as Ruth's sister so she can meet the man of her dreams! Aargh!
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Date: 2010-09-05 09:48 am (UTC)Re: feeling trepidation about new Spooks, ugh, me too. Like, massively. I am also concerned about having to deal with the comm this year :(
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Date: 2010-09-05 09:53 am (UTC)</unnecessarily paranoid>
I think the comm will be fine; you run it well and there are enough old folk around to jump on newbies who don't read the spoiler rules. Don't stress.
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Date: 2010-09-05 10:02 am (UTC)It's less the spoiler thing (I! Am! Dictator! Mod!) and more: jesus, last year wasn't even that bad, and yet nearly all the initial comments on the discussion posts were about how shit the show is now. I get mad at that sort of thing because it doesn't really breed discussion, just bad feeling, and it dictates a lot of how the rest of the discussion goes. I'm not the Thought Police or anything, but it can harsh my joy, sometimes. Am I making any sense?
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Date: 2010-09-05 12:21 pm (UTC)I just skimmed my series 8 reaction-posts and realised exactly how ridiculous I'm being. Honestly, self! I am like this at the start of every series, then I surprise myself with how much I enjoy it, then after the series is over I spend the rest of the year convincing myself that I didn't like it. What? I did like it. I even said so.
Anyway, still nervous, unfoundedly so. BRING IT ON.
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Date: 2010-09-06 08:14 am (UTC)Still my favourite episode of television ever.
When the lights come back on, you'll be the most important person in this room.
I can't even shake your hand.
I had a big sign over my head saying 'jilted'
Yeah? Well I had a big sign over my head too.
Oh? What did it say?
End of the world, end of the world, end of the world.
Ok, enough.
Series 2 \o/
Also re new series: I promise to bring the squee. Although I too am worried about this series, mostly because I have somehow convinced myself it is the last one (I have NO evidence for this btw) and even though logically I know one day I will have to live without new Spooks, I have no idea how I'm going to do that.
In other news, ficathon fic in progress and possibly nearly finished. And the 806 recap (question: does 806 actually make any sense? I'm not convinced).
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Date: 2010-09-06 08:22 am (UTC)And I think there are still a lot of people who are very devoted to Adam, in a way that prevents them enjoying episodes that he isn't in... IDK, I adore Ruth beyond reason, but that doesn't mean series 7 wasn't amazing.
I think in the end series 8 was uneven - I am recapping 807, it is wonderful, but 806...meh - but on first watch things either seemed great or awful. Rewatching, there aren't any terrible episodes - even the dodgy ones have great characters - but there's maybe only 2 or 3 that really, really good.
Aaargh, I can't believe it's back so soon. I want to go write some series 8 meta now.
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Date: 2010-09-06 09:59 pm (UTC)LADY, IF YOU EVER STOP, I WILL HONESTLY LOSE THE WILL TO DO ANYTHING IN THAT COMM. Don't stop. Ever. Ever! I am all for your meta and adoration and poking at holes. Do. Not. Stop.
Ugh, shut up, Adam.
I have since re-watched S8 a handful of times, and frankly, I love it. I wish there was more dedication to seeing things through - 2.0's story could have been something SO AMAZING - but I don't think it's terrible, and I think it's massively entertaining.
Oh god, oh god, NEW SERIES.
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Date: 2010-09-06 10:00 pm (UTC)I am ALWAYS worried it's the last one, though especially this time. (Oh god, please be brilliant.)
My ficathon entry stands at zero words idk. My flister posted an AMAZING fic this evening, though, oh gosh.
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Date: 2010-09-07 08:01 am (UTC)I think it could be really interesting. Not everything - apparently it is not possible to have a series of Spooks without wasting at least one decent plot - but some of the new stuff is intriguing.
Mine will be up today once I have read it over. I'm pretty happy with it :) I have to go find a load of other fics people have been writing today, I need to catch up!
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Date: 2010-09-07 08:07 am (UTC)Yes! That is the problem with it. Well, no, ok, there are 3 big problems: 1. Lucas and 2.0 have no chemistry, and she has much more with Ros, which is problematic in a romance storyline 2. Apparently sex makes Lucas stupid and 3. They didn't do enough with 2.0's storyline (they almost managed it with 806 and 807, but I wish she'd survived, and I do have a ridiculous fic to that effect somewhere, I may try to post it before the new series).
I think that the problem is that too much of the focus was on the relationship that did not work, much like the Adam/Bakshi/wifey (have forgotten her name) love triangle in s6. Romances in Spooks work much better as a background thing.
I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! I find it impressive/amusing how the whole fandom was going 'la la la, two months to go, ho hum' and now everyone's running around going 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh! I was not expecting this! Heeeeeelp!' Yay BBC.