Mr Smith, I need you!
Nov. 13th, 2007 09:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lonelybritSo I have just watched the latest ep of The Sarah Jane Adventures. Isn't this series only 10 eps long? In which case, this (ep 9) is the first part of the finale. And ZOMG IT WAS SO SO SOOOO GOOD!! WHY IS MY FL NOT EXPLODING FROM THE JOYFUL POSTS OF EXCITED/BROKENHEARTED/GOBSMACKED SQUEEE?!!
So I started off the ep about to dissolve into tears. Then a slight disappointed feeling of 'oh.' when the plot was really revealed, and I should have had more faith in the writers because less than a few seconds later I was back into the land of ecstatically happy fangirl. Ah, The Goddess of Continuity smiled on this ep in so many ways, pure pure gold.
Non-spoilery summery?
x. I officially adore Maria's Dad. He rocks on so many levels.
x. Clyde and Luke. My friendship OTP *clutches heart*
x. 'Oh no... no way, oh brilliant...' for one plot reveal.
x. 'NO F**KING WAY!' for the second.
Okay, initially I was disappointed that actually the writers weren't going to go the full hog with the idea of Luke genuinely being the son of some grieving parents. I still think it's a bit of a missed opportunity, but then it is a kid's show and possibly just a bit too much to try and tackle in just half an hour. To have had him be a kidnapped child who was memory-wiped by the Bane would have been devestatingly lovely to watch. To have it all build up and then just as my heart was about to crack, have the cop-out of 'No it's just an alien abduction plot' was, well, a cop-out.
HOWEVER. The writers regain some cred for bringing back the Slitheen, so at least it's an alien I don't mind seeing again. And they almost completely regain cred for bringing back the child of the Slitheen out to avenge the killing of his father and family. There is some complications in this cop-out, in that I am genuinely feeling a bit for the lead alien 'enemy'. Yes, I'd want to take out the folks who killed my dad pretty much in front of me.
The main goldmine, though, of course was Mr Smith. The chilling realisation that Clyde was on his own with an alien superbrain and the new tone of Mr Smith's voice as he said, yes, he knows the photo is fake because he was the one to create it. Dude.
To be honest, whilst I would love for Mr Smith to have been on an agenda from the beginning, I can't quite see it. I think I need to rewatch to listen more to what the role of this 'Ziloch' (?) is. In any case, if there's going to be a series 2 of this *crosses fingers and toes*, i wouldn't be surprised if they made it that Mr Smith had been somehow hi-jacked and at the end is 'reprogrammed' to be helpful, as frankly SJA would be a little bit screwed without her on-hand analysis/info source. THAT SAID, it would also be lovely to see them all have to cope with the repercussions of a real 'betrayal', so he stays gone when the credits roll.
On the family side of things, I was totally with Maria's dad (Alan) for freaking out and wanting to get his daughter away from it all. Of course I wanted Maria to stay, but honestly, you see the world about to end and wouldn't you want to keep your nearest and dearest safe from that? I do take off my hat to the writers in that they were sympathetic to this view, with Sarah Jane actually being the one to almost take his side and try to explain to Maria why he was doing it.
To then have Alan calm down and realise that the other side of the argument was also true, and decide to stay, oh my heart swelled. To see him, Sarah Jane, Mara and Luke all watching the shooting stars or whatever they were, ah, that be my dream 'family' unit, as such. Of course the shit hit the fans not long after, but again Alan won me by sticking by his belief in Sarah Jane despite the police, even if he didn't know her that well personally, he trusted in his daughter's opinion enough to not be happy with the situation.If this was a more adult show, e.g. AtS, I'd say this kind of niceness is generally a preliminary to being killed-off, but I can't quite see them making Maria effectively an orphan in the finale.
Anyway, we will see what happens next, mwhahaha... *rubs hands*
ETA: So, in 'Next Week' there's a shot of Clyde standing 'inside' Mr Smith. Main bits of scenery are the screen looking out, and a block of red with red numbers on it.
You know, whilst I always thought it looks very nifty, I did wonder what the red numbers in the opening credits were all about.
It's Mr Smith. Dude, the whole thing. Mr Smith. Well well well.
So I started off the ep about to dissolve into tears. Then a slight disappointed feeling of 'oh.' when the plot was really revealed, and I should have had more faith in the writers because less than a few seconds later I was back into the land of ecstatically happy fangirl. Ah, The Goddess of Continuity smiled on this ep in so many ways, pure pure gold.
Non-spoilery summery?
x. I officially adore Maria's Dad. He rocks on so many levels.
x. Clyde and Luke. My friendship OTP *clutches heart*
x. 'Oh no... no way, oh brilliant...' for one plot reveal.
x. 'NO F**KING WAY!' for the second.
Okay, initially I was disappointed that actually the writers weren't going to go the full hog with the idea of Luke genuinely being the son of some grieving parents. I still think it's a bit of a missed opportunity, but then it is a kid's show and possibly just a bit too much to try and tackle in just half an hour. To have had him be a kidnapped child who was memory-wiped by the Bane would have been devestatingly lovely to watch. To have it all build up and then just as my heart was about to crack, have the cop-out of 'No it's just an alien abduction plot' was, well, a cop-out.
HOWEVER. The writers regain some cred for bringing back the Slitheen, so at least it's an alien I don't mind seeing again. And they almost completely regain cred for bringing back the child of the Slitheen out to avenge the killing of his father and family. There is some complications in this cop-out, in that I am genuinely feeling a bit for the lead alien 'enemy'. Yes, I'd want to take out the folks who killed my dad pretty much in front of me.
The main goldmine, though, of course was Mr Smith. The chilling realisation that Clyde was on his own with an alien superbrain and the new tone of Mr Smith's voice as he said, yes, he knows the photo is fake because he was the one to create it. Dude.
To be honest, whilst I would love for Mr Smith to have been on an agenda from the beginning, I can't quite see it. I think I need to rewatch to listen more to what the role of this 'Ziloch' (?) is. In any case, if there's going to be a series 2 of this *crosses fingers and toes*, i wouldn't be surprised if they made it that Mr Smith had been somehow hi-jacked and at the end is 'reprogrammed' to be helpful, as frankly SJA would be a little bit screwed without her on-hand analysis/info source. THAT SAID, it would also be lovely to see them all have to cope with the repercussions of a real 'betrayal', so he stays gone when the credits roll.
On the family side of things, I was totally with Maria's dad (Alan) for freaking out and wanting to get his daughter away from it all. Of course I wanted Maria to stay, but honestly, you see the world about to end and wouldn't you want to keep your nearest and dearest safe from that? I do take off my hat to the writers in that they were sympathetic to this view, with Sarah Jane actually being the one to almost take his side and try to explain to Maria why he was doing it.
To then have Alan calm down and realise that the other side of the argument was also true, and decide to stay, oh my heart swelled. To see him, Sarah Jane, Mara and Luke all watching the shooting stars or whatever they were, ah, that be my dream 'family' unit, as such. Of course the shit hit the fans not long after, but again Alan won me by sticking by his belief in Sarah Jane despite the police, even if he didn't know her that well personally, he trusted in his daughter's opinion enough to not be happy with the situation.
Anyway, we will see what happens next, mwhahaha... *rubs hands*
ETA: So, in 'Next Week' there's a shot of Clyde standing 'inside' Mr Smith. Main bits of scenery are the screen looking out, and a block of red with red numbers on it.
You know, whilst I always thought it looks very nifty, I did wonder what the red numbers in the opening credits were all about.
It's Mr Smith. Dude, the whole thing. Mr Smith. Well well well.
