Gosh yes, I mean from the very first episode when Sam gets thrown back in time and the bypass he was under is only a project. I think it's pretty specific.
I'm a big girl. Just tell me.
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Boxed Set, Vol. IV: It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that.
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sumi - Jun 14, 2007 11:52:12 am PDT #2505 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
esse - Jun 14, 2007 12:52:31 pm PDT #2506 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I knew it was Manchester in 1973, but I wasn't entirely certain that Sam was in Manchester in 2006, due to my "all of England is London" view. Also, I may have thought Manchester was just a part of London, like Manhattan is just a part of New York.
So what makes Manchester a unique setting for the show? What is so pivotal about it?
Oh, man. So much. The attitude is entirely different, the city culture is different. The way the city is made, the way it grew up. I'm not even sure I can begin to delineate the differences between Manchester and London--there are so many.
But the important thing to realise about Manchester is that it is, by and large, a very working class city. It pervades every part of life there, from the way the city is laid out to what people do and to the kind of people stay here.
The buildings are different, made of different materials, and with only a handful of tall buildings compared to London; but it's probably the most city-like city in the North. It's got a vibrant central part of town, which immediately spreads out into a ton of small neighborhood areas that, like many cities, come to define the people who live in them.
I don't know. I'm not sure if I'm quantifying this well. But the differences in tone, texture, culture, layout, people, everything about the city is so different from London that I am astonished that other people don't see it. but I am definitely skewed in my perspective, having lived in both places as an ex-pat.
Polter-Cow - Jun 14, 2007 12:55:57 pm PDT #2507 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I learned my London geography from playing The Getaway.
Vortex - Jun 14, 2007 12:58:09 pm PDT #2508 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
But the important thing to realise about Manchester is that it is, by and large, a very working class city.
It's kind of like the difference between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, I think.
Cass - Jun 14, 2007 1:02:19 pm PDT #2509 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Dean Winchester Clothing IndexShe's insane. I thanked for it, too.
City as character indeed.I appreciate it when cities are characters. Or vehicles. Or inanimate objects of any kind, really. Serenity, Metallicar, House's cane and Jack Bauer's wedding ring in the first season of 24 come to mind...
esse - Jun 14, 2007 2:37:37 pm PDT #2510 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I'd say more like Boston and NYC.
Theodosia - Jun 14, 2007 3:30:54 pm PDT #2511 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'd have said NYC and Akron, FWIW.
Lee - Jun 14, 2007 4:59:42 pm PDT #2512 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Anyone else here for W&P?
Jump to here to skip the W&P Beverly "Boxed Set, Vol. IV: It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that." Jun 14, 2007 7:51:01 pm PDT
JenP - Jun 14, 2007 4:59:44 pm PDT #2513 of 10001
So, who's playing along tonight? Are we go?
Lee - Jun 14, 2007 5:00:20 pm PDT #2514 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
why don't we wait a couple of minutes, Jen?