One of the scariest things I've ever seen on TV was Threads, the British The Day After,
Oh, hell yes. Scary, and bleak, bleak, bleak, with whipped bleak on top.
I will heartily second the rec for Sapphire and Steel.
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Anne W. - Oct 26, 2011 1:30:07 am PDT #16431 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Fiona - Oct 26, 2011 3:18:42 am PDT #16432 of 30000
I adored Sapphire and Steel. I remember being heartbroken when we had to leave to go on holiday to the States, which meant missing the rest of the series (we did not yet own a VHS recorder in 1979). Thankfully, ITV then went on strike, and when we got back and the strike was over, they repeated the series from the beginning - which I thought was pretty nice of them.
Now I'm scared to watch it on DVD, as there's no way it will be as good as it was in my young imagination.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 26, 2011 5:50:09 am PDT #16433 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Huh, there are only four movies on Wright's list I haven't seen (although I saw one of them edited for television).
billytea - Oct 26, 2011 5:53:29 am PDT #16434 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Was Asylum one of them? (I'm trying to find out the twist about the identity of Dr Starr and what happens to the protagonist.)
Frankenbuddha - Oct 26, 2011 5:56:21 am PDT #16435 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Was Asylum one of them? (I'm trying to find out the twist about the identity of Dr Starr and what happens to the protagonist.)
I did see that, but it's been so long I can't remember the final twist. I want to say it's the guy interviewing the new doctor that is the crazy doctor but I may be mixing it up with another movie.
Consuela - Oct 26, 2011 7:43:05 am PDT #16436 of 30000
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Here is a totally wonderful review of Anonymous, by a Shakespearian scholar: [link]
Our first glimpse of London’s playwrights in 1598 shows them as a catty bunch taking up a generous section of the Rose’s second gallery (consequently, a pretty well-to-do bunch): Dekker, Jonson, ... [and] Christopher Marlowe. In 1598. Marlowe makes fun of Dekker for the failure of Shoemaker’s Holiday and claims preeminence among historical playwrights. Which is funny, since Marlowe hadn’t written a history play in five years at that point, largely because he was murdered in 1593.
And apparently everyone is shocked (shocked!) by the fact that Romeo & Juliet is written in verse. As if nobody had ever thought of that before.
There's more, and then the screenwriter shows up in the comments. Heh.
Jessica - Oct 26, 2011 7:48:23 am PDT #16437 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Here is a totally wonderful review of Anonymous, by a Shakespearian scholar
Oh god, for a minute I was worried that was going to be DH's aunt. And then I remembered she doesn't know how to use the internet.
Kathy A - Oct 26, 2011 9:29:19 am PDT #16438 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'll have to look at that. In college, I worked with a guy was a firm believer in the Oxfordian view of Shakespeare's plays, but that's all I know on the subject.
Amy - Oct 26, 2011 9:42:26 am PDT #16439 of 30000
Because books.
Aw. I wanted it to be halfway decent. I love all the conspiracy/authorship stories, and Sarah Smith's Chasing Shakespeares is a fantastic novel about it. The review is an excellent read, though.
Scrappy - Oct 26, 2011 9:46:03 am PDT #16440 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
My DH is absolutely LIVID about this film. Even seeing the trailer enrages him. As former Literary Manager at the Public Theater and dramaturg for Shakespeare in the Park, the whole Oxfordian thing is like a slap in the face to him. It's kinda sexy when he gets all defensive of his guy, Will.