ah yes, where i said Thomas I meant Simon. It was too hot to sleep last night, no thinking power left.
Maybe i haven't been paying attention on the power station thing. Obviously they have been investigating the lowering water levels of the Dam, and failing to find the leak, but last night I think they said the power generator was flooded, which I didn't see coming...Anyway er, it's the human stories that are the interesting bit (uh oh I'll be watching Eastenders next).

i know, what IS that? poor, creepy victor.

is it the same sort of thing that was happening to lena's back? has she healed now because of serge's poultice, or because she's been away from camille?

something something bfi something st etienne something new release london trilogy something something witty comment.

link

too hot and tired to do a proper post now, soz.

bonne nuit, tout le monde!

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That bonfire gathering that Lena came upon at the end, was it from them that the animals who drowned in the lake were fleeing from in a previous episode?
The guy at the Helping Hand (Pierre?) is responsible indirectly for Esteben's parents killing themselves by encouraging Camille to reach out to the parents of the other victims looking for messages from their lost children..

yeah, maybe! what a fantastic closing shot that was. i'm assuming they're more 'returned' we haven't seen yet? the shots of the dead animals were wonderful too.

it's so fucking stylish.

Yes, not easy viewing. And a lot of the characters are less than easy to like.
The reviewer in the Metro newspaper suggested that the lack of humour in the first episode meant it wasn't realistic. I guess that's a point you could have a good argument about.

i am watching luther. well, i have been watching luther. i've watched all of them, from the start of series 1 up to the latest episode, over the course of this week, at the behest of el-j.

good, innit?

oh, the things i would do in an hour in a panic room with idris elba, a jar of honey, a tennis ball and night vision goggles.

She might regret that yet. I was thinking when they first lost the power that people should try to hot foot it to that fancy Paris or somewhere for a bit of civilisation, but that ain't gonna work.
I think this is getting a bit Sartrian now: the whole idea that "Hell is other people", as raised in Sartre's Huis Clos (No Exit), where people are locked in a room together for eternity, with no respite from one another. I guess one shouldn't be surprised at the French re-working one of their most controversial philosophers in an eight part spooky drama.

Ha! Just watched this scene from Nighty Night again.Superb. Terry's "funeral" ( he wasn't actually dead). Look out for the bit featuring the song Alone by Heart, it's ACE.


Jill (West Country accent, remember) - "Not being funny but Terry would have expected you to all chip in today, 'else it just gets nasty"

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saw the latest wright/pegg/frost outing last weekend – the world’s end. very poor, i thought. a few belly laughs (and a nice running gag about band names) but mostly stale, lazy and wildly self-indulgent. wright's visual schtick is starting to feel somewhat dated to me. DIRE plot. and it’s the first time ever i’ve actively noticed feeling shut out as a female audience member.

great soundtrack though – takes me back to the sun-and-cider-soaked summer i left school myself. you can't really go wrong kicking something off to the strains of 'loaded'. and they play the sundays. THE SUNDAYS! my heart leapt at the opening chords. best moment in the whole thing for me.

all that said, with its themes of man-children, alcohol and nostalgia, i’m sure it will appeal to more than one nooler.

by contrast, i’ve also been watching ‘orange is the new black' on netflix. bloody brilliant.

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it's a mid-life crisis writ the size of the silver screen.

Bit confused watching The Returned ad break. Is it English adverts with French subtitles? Or French adverts with English subtitles? Or French adverts with French subtitles? Or English adverts with English subtitles? Still, Victor is still an annoying little twat either way.


My money is on a second series.With ad breaks with English/French subtitled ads or French/English subtitled ads.Either way, Victor will still be an annoying little twat

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Funnily enough there is a story in my family that our surname possibly comes from France.


Was going to add my comment on the ending but that would be a spoiler if you ain't seen it yet. All i will say is that Mogwai track , as i've said before, is totally darling ripped off from the intro to Over by Portishead

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