Survivors

[RosieH]

well I liked it. do we need our sunday night drama to be all high fallutin'? no we do not. entertaining, I thought it was. yoda am i.

thought the score was a bit overblown at times though, like a lorry beeping when it reverses, to show there was SOMETHING IMPORTANT about to happen

[SteveT]

Nero wrote:-I just want a good tale told well.

I whole heartedly agree with you Nero,

aren't they rare these good stories, we have lost the art of word-smithery, ever since JBPriestley GBShaw passed on.

[Incitatus]

Mockney, the'motorway' looked very much like the Qinetiq test track in surrey.

Allycat, it seems we already have our very own East Dulwich survivor, Nicholas Gleaves aka Mr. Lesley Sharp, looks as if he's shaping up to be a scientist baddie though.

[mightyroar]

I agree with you RosieH about the score. That got very annoying.

Also the convict guy. double annoying.

but the 11 year old was good.

it was kind of crappy but I kind of enjoyed it. It was a bit more exciting than midsomer murders which is the usual Sunday thing isnt it?

[RosieH]

weasely beesley with the sly eyes

[Cassius]

It was OK, nothing special, I wouldn't go out of my way to watch any more. The characters were stereotypes and I think it will all be a bit predictable. Thought The Devil's Whore was better.

[mockney piers]

I think Survivor has been getting a bit better, but have you seen the latest 'news' from the beeb who'll be remaking The Day of the Triffids next.

What's with all this apocalyptic stuff? Is it symptomatic of a wider social malaise brought on by the recession, global warming, bird flu or are tv producers having a case of the blues?

[Strawbs]

I watched it for the first time last night and I thought it was ok, I would watch it if I stumbled across it rather than probably liking it enough to remember to be home to watch it!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

This may have something to do with it:

unclean, unclean

[Asset]

I think the knee-jerk reaction was more an indication of her mental instability under pressure rather than her political leanings

[mockney piers]

Yeah, looking after 30 people who've just had some chickens stolen, THAT sort of pressure, can make you buckle ;-)

[Asset]

she's got the weight of the new world on her shoulders

[mockney piers]

she doesn't, as the crusty lady pointed out at the pathetic attempts at organised justice "this is buullshit", but frankly it's typical of a politicians ego to put take on imagined burdens and imagine themselves more important than they are, she's actaully just the chief executive of a small eco farm.

I can't understand why noone's made for the nearest army base and stocked up, that's the number one rule of any apocalypse, the people with guns survive. Haven't the writers read the Zombie Survival Guide?!?!

[mockney piers]

still liking her little utopia? Mind you, it's got an xbox, I might be torn between my inherent loathing of fascist regimes and my desire to play Call of Duty.

Of course, I'm guessing the likelihood of a decent online team-deathmatch are much reduced, there are days I can't find anyone playing Project Gotham at all in a world of 6 billion, leave alone 6 million.

The last time the population was that size incidentally, is around the end of the ice-age, so it's remarkable how many people they seem to bump into and jut how territorial everyone seems to be when the entire population of the UK is now roughly that of Letchworth!!

[Asset]

I never said I liked her or her utopia, my comment regarding the weight of the new world was tongue in cheek. I was picking up on your assumption of her political persuasion, which is irrelevant. I know it was a joke though so I'm not getting worked up about it.

I liked last night's one although the little vignette with the 2 hard geezers that the doctor dispatched was a little pointless. I suppose it was to reinforce the strength of the group.

Max is a beast isn't he?

[mockney piers]

I'm actually rather enjoying it even if it is absolutely ridden with holes and clich?s. It's rather fun and even gripping.

Yep, Max is definitely the reason you avoid dark alleys isn't he!!

[RosieH]

Mockney, are you seriously picking up on the lack of realism in a show that depicts a global population decimated (x 9.9) by mad scientists unleashing a modern day plague...?

Willing suspension of disbelief, willing suspension of disbelief sir.

[mockney piers]

"Willing suspension of disbelief, willing suspension of disbelief sir."

Yeah I know, although I'm a bit willing suspension of disbeliefed out after the last series of Spooks which was ludicrous even by their generous measure.

And yeah, only pulling your leg there Asset, and agree about that scene, it was almost like it was giving them something to do. I think it would have been much better if it had been a classic middle england couple a la Hyacinth Bucket, armed with scones and a cheery demeanour, admiring the state of curtains. That would have been far creepier.

[david_carnell]

You take that back about Spooks!

It was bloody marvellous and the season cliffhanger was a real "Noooooo!" moment.

And as a hetrosexual male I didn't think anyone would replace the Penry-Jones in my heart but Lucas brings a dash of of Timothy Dalton to what was a Roger Moore lead male. Oh, and, errr, that blond sort is a bit of alright.

As for Survivors....I sucumbed to the virus and gave up after episode 2. Along with 90% of the television viewing public.

[capt_birdseye]

I Can't see them wrapping it up in 2 episodes. Are they angling for a second series?

[RosieH]

Spooks is brilliant - been in thrall to that Lucas chap since he was a brooding northern mill owner (even stood by him through the grim leathery Gisbourne years). So Spooks jumped the shark some time ago; meh, tell it to Jack Bauer.

Back to Survivors, what I don't understand is why crusty lady isn't getting it on with the absolutely delicious Alan Johnson, rather than that rabbit slaying maniac?

[mockney piers]

I'm sure she will, she just fancied a bit of a post-apocalyptic knee-trembler is all.

[capt_birdseye]

That was the best series of spooks in years. I was tempted to give it the heave-ho after the Iranian yawn-fest throughout the last series. I can't help but think that, as usual, they'll resolve the cliff-hanger within the first 2 minutes of the next series.

[mockney piers]

You mean after the Harry-decapitated-at-point-blank-with-shotgun...oh no, look he's fine cliffhanger of yesteryear?

It is all a bit flash gordon isn't it.

I bought series 1 on DVD a bit ago, and the main difference is that there were more than 5 people in MI5 apparently back then.

It is great entertainment, but the daft quotient has gone through the roof.

And I'm sorry, but the final episode was one very long run down a corridor to stop [add bad thing happening here].

Bad thing could have been my hamster dying or the sky falling in; the fact that it was a really big bad thing didn't stop the endless corridor from being a bit dull frankly.

[capt_birdseye]

The one before was great though don't you think? When COnnie sliced open dullards neck.