tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post6332132845988704676..comments2024-03-28T17:08:01.559-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: The Fades: Episode 1 (Ashes to Ashes, Funk to Funky)Billie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-38427319664179442652012-01-25T09:12:31.654-05:002012-01-25T09:12:31.654-05:00I must be easy to please...I just watched the firs...I must be easy to please...I just watched the first two episodes and didn't find it "meh" at all. Guess that is why I am not a TV critic...I'd be giving everything a thumbs up!Soozenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-75352591237112966402012-01-20T06:36:37.120-05:002012-01-20T06:36:37.120-05:00This has been sitting on my planner for months now...This has been sitting on my planner for months now, and I keep trying, but still haven't made it past the third ep... (How bad is it? I watched the entire first series of the really very silly Teen Wolf AND Strikeback: Project Dawn that were also sitting on my planner rather than watch one more episode of The Fades just yet. At least they were amusingly daft.) <br /><br />I know it's just about to get good according to everyone else, but seriously?! Leaving four episodes (out of such a short series) until the interesting stuff kicks in suggests to me that there's something badly wrong with the plotting/writing. Something tells me you wouldn't get away with it on a commercial station, but that's half the reason why the BBC is a wonderful thing, and half the reason why it can afford to indulge its writers a little too much going by this.<br /><br />Sitting through 3 solid hours of fairly dull stuff to get the same amount again of interesting stuff is quite a lot to ask when I have so many other things demanding my attention - including, ironically, the first series of Vampire Diaries. Which I am giving another chance, on the advice of just about everyone... ;o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-48288467219655674722012-01-17T21:38:06.757-05:002012-01-17T21:38:06.757-05:00Yay, The Fades!!!! I thought this was worse than &...Yay, The Fades!!!! I thought this was worse than "meh" when i first saw it, but trust me, it really does pull a Vampire Diaries! Anyone thinking of giving up on it, just stay til the fourth episode, and if you still don't like it, I'll eat my fezStephennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-75066026220785824112012-01-17T05:22:07.150-05:002012-01-17T05:22:07.150-05:00Initially, I thought the show felt amateurish. It ...Initially, I thought the show felt amateurish. It looked exactly like it was. A horror show written by the bloke from <i>Skins.</i> I couldn't help feel Jack Thorne had a poor grasp of the genre, and that his dialogue and characters (I'm talking to you, Mac), were just awful. So I gave up after two episodes. Then everybody started raving on about how it suddenly "got good", so I caught up on iPlayer, and indeed it suddenly <i>did</i> get good.<br /><br />If they can get a second season, and carry on the mid-season tempo and quality, I think this could be a decent show. I even started to like Mac towards the end. Not Big Macs though. I still hate those. I don't trusty the sauce.Paul Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01979646022056755322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-26110578852367472422012-01-17T05:16:01.361-05:002012-01-17T05:16:01.361-05:00Yay for The Fades, Yay for Mark reviewing The Fade...Yay for The Fades, Yay for Mark reviewing The Fades.<br /><br />I liked this episode, sort of. Boo for Anne Boleyn being blonde, though. I was hoping Natalie would be brunette again. I love Natalie Dormer, but strangely enough I don't think she looks good as a blonde, despite it being her natural colour. <br /><br />I'm very, very happy that you're reviewing this, Mark.morgan indiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07633124041567701073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-63579351896444366142012-01-17T03:12:15.171-05:002012-01-17T03:12:15.171-05:00Yes I did, Billie, and for some strange reason its...Yes I did, Billie, and for some strange reason its cut out. Thanks for pointing that out, fixed now.Mark Greighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12984193299389764649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-80827854571994185762012-01-17T03:10:04.137-05:002012-01-17T03:10:04.137-05:00I am always, always right!
Mark, I'm happy yo...I am always, always right!<br /><br />Mark, I'm happy you're reviewing this because our readers seemed so excited about it when it aired Over There. I look forward to getting that excited about it soon. Right now, I'm in the "meh" camp.Josie Kafkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17892717530356699008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-30931695360339782942012-01-16T20:20:31.721-05:002012-01-16T20:20:31.721-05:00Thanks for reviewing this show for us, Mark. We s...Thanks for reviewing this show for us, Mark. We saw it last night and had exactly the same reaction you had at first -- that it was somewhat meh. I also found it frustrating because Mac talked a mile a minute, but I didn't understand most of what he said. (No close captioning on high def BBC America. I imagine you guys on the other side of the pond have the same problem with regional American accents.) <br /><br />But I'll keep watching because I am taking your word that it will be good. I believed Josie when she told me <i>The Vampire Diaries</i> became awesome, and she was right.<br /><br />Did you mean to say more in the bit that starts -- Top Marks...?Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.com