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2003-11-09

Should I write something about movies? I think I should. Or at least tv-shows. (I’ve heard good things about Jane Espenson’s the O.C., but alas, I’ve yet to see a single clip.)

The Dead Zone (imdb). I think I’ll begin with that. So far, season one that is, it has very little to do with the book or the movie. (One time, the studio considered the option to cintinue where the movie left off. Thankfully, the producers said “no.”) Some things they decided to keep, the cane and the coat, but other than that the Johnny Smith portraied by Anthony Michael Hall is a whole different beast compared to the Cronenberg/Walken-character. Which is a good thing, because trying to mimic Christopher Walken would be kind of stupid. The first two episodes and number thirteen have things that appear in the movie, and even that parts are different.

Very little action, lots of drama and a good deal of humour and some creepiness.

The Last Wave (imdb), how to describe it other than the best movie I’ve seen by Peter Weir? Surreal story about a lawyer-person who looks a whole lot like Richard Chamberlain who gets drawn into a murky Aboriginal prophecy by the way of a murder of a member of a tribe. Lots and lots of rain and water. Probably even more so than in Seven. It didn’t explain a lot, just like Weirs previous films, but here it felt appropiate and not once did it feel forced that way it did a couple of times in Picnic at Hanging Rock.

And then we have the League. No, not the movie which I still haven’t seen. I mean the british comedy series the League of Gentemen (imdb). I’m sure I’ve mentioned it before a few times. Now I’ve seen season one as well, and boy, was that weird. Not as dark as season two though. Still, some images will haunt me. Like then one where Tubbs... No. I can’t type it here. You would scream out of shock and horror. (”You lied to me Edward! You lied to me! There is a Swansea!.. and other places.”) I did however like Mr Chimmeys dispatchment of his animals better. When he’ll try to save that turtle is a hoot.