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Rewatch Downunder: C11 Moloch - Saturday 10th September
Pilot53
Well all I'd best be off had a long day & soon I'll be off to bed.
Enjoy rest of your evening & week ahead one & all.
Catch you all next week.
Australia
The Penal Colony
Where Servalan is supreme commander.
 
Obsidian
I also like how Doran is all "Hail fellow well met" but is actually nasty.
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Obsidian

Pilot53 wrote: ↑

Well all I'd best be off had a long day & soon I'll be off to bed.
Enjoy rest of your evening & week ahead one & all.
Catch you all next week.


Enjoy the rest of your weekend Pilot53. See you next week if I'm able to be here.
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M1795537OCVirn

Obsidian wrote: ↑

Pilot53 wrote: ↑

Villa being somewhat hesitant in knocking that Fed guard & then losing his teleport braclette only to find out Servalan took it.


This episode is full of black humour. The exchanges between Grose and Servie are excellent as well as those between Servie and Vila.


The dialogue writing is excellent. It's the storyline that begins to drag it down, and the BBQ chicken that finishes it off.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
M1795537OCVirn
'night, Pilot.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Obsidian
I don't mind the story, but Moloch needs to have been more scary and vile given what it's meant to represent.
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M1795537OCVirn

Obsidian wrote: ↑

I also like how Doran is all "Hail fellow well met" but is actually nasty.


Doran's best line is the one where he says he doesn't like women. Neat twist!
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Obsidian
I want to know what nail polish colour Servie is wearing.Smile
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Obsidian

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

Obsidian wrote: ↑

I also like how Doran is all "Hail fellow well met" but is actually nasty.


Doran's best line is the one where he says he doesn't like women. Neat twist!


Exactly. He's no different from these other creeps.
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M1795537OCVirn
Still wearing noisy shoes, Dayna. Not good for creeping about.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
M1795537OCVirn

Obsidian wrote: ↑

I want to know what nail polish colour Servie is wearing.Smile


It's a bit late to ask. Try taking a screenshot?
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Obsidian

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

Still wearing noisy shoes, Dayna. Not good for creeping about.


Crepe soles. You know what they used to be called...
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Obsidian

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

Obsidian wrote: ↑

I want to know what nail polish colour Servie is wearing.Smile


It's a bit late to ask. Try taking a screenshot?


It's a nice pewter metallic.
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M1795537OCVirn

Obsidian wrote: ↑

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

Still wearing noisy shoes, Dayna. Not good for creeping about.


Crepe soles. You know what they used to be called...


Her heels aren't.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
M1795537OCVirn
You can't hide behind buddleia, Servalan!
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Obsidian

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

Obsidian wrote: ↑

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

Still wearing noisy shoes, Dayna. Not good for creeping about.


Crepe soles. You know what they used to be called...


Her heels aren't.


I know. Had some bronze boots not unlike those at the time – Italian, bought at a black market town up in the mountains on the boarder of Syria and Lebanon. I meant she should swap them for crepe soles.
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Obsidian

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

You can't hide behind buddleia, Servalan!


No, you can't. But it's doing very nicely on this backwater planet.
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M1795537OCVirn
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that you rebels frequent black market towns....
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Obsidian

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that you rebels frequent black market towns....


You'd expect smokes to be high up on the list of black market supplies, but no; more often it was washing powder and toilet paper.
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Obsidian
"Sophisticated technical complex". Says a lot for KFC.
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Obsidian
I'd better get out tomorrow and prune the buddleia.
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Obsidian
I wonder if Lector is related to Hannibal?
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M1795537OCVirn
Tarrant is doing quite well as a Blake substitute, poor planning, arrogance etc. I wish we'd seen more of them together.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
M1795537OCVirn
Wish we'd seen more of Doran, too. Vila could do with a friend.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Obsidian

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

Tarrant is doing quite well as a Blake substitute, poor planning, arrogance etc. I wish we'd seen more of them together.


Well, ultimately, Tarrant's experience with Blake shows that he doesn't do nuance too well. They would have wiped each other out if Avon hadn't got there first.
Edited by Obsidian on 10-09-2022 10:25
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M1795537OCVirn

Obsidian wrote: ↑

I'd better get out tomorrow and prune the buddleia.


Same here!
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
M1795537OCVirn

Obsidian wrote: ↑

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

Tarrant is doing quite well as a Blake substitute, poor planning, arrogance etc. I wish we'd seen more of them together.


Well, ultimately, Tarrant's experience with Blake shows that he doesn't do nuance too well. They would have wiped each other out if Avon hadn't got there first.


Exactly. I would have liked to see the build-up, that's all.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Obsidian

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

Wish we'd seen more of Doran, too. Vila could do with a friend.


It would be good if Doran lasted to the end.
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M1795537OCVirn
Makes you think twice about 3-D printers, doesn't it?
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Obsidian

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

Obsidian wrote: ↑

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

Tarrant is doing quite well as a Blake substitute, poor planning, arrogance etc. I wish we'd seen more of them together.


Well, ultimately, Tarrant's experience with Blake shows that he doesn't do nuance too well. They would have wiped each other out if Avon hadn't got there first.


Exactly. I would have liked to see the build-up, that's all.


All that worrying about the kiddies. I would have made the show MORE adult.
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Obsidian

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

Makes you think twice about 3-D printers, doesn't it?


I do anyway because most people print plastic, and if there's anything the planet needs less of, it's plastic.
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Obsidian
How many takes do you suppose they did before everyone stopped laughing?
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Obsidian
Avon's having a lovely, windswept hair day.
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Obsidian
Nice to see Uncle Vere as Director. Wish I'd met him.
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M1795537OCVirn
OK, that was fun. Thanks, Ben Steed, even if the props people didn't quite realise your vision for Moloch.
My dog recognised the end music and leapt from fast asleep on the bed to waiting by the door with a toy in his mouth, expecting me to take him out and play. He's done too many rewatches!
OK, time to seee what's going on in St James's Square, if anything. Sleep well, Obsidian!
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Obsidian
Well, I enjoyed that. There are some daggy bits but I quite like what it says about renegade troops building their own armies. And people wonder where dictators come from.

An intimate rewatch. I hope I'll be able to catch you all for next week's rewatch MsVirn, but I could be a bit busy as I fly out the following day. Will just have to see how I'm going. Will drop in for THE WORD though.
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Obsidian

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

OK, that was fun. Thanks, Ben Steed, even if the props people didn't quite realise your vision for Moloch.
My dog recognised the end music and leapt from fast asleep on the bed to waiting by the door with a toy in his mouth, expecting me to take him out and play. He's done too many rewatches!
OK, time to seee what's going on in St James's Square, if anything. Sleep well, Obsidian!


Grin Pavlov's Dog. Nice talking point – "My dog responds to the B7 credits theme music."

Have a good week MsVirn.
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Travisina

Obsidian wrote: ↑

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

Any song written by ex-convicts wouldn't be printable, let alone broadcastable on TV.


Unlikely. I think that's what they were singing in that room there. Interesting that the convicts are all men – again. Clearly the writers at this time hadn't countenanced some of the really nasty female convicts who came along around that time. They hadn't watched "Within These Walls".

Or Prisoner Cell Block H Grin
There is no point being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes
 
Travisina

Obsidian wrote: ↑

M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑

Ha! Dayna forgot to refresh her screen!


It's when you get the beach ball of death on the screen that you have to worry.

In case neither of you has a Mac, that's a Mac joke.

I thought that was a Prisoner reference! As in Patrick McGoohan, not the aforementioned Cell Block H.
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Travisina

Obsidian wrote: ↑

I also like how Doran is all "Hail fellow well met" but is actually nasty.

He's creepy, and one of the things I hate about this ep. I think we're supposed to find him endearing and Vila-esque, but he really isn't <shudder>
There is no point being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes
 
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