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It gets better and better. Last episode was excellent.Fewer Smart things. More smart people. -
And for very very funny non-PC comedy ...Year of the Rabbit..is excellent.Fewer Smart things. More smart people.Comment
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Exactly - in the second series the Eve character ceases to have much agency of her own and is constantly flailing around in Villanelle's wake, and all the other characters seem to be moving more or less randomly over the chessboard, including the new ones who have all the depth of cardboard. (I say this having watched the whole of series 2.)Originally posted by vinteuil View PostComment
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....NO...........................................n oOriginally posted by Anastasius View Postbong chingComment
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... we've done five episodes, and will probably hang on to the end - but it's getting pretty boring, and not a patch on series one.Originally posted by Richard Barrett View Post
The whole thing seems to be predicated on the relationship between Eve and Villanelle - but there is zero on-screen chemistry between Oh and Comer, leaving a gaping whole at the centre. Sandra Oh seems terribly limited - a continuing expression of frown and distress is not enuff to inhabit a role. The series springs to life whenever Comer is on screen - the camera loves her, and we watch entranced her every facial expression: and the chemistry between her and the lovely Constantin (Kim Bodnia) is a delight. As you say, the other characters are two-dimensional - the irritating Oxford graduate, Eve's tiresome husband, - even Fiona Shaw is beginning to pall...
They shd have stopped at the end of the first series (and even then the last episode fell flat). Fleabag was excellent in knowing to wrap up when it did.
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I'm in full accord. The prog did nothing for me at all, apart from making me reach for the off switch.Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostComment
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... you have to appreciate the wit and artistry of psychopathic assassinations to fully enjoy this programme. Or at least admire the lovely frocks worn by Jodie Comer.Originally posted by Stanfordian View Post
We loved the first series...
As a footnote : de Quincey wrote well on this subject :
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Yes, the clothes are.....wonderful... the way Villanelle matches each outfit to the occasion (loved the Oxford sweater (tied round the shoulders, natch, darling) & trousers...)...
Anyway, finished Eve S2 last night...... but... can't say anything about it can I? (there's a psychopathic assassination in Amsterdam that's just....
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No spoilers now.....!Comment
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Enough of the over-discussed Killing Eve.
What do we all think of Years & Years?Comment
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'Berlin Station' - Now that's more up my street.Comment
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
I could level many charges at Y&Y, but I don’t think that of ‘pretentiousness’ is one of them.
I find all the characters basically dislikeable which I don’t think was the author’s intention.
The first episode’s camp humour and ‘sex robot’ really put me off, too.
I’ts been a bit of a ratings disaster, by the looks of things. Possibly a bit too close to home for the times we live in.
One thing I do like about it: the right-wing populist is a convincing melange of Marine Le Pen, Nadine Dorries, Boris Johnson and Donald Trump.Comment
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I haven't the foggiest idea.Originally posted by Anastasius View PostNow, why am I surprised ?
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But, how do they get the blood stains out?Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View PostYes, the clothes are.....wonderful... the way Villanelle matches each outfit to the occasion (loved the Oxford sweater (tied round the shoulders, natch, darling) & trousers...)...
Anyway, finished Eve S2 last night...... but... can't say anything about it can I? (there's a psychopathic assassination in Amsterdam that's just....)....
No spoilers now.....!Comment
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