Enjoying Resident Alien on Sky One, where a crash-landed alien assumes human form, as a Doctor in a Colorado town, while trying to find essential equipment lost in the snow from his ship.....
Up to Ep. 2 in UK, the highlight of the opening episode was in the bar, where our interplanetary friend discovers the delights of whisky ("this is awful - so why do I want more of it?"
) and dancing, when the wonderful Nikki Minaj Starships come on and he takes to the dance floor for the first time, with a stiff yet surprisingly elegant take on a kind of raised-arms monster mash...
(I can't stay in my chair either, when that brilliant track comes on, especially unexpectedly...)
Billed as comedy (a genre I tend to keep away from) but there's more to it. Great offbeat US pop and folk soundtrack a real highlight, too..
Up to Ep. 2 in UK, the highlight of the opening episode was in the bar, where our interplanetary friend discovers the delights of whisky ("this is awful - so why do I want more of it?"
) and dancing, when the wonderful Nikki Minaj Starships come on and he takes to the dance floor for the first time, with a stiff yet surprisingly elegant take on a kind of raised-arms monster mash...(I can't stay in my chair either, when that brilliant track comes on, especially unexpectedly...)
Billed as comedy (a genre I tend to keep away from) but there's more to it. Great offbeat US pop and folk soundtrack a real highlight, too..
and the horrors of the way AIDS was dealt with when the understanding of the disease was in its infancy; and the crassness of those who were disgusted with homosexuals, and saw it as 'their fault' (Gloria's Scottish family). The public attitude felt medieval in places even if it wasn't all that long ago - no doubt true that if it had been heterosexual men who had been dying in these numbers, more would have been done, and more quickly. I suppose I am hoping to see the continuation of the indomitable spirit by the end of the last programme. Really well made series.
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