The Medium is Not Enough TV blog: Microfeed for "Review: Ashes to Ashes 1x4" http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/2008/02/review_ashes_to_ashes_1x4.php Comments for the entry "Review: Ashes to Ashes 1x4" en-us Movable Type v4.32-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:53:51 +00:00 Comment from stu-n I'd been thinking before that while Life on Mars had some very clear targets (The Sweeney was such an iconic show that everyone immediately got the references), Ashes to Ashes has a bit of a problem, because there really wasn't an iconic 80s cop show that anyone took seriously. Juliet Bravo? The Gentle Touch? Dempsey & Makepeace, for God's sake? So it really doesn't have any choice but to jump genres around.

It definitely had Edge of Darkness all over it, though it could have done with some waily Clapton-esque guitar just to nail the atmosphere. I can't tell you how relieved I was that it was a diary hidden up the chimney. Unfortunately, it was Edge of Darkness as it would have been if TKM had taken about half an hour to write the script. How come Gene gets in to the secret base with shonky ID, but Alex gets in with nothing whatsoever? And how did Ray, Chris and Shaz (out of uniform) get in at all? Are we supposed to let them off because it's all in Alex's head and she doesn't think she can die in her fantasy?

]]> 3839@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23198 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:53:51 +00:00 Comment from MediumRob You know, for once, I wrote a list of all the things I was going to mention in this review and I clean forgot to include "how the hell did the others get into the base?", even though my head was reeling from it, too. Not sure how that happened. Daft, hey?


]]> 3839@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23199 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:13:05 +00:00 Comment from MediumRob Now you mention it, the more I think about it, the more I reckon you're right and the set up, at least, is Dempsey and Makepeace: street-wise maverick blue-collar cop paired up with posh, rubbish book-wise female cop. But they're not sending up the scripts which would be impossible with the semi-serious set-up of Ashes to Ashes - plus why bother when Pulaski already did it so well? So I'm guessing they're sending up the scripts of other shows instead.

Suspect the fake ID made with glue was a nod to something like The A-Team or Simon and Simon.

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