Mark Benton is amazing. In TSC, you want to hate him; but he makes it really, really hard. Jo Joyner (Lynda-with-a-Y) was also in it, but her part got cut out, so I think she got Lynda as a trade!
Casanova was kind of fun, but it just didn't hit the spot for me. I don't think I like RTD in his smart-ass pop culture mode as much - even though I do tend to like anachronistic things; I'm a huge Alex Cox fan, as my icon attests. I'm sure a lot of people love it because it's more of David Tennant doing his Doctor thing!
I think Steve and Jude (TSC) are my favourite RTD couple, but Nine/Rose is way up there, too. I'm glad Stuart and Vince got together, but I do feel like Stuart is a bit of an ass and Vince probably deserves more...but then, he wants Stuart. And around it goes. I love Bob & Rose, too, of course, but CE and Lesley Sharp have a sparkier chemistry.
Apparently, CE was the one who "found" Aiden Gillen to replace him in QaF- how's that for generous? I think the thing was, by the time they got the damned thing off the ground, CE was 34, and they were afraid he was too old for 29 (although at 34, he still looked pretty young). I've tried to imagine it, too, and I think it would have just been different, maybe a bit edgier. Aiden Gillen is more your typical übercharming guy, and he comes off as irresponsible and shallow, it's only toward the end that you really start to get the depth. CE probably would have been more obviously wounded, and perhaps a bit more predatory/dangerous. Sexier in a darker way than Gillen's shiny-happy brittleness, although I would have loved to see him play the storyline with the baby and the scene in the car dealership. I do find it funny that I suspect TSC was in some way a thank-you/compensation for QaF, and his role goes from the guy who shagged half of Manchester to the virgin lamb of God.
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Date: 2008-06-19 12:18 am (UTC)Casanova was kind of fun, but it just didn't hit the spot for me. I don't think I like RTD in his smart-ass pop culture mode as much - even though I do tend to like anachronistic things; I'm a huge Alex Cox fan, as my icon attests. I'm sure a lot of people love it because it's more of David Tennant doing his Doctor thing!
I think Steve and Jude (TSC) are my favourite RTD couple, but Nine/Rose is way up there, too. I'm glad Stuart and Vince got together, but I do feel like Stuart is a bit of an ass and Vince probably deserves more...but then, he wants Stuart. And around it goes. I love Bob & Rose, too, of course, but CE and Lesley Sharp have a sparkier chemistry.
Apparently, CE was the one who "found" Aiden Gillen to replace him in QaF- how's that for generous? I think the thing was, by the time they got the damned thing off the ground, CE was 34, and they were afraid he was too old for 29 (although at 34, he still looked pretty young). I've tried to imagine it, too, and I think it would have just been different, maybe a bit edgier. Aiden Gillen is more your typical übercharming guy, and he comes off as irresponsible and shallow, it's only toward the end that you really start to get the depth. CE probably would have been more obviously wounded, and perhaps a bit more predatory/dangerous. Sexier in a darker way than Gillen's shiny-happy brittleness, although I would have loved to see him play the storyline with the baby and the scene in the car dealership. I do find it funny that I suspect TSC was in some way a thank-you/compensation for QaF, and his role goes from the guy who shagged half of Manchester to the virgin lamb of God.