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I don't think we're meant to find the ending depressing, or banal: it's bittersweet, and at the same time I think there was a conscious and applaudable decision not to present the new order of things as some kind of utopia: whatever has changed hasn't really had the chance to take effect within the space of six years, or we're just not shown it... I guess you could argue that the point is also that you just wouldn't know yet, maybe ever, whether Judith had made the right decision. She has, though. Because in order for humanity to evolve, God has to die - Nelson's right, it's very His Dark Materials, but the fact that it's all part of His plan made me think more of the role of Barbelith in the Invisibles...
I understand now why iy's all set up so reverently - it's so that Judith's argument for an aesthestic universe avoids seeming cynical or cruel... The dynamic of that scene is amazing: the look on her face when she realises that she's right; Steve's desire not to do it and then his realisation that he must (Gethsemene II); and then Judith's plaintive, heart-breaking "don't..." as he takes the first mouthful... Because she loves the man, and he has to die too. Meep.
runce: when you're right you're right, but when you're wrong you're Wrong. I think you need to watch it again, this time with an eye on what Russel is trying to do. Mmmm.
Only two complaints spring to mind from part 2: Judith running in sloooow mooootion while her friend gets ready to top herself & the kiddies (reminded me of that bit near the end of series 2 of Buffy, though); and the slightly inevitable death of Saintly Asian Pete. |
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