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Really glad to read these comments. Usually I curl my lip to read Barbelith saps confessing "I was in tears on the bus halfway through that comic book" but after only one glass of wine, I too felt the liquid that humans call tears at the corner of one eye during the final scenes of this episode.
Not entirely sure why but I really enjoyed it. Seemed extremely indebted to Restaurant at the End of the Universe with the alien costumes not much improved, with bonus spyders from Minority Report...but charming nonetheless, and never far from a chuckle at its own expense.
Ecclestone at first seemed a bit too raised-eyebrow, corrugated-brow, dopey grin clownish when performing for others, but on his own he switched into a focused, coldly competent mode that by the end made a lot of sense. His big, showy gooning is, apparently, a front that he flashes up to distract others, perhaps to distract himself, from the tragedy of being a lonely wanderer -- part of his role, as he sees it, is to jolly everyone else along and keep their spirits up. He's made himself a bit of an emotional counsellor, responsible for breaking sad news and cheering his companions in the face of disaster, as well as a practical fix-it man. In fact, the innocent beaming may just be a clever disguise, creating a sense of false security -- because when he dealt with Cassandra, a charismatic, unapologetic arrogance shone through in its place.
Rose's accent is a bit 1940s cockney, not quite convincing, but I like her curvy, solid shape and in that final scene there was lovely cheeky chemistry between them, making you envy him despite being the last of his kind. |
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