I've Heard A Rumour From Ground Control...
Feb. 6th, 2008 06:34 pmI very nearly made a Post of Loneliness and Woe today, but fortunately you have all been spared that because I just caught sight of something on my friendspage and now this entry is going to be about WHOA, WHOA, ASHES TO ASHES IS STARTING TOMORROW? WHAT?
(...ahahaha, from 'woe' to 'whoa'! I'm sorry; I'll let myself out. This is what happens when you've just spent two hours reading a book on linguistics. IT'S NOT EVEN A PROPER PUN.)
But seriously: Ashes to Ashes? Tomorrow? I had no idea it was so close! Possibly this is partly because I had no idea they'd even cast Drake until about two weeks ago, but I think Ashes to Ashes has always seemed a bit unreal to me. At no point before now has my mind gone 'hey, Riona, you know that that Life on Mars spinoff is actually being made, right? It's not just some sort of hypothetical thing. It's not a fanfic. It's not a joke. It is an actual television series.'
And suddenly a real programme called Ashes to Ashes has barged out of nowhere and gone HEY, RIONA, I AM GENE HUNT FROM THE EIGHTIES AND SOME WOMAN CALLED SEXY ALEX DRAKE.
I still don't even know whether I'm going to watch it.
...you're not fooled, are you? Of course I'm going to watch it. But I have to admit that I'm not optimistic. I'm going to try to give Sexy Alex Drake a chance, I really am, but I have a horrible feeling that Ashes to Ashes is just going to be constantly blaring 'LOOK! IT'S SAM/GENE ALL OVER AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME IT IS VALID BECAUSE ONE OF THEM IS A GIRL.' I really, really don't want that.
Bring it on, Ashes to Ashes. I hope you prove me wrong.
(...ahahaha, from 'woe' to 'whoa'! I'm sorry; I'll let myself out. This is what happens when you've just spent two hours reading a book on linguistics. IT'S NOT EVEN A PROPER PUN.)
But seriously: Ashes to Ashes? Tomorrow? I had no idea it was so close! Possibly this is partly because I had no idea they'd even cast Drake until about two weeks ago, but I think Ashes to Ashes has always seemed a bit unreal to me. At no point before now has my mind gone 'hey, Riona, you know that that Life on Mars spinoff is actually being made, right? It's not just some sort of hypothetical thing. It's not a fanfic. It's not a joke. It is an actual television series.'
And suddenly a real programme called Ashes to Ashes has barged out of nowhere and gone HEY, RIONA, I AM GENE HUNT FROM THE EIGHTIES AND SOME WOMAN CALLED SEXY ALEX DRAKE.
I still don't even know whether I'm going to watch it.
...you're not fooled, are you? Of course I'm going to watch it. But I have to admit that I'm not optimistic. I'm going to try to give Sexy Alex Drake a chance, I really am, but I have a horrible feeling that Ashes to Ashes is just going to be constantly blaring 'LOOK! IT'S SAM/GENE ALL OVER AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME IT IS VALID BECAUSE ONE OF THEM IS A GIRL.' I really, really don't want that.
Bring it on, Ashes to Ashes. I hope you prove me wrong.