I must confess I watched that cliffhanger and thought 'oh, right, we won't get any more of this then'. It felt so much like a show that knew it was fucked in terms of renewal but had decided to make those responsible feel guilty about it (and/or be bombarded by, um, copies of S Club 7 cds in an effort to resurrect it) by producing the most cliffhangery ending imaginable.
They could've brought it in at a much smaller budget if they weren't so in love with CGI, tbh. I'm sad, because it really blew me away with the S2 reboot being so damn clever, and they've done some brave smart fun things this year. But ITV can't afford to buy Tesco value TV right now, and this ain't it, alas. (Also I am still bitter about that one where the girls hid in a shed while the boys were heroic and did rescuing, because really ffs, nononofuckoffnow.) Boo in general, though.
(Not that I'm bothered by a cliffhanger where the solution is: Abby and Connor find Helen's dropped anomaly detector/controller, rescue Danny, and they all live happily ever after.)
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Date: Monday, June 15th, 2009 09:11 pm (UTC)Because, obviously, we don't already have enough quizzes, reality shows and soaps.
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Date: Monday, June 15th, 2009 09:19 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: Monday, June 15th, 2009 09:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: Monday, June 15th, 2009 09:52 pm (UTC)They could've brought it in at a much smaller budget if they weren't so in love with CGI, tbh. I'm sad, because it really blew me away with the S2 reboot being so damn clever, and they've done some brave smart fun things this year. But ITV can't afford to buy Tesco value TV right now, and this ain't it, alas. (Also I am still bitter about that one where the girls hid in a shed while the boys were heroic and did rescuing, because really ffs, nononofuckoffnow.) Boo in general, though.
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Date: Monday, June 15th, 2009 09:58 pm (UTC)(Not that I'm bothered by a cliffhanger where the solution is: Abby and Connor find Helen's dropped anomaly detector/controller, rescue Danny, and they all live happily ever after.)
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Date: Monday, June 15th, 2009 10:15 pm (UTC)Hey, Philip Glennister wasn't supposed to be doing another series of A2A, but he is. I live in [some] hope that this is a similiar case.
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Date: Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 10:02 am (UTC)Wh, wh, what????!!!
Date: Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 02:51 am (UTC)Also...Noooo! THIS MEANS THAT HELEN HAS WON!
Tsk.