Sapphire & Steel Assignment 1 (first half)

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Merry Christmas all!

I've just spent the eve of it making penguin nails, cleaning the house, writing fic, and watching old British SciFi. Since I know at least one person of the flist who will probably get quite a bit of glee out of there being a reaction post to this... here you are lost_spook. You are a dangerous dealer of vintage fandom, you know that, right?


Star Wars titles?

All of these ticking clocks are making me think of that bit in Girl in the Fire place when Ten talks about the sound of ticking, "One clock you can ignore, but the sound of two clocks ticking? You might start to wonder if you're really alone."

I think this kid, sitting at the kitchen table doing homework, is wondering.

It is really amazing how completely creepy disembodied children's voices and multiple ticking clocks can be.

Okay, the clocks have stopped ticking and that is somehow more creepy. This isn't going to be one of those show where things jump out from corners, is it? The disembodied voices have also stopped, and there's a creepy buzzing.

STARS! And some very retro graphics. Weird grid patterns, a bizarre floating space helmet, and some glowy dots.

I'm glad of the information about this show I've managed to glean from lost_spook, because I'd be highly confused by all of these glow-y dots otherwise.

This is a very resourceful kid; going to ring the police and comforting his younger sister.

Ah, I think these would be the titular characters, and after approximately two seconds I'm understanding why lost_spook likes these two. They're both very, "Yep, we know everything and we're going to be very oblique and cryptic about it."

Oh, they're telepathic, that's cool. "There is a corridor, and the corridor is time, it surrounds all things and it runs through all things." And Steel is just glaring at her through the explanation.

Is it odd that I'm jealous of the little girl (Helen)'s night gown? It looks lovely and warm. I want one.

Steel is creepily ordering children to sit and kneel.

I don't have the slightest clue what is happening but it is creepy beyond all get out.

"Take it downstairs, and burn it." Well, that's an unexpected moment of UST for a children's drama.

Steel is stalking in and Sapphire is all, "I wasn't doing anything" *shimmers back into old outfit* and now Steel will terrify the children.

Is there fic where Cally and Avon team up with Sapphire and Steel? Because there should be. And, depending on how much of this I end up watching… I might be the one to write it.

I find myself desperately hoping that Sapphire's blue eyes are being done with an overlay animation, because if they're 1970s contacts then I feel quite sorry for her.

"I might well make you spend the next few hours climbing through the window not getting anywhere." <- creepy much?

"Imagine a rubber ball. Imagine a rubber ball bouncing." Does she always speak in repetitive metaphors?

I enjoy their snarky telepathy.

It is straight-up strange for the characters to say things like, "this was made in the 1930s, therefore it is 40 years old." I mean, that logically makes sense given the (visually obvious) age of the show, but, it's still a bit strange to hear. 1930 was as close to the people making this show as 1970 is me watching today.

While I'm sympathetic to these poor kids whose parents have been abducted by time monsters, I really don't get why S&S haven't locked them in a closet yet.

That flashlight following them along the carpet is unexpectedly terrifying.

"Don't you know your history?"

"I know mine, yes."

Sapphire has vanished and Steel is being all intense.

I'm kind of hoping that Steel is going to jump into the icebox now… hmm, no such luck.

Aw, the flashlight-on-the-carpet has found a friend.

Apparently he did jump into the icebox off-screen.

Now I'm dreadfully curious about the transuranics.

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That was one hour and sixteen minutes. Not all of it, but over half and now it is sleeping time. The rest will be saved for another night.

Comments

[corngold.livejournal.com]

Hooray for S&S! I'm very pleased you're watching, and hope you continue to enjoy. It is pretty peculiar stuff, but also - good. And that it is peculiar is good too, I think: certainly one of its great strengths. Assignment 3 is, unsurprisingly, my favourite, no doubt because lost_spook had prepared me to adore Silver right from the start, but I've enjoyed all the ones I've seen (I have yet to see them all).

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Is assignment 3 when Silver shows up? I was wondering, because I'm super eager/curious to see him after all of Lost's hype! It was a bit slow at first and I found myself drifting away, but then things started piling up one on top of the other and I couldn't stop watching.