Renee Shearer (093100@bud.cc.swin.edu.au)
Thu, 13 Nov 1997 17:33:39 +1100 (EST)
Dear PGers,
In all truthfulness, I loved the last series.
I thought there was a slight change of PG direction style, that worked
well.
Head & Heart was sensational. The conversation between Spike and Lynda
about his birthday, and him thinking that she had forgotten, and of
course that whole watch thing!
And then the conversation between Colin and the secretary and him getting
his tie stuck and ending up on the ground.
And the brand new "strokematic", from Reassureatron, with 16 individually
programmed stroke messages, tailored to your special needs, to give you
that somebody loves you feeling all day long.
I mean that was sensational, and that kiss!
It was so well written. I was in fits of laughter.
And the line at the office party when Lynda blows the whistle and
says, "maybe we could get that noise fixed". I was on the floor,
it was so typically Lynda.
Especially Lynda's decision of whether or not to print the story.
The fact that Spike stood up and said that she "did wrong", was
probably one of the best things about their whole relationship.
And the end when she pressed the strokematic and the applause came out.
It was like "Congratulations - look what you've done."
Talk about good writing.
Friendly Fire showed the history of the friendship between Sarah and
Lynda, which I think the audience needed to see.
Even the whole structure, when Sarah is reading Spike the letter.
We learnt what a good guy Spike was. Another brilliant episode.
And Quarter to Midnight, I don't care what anyone says, she saved herself
in the end. It wasn't Spike or any of the others. She set the timer,
she got herself out - just as she escaped, the fire in TAC. They did
do a good job of almost locating her though...
That was so well acted and the whole phone thing was ingenious.
And Spikes..."You stayed awake in Math".
Then Food, Love and Insecurity. Having Lynda as the waitress.
Sensational. And the stationary cupboard conversation.
Where she says, upon being called into a meeting, about
it killing the mood.
Windfall. When Colin managed to kill all of Julie's pets within seconds,
I was on the floor with laughter.
And as for There are crocodiles, well it was just amazing. Just as you
think it can't get better, it does. I have the opening monologue
on my wall. If you think about, it is so true and applies to most
sitations in life. You're told and you learn that certain actions
have certain consequences.
But it all goes back to the "cause and effect" argument. That all of
our actions have consequences and subconsciously we usually know what
consequences our actions will bring.
Sorry, I am a student of Philosophy - and had a great lecturer.
It was relevant, and quick. The O.D. storyline was handled extremely well.
We got to know a hell-u-va lot more about Lynda, and why she thinks the
way she does. Also the "Hell" scene. I mean if all those things happened.
Dealing with death, suicides - and where the blame lies there, having a
loved one almost die, you - yourself - almost dying on two occassions,
almost losing your paper on three occasions, through the article in the
magazine and through fire and getting the rights to run it professionally
was a struggle, I mean hell. When that finally all came to light
in TAC, the consequences and the choices she made, how much it really
affected her, was great to finally see.
What she said about drugs and killing yourself and what's-his-name,
"you took the drugs". And about the choices we have.
It is an episode I watch over and over again.
Sorry, to have taken up a lot of your time, but I needed to
explain my appreciation to you.
Some of the things in the show - some of the ideas - have helped me
make decisions and take stances on certain issues.
It's has also helped in working out the amount of commitment that is
needed to do the things you want to do in life.
I don't think many of the O'seas fans will know who Rex Hunt is.
He's a ex-sportsman turned prof. fisherman ad football commentator.
While he carries on to some extent and I wouldn't exactly call him a
mentor, but now and again he says something worth listening too.
It went something like this...
"The worst thing you can do in life, is to do the things you think
you should, the things that other people want you to do, AND NOT the things
you want to do."
Dead Poet's Society is also a movie I watch over and over again.
It's always about the choices we make and the consequences of our actions.
Whether the problem is as trivial as not getting enough sleep, or not
hanging the washing out, Or even the way we say things as opposed to what
we actually say - the whole "It's not what you say, but how you say it"
argument.
You may think that I'm a little too involved with the show, or that I think
too much - but when you come down to it, you have to make sense of life
and understand, or at least try to understand that when 18 people > die in a lanslide at Thredbo, it wasn't in vain.
Whether the problems we face, or the problems the world face were on
PG or not... is irrelevant.
The point is that we all came away a little better for having watched it.
Take Care,
Renee.
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