Felicity Leonard (leonardf@mpx.com.au)
Thu, 13 Nov 1997 21:27:40 +1100
As a huge fan of all of P.G. I have to agree with you that series 5 was
definatley something to remember. I loved the way they finally realised
that it had achieved some what of a cult following and adjusted the
direction of the series to suit. It was even better because I had
nightmares following the fourth series that Spike wouldn't be in it, after
all what would P.G. have been without Spike!
I only recently joined this mailing list, but it's great to find people as
obsessed about the show as I am.
Thanks
Felicity
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> From: Renee Shearer <093100@bud.cc.swin.edu.au>
> To: Press Gang Mailing List <pressgang@yoyo.org>
> Subject: Re: [pressgang] Season 5
> Date: Thursday, 13 November 1997 17:33
>
>
> 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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