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Comments on: Eve’s Queens Love Veronica http://sharpener.johnband.org/2005/10/eves-queens-love-veronica/ Trying to make a point Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:21:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Katherine http://sharpener.johnband.org/2005/10/eves-queens-love-veronica/#comment-3269 Mon, 03 Oct 2005 11:18:19 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/?p=148#comment-3269 Elizabeth I may not have been terribly original, but I appreciated the excellent acting on display. And it is interesting to see the Earl of Leicester portrayed as something other than a pointless fop.

And you missed mentioning the Firefly weekend on the Sci-Fi channel (I can just about justify that blatant personal plug on the basis that it was done by Joss Whedon and you mentined Buffy. Or something). Watch it next time it’s on! It’s really really good!

]]> By: Will http://sharpener.johnband.org/2005/10/eves-queens-love-veronica/#comment-3267 Mon, 03 Oct 2005 10:08:45 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/?p=148#comment-3267

Sensibly, the programme ended without a ‘let’s all stand round in the office and explain it to each other’ scene which would have required some combination of Mamet and Kafka to do it full justice.

True, and it was a very strong second episode, but I was left slightly bemused that we weren’t told whether the bent copper who’d been helping the villains got banged to rights or not.

]]> By: Nick http://sharpener.johnband.org/2005/10/eves-queens-love-veronica/#comment-3265 Sun, 02 Oct 2005 21:46:11 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/?p=148#comment-3265 No, it is Peter, as confirmed by the official site. But like I said, it’s not like anyone ever uses it, so I doubt he remembers it most of the time.

]]> By: Peter Gasston http://sharpener.johnband.org/2005/10/eves-queens-love-veronica/#comment-3264 Sun, 02 Oct 2005 21:20:01 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/?p=148#comment-3264 I think that Boyd’s first name was given as Phil, not Peter.

]]> By: Backword Dave http://sharpener.johnband.org/2005/10/eves-queens-love-veronica/#comment-3261 Sun, 02 Oct 2005 14:31:48 +0000 http://www.thesharpener.net/?p=148#comment-3261 “Helen Mirren as Elizabeth I, the latest attempt in her ongoing war with Judi Dench to play the most Queens in their career.”

But darling, what about Sir Ian?

“[The] wild rollercoaster of the female half which, veered from the banal to the downright weird …”

Sounds like an accurate portrayal of the inside of women’s heads to me.

And Rik Mayall. Well, I watched Spooks, though I thought (briefly) about EI. But Mayall as a grand father? I just picture him and his partner cooing over a grandchild when …

[Wall (clearly cardboard) partly collapses leaving a roughly human outline as Ade Edmondson enters, carrying a shovel]
Ade: Bah-stard!
Rik: Oh-er!
Wife: Who’s this?
Ade: Bah-stard! [Looks at baby] You … bah-stard! [Throws baby through window; glass tinkles, baby-shaped outline is left in the glass]
Wife: Hey!
Ade knocks her out with the shovel: Bah-stard.
Rik: Fancy seeing you again.
Ade thows away the shovel and punches him: Bah-stard.
And so on for five minutes of gratutious swearing and violence.
Ade: Bah-stard! Bah-stard! Bah-stard! Bah-stard! Bah-stard!

I’m not sure I could take that.

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