tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post5321168659513085916..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: That sinking feeling by Jan NeedleKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-85178203864788868242012-04-15T21:23:37.573+01:002012-04-15T21:23:37.573+01:00Just reading Andrew Motion's Silver to get mys...Just reading Andrew Motion's Silver to get myself in the proper mood for fast boats and violence in Silver and Blood. Thanks for a great postjulia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-66339712971592594652012-04-15T15:25:47.626+01:002012-04-15T15:25:47.626+01:00Will try to stop laughing about the final Bond com...Will try to stop laughing about the final Bond comment for long enough to make a sensible comment. But I've been frazzled all day by trying to work out twittering and virtual attendance at the Digital Minds conference. I should stop doing that and start work on reviewing Mr Needle's finest latest ebook offerings. Get back into my reviewing box. I feel safer and more comfortable there than in the world of twitbook where I'm going down more certainly than the Titanic. And if you don't mind spoilers you should all check out Peter Tarnofsky's They all Die at the End... (reviewed, inevitably on indieebookreview site) And Jan... oh yes, it's all a POV isn't it? I'm going to have that tattooed on my forehead. NOW.CallyPhillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15481379296340077102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-25024312304954639182012-04-15T14:16:14.093+01:002012-04-15T14:16:14.093+01:00just been hauled over the coals by vivien for that...just been hauled over the coals by vivien for that. bond described the ENDING of the play as 'almost irresponsibly optimistic.'because someone mends a broken chair, i believe. ah well, it's a pov.Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-11161835949895624892012-04-15T14:05:59.755+01:002012-04-15T14:05:59.755+01:00i wouldnt bother thanks, john. i work on the headl...i wouldnt bother thanks, john. i work on the headline principle - tell em someone's minced, and they'll want to know how, where and why! it's the whole sad process of the serial and the novel that i was interested in. not many people, sadly, expect a happy ending from me. and edward bond thought the stoning of the baby in saved meant it was an optimistic piece...Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-31622866558461826982012-04-15T12:58:54.603+01:002012-04-15T12:58:54.603+01:00Jan...just realised...lazy Sunday thinking...I may...Jan...just realised...lazy Sunday thinking...I may have just posted a spoiler for the story in that first comment...no problem, I can delete it, and this one...and you can delete your reply, if I've posted an important plot point there like an ixxxt...just let me know if you need that done...not since Watergate can paper trails be erased so readily!John A. A. Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03613779477853664598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-85727045517814075872012-04-15T12:38:49.974+01:002012-04-15T12:38:49.974+01:00so much for ambiguity, eh? there were only three e...so much for ambiguity, eh? there were only three episodes. whether or not the soldier was dead, or whether he killed himself or was killed by the soldiers, was left open - not purely for artistic reasons. i wasn't trying to blame anyone. even then, one wasn't sure who exactly to blame for what. sorry about your stolen milk though, john!Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-8665650337438043952012-04-15T11:51:52.624+01:002012-04-15T11:51:52.624+01:00P.S. Yes, that dark, subliminal undercurrent that&...P.S. Yes, that dark, subliminal undercurrent that's in "Christmas feel-good classics" like It's A Wonderful Life...or in Roald Dahl's work (and the 1971 film version of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory")...is often overlooked...it passes into the subconscious "under the radar" so to speak, but then perhaps that is the best way for art to work, and the only way to get Truth past certain perennial gatekeepers etc...I remember as a child it was only the material that "rang true", that had some dark subliminal strand to go with the light, which excited my imagination.John A. A. Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03613779477853664598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-66630270504793254302012-04-15T11:44:00.564+01:002012-04-15T11:44:00.564+01:00Folk were discussing A Game of Soldiers on Youtube...Folk were discussing A Game of Soldiers on Youtube 3 days ago Jan...yearinthelifeofaneng has been waiting 30 years nearly to see Part 4...<br />They should show it on TV, Tumbledown was shown again not long ago.<br />Aye, Thatcher eh, those were the days...(whistle whistle)...I'm still considering going to the European Court of Human Rights to get my milk back!<br />All best, John<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC6J9p2-Yqw<br />(copy/paste link into browser to view)<br /><br />Published on Mar 24, 2012 by CaptainSiCo<br />Part One of Jan Needle's drama 'A Game of Soldiers', shown as part of Thames Television's series for schools Middle English. Originally transmitted in September 1983.<br /><br />I may be remembering this incorrectly, but I think there were only three episodes (the soldier was killed at the end of the final episode). Unfortunately, I only have part one at present.<br />CaptainSiCo in reply to yearinthelifeofaneng (Show the comment) 3 days ago<br /><br />Reply <br />My teacher got us to watch this in 1983 but only recorded the first three episodes, so we never got to watch the fourth and final part. I've been waiting 30 years, so if you have it...<br />yearinthelifeofaneng 3 days agoJohn A. A. Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03613779477853664598noreply@blogger.com