A man so saintly he has to grow a beard to protect the world, lol.
He can't seem to make up his mind whether it's also possibly sly, but he comes down on saintly twice. In the same paragraph as being sly and foxy. So, er... :lol:
I'm glad you're enjoying your 1970's TV tie-in. I suppose it helps it's not set in the 1970's and thus avoiding collecting all your favourite racist, sexist & homophobic stereotypes(!).
No, no, it has completely unwanted and unwarranted surprise!sexism, especially in its version of Ep 1. It went so abruptly Ben-Steed like, I might need to make a further post sometime about the whole thing. So, I am amused at some stuff, and it did answer the questions I wanted answering, but I am not okay with the horrible sexist crap it went and threw in. urgh.
I don't need PE books for facial descriptions! PE has Roger Marshall who has characters tell Frank he has a soulful look, or the right sort of face for a priest, or that he looks like a funny old hen, pecking around. (Mind, there IS a book, but I kind of resent it for existing - I'd like to swap it for the actual episode it's based on instead. I don't think I trust anyone who isn't Roger Marshall or Michael Chapman to novelise PE. And, look what a mess this bloke made of Enemy at the Door, so I suspect I am right to be wary.)
TV novelisations are a very special category of disappointment vs occasional delight. But mostly disappointment. I knew that, though. I went in with my eyes open, in the hope they'd tell me exactly what Major Richter's subject was and if he is or isn't a doctor. And they did, among other things. Just with bonus horrible sexism that I could have lived without. *shakes head*
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He can't seem to make up his mind whether it's also possibly sly, but he comes down on saintly twice. In the same paragraph as being sly and foxy. So, er... :lol:
I'm glad you're enjoying your 1970's TV tie-in. I suppose it helps it's not set in the 1970's and thus avoiding collecting all your favourite racist, sexist & homophobic stereotypes(!).
No, no, it has completely unwanted and unwarranted surprise!sexism, especially in its version of Ep 1. It went so abruptly Ben-Steed like, I might need to make a further post sometime about the whole thing. So, I am amused at some stuff, and it did answer the questions I wanted answering, but I am not okay with the horrible sexist crap it went and threw in. urgh.
I don't need PE books for facial descriptions! PE has Roger Marshall who has characters tell Frank he has a soulful look, or the right sort of face for a priest, or that he looks like a funny old hen, pecking around. (Mind, there IS a book, but I kind of resent it for existing - I'd like to swap it for the actual episode it's based on instead. I don't think I trust anyone who isn't Roger Marshall or Michael Chapman to novelise PE. And, look what a mess this bloke made of Enemy at the Door, so I suspect I am right to be wary.)
TV novelisations are a very special category of disappointment vs occasional delight. But mostly disappointment. I knew that, though. I went in with my eyes open, in the hope they'd tell me exactly what Major Richter's subject was and if he is or isn't a doctor. And they did, among other things. Just with bonus horrible sexism that I could have lived without. *shakes head*