Source Code

Do NOT read if you have any intention of watching it!!!!

I went with some friends to watch Source Code and I enjoyed it …….. up until the end!

The scenario is, a Source Code (someone who is more dead than alive …. Well dead, except for some residual brain activity) can be sent back to a ‘shadow’ (I’d call it an echo) of what has gone before. So we’re talking parallel universes here, a subject I love.

However, we’re talking Hollywood here, so thrown in a love interest …… OMG love interest, we’d better make it have a happy ending …….. and leave it open in case the film is so popular, we can do a sequel!!!

The love interest, I don’t have the problem with, even the story was great.…….. It’s the ending I wish had been done different, like ending it 5 minutes earlier.

In order to go back, a captain (Jake Gyllenhall) finds himself in the body of a teacher who is travelling on the train and has to find out who bombed it. Now, once he had completes his mission it’s agreed that he go back to the train, one last time to save the people on it and the machine keeping him ‘alive’ is turned off. This happens and everything freezes, but does the film end there? Which to me would have been the perfect place, therefore allowing you to make your own ending. Nope, the time line resets itself, therefore allowing the Captain to carry on living in the body of the teacher (Sean) and you assume, going off to India with his new lady love.

Cutesy ending, no thought to the fact that the Captain now has to live his life as someone else.  What about the teacher’s family? Will he ignore them? Won’t they find it strange when suddenly he forgets things, he should know, like his families birthdays? How can you live yourself as someone else and what happened to Sean, the body he inhabits?

All the loose threads are tied up, and everything is too neat. So instead of coming out with thoughts and ideas zooming through your head, imagination flaring and knowing it had a great ending, you come out feeling,’ that was good, now where did I leave the car?’

A fun film, just a shame about the sour after taste.

Primeval – Beware Spoilers!!!!

Connor, don’t get in the car!!!!  Someone should tell him that if he’s not careful he’s going to find himself on DS9 and that Bashir has obviously been sent mad by Odo!

Must admit, I thought the whole Ethan/Patrick thing was a bit contrived!  Brothers? Changed name?
But I still enjoyed the ep.  How can you not loved mad Terrorbirds and other assorted dinosaurs.

It was good to see Jenny, even if I secretly hoped it’d be Claudia and we’d done another reality switch.

This series felt as though it was winding up old threads that had been left hanging by the cancellation, but the promise of more to come is going to make it damn interesting.

My other slight whinge – Lester is underutilised. Though it was nice to see that his friendship with Danny was still there.  Lester is brilliant. Under that gruff, you’re all thorns in my side, exterior, he does care about them all, even Connor, he just tries to make sure no-one sees it. But all through the series, where were his quips, comebacks?? Okay, some were there, but I could have done with seing more Lester.

Going to have to go round and see what fanfiction this last ep has kicked out, not that I have a soft spot for Connor in danger or anything, of course.

I’ve also noticed the way Jess has dolled herself up, since she’s saved Becker.  Question is, is it going to turn into another Abby/Connor scenario? Eg. They like each other, but neither side will exactly come out and say anything? Which, unfortunately, is a running theme not only of primeval, but tv shows in general!!!!

Ah well, just have to wait and see for the next season  L