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Moar Who-related rambling
Nov. 10th, 2008 11:36 pmCatching up on The Sarah Jane Adventures - I just finished "Day of the Clown," and I'm liking Rani and her dad and loving her mom. And in general I'm finding S2 even better, on average, than S1 was.
But you know what never ceases to amaze me about the show? That it's a sci-fi adventure show, and the titular lead is a 60-year-old woman; that's why it would never be made in America, but it's also what gives the show its hefty dose of AWESOME. (Because let's face it, great as Luke, Clyde, Maria and Rani are, Sarah Jane is what makes the show so good.)
Now admittedly, as 60-year-old women go Lis Sladen is pretty spry, and she's aged in that amazingly good way that so many British actresses do that makes you wonder if they've been bathing in virgins' blood (look at this for an example of her generally unchanging look over the years), so she can definitely handle the action required of the role...but still, when you look at the recent pictures of Sladen, and then realize that she's older than the actor who played the First Doctor was when he retired (the one who appeared in my post on An Unearthly Child a couple days ago), it is kind of flabbergasting.
(Also words cannot express how much I am looking forward to upcoming developments on SJA (warning, spoilery). But there has been much squeeing, oh yes, and there will be much more.)
But you know what never ceases to amaze me about the show? That it's a sci-fi adventure show, and the titular lead is a 60-year-old woman; that's why it would never be made in America, but it's also what gives the show its hefty dose of AWESOME. (Because let's face it, great as Luke, Clyde, Maria and Rani are, Sarah Jane is what makes the show so good.)
Now admittedly, as 60-year-old women go Lis Sladen is pretty spry, and she's aged in that amazingly good way that so many British actresses do that makes you wonder if they've been bathing in virgins' blood (look at this for an example of her generally unchanging look over the years), so she can definitely handle the action required of the role...but still, when you look at the recent pictures of Sladen, and then realize that she's older than the actor who played the First Doctor was when he retired (the one who appeared in my post on An Unearthly Child a couple days ago), it is kind of flabbergasting.
(Also words cannot express how much I am looking forward to upcoming developments on SJA (warning, spoilery). But there has been much squeeing, oh yes, and there will be much more.)
