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nigelswift
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Re: Detectorists
Dec 18, 2017, 16:47
Howburn Digger wrote:
"Detectorists" simply provided a pastoral setting for an ever so slightly dystopian society...


But is that a bad thing when so much is going to pot? It's music for the eyes, and you'd hardly object to people getting pleasure from music would you? It doesn't mean the bad stuff is being ignored.
tjj
tjj
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Edited Dec 19, 2017, 00:15
Re: Detectorists
Dec 19, 2017, 00:14
Howburn Digger wrote:

Dysfunctional broken families, children that parents have never seen as they grew up, corruption in the "Heritage" and building trade, grown-up working people forced to live wih their aging (sorry Diana...) parents because of forty-year old hot-air housing bubble... a lottery win that doesn't make you happy... crystal healing and wholemeal candle shops that are dying in their elusive customers non- footfall... cutting down trees to clear land for wind-farms... a mayor who loses his chain of office when out dogging...

"Detectorists" simply provided a pastoral setting for an ever so slightly dystopian society...


Can't disagree with any of the above - the final series did highlight an absence of integrity when archaeological work is being done for developers (something I had often wondered about). Also the cost to nature of solar energy farms - though can't see many other viable ways forward.

It also had mystical, clever magpies (and the Unthanks). Quietly anarchic - Andy using only water instead of weed killer to spray motorway verges while temping for Highway Maintenance; rescuing a hedgehog from being run over; making a peace pact with old adversaries to protect an ancient tree.

And the ending of course - it was a fairy tale in a wicked world.
nigelswift
8112 posts

Re: Detectorists
Dec 19, 2017, 05:29
tjj wrote:
the final series did highlight an absence of integrity when archaeological work is being done for developers (something I had often wondered about).


Yes, it happens, though how much is not known, by its very nature. "Developer funded archaeology" is obviously a dinky Tory ploy to give developers the ability to avoid delays by pesky archaeologists.
Sanctuary
Sanctuary
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Re: Detectorists
Dec 19, 2017, 08:32
tjj wrote:
Howburn Digger wrote:

Dysfunctional broken families, children that parents have never seen as they grew up, corruption in the "Heritage" and building trade, grown-up working people forced to live wih their aging (sorry Diana...) parents because of forty-year old hot-air housing bubble... a lottery win that doesn't make you happy... crystal healing and wholemeal candle shops that are dying in their elusive customers non- footfall... cutting down trees to clear land for wind-farms... a mayor who loses his chain of office when out dogging...

"Detectorists" simply provided a pastoral setting for an ever so slightly dystopian society...


Can't disagree with any of the above - the final series did highlight an absence of integrity when archaeological work is being done for developers (something I had often wondered about). Also the cost to nature of solar energy farms - though can't see many other viable ways forward.

It also had mystical, clever magpies (and the Unthanks). Quietly anarchic - Andy using only water instead of weed killer to spray motorway verges while temping for Highway Maintenance; rescuing a hedgehog from being run over; making a peace pact with old adversaries to protect an ancient tree.

And the ending of course - it was a fairy tale in a wicked world.


I didn't analyse it at all -just enjoyed it, just like I did yesterday when I was out with four pals with our detectors and dowsing rods on a farm on the banks of the River Tamar. The most beautiful day rounded off with the most fantastic sky as the sun went down. All the depressing stuff mentioned above gone for the day!
costaexpress
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Re: Detectorists
Dec 21, 2017, 16:49
Really enjoyed the series in strangely guilty sort of way, little bit like listening to Pet Sounds when you would normally play Electric Ladyland.
Sanctuary
Sanctuary
4670 posts

Re: Detectorists Petition
Jan 20, 2018, 12:15
https://www.change.org/p/mackenzie-crook-more-detectorists
texlahoma
texlahoma
891 posts

Re: Detectorists Petition
Jan 20, 2018, 13:10
Sanctuary wrote:


Brilliant! I love Detectorists.
Howburn Digger
Howburn Digger
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Re: Detectorists Petition
Jan 22, 2018, 23:22
Sanctuary wrote:


Oh lord. Someone stop them.

Detectorists is finished. It is over. Complete. I loved it. Probably my favourite TV series ever. Perfect cast. Beautifully written. Brilliant location shooting. Perfectly formed 3-DVD Boxset too. Finished and tied with a bow.

Can we have another five series worth please? Or just a one-hour Christmas Special next year? What happens when baby grows up? Lee Brady... pleeeease, listen to yourself! All the attendant problems of diminishing directorial interest, nicely optimistic open/dead-ended plot finale, non-availability of cast members, shrinking audiences busy with cat videos and porn... but someone has decided they want some more, the party isn't allowed to end...

I think the petitioner will have more luck petitioning Mr Cope to reform The Teardrop Explodes.
tjj
tjj
3606 posts

Re: Detectorists Petition
Jan 23, 2018, 10:42
Howburn Digger wrote:
Sanctuary wrote:


Oh lord. Someone stop them.

Detectorists is finished. It is over. Complete. I loved it. Probably my favourite TV series ever. Perfect cast. Beautifully written. Brilliant location shooting. Perfectly formed 3-DVD Boxset too. Finished and tied with a bow.

Can we have another five series worth please? Or just a one-hour Christmas Special next year? What happens when baby grows up? Lee Brady... pleeeease, listen to yourself! All the attendant problems of diminishing directorial interest, nicely optimistic open/dead-ended plot finale, non-availability of cast members, shrinking audiences busy with cat videos and porn... but someone has decided they want some more, the party isn't allowed to end...

I think the petitioner will have more luck petitioning Mr Cope to reform The Teardrop Explodes.


You expressed very well what I was thinking HD. However, in real life I'm not really an argumentative person so decided to say nothing. Its worth pointing out though, the still funny and now iconic 'Fawlty Towers' only ran for two series with six episodes in each, twelve episodes in total. Astute move on behalf of the writers, John Cleese and Connie Booth.
nigelswift
8112 posts

Re: Detectorists Petition
Jan 23, 2018, 11:46
Mackenzie Crook is clearly a writing superstar. Maybe he could get some more mileage out of the same characters taking up fishing or bird watching.

Or megalithomania. ;)
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