tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235139994190228.post3325538552690401519..comments2024-01-10T00:07:48.304+00:00Comments on Cathode Ray Tube: LIFE ON MARS U.S. - EPISODE 3: MY MAHARISHI IS BIGGER THAN YOUR MAHARISHIFrank Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00680654042528560764noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235139994190228.post-42555168680223926632008-10-29T00:38:00.000+00:002008-10-29T00:38:00.000+00:00Ah, Mr. Webb. I've been expecting you. OK. What I ...Ah, Mr. Webb. I've been expecting you. <BR/><BR/>OK. What I meant by the 'only good gay man is a dead gay man' was really a comment on how Hollywood has previously treated gay characters. It has improved but there was a period where as soon as a gay character was introduced you knew he'd be dead by the end. Or turned evil. Or both. Your interpretation is an interesting one as it has a redemptive aspect to it which I assume was what they were gong for here. <BR/><BR/>Yeah. Forget the Glennister portrayal here. It's madness to compare them because Harvey is doing his own thing. And quite right too. And I have now seen the unaired pilot with Colm Meaney and they were totally right in recasting. Much as I love Meaney he was definitely lacking in charisma playing Gene.Frank Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00680654042528560764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235139994190228.post-15401614278655879982008-10-28T23:31:00.000+00:002008-10-28T23:31:00.000+00:00Interesting review. I've really got to watch the ...Interesting review. I've <I>really</I> got to watch the show.<BR/><BR/>A couple of things spring to mind; the "only good gay man is a dead gay man" trope - what do you mean by that, since it seems to have a couple of possible interpretations. The one that sprang to mind was that you can only portray a gay man as being good once he's dead, so the writer would essentially be eulogizing the dead man and knocking down preconceptions by revealing his life through the eyes of others. Which I suppose still leaves the issue of the living gay characters being revealed as less than perfect, or lesser beings than the dead chap.<BR/><BR/>Harvey Keitel doesn't have the physical stature to match Glennister's Gene Hunt (or at least, I'm saying that Glennister always seems to be about seven feet tall - is it just camera angles?) nor have I ever seen him do bombastic. I have, however, seen him do vicious, conscienceless, cold blooded and relentless. It sounds to me like he's playing to his strengths, or at least to expectations, but that gives me an immediate interest in watching. The Gene Genie, who is well on the way to being an icon (and might be something really interesting, if the hints dropped in Ashes to Ashes were anything to go on), doesn't need to be imitated for the US LoM to be a success. So, on the strength of the review, I shall find it and watch it.David Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11648632077632519082noreply@blogger.com