Manchester vs Blackpool; with screencaps
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donnaimmaculataSo, I've been fandom-hopping lately, never staying long enough to get involved with a new fandom and only checking them out superficially. And so I don't have much to say with profound fannish contents and instead I've made some screencaps. They are brought to you by a realisation that had dawned after I've been watching Life on Mars. A trend has been developing that is as unexpected as it is alarming: I realised that I found Gene Hunt quite irresistible. - An, to use Sam's famous quote, "overweight, over-the-hill, nicotine-stained, borderline alcoholic homophobe with a superiority complex and an unhealthy obsession with male bonding" - and that despite the fact that I've always thought I like the skinny, fragile artsy types. And then I realised that it had happened before, when I was watching Blackpool, where the sleazy, sexist homophobe Ripley Holden quite managed to charm me. It wasn't much of a stretch to draw the parallels, and to illustrate my point, I've made screencaps of the relevant scenes. The post is quite picture-heavy (30+), but it's got some nakedness and chest-touching as redeeming features.
~ Both series begin with some sort of backstory to introduce the characters ~
...but my interest peaks when the dark-haired skinny guy, dressed in casual, strangely anachronistic, disturbingly hot clothes, bursts into another man's territory...
...and immediately acts as though he owns the place.
Gene's pissed off.
So's Ripley.
Nevertheless, Gene makes the first move.
Ripley's quite pushy, too.
But apart from that little anger management problem, Gene's really very cool.
However, it's Ripley who wears the best shirts of the lot. And sunglasses. Ripley: cooler > everyone.
Even his tan coat is slightly cooler than...
Gene's tan coat. (It was really quite difficult to get a good shot of Gene without Ray hanging around in the background. Gene/Ray OTP?)
Ah, but then: Gene's trunks are the best thing ever. And the camera did linger lovingly on them. *insert your own "tickled open a few doors" joke*
Ripley's trunks are more subdued, and there is no full frontal of them, either.
The trunks are rather cooler than the grandfatherly vest Sam's wearing,though.
Peter also likes white underwear. Hidden symbolism? Subtle characterisation via underwear colour? Discuss.
Ripley's got a son who's very, very cute.
Gene's got a son substitute who's very, very cute.
The boys both get into a spot of trouble with the police...
...who's very understanding and supportiveand hot.
There's also a cute-ish brunette who serves to propell a bit of a het romance.
But as she's too nice and harmless, this subplot holds no interest for me.
Well, not absolutely no interest...
Sam and Peter both make their women gain confidence and self-assurance. Which they probably manage by being a good shag.
Not that there's ever been any doubt about that.
Just make sure your bed's got a stable headboard.
"I'm good with wives" says Peter and immediately proceeds to prove his point by seducing his main suspect's wife. The dirty little perv.
Sam doesn't make as many words about this particular talent of his, but he proves it nevertheless by getting his own mother completely smitten and flustered. The dirtier little perv.
Bored with all this wife action, Peter goes to talk to whores.
Sam beats him in this category by inviting a whore home for the purpose of having kinky sex on drugs with her. He's adjusting to the 1973 way of policing rather well.
But mostly, the guys just hang out with the gang.
Peter isn't allowed in the gang, as he shags the alpha's wife :-(
"Here comes Mary, Queen of Scots". - Despite being pissed off with Peter, Ripley still shows his affection by giving him cute nicknames (including "Braveheart" and "Jack of the Ages" (actually, I've no idea whether this really is the phrase he used, as I've got trouble understanding Ripley at times))
"Do I still get my wotsits mixed up, Gladys?" Gene proves himself hardly less inventive when it comes to nicknames ("wonder boy", "my little deputy dawg").
Sam and Gene go to a club where Gene shows that he likes to party wild.
But Ripley likes to party wilder.
~ And so, after many adventures for the boys, both series end with a wedding for the girls ~
Where Peter talks to the woman he loves...
...and Sam talks to the woman he loves...
...and the woman he loves more.
But then Peter goes to have a beer and a man-to-man conversation with Ripley.
And Sam goes to the pub with Gene and the gang. And really, who could blame him?
The End.
~ Both series begin with some sort of backstory to introduce the characters ~
...but my interest peaks when the dark-haired skinny guy, dressed in casual, strangely anachronistic, disturbingly hot clothes, bursts into another man's territory...
...and immediately acts as though he owns the place.
Gene's pissed off.
So's Ripley.
Nevertheless, Gene makes the first move.
Ripley's quite pushy, too.
But apart from that little anger management problem, Gene's really very cool.
However, it's Ripley who wears the best shirts of the lot. And sunglasses. Ripley: cooler > everyone.
Even his tan coat is slightly cooler than...
Gene's tan coat. (It was really quite difficult to get a good shot of Gene without Ray hanging around in the background. Gene/Ray OTP?)
Ah, but then: Gene's trunks are the best thing ever. And the camera did linger lovingly on them. *insert your own "tickled open a few doors" joke*
Ripley's trunks are more subdued, and there is no full frontal of them, either.
The trunks are rather cooler than the grandfatherly vest Sam's wearing,though.
Peter also likes white underwear. Hidden symbolism? Subtle characterisation via underwear colour? Discuss.
Ripley's got a son who's very, very cute.
Gene's got a son substitute who's very, very cute.
The boys both get into a spot of trouble with the police...
...who's very understanding and supportive
There's also a cute-ish brunette who serves to propell a bit of a het romance.
But as she's too nice and harmless, this subplot holds no interest for me.
Well, not absolutely no interest...
Sam and Peter both make their women gain confidence and self-assurance. Which they probably manage by being a good shag.
Not that there's ever been any doubt about that.
Just make sure your bed's got a stable headboard.
"I'm good with wives" says Peter and immediately proceeds to prove his point by seducing his main suspect's wife. The dirty little perv.
Sam doesn't make as many words about this particular talent of his, but he proves it nevertheless by getting his own mother completely smitten and flustered. The dirtier little perv.
Bored with all this wife action, Peter goes to talk to whores.
Sam beats him in this category by inviting a whore home for the purpose of having kinky sex on drugs with her. He's adjusting to the 1973 way of policing rather well.
But mostly, the guys just hang out with the gang.
Peter isn't allowed in the gang, as he shags the alpha's wife :-(
"Here comes Mary, Queen of Scots". - Despite being pissed off with Peter, Ripley still shows his affection by giving him cute nicknames (including "Braveheart" and "Jack of the Ages" (actually, I've no idea whether this really is the phrase he used, as I've got trouble understanding Ripley at times))
"Do I still get my wotsits mixed up, Gladys?" Gene proves himself hardly less inventive when it comes to nicknames ("wonder boy", "my little deputy dawg").
Sam and Gene go to a club where Gene shows that he likes to party wild.
But Ripley likes to party wilder.
~ And so, after many adventures for the boys, both series end with a wedding for the girls ~
Where Peter talks to the woman he loves...
...and Sam talks to the woman he loves...
...and the woman he loves more.
But then Peter goes to have a beer and a man-to-man conversation with Ripley.
And Sam goes to the pub with Gene and the gang. And really, who could blame him?
The End.
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Date: 2006-10-13 07:46 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-10-13 07:52 pm (UTC)I had noticed the tan coat thing, but the rest of it slipped right by me ;).
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Date: 2006-10-13 07:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-13 08:20 pm (UTC)Now I want to see Blackpool. *sigh*
But I want to go home and rewatch my LoM DVDs even more.
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Date: 2006-10-13 08:39 pm (UTC)I <3 Blackpool. It's got a hawt sex scene with karaoke singing in it. And David Tennant is always putting something in his mouth.
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Date: 2006-10-14 02:37 am (UTC)That's totally the line I'm going to use to sell people on Blackpool, now.
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Date: 2006-10-14 02:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-15 05:19 am (UTC)OP: Have an internet. *gives*
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Date: 2007-09-17 12:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-13 11:10 pm (UTC)(It was really quite difficult to get a good shot of Gene without Ray hanging around in the background. Gene/Ray OTP?)
In Ray's dreams.
Actually, I've been contemplating that a lot myself lately. I'm surprised there aren't more Gene/Ray stories around.
I have to admit, I like Gene as a person a great deal more than I like Ripley, but by the end of Blackpool I did think Ripley was awesome. I just took a while to warm up to him.
This was wonderfully amusing - thank you!
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Date: 2006-10-14 10:29 am (UTC)It's probably because of the smallness of the fandom. Obscure pairings have a difficult stand. But yeah, Gene/Ray totally makes sense. They actually seem to openly like each other before episode 7.
Gene is made more sympathetic much earlier on, while Ripley remains the sleazy bastard till the very end. I think I really began to like him on second viewing when I already knew how the story would end for him.
I'm happy to entertain.
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Date: 2006-10-13 11:35 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-10-13 11:56 pm (UTC)Anyway, what IS the thing that the one guy is.. holding in his hand? in the "Ah, but then: Gene's trunks are the best thing ever." picture?!?!?! (Oh, ok, the guy = Gene. But whatever, it doesn't answer my question!)
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Date: 2006-10-14 12:02 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-10-14 10:45 am (UTC)Ahaha! I can see what you mean. I needs a fresh and unspoiled eye to see what you saw, I suppose, because everyone who watched the show knows that Gene's is in the process of arresting and is holding a guy down, twisting his arm behind his back. The "thing" is the arestee's hand.
Brilliant. Thank you for this.
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Date: 2006-10-14 02:03 am (UTC)Random piece of information alert: BBC America will be showing the sequel to Blackpool on October 28th. No David Tennant but lots of yummy David Morrissey.
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Date: 2006-10-14 02:19 pm (UTC)Ah, since I'm not in the US, I won't be able to watch it. Shame.
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Date: 2006-10-14 09:41 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-10-21 07:11 pm (UTC)I love Blackpool and Life on Mars. And that was brilliant. Eeee! :D
xxxxxx
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Date: 2006-10-23 10:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-09 05:50 pm (UTC)HILARIOUS!! Thank you so much!
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Date: 2006-12-10 06:37 pm (UTC)Glad you enjoyed this. Finding matching caps was great fun - and I had to rewatch the shows thoroughly, which is always a good thing.
WOW!!
Date: 2007-02-15 04:35 pm (UTC)Jen (AKA Gene's Bitch)
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Date: 2007-02-23 11:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-25 11:12 am (UTC)Ah, the trunks. They do deserve their own thread.
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Date: 2007-02-25 10:11 pm (UTC)Have you seen Holding On? I don't think this was ever repeated but have just got the DVD purely on the strength that I remember seeing David Morrisey in the buff. Oh, and the series was very good too.
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Date: 2007-02-26 05:43 pm (UTC)I've never seen Holding On, no. The only other show with David Morrissey I've ever seen was State of Play. - Which, of course, has the added bonus of also having Philip Glenister in it. And other magnificent actors.
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Date: 2007-02-27 08:12 pm (UTC)State of Play - fabulous; PG, and then loads of other brilliant actors too.
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Date: 2007-03-28 08:48 pm (UTC)Made my fucking WEEK.
THE COMPARISONS ARE ENDLESS. Well. Almost.
And now I have dirty Peter Carlisle/Sam Tyler thoughts.
...Yum.
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Date: 2007-03-29 02:34 pm (UTC)I'm sure it's possible to find even more parallels, but rewatching both series and making these caps took for-fucking-ever, and I had to give up at some point.
Peter Carlisle/Sam Tyler would be yummy. Mindblowingly so. Mm...
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Date: 2007-04-11 03:17 pm (UTC)XD
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Date: 2007-09-16 09:29 am (UTC)Thanks, I love this kind of stuff xD
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Date: 2007-09-17 12:12 pm (UTC)Glad you liked it :-)
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Date: 2008-01-01 01:58 pm (UTC)(I know I'm a little late on the uptake, but it's the thought that counts right?). Two of my favourite shows, and any excuse to ogle at John Simm and David Tennant. That's me.
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Date: 2008-01-01 05:54 pm (UTC)(And late comments are great: I've been thinking I should leave them more often myself.) Ogling John and David is a very commendable pastime, but don't forget Gene's Trunks o' Hot!
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Date: 2008-01-01 10:55 pm (UTC)