Ashes to Ashes

[donnaimmaculata]

So, I've finally managed to get hold of episode one and watch it, and...

IT'S A FANFIC, IT'S A BLOODY FANFIC!

We all read fics like that: smart-sassy-spunky modern grrrrl has an "accident" and wakes up in a fantasy world she's read a lot about/seen a movie about, meets the Hero, who's very rude but also very compelling, he insults, she sasses back, she knows what's going on, because she's watched the Lord of the Rings movies watched the Harry Potter movies watched the Pirates of the Caribbean movies read Sam Tyler's report a hundred times, they fight, they not-quite kiss, he's "taller than she expected" and she's "got curves in all the right places", and jokes, characters and scenarios from the original show are merrily recycled.

There even was bloody exposition about how the missus has left Gene. Do the authors know no shame?

I bet there will be hurt/comfort soon - the proper kind, with the one party wiping the other party's sweaty brow. Around episode four.

The cheesy 80s look doesn't exactly help.

Comments

[cherusha.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHAHAHA! I love this rant.

If that's the show, then I'm glad I decided not to watch it. I just stick with the denial-fic, thankyou.

[donnaimmaculata.livejournal.com]

It was so... bizarre! I couldn't believe that I saw an average ff.net fic acted out in a major BBC show. They actually put all the main ingredients in, including her fainting and him carrying her, and other people commenting on how hot she is, and her going on about how she knows where she is and what's going on because she's read the story. - It can still turn out quite amusing and enjoyable, but it's so unoriginal it hurts.

Sticking with the denial fic sounds like a good plan, actually. However, I can see myself watching the next few episodes, just to make sure. I am looking forward to the hurt/comfort, after all, thankyouverymuch ;-)