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[ashamel]

Kyla was interviewed by Eye of Fire magazine last year, and we have been given permission to reprint it on our website: Kyla Ward interview.

In the meantime, some quick reviews.

The Disappearance of Alice Creed: well made and interesting, but Alice herself gets most of the dodgy moments of plot, which undermines what they were attempting.

Comments

[jack_ryder]

What did you think they were doing with Alice Creed? I had the distinct impression they changed the ending from what they originally planned (for the better, I might add.)

[ashamel]

It seemed to me built as a three-way character piece with each of them screwing over the others in turn. Alice obviously starts at a grave disadvantage, but various stupidities of plot (in particular the scene where she retrieves the keys from the jacket) undermine her ascendency, even given the ending.

[dreamer_easy]

MR. DURSLEY: YOU DEFLATE YOUR AUNT RIGHT NOW!

HARRY: FUCK ALL Y’ALL AND THIS POPSICLE STAND!

AUNT MARGE IN THE DISTANCE: AHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Happy times, happy times.

[stephen_dedman]

The Underbelly series seems to me to be getting weaker with each iteration - not that The Golden Mile wasn't interesting, but the plot arc (particularly the conclusion) was less coherent and much less satisfying than in the predecessors.

I was also a little irked that they missed including one of the unintentionally hilarious notes from the true story - during the incriminating conversation between two cops in a car, the cop who (rightly) suspected the car was bugged was playing the car radio in the hope of drowning out the conversation, so the background soundtrack was "Baby did a bad bad thing.". When the conversation was played on 4 Corners, they had to point out that they hadn't added the music.

[ashamel]

We haven't got to the conclusion yet, but that sounds a shame, on both counts.

[ashamel]

I enjoyed the end of The Golden Mile (having finally managed to see it). Showing not just the Wood Royal Commission but the aftermath of it seemed a sensible conclusion.