Comments | erudito: So, now I have experienced The Tomorrow People

erudito

So, now I have experienced The Tomorrow People

Aug 28, 2010 14:13

Friday night, went to my first meeting of Spaced Out Inc, the Melbourne queer SF club. It was a session at the Richmond Library viewing selected episodes of The Tomorrow People, a series I had heard of but never seen. We saw the first episode ever (from the Slaves of Jedikiah series), the first episode that introduced Peter Davison to the world of ( Read more... )

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shu_shu_sleeps August 28 2010, 09:23:11 UTC

I adored that show as a kid, Mum wouldn't let me watch Dr Who (it gave me nightmares) but would let me watch The Tomorrow People. Completely missed any resonances :) I think my favourite storyline may have been the Blue and Green episodes - it tackled prejudice.

usuakari August 29 2010, 02:55:59 UTC

Oh, if only I'd known you weren't aware of Spaced Out's existence... While I'm very rarely an active member of any fan group for anything I do like to keep an occasional eye on the scene and have been aware of Spaced Out for a few years now.

I'd never really considered a queer subtext for The Tomorrow People before. It works, I suppose, but only if you're going to argue that every mutant who develops their mutant powers during puberty and needs/decides to keep it quiet also has a queer subtext. Which you could. Or argue that it's all just about sex generally. Or not at all. *shrug*

Resonances erudito August 29 2010, 04:49:05 UTC

Oh, if only I'd known you weren't aware of Spaced Out's existence...
That would come into the category of unknown unknowns: you didn't know that I didn't know. :)

The resonance does not have to be perfect, just have enough overlap to connect. It is an analogy, and that is how analogies work.

Re: Resonances usuakari August 29 2010, 08:53:56 UTC

That would come into the category of unknown unknowns: you didn't know that I didn't know. :)

I'm not sure if that leaves us sounding like Rumsfeld... or the cast of Metal Mickey.

Re: Resonances erudito August 29 2010, 09:20:28 UTC

Rumsfeld's original statement made perfect sense: it was the people who sneered at it who were being dumb.

Not up on the Metal Mickey reference.

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The Tomorrow People! anonymous August 29 2010, 11:55:56 UTC

Raced home from school every Tuesday to watch that.Gave me goose bumps!
Another fabulous 60s /70s series was Time Warp!( UK)..3 parallel universes set 15 years into the future and one in WW2( two children,boy/girl trying to `get back` go forward..whatever...gave me more goose bumps....( am writing from long distance memory only! May be a bit time warped myself but love the goose bumps!)
Miss m btw : )

( miss m btw : ) )

Annonymous/daisybellsring daisybellsring August 29 2010, 12:00:00 UTC

meant to sign in- : )

Time Slip! daisybellsring August 29 2010, 12:05:51 UTC

Not Time Warp! Time Slip! Ah ! Its coming back to me! Great music too..dramatic and foreboding.