Restless

[kissmekate]

It's no longer on iPlayer now, sadly I hope there will be a DVD out soon.

[rueful]

Jan 5, 2013 14:10:31 GMT adina said:

I won't dare to join in the serious conversation though - my only base is a pile of first impressions.

Adina, your "impressions" are always as smart and insightful as anyone else's "serious conversation"!

...I was humming "London is very pleased. Very. London is very pleased. Very. ..." - hah, the innocent happy bunny before the snake swallowed her. Because that is what happened.
Ah, yes, Restless is as friendly as a cobra. The main characters are sooo tough and smart....and merciless.

I love how you expressed this!

Romer's way to recruit Eva made me shiver. From the (one of the most beautifully delivered Rufus lines ever) "My deepest sympathy." to the "Kolia asked me to ask you." he went on doggedly trying to find the perfect grip. (In the Stoppard play Rock'n'Roll, Jan suffered a similar treatment...grrrr!)

I agree--I thought Lucas was really rotten in that scene at the funeral! Since that was the first scene with him, I was afraid I wouldn't like him at all. (Well, I was afraid I wouldn't like him, in the same way as I "don't like" Aggie, or Jasper, or any of the other manipulative b@st@rds Rufus has played before--that is, that I'd love him desperately, but only because of his Rufusness. )

I think the film was really tense (oh, and the violent scenes were very brutal - that last kick or the pencil attack - well, they were nicely dropping these bits throughout the film), in the window scene in Alfie's flat Romer's appearing made my hair stand on end! I saw that gorgeous man and I wanted to climb under my bed, ahhhhh!

I agree, the series did a great job of building suspense and tension. As you said, Rufus's subtle expressions of "control" made it hard to know what to think of him...., was he excellent at playing a spy!

So I hope after seeing Restless the administration of the Rooftop will set up a double password system and will ban pencil using.

Personally, I've gone out and bought several boxes of pre-sharpened pencils.

P.S. And just to prove that I'm not a team player - I think Eva was very tough. My interpretation of the training scenes is she did it thrilled by the challenge - she was the last who started the you-are-lost-in-nowhere game and she was the first who got home and she looked very proud of herself.

I also thought she did well both in Venlo and in New Mexico when the plans went awry and she had to think on her feet. I wish they had more time in the series to show a couple more missions that went right, aside from the "honeypot" scheme. That technically went as planned but required actions on her part that might have distressed anyone. If they had shown more successes, then it might not seem like Eva was always running around in a panic.

[GreenEyesToo]

Sadly - and totally inexplicably, given this was a BBC co-production - I have had this response to my e-mail to the DVD enquiry section at the BBC:

Thank you for your recent communication regarding the availability of the below programme on DVD.

We are very sorry to disappoint you but unfortunately we have not acquired the DVD rights to this programme, so I am afraid we have no plans to release it.



I've also e-mailed Endor Prodictions, via Red Arrow, so hopefully we'll get a more encouraging response from them.

(BBC = numbskulls! :

[kygal]

LOL Rueful on your Romer thoughts.


Thats a shame. The BBC must not like us!

[jamolivej]

Not again BBC. Words escape me. Let's hope better news from Endor GE2.

[rueful]

Jan 7, 2013 19:59:56 GMT GreenEyesToo said:

Sadly - and totally inexplicably, given this was a BBC co-production - I have had this response to my e-mail to the DVD enquiry section at the BBC:

Thank you for your recent communication regarding the availability of the below programme on DVD.

We are very sorry to disappoint you but unfortunately we have not acquired the DVD rights to this programme, so I am afraid we have no plans to release it.

What? What? WHAT?!

[GreenEyesToo]

Quite!!!

[Petruchio - Good God]

Jan 7, 2013 19:59:56 GMT GreenEyesToo said:

Sadly - and totally inexplicably, given this was a BBC co-production - I have had this response to my e-mail to the DVD enquiry section at the BBC:

Thank you for your recent communication regarding the availability of the below programme on DVD.

We are very sorry to disappoint you but unfortunately we have not acquired the DVD rights to this programme, so I am afraid we have no plans to release it.


(BBC = numbskulls! :

These are really bad news... Fingers and toes crossed for RedArrow...

BTW - RESTLESS will shown in German TV in Spring..
Maybe after showing this there's one more chance to get it on DVD...

[kissmekate]

LOL, rueful! That's the only fitting response!

I hope there's still a chance of a DVD being released via RedArrow.

[kygal]

Love it Rueful!

[Petruchio - Good God]

Got an answer from RedArrow Germany... this morning:

"Restless" will shown in the middle of the year in german TV and YES, A DVD will be released later this year, but there is no firm release date."

So ladies, all fingers and toes crossed ....

[kissmekate]

You made my day!

[laban]

Jan 6, 2013 14:32:54 GMT kissmekate said:

It's no longer on iPlayer now, sadly I hope there will be a DVD out soon.

As I live in Sweden I have no possibility to see series from TV in UK. Therefore I am also very interested in a DVD

[rueful]

Hi, Laban! Welcome to the Rooftop! I hope Restless will be out on DVD soon so that you and everyone else can see it--it was really good.

We're always happy to meet new members. Please feel free to create a new thread in the Members section to introduce yourself, if you would like. That way, everyone will have a chance to welcome you.

[kygal]

Great news about the dvd.