5. War Of The Worlds: The TV series. A clever one this. According to the canon of the TV series, all the various adaptations of the original book were true, as was the book itself. The infamous Orson Welles radio play was specially commissioned by the government to cover up a real alien invasion; all the hysteria supposedly caused by the play was actually caused by the invasion itself! One episode of the TV series took place during anniversary celebrations of the radio broadcast, and featured so many characters talking about "The War Of The Worlds" that it came close to tying the canon in knots.
4. Sunset Beach. A plotline in the last months of the show featured a painting of Ben, the main character. Everybody would talk about what an amazing painting it was, and how it had really captured Ben's soul. It was lousy, though! One day, during one of these gushings about how wonderful it was, a caption flashed up admitting that it was awful, but asking us to bear with them. The show really was very bad indeed by then, but it was hard to dislike it when they were doing things like that. Not the only time they broke the fourth wall on that show, but my favourite, I think.
3. Monty Python & The Holy Grail - As the characters are threatened by a deadly cartoon monster, the animator suffers a fatal heart attack, and all are saved. Phew! Although happily for Terry Gilliam, death proved temporary.
2. Angel: The Series. In the final episode, Lorne speaks his final lines at least partly to the audience: "Good night folks." Seemed the perfect ending for the character at the time; but it turned out to be the last time Andy Hallett was on TV. Looking back, it's kind of beautiful. And tragic.
2. Angel: The Series. In the final episode, Lorne speaks his final lines at least partly to the audience: "Good night folks." Seemed the perfect ending for the character at the time; but it turned out to be the last time Andy Hallett was on TV. Looking back, it's kind of beautiful. And tragic.
Oh yes, that whole sequence of Lorne playing the piano was heartbreaking. He was our narrator, our storyteller. It was sad to see the curtain close, but I'm glad he got a chance to shine in the spotlight.
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Date: 2012-01-20 11:34 pm (UTC)4. Sunset Beach. A plotline in the last months of the show featured a painting of Ben, the main character. Everybody would talk about what an amazing painting it was, and how it had really captured Ben's soul. It was lousy, though! One day, during one of these gushings about how wonderful it was, a caption flashed up admitting that it was awful, but asking us to bear with them. The show really was very bad indeed by then, but it was hard to dislike it when they were doing things like that. Not the only time they broke the fourth wall on that show, but my favourite, I think.
3. Monty Python & The Holy Grail - As the characters are threatened by a deadly cartoon monster, the animator suffers a fatal heart attack, and all are saved. Phew! Although happily for Terry Gilliam, death proved temporary.
2. Angel: The Series. In the final episode, Lorne speaks his final lines at least partly to the audience: "Good night folks." Seemed the perfect ending for the character at the time; but it turned out to be the last time Andy Hallett was on TV. Looking back, it's kind of beautiful. And tragic.
1. The A-Team. Face & the Cylon. Any fans of the series will know what I mean, but here it is on YouTube just in case: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JVZQhlivnY
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Date: 2012-01-21 03:44 am (UTC)Oh yes, that whole sequence of Lorne playing the piano was heartbreaking. He was our narrator, our storyteller. It was sad to see the curtain close, but I'm glad he got a chance to shine in the spotlight.
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