I discovered the show when I was on vacation and channel-surfing. I clicked onto a channel and heard "Ballroom Blitz" by the Sweet, my fave band. I watched for a few minutes more and then I saw one of bcholmes's icons (http://www.dreamwidth.org/userpic/85490/119236) and I was like "Oh, THAT'S where she got that icon!" So then I had to watch the episode to see what it was about.
The show is set in 1973. I visited England in the mid-70s, when I was a teenager, and the look of the show was just as I remembered England, so I got a hit of nostalgia. They play lots of great songs from the 60s and early 70s. It's about working-class people. There's an exuberance to it. The relationship between the two main characters, Sam and Gene, is a lot of fun. The way they wove in the overarching mystery (how did Sam get into 1973?) reminded me a little bit of The Prisoner, which I liked a lot.
So that's why I liked it. Those are mostly kind of personal reasons, and I don't know whether they would add up to something appealing for you.
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Date: 9 Nov 2011 11:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 9 Nov 2011 06:46 pm (UTC)The show is set in 1973. I visited England in the mid-70s, when I was a teenager, and the look of the show was just as I remembered England, so I got a hit of nostalgia. They play lots of great songs from the 60s and early 70s. It's about working-class people. There's an exuberance to it. The relationship between the two main characters, Sam and Gene, is a lot of fun. The way they wove in the overarching mystery (how did Sam get into 1973?) reminded me a little bit of The Prisoner, which I liked a lot.
So that's why I liked it. Those are mostly kind of personal reasons, and I don't know whether they would add up to something appealing for you.