tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post1435902608411146307..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: The Man Who Leaped Through Time TomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-18263599959101170572012-10-23T14:33:57.156+02:002012-10-23T14:33:57.156+02:00Great news about the new episode TC, really lookin...Great news about the new episode TC, really looking forward to it. I'm a bit sorry it won;t be a Christmas episode because that would almost guarantee larger audiences - and also because I think two of the previous yuletide specials in particular (BLACK CANARY and SATAN'S CHIMNEY) are among the very best. There are weaker episodes of course but I never met a JONATHAN CREEK episode I didn't like. I remember being initially underwhelmed by thr NORMAN episode, probably because of the sad ending and because the problem is less obviously spectacular (and there is not much of an actual 'crime'). But you are right, it is very well constructed episode deserving of plenty of praise - thanks, think I'll go watch it again tonight in fact!Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-55492285770891824022012-10-20T13:30:48.336+02:002012-10-20T13:30:48.336+02:00Well, I guess the concept of controlling time does...Well, I guess the concept of controlling time does it for me, and you have to admit, the explanation for such a mind blowing event is surprisingly simple and workable – which is not something that can be said of some of Renwick's other, more conventional locked rooms. <br /><br />But as said in the review, I can also understand why this might turn others off or leave them underwhelmed. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-29347145734190896752012-10-20T13:18:31.850+02:002012-10-20T13:18:31.850+02:00I've always considered this episode Chesterton...I've always considered this episode Chestertonian because the motive is something of a paradox. Remember that one line from Norman, when he explained what <i>crime</i> he was guilty of? <br /><br />Of course, the investigation of a non-fatal impossible crime was something Carr experimented with later in his career - making this the best of two worlds for me. :)<br />TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-45258041988202088782012-10-20T03:45:23.198+02:002012-10-20T03:45:23.198+02:00Honestly, this one underwhelmed me. I liked it fin...Honestly, this one underwhelmed me. I liked it fine, but your comments made me expect something brilliant that would blow my mind... and instead I guessed the solution the instant the problem was proposed. That was quite the let-down...Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-25229235230184612202012-10-19T22:50:23.281+02:002012-10-19T22:50:23.281+02:00I really did like this one, though I can see why o...I really did like this one, though I can see why other people don't rate it. There's something very Carr-esque about it, in that the important thing is not uncovering a murder or robbery, but proving that the laws of nature have not been torn asunder.Sextonblakenoreply@blogger.com