[and apparently I broke the comment limit slightly; here's the rest]
Which, haven't rewatched all of them yet, but it starts off, as you say, grimdark, and is almost completely irreconcilable with the initial seasons. No hope there, where hope is what the first seasons have in abundance.
It does lighten up a bit later on, but in a weird kind of way where you have graphic torture scenes and perky innocents sharing space in the same episode. So bizarre. As you say, the lack of hope really starts to wear you down. I'm not sure I even fully recognised what a bit part it played in what made UNCLE work for me until it was gone. :\
That clip you have with wet Illya is hysterical because I was just capping that one and very much enjoying making icons of it... Wet T-shirt Illya pulling himself up, yum! :)
You know, I actually remember eyeing that particular one when the icon batch turned up on my friend's list. V. nice indeed. *_*
Aaand now I should really be getting for bed, but thanks for this lovely long comment - I really do love getting them. <3
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Date: 2016-02-25 03:47 pm (UTC)Which, haven't rewatched all of them yet, but it starts off, as you say, grimdark, and is almost completely irreconcilable with the initial seasons. No hope there, where hope is what the first seasons have in abundance.
It does lighten up a bit later on, but in a weird kind of way where you have graphic torture scenes and perky innocents sharing space in the same episode. So bizarre. As you say, the lack of hope really starts to wear you down. I'm not sure I even fully recognised what a bit part it played in what made UNCLE work for me until it was gone. :\
That clip you have with wet Illya is hysterical because I was just capping that one and very much enjoying making icons of it... Wet T-shirt Illya pulling himself up, yum! :)
You know, I actually remember eyeing that particular one when the icon batch turned up on my friend's list. V. nice indeed. *_*
Aaand now I should really be getting for bed, but thanks for this lovely long comment - I really do love getting them. <3