Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Hope and Wire, in reply to TeAtaoTu,
God how I wish for an opposition in Parliament that gave a shit about Christchurch, and would hold Cabinet to account
A functional opposition would be morally decent, yes. Apparently they have other priorities.
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Hard News: Hope and Wire, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
the sudden breaking of the 'fourth wall' with asides to audience were just plain weird, and disassociative
I've seen that technique work really well in the BBC 'Seven Wonders of the Industrial World' series. Didn't find it jarring (if you'll excuse the word) in Hope and Wire.
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Hard News: Hope and Wire, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
the shock and awe - and that what was the most adrenalised heightened moment of that quake (as I recall it) that first massive shunt, the briefest of frozen moments and then a building, rolling-shake-shudder-lurch-jerk that you knew wasn't about to stop any time soon, or ever if it wanted, and it was dialling it up even more...
I've never felt so mortal, insignificant, vulnerable or powerless, did I mention frightened...
... everything else was swept away - get outside - and 'where is the cat?' (filing cabinet fell over the office door)
- outside, eventually,
'where's Sally?'
- Wham! Again!
Road erupts and falls in on itself, street floods,
glimpses of running dogs, piggy-backed pensioners...
Much shuddering, silence, punctuated by alarms...
and the hollow realisation that 'things were going to be very different now...' stow that thought, get through the day, and the next, and the...Found cats, found Sally,
- and that was the whole world!Thank you.
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Hard News: Hope and Wire, in reply to Rob Stowell,
#notenuff
noted :)
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Hard News: Hope and Wire, in reply to Rob Stowell,
One disappointment is no character who’s a musician/a band and so far nothing much relating to that scene.
It's named after a song by The Eastern, and the band appear from what I've read.
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Hard News: Hope and Wire, in reply to Paul Swadel,
thought it was pretty crappy
please do elaborate
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Gaylene Preston explains her thinking in a great Pantograph Punch story by Gavin Bertram.
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Hard News: Hope and Wire, in reply to Hebe,
I think that the more dramas, and documentaries, and comedies, and novels, and paintings, and other artworks the better.
Yes, I'd rather they funded ten narrower stories than one broad one.
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Hard News: Hope and Wire, in reply to Russell Brown,
But the funding agency and the creators are from Wellington.
And the culture of both are quite different than the Auckland equivalent. Cultural 'capital', etc. Not that I'm saying Aucklanders would have done any better at conveying the experience, but let's call a spade a spade.
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Hard News: Hope and Wire, in reply to Alfie,
Auckland drama
Wellington drama. See above.
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