DVD goodness

[julesjones]

Part of my fit of DVD buying earlier this week was Bob And Rose, Russell T Davies' 2001 comedy drama about a gay man and a straight woman falling in love. I'd missed it on its original run, because it was broadcast not long after I moved to the US.

The DVD has just turned up in today's post. Alas, I am still sans tv, so I will just have to take it round to kalypso_v's. I'm sure she'll be happy to provide viewing facilities once the current bout of 18 hour work days is over, seeing who put me on to the series in the first place...

Comments

[fiona-glass.livejournal.com]

I'll be interested to know what you think. I never quite dared to watch it when it was on tv! Mostly because I had a horrid feeling it was going to be the usual 'gay man realises his mistake in the face of the Luurve of a Good Woman'. Actually I don't think it was like that, but it still put me off!

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

No, it was nothing like that.

[julesjones]

Given that it's Russell T Davies... :-)

He was talking about it in the interview broadcast last month for the start of the new Torchwood season. Apparently it's based on a real life friend of his.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

It's also not unlike Tom Robinson's experience (http://www.bothways.com/both2003/artindie.htm). And another article I've read makes it clear that spotting "the guy of his dreams across a crowded room" and then finding out that she happened to be a woman is exactly what happened to him.

[yourbob.livejournal.com]

I tried watching it when it was broadcast here - couldn't get interested for whatever reason. That's despite being a big Alan Davies fan.

I take it you're computer don't play 'em, or whatever.

[julesjones]

It will, but it's a Thinkpad laptop, so it's pretty much impossible to break the region locking on it (which is irritating, given that this is a machine bought specifically for travel to several different countries). Hence my reluctance to use it just as a DVD player until the TV is bought, in case I actually *need* it at some point in the future.

We've picked out the tv we want to buy. Unfortunately, it seems that half the tv-buying population of the UK have also set their hearts on that model, and it's been out of stock since before Christmas... With any luck we'll have one soon. Failing that, we *have* just bought the region-free DVD player that will go under the telly, and if I get desperate I can always connect it to the computer monitor.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

I remember enjoying Bob and Rose. THere's a scene in a cafe that should appeal to you.