Monomania strikes again.

[ceebee_eebee]

You all know I'm nothing if not obsessive, so shut it. I'll post about Sapphire & Steel all I want right now, damn it. ;-)

Anyway. I finally got a chance to listen to some of the BF audios and I loooooooooooooooove them. LOVE LOVE LOVE. Particularly Daisy Chain. amaresu and I were just discussing it and I figured I might as well post about it because I'm hoping some others of you have listened to it as well.



So, my reaction to it can be summed up in three words. Totally fucking brilliant. The most chilling thing I've heard in pretty much...ever. THIS is the Sapphire and Steel that made me fall for the show. Totally alien. Once in a while, Sapphire almost seems like she cares about the human beings that they come into contact with, but then you get an ending like we had in this audio and you remember that their goals are their own and they don't include saving everybody. It's...GAH! It's so, so awesome.

What do the rest of you think?

Comments

[amaresu]

I love the complete lack of moral quandaries with them. They have two options: let Time win, or stop it. Stopping Time may mean killing some people, but that's what you have to do.

Just the way they calmly planned everything and set everything up. It's brilliant is so many ways.

I also think setting up the family to be people we would care about added that extra punch. By the end I cared about Jennifer. I knew how much she meant to her mom. I knew how much James cared for her. So that last bit as Sapphire and Steel are walking out the door is especially, I don't want to say good, but it was very well done.

Also the idea of an unborn twin trying to kill you is rather terrifying.

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

I love the complete lack of moral quandaries with them.

YES! I get the sense that they have definite limits and a defined moral code, it just isn't a human one and I really don't know where the limits are. For example, in Assignment 6 Steel is unwilling to leave the girl behind in the cafe. He tells Sapphire that they have an obligation to get her out of there because she was an innocent victim. Turns out he was dead wrong, but still. That was fascinating to me in light of the fact that they will willingly sacrifice other human beings if it serves their purpose (such at the guy in the train station in...Assignment 2?).

I also think setting up the family to be people we would care about added that extra punch.

Absolutely! The writing was SO strong in creating real characters. And the way S&S lied to the mom and the brother so easily before just leaving it all behind. Wow. Wow, wow, wow. I've listened to maybe 5 of the audios so far? And this was so far superior to the others it was ridiculous. I mean they were all good, but this one just blew me away.

[kilinka.livejournal.com]

Ahh that's one of the audios I still have yet to listen to. I've uh really been busy listening to everything that has Silver in it.. you know how much I love David Collings!
Ahh good old Big Finish, they really do suprise me sometimes.

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

Of course. And you know I listened the Lisa Bowerman audios immediately too. ;-)

But you HAVE GOT to hear this one. It's...fantastic doesn't begin to cover it. Though I hope I'm not building it up too much.