RE: [DL] The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne

[Jesse Burneko <jburneko@yahoo.com>]

> I've been catching it (missed two episodes so far,
> but I'm not about to cry
> myself to sleep. Keep reading...). I pretty much had
> to, what with my love
> of all things Scientificly Victorian. 

My girlfriend and I watch this show religiously.  We
love it.  Personally, we chalk all its faults up to
camp.  Kind of like watching an episode of the
original Avengers.

> The guy playing Jules Verne is a practical
> non-entity. He could disappear,
> and the series could go right on without him. I
> don't know if that's the
> fault of the writing or what, but Phileas and
> Rebecca Fogg are easily the
> strongest characters on the show. 

We personally think that Jules Verne was a marketing
move.  I think the average television consumer would
find a technologically victorian era strange.  However
the presence of Jules Verne serves to remind everyone
that the concepts were there at the time, if not the
execution.  He's a plot device used to justify the
show and draw interest.  Other than that, it's a
victorian spy thriller with Phileas and Rebeccas as
the stars.  Hell, Verne is listed FOURTH in the cast.

One of our favorite comments about the show is, 'Oh
there goes the two British agents taking a lower class
citizen of a foreign government on one of their
missions again.'

> Unfortunately, I've also found the
> 'scientific' writing to be a bit obvious and
> ham-handed at times, and the
> cinematography looks a bit too much like a video
> game cut-scene. All you
> need is a little pixilation, and voila! The
> costumes, settings, etc. are
> quite good, though. It does have that going for it.

Again, I think the cheap production values are what
give it charm.

> One good thing I can say, is that the episodes are
> getting better as they go
> on. Hopefully, this is a trend, and the show will
> survive. 

I read a post somewhere about this.  It said they DO
have the green light and funding for a second season
so we will see one more year of the show.

But yes this show is a must for anyone interested in
the Scientific Romance genre.  I don't like the term
steampunk.

Jesse

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