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Man from U.N.C.L.E (2015), movie
Sep. 1st, 2015 09:36 pmMan from U.N.C.L.E, 2015.
I have watched a scattering of episodes of the original TV series (after developing a tiny, tiny crush on David McCallum as Steel in Sapphire and Steel) and have read rather more than a scattering of the fanfic. I did intend to re-read a few fics before watching this, but somehow I managed to end up reading a From Eroica Fake Marriage fic instead, which was a far better companion to the original series in terms of tone and feeling than this movie. The series was goofy but had a heart; this movie is all shallow, and not terribly pleasant.
( Spoilers and assorted complaints. )
Anyway. I have dug out a few fanfic links and am slowly perusing those. And I suppose the opening sequence, where they break out of East Berlin, isn't bad. Possibly I should just pretend the movie finished after that.
I have watched a scattering of episodes of the original TV series (after developing a tiny, tiny crush on David McCallum as Steel in Sapphire and Steel) and have read rather more than a scattering of the fanfic. I did intend to re-read a few fics before watching this, but somehow I managed to end up reading a From Eroica Fake Marriage fic instead, which was a far better companion to the original series in terms of tone and feeling than this movie. The series was goofy but had a heart; this movie is all shallow, and not terribly pleasant.
( Spoilers and assorted complaints. )
Anyway. I have dug out a few fanfic links and am slowly perusing those. And I suppose the opening sequence, where they break out of East Berlin, isn't bad. Possibly I should just pretend the movie finished after that.
