For Bodies, this list of twists was nearly a page long. It’s fair dinkum – whether you liked it or not, spoiling the show for someone else is just annoying. Sometimes, when reviewers are given early access to a new series, the broadcaster sends an accompanying letter asking them not to reveal certain plot details. (And while we’re at it, why do people in the Bodies 2053 future all have terrible haircuts? Is Big Barber watching you?) Over eight episodes we hop, skip and jump between all four of them, a quadratic BOGOF that requires one of those police investigation walls covered in red string and maps and newspaper clippings to even begin to understand.Įchoes, clues and faces start to cross the decades, the detectives soon discover their investigations are linked, and an enigmatic demagogue named Elias Mannix ( Stephen Graham) emerges (appearing to be some kind of techno-apocalyptic, time-travelling kingpin, like The Terminator’s John Connor crossed with Back to the Future’s Marty McFly.)ĭid he have a part to play in the murder(s) of our John Doe? Or is there something more sinister at play? And what sort of a stupid question is that – of course something more sinister is at play. When a body – the same body, with weird markings and a bullet hole where his eye should be – is found in the same East End street in 1890, 1941, 20 a detective from each period is put on the case. The switch between Shipp and Hudgens singing, the war between his real life and his art, finally coming to form in a song that has been haunting him, was beautiful to watch and the women nailed it.Mind-bending stories are all well and good but how much do you really want your mind bent? Bodies, a new Netflix series based on a graphic novel by Si Spencer, treats said mind like a cat treats a ball of string. The song was torture for Larson to write, and his relationship with Susan was ultimately the spark he needed to finish it. Come to Your Senses is a duet performed by Shipp and Vanessa Hudgens who plays Karessa, a singer in the Superbia workshop. It’s under two minutes in length, but the story going on at the time, paired with the pain in his voice, sent chills down my spine. Robin de Jesus has a number called Real Life. You begin wanting everyone in the story to win but have no idea how to get there. Garfield forces us to see every conflict through Larson’s eyes, but when we begin to see through the cracks, and view him and the world around them through the eyes of Susan (Alexandra Shipp) or Michael (Robin de Jesus), it creates a new conflict within us. Legendary guest appearances aside, the supporting cast manage to really highlight the struggles of the 90s HIV epidemic, and life as a friend of a struggling playwright. Levenson and Miranda took the play and turned it into a film that should be incredibly confusing, but somehow works seamlessly, transitioning from scene to scene and song to song. We are tossed through scenes of tick, tick…Boom! performances, Superbia workshops and a story that ultimately inspired Rent. If that sounds complicated, it’s because it is. Tick, tick…Boom! is a story about the ultimate birth of three different musicals, told through the chaos of creating one, Superbia, a musical of Larson’s that never came to fruition. Garfield managed every emotion on the spectrum in this film and brought viewers along for the ride in the best way possible. Usually during a film, I get distracted, playing on my phone etc.…I couldn’t stop watching tick, tick…Boom! Of course, the songs are filled with life and emotion, and they definitely evoke a vibe that can’t be ignored, but they would be nothing without the actors behind them. “ Tick, tick…Boom! is a story about the ultimate birth of three different musicals, told through the chaos of creating one…” After seeing him in The Eyes of Tammy Faye, and now tick, tick…Boom!-there is no doubt in my mind that he is a true chameleon and can handle any role thrown at him. He isn’t just my friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man anymore. Something about Andrew Garfield captivated me from the minute he appeared on screen.
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