Hi *waves* here via the lifein73 comm (too asleep still to do the LJ thingy, sorry)
I managed to watch only the second half of the series, but i was in love already with the concept as soon as housemate told me about it. I hope to catch it all again soon.
What I wanted to say (and relevant to your comment above! :) is that I understand where you'r coming from re: Sam/Gene. I've been a fan of The Professionals for years and Gene presents the same problems that slashing Bodie and Doyle does. Happy-happy and lovey-dovey won't do. At all. Too many political and social consequences, and most men were homophobe then. (probably still are). So, yes, a very good writer that takes all that in consideration, can make it work. But it has to be harsh, and f-up, and angsty and twisted and very probably, a Gene that-is-not-gay-he-just-fucks-Sam kind of thing (back to the WANGWJLEO discourse).
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on 2006-03-28 11:27 am (UTC)I managed to watch only the second half of the series, but i was in love already with the concept as soon as housemate told me about it. I hope to catch it all again soon.
What I wanted to say (and relevant to your comment above! :) is that I understand where you'r coming from re: Sam/Gene. I've been a fan of The Professionals for years and Gene presents the same problems that slashing Bodie and Doyle does. Happy-happy and lovey-dovey won't do. At all. Too many political and social consequences, and most men were homophobe then. (probably still are).
So, yes, a very good writer that takes all that in consideration, can make it work. But it has to be harsh, and f-up, and angsty and twisted and very probably, a Gene that-is-not-gay-he-just-fucks-Sam kind of thing (back to the WANGWJLEO discourse).
thanks for the rec! :)