tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833699981210036110.post2264554924459682918..comments2024-03-21T14:20:51.746-07:00Comments on Cult TV Lounge: The Man in Room 17 (1965), season 1dfordoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833699981210036110.post-22991281238864496472020-02-10T08:58:33.882-08:002020-02-10T08:58:33.882-08:00I really wanted to enjoy this - excellent cast, in...I really wanted to enjoy this - excellent cast, interesting idea (if a bit too much of a British fantasy that there are a couple of geniuses correcting all our country's important mistakes), and some interesting stories. At times I was completely drawn in.<br /><br />But other times I really struggled with it. There's very much an attitude that ordinary people - in fact, anyone not working in Room 17 - is expendable. Think of Room 17 as a World War 1 Generals' Chateau, and you'll understand what I mean.<br /><br />And my heart sank every time Willoughby Goddard appeared. He's playing EXACTLY the same character he played in The Mind of JG Reeder - but in that show, he was (brilliant as) the Director of Public Prosecutions in the 1920s. In this, he's meant to be a senior Metropolitan Police Officer, and it's just too ludicrous. Besides, he's basically the Dr Watson figure, to have the plot explained to him, and I've always hated "Watson as an idiot".tom j joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13108887693320361796noreply@blogger.com