Rereading The Final Programme so soon after finishing The Transformation Of Mavis Ming is really just asking for trouble, in a cerabral sense, in any sense for that matter, cause a double dose of Michael Moorcock can rewire the cerabral pathways of any thinking machine that remains organic. Bouncing back from the End Of Time and eternity's mannered demise is like drinking mother's milk with gin mixed in, mother's ruin to be sure.But I felt Ms Brunner and Jerry Corneilius peeking round the open door and wanted to reconnect.
They are wicked company, that pair. You really have to stay on your toes, not get too distracted or absorbed, because thats exactly how you could end up.I think we have been here before, an earlier post. I cannot say for sure as I never look back. And There is always plenty to talk and think about about when ruminating on Michael Moorcock. If that is what it can be said that we are actually doing her; ruminating. That said, some reading this(If there is anybody reading my boobie-babble.) may be more familiar with the 1970s movie version with Jon Finch as directed by Robert Feust (The "Abominable" Robert Feust!) There are a number of differences between both but you will have to read one and watch the other to learn what they are. Imagine all the fun you will have as your brain melts and pours out your ears. One thing I will say, in warning to anyone coming to the film before you read the books and that is that it is very hard to see anyone as Jerry Corneilius after you see Jon Finch's smoking performence. He is just fantastic, as Jerry is not easy to like, he does the most terrible things, and yet...Well, the heart wants what the heart wants. The 2Been here beforeness" of it all feels quite comfortable, in this instance. Jenny Runacre servrs as a fascinating turn as Ms Brunner, a sort of anti-Ms Peel, if you will. Prowling in an equally formiddable fashion as any of Steed;s assistants, but more dangerous than all of them combined. Her ability to assimilate, to absorb others who presents traits or abilities she may wish to aquire, makes her so very dangerous. She does so in such a seductive fashion too. I remember her turn as Elizabeth the First in Derek Jarman's Jubilee and tyhought she carried that role off with a haunting sensitivity. Derek Jarman cast his films with precision and it is easy to see in her case the duality that goes into a Ms Brunner.In fact, I prefer what Jenny Runacre channeled than the less ambigous figure in this book.
I recently read a review of The Final Programme movie and it described it as a disaster from beginning to end. I cannot help but think the reviewer may have seen a different movie from the one I saw. But I had intended to just talk about the book here, please forgive my digression, or dont, we will not fall out over it.
