"As quintessentially 70s as Spangles, the Chopper bike and massive flares," say Network DVD about Ace of Wands. Well, Spangles actually pre-date the 70s by several decades, the Chopper Bike was released in America in 1968, Britain in 1969, and massive flares were all the go in the late 1960s "Summer of Love" era.Our old friend Andrew Pixley was involved in writing a booklet to accompany the DVD. Hmm. Wonder if he wrote the above blurb as well?
So, what could really be thought of as "quintessentially 70s"? How about strikes and power cuts, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s nostalgia, and Punk?
Take a look at some real 1960s nostalgia here and some real 1970s nostalgia here.
UPDATE - 10/10/2007:
Andrew Pixley has been in touch and did NOT write the blurb for the Ace of Wands DVD on the Network site. Thanks for that, Andrew. I wasn't sure anyway, but apologies for dragging your name in!
Network slobbers all over the 70s and hates the 80s - always ignoring mention of the decade where possible or dissing it. Middle class, priggish company. If you really like 80s TV, resist the temptation to buy it from Newtwork. One day it will be released in suitable packaging with accurate synopsis. Network simply cannot control its hypcritical, priggish loathing of that decade.
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