Mr Magician!

I feel the sentence “Mr Inbetween is streaming on Binge and Foxtel Now” possibly answers the questions the article has about it not being more popular. Could be why I haven’t heard about it before today…

Anyway, saw someone mentioning it on Mastodon, was curious, went to the Guardian article screenshotted above, and thought “hmm, that looks like the bloke from that movie The Magician“… lo and behold, it actually is Scott Ryan, which is why he looks so much like himself. I saw The Magician at the cinema when it came out and I remember quite liking it, made a real virtue out of its budgetary limitations (the whole thing only cost $3000 to make) and turned its absurd cheapness to its advantage; apparently Ryan and Nash Edgerton spent ages trying to get it done in TV form, but not until about five years ago when an American network suddenly approached him about doing it did it finally come about. I am accordingly intrigued.

And yeah, I’m downloading the lot because fuck Fox (the local co-producing company) and because I don’t like or trust streaming services. Put it out on disc and I’ll buy it. I know that discs don’t necessarily stay in print either, much as a film or show on a streaming service won’t be there forever, but if I get on disc when it is available then it’s mine and I don’t need to rely on someone else when I want to watch it. Glad I made the decision to buy all the old series of Doctor Who on DVD when I still could…