Doctor Who season finale
But first, a little Psych-out. ;)It was about time we saw Shawn give open and public props to his friendship with, and love for Gus. *sniffles* That was, for me, the best part about Friday's Psych episode. Sweeeeet! I also like how they staged the entire case in one fixed set this time - the high school Shawn acts like he can remember very little about. And, of course, all the references to 80's Brat Pack movies was the cherry on the cake. ;)
I think it's sweet and a little sad that Shawn's dad so clearly wants to get back together with his ex-wife, and mom is being all clueless or ignoring his overtures. Bad, Cybill - bad girl! Though for a minute I really thought when Shawn found his dad in the auto shop car, he was going to be surprised to find his mom, uh, laying out in the back seat or, uh, maybe on the floor in the front seat (if you know what I mean). *koff* But, no, they couldn't go that raunchy with this show. ;)
Lassiter getting to arrest his date was very funny too. And I really can believe that was the best date Lassie's been on, possibly ever. :D
So I'm finally caught up with the two-part season finale of Doctor Who (thanks, ezust!), and I'm really looking forward to the Moffat regime change. *big grin*
Somewhere on my flist this week, I saw that comment made by Steven Moffat at Comic-Con about what a clever way it was to get rid of a "clingy" girlfriend by dumping her in a parallel universe with a clone of yourself. That is the second recent indication that, unlike Piper-obsessed RTD, Moffat is not towing the line WRT RTD's Rose/Ten OTP. I think I love him. ;)
Besides, it makes no sense anyway. The Doctor that Rose initially fell in love with was Nine, not Ten. So watching her blubbering over Ten's dying body, whining about not wanting him to change, made Rose seem like one of The Doctor's more ignorant companions. Yeah, I got real tired of Rose in Series Two and was completely over her before she finally left. But even I don't think Rose is that ignorant. At least, she shouldn't be.
I read an interview with Piper when she was pitching Secret Diary of a Call Girl on Showtime, and she said something about needing to watch vids to catch up on what Rose was about before coming back because she'd honestly forgotten a lot about the character since then. And I think it showed in her performance. Then again, the writing was just as off-kilter. Rose really appeared out of her element against all the other, far more brilliant, companions (and the Torchwood crew) who didn't spend their time whining about The Doctor not thinking about each of them individually every second. Instead they got together to do everything they could to find him and combat the Daleks. For all RTD's love of Rose, his writing forced her to pale considerably when held up against Donna, Sarah Jane, Jack, Martha, Harriet Jones ex-Prime Minister, Mickey, even Jackie!, Gwen, and Ianto. No, RTD did Rose no favors in these episodes.
And maybe The Doctor (or Tennant) thought so as well. I like how when they finally got to the parallel Bad Wolf Bay to return Rose and Jackie, that The "real" Doctor was not acting all schmoopy or even a little sad having to drop off his ex-companion, like he did the first time around. He actually appeared very business-like there, and that attitude went a long way toward putting a finality to the Doctor/Rose soap opera. I think the anger he felt about the genocide committed by his clone counterpart took precedence over all other feelings at that moment, and it made the goodbye appear all the more permanent this time. In fact, if Rose was supposed to be some great love of The Doctor's, why would he dump her off on a clone of himself that he clearly wasn't happy with anyway? No, RTD's desire to give Rose a Doctor of her own only served to make it obvious that The Doctor was never meant to spend his days mooning over Rose in the first place. Stick that in a file and mark it "Done".
Of course, The Doctor had other, even bigger feelings to sort out in regards to Donna's deteriorating Time Lord/Human hybrid mind. A far sadder situation then Rose's crush on him. Like pretty much everyone else, I really despised the mind-rape solution to this problem. It's so unfair to Donna. So what that The Doctor takes the time to let her family know how great Donna was and everything she did to save them. Donna will never know, Donna doesn't get to remember, and that sucks. No other spin to put on it. A complete downer end to the entire season. :(
On the upside, I love the set-up to bring Martha, and probably Mickey too, to Torchwood next season. I hope it pans out for real because they'd both make great additions to the team! Besides, Martha Rulz! :D
On the silly side, I've got to admit that I think the Daleks are like the ultimate Austin Powers and/or Roger Moore Bond villains. All that screeching and posturing and overly elaborate schemes so destined to fail miserably because they're overly complicated and silly. I'm not even sure WTF they were trying to accomplish in the end because all the screeching and posturing drowned out anything resembling a good explanation for their actions. ;) Eh, it was just an excuse to bring all the cool companions back for a couple episodes, and that's what really matters, right? ;D
I think it's sweet and a little sad that Shawn's dad so clearly wants to get back together with his ex-wife, and mom is being all clueless or ignoring his overtures. Bad, Cybill - bad girl! Though for a minute I really thought when Shawn found his dad in the auto shop car, he was going to be surprised to find his mom, uh, laying out in the back seat or, uh, maybe on the floor in the front seat (if you know what I mean). *koff* But, no, they couldn't go that raunchy with this show. ;)
Lassiter getting to arrest his date was very funny too. And I really can believe that was the best date Lassie's been on, possibly ever. :D
So I'm finally caught up with the two-part season finale of Doctor Who (thanks, ezust!), and I'm really looking forward to the Moffat regime change. *big grin*
Somewhere on my flist this week, I saw that comment made by Steven Moffat at Comic-Con about what a clever way it was to get rid of a "clingy" girlfriend by dumping her in a parallel universe with a clone of yourself. That is the second recent indication that, unlike Piper-obsessed RTD, Moffat is not towing the line WRT RTD's Rose/Ten OTP. I think I love him. ;)
Besides, it makes no sense anyway. The Doctor that Rose initially fell in love with was Nine, not Ten. So watching her blubbering over Ten's dying body, whining about not wanting him to change, made Rose seem like one of The Doctor's more ignorant companions. Yeah, I got real tired of Rose in Series Two and was completely over her before she finally left. But even I don't think Rose is that ignorant. At least, she shouldn't be.
I read an interview with Piper when she was pitching Secret Diary of a Call Girl on Showtime, and she said something about needing to watch vids to catch up on what Rose was about before coming back because she'd honestly forgotten a lot about the character since then. And I think it showed in her performance. Then again, the writing was just as off-kilter. Rose really appeared out of her element against all the other, far more brilliant, companions (and the Torchwood crew) who didn't spend their time whining about The Doctor not thinking about each of them individually every second. Instead they got together to do everything they could to find him and combat the Daleks. For all RTD's love of Rose, his writing forced her to pale considerably when held up against Donna, Sarah Jane, Jack, Martha, Harriet Jones ex-Prime Minister, Mickey, even Jackie!, Gwen, and Ianto. No, RTD did Rose no favors in these episodes.
And maybe The Doctor (or Tennant) thought so as well. I like how when they finally got to the parallel Bad Wolf Bay to return Rose and Jackie, that The "real" Doctor was not acting all schmoopy or even a little sad having to drop off his ex-companion, like he did the first time around. He actually appeared very business-like there, and that attitude went a long way toward putting a finality to the Doctor/Rose soap opera. I think the anger he felt about the genocide committed by his clone counterpart took precedence over all other feelings at that moment, and it made the goodbye appear all the more permanent this time. In fact, if Rose was supposed to be some great love of The Doctor's, why would he dump her off on a clone of himself that he clearly wasn't happy with anyway? No, RTD's desire to give Rose a Doctor of her own only served to make it obvious that The Doctor was never meant to spend his days mooning over Rose in the first place. Stick that in a file and mark it "Done".
Of course, The Doctor had other, even bigger feelings to sort out in regards to Donna's deteriorating Time Lord/Human hybrid mind. A far sadder situation then Rose's crush on him. Like pretty much everyone else, I really despised the mind-rape solution to this problem. It's so unfair to Donna. So what that The Doctor takes the time to let her family know how great Donna was and everything she did to save them. Donna will never know, Donna doesn't get to remember, and that sucks. No other spin to put on it. A complete downer end to the entire season. :(
On the upside, I love the set-up to bring Martha, and probably Mickey too, to Torchwood next season. I hope it pans out for real because they'd both make great additions to the team! Besides, Martha Rulz! :D
On the silly side, I've got to admit that I think the Daleks are like the ultimate Austin Powers and/or Roger Moore Bond villains. All that screeching and posturing and overly elaborate schemes so destined to fail miserably because they're overly complicated and silly. I'm not even sure WTF they were trying to accomplish in the end because all the screeching and posturing drowned out anything resembling a good explanation for their actions. ;) Eh, it was just an excuse to bring all the cool companions back for a couple episodes, and that's what really matters, right? ;D