snakes on a plane!
Judging by the recaplets of the first two eps of Doctor Who, it looks like Jacob at TWoP hated "The End of the World" and didn't really think that much of "Rose" either. Both got B-minuses but "The End of the World" was pronounced BS. This should be interesting. I think Jacob's recaps for BSG were pretty much a load of BS as well. Overwrought incoherent tripe, so far up the show's ass it's a wonder he ever managed to climb back out to recap another show. Sophomore paper type stuff, as someone in someone else's comments said a while back. Which, yeah, is not very Who.
Anyway, I meant to post something yesterday about why people should be watching this show, now that it's airing on the Scifi Channel. If you missed the first two eps last night, um, I suppose you'll want to locate your nearest bittorrent site. Or find me a file-splitting program and I'll try and upload them somewhere.
Ten Reasons Why You Would Like Doctor Who
1. You don't need to know anything about the previous seasons of the series, because this is geared for a new audience and everything will get explained to you.
2. It's clever and witty and lighthearted but also can be quite dark and philosophical and occasionally heartwrenching. Often in the same breath.
3. The main character is not actually the Doctor (in my opinion) but rather Rose, a young and spunky girl who does things and saves people and makes mistakes and actually has some meat on her bones so she looks like a real woman and is just cute as hell.
4. That said, the Doctor is a rich and fascinating character, wonderfully and whimsically played by Christopher Eccleston, who is hot hot HOT and wears a black leather jacket! (see icon)
5. Rose and the Doctor have fantastic chemistry. And then there's Captain Jack...
6. There are bisexual characters. Out and proud!
7. This series is written and produced by Russell T. Davies, who created the original Queer as Folk.
8. There is continuity out the wazoo. My God, so much continuity. And a season-long story arc!
9. It's delightfully British and just a refreshing departure from American TV.
10. Did I mention it also travels in time?
The first half of the 13-episode season can sometimes tend toward cheesiness, but in the second half there's a two-parter which seriously kicked my ass all over town and also kicked the ass of a good number of other scifi show two-parters I've seen, and I've seen many. You don't want to miss those two hours, believe me. And from about episode six the show unequivocally rocks anyway. So please, please watch!
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That said, do NOT watch Conviction, newly airing on NBC, loosely related to the Law & Order franchise. This is a terrible, terrible show, which of course I will be watching anyway because the concept of hotshot young assistant district attorneys in Manhattan who, in response to someone expressing disbelief about whether they can make earnest promises of putting away the Bad Guy, will in turn earnestly answer, "This district attorney does," is just -- dude, you KNOW I'm there. Plus, I like being able to shout at the stupid ones who make procedural mistakes in the courtroom, because finally I (sort of) know what I'm talking about. But no, you shouldn't watch this show. Unless of course you want to point and laugh at the trainwreck with me....
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In conclusion, we got mothafuckin' SNAKES ON A PLANE!
Anyway, I meant to post something yesterday about why people should be watching this show, now that it's airing on the Scifi Channel. If you missed the first two eps last night, um, I suppose you'll want to locate your nearest bittorrent site. Or find me a file-splitting program and I'll try and upload them somewhere.
Ten Reasons Why You Would Like Doctor Who
1. You don't need to know anything about the previous seasons of the series, because this is geared for a new audience and everything will get explained to you.
2. It's clever and witty and lighthearted but also can be quite dark and philosophical and occasionally heartwrenching. Often in the same breath.
3. The main character is not actually the Doctor (in my opinion) but rather Rose, a young and spunky girl who does things and saves people and makes mistakes and actually has some meat on her bones so she looks like a real woman and is just cute as hell.
4. That said, the Doctor is a rich and fascinating character, wonderfully and whimsically played by Christopher Eccleston, who is hot hot HOT and wears a black leather jacket! (see icon)
5. Rose and the Doctor have fantastic chemistry. And then there's Captain Jack...
6. There are bisexual characters. Out and proud!
7. This series is written and produced by Russell T. Davies, who created the original Queer as Folk.
8. There is continuity out the wazoo. My God, so much continuity. And a season-long story arc!
9. It's delightfully British and just a refreshing departure from American TV.
10. Did I mention it also travels in time?
The first half of the 13-episode season can sometimes tend toward cheesiness, but in the second half there's a two-parter which seriously kicked my ass all over town and also kicked the ass of a good number of other scifi show two-parters I've seen, and I've seen many. You don't want to miss those two hours, believe me. And from about episode six the show unequivocally rocks anyway. So please, please watch!
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That said, do NOT watch Conviction, newly airing on NBC, loosely related to the Law & Order franchise. This is a terrible, terrible show, which of course I will be watching anyway because the concept of hotshot young assistant district attorneys in Manhattan who, in response to someone expressing disbelief about whether they can make earnest promises of putting away the Bad Guy, will in turn earnestly answer, "This district attorney does," is just -- dude, you KNOW I'm there. Plus, I like being able to shout at the stupid ones who make procedural mistakes in the courtroom, because finally I (sort of) know what I'm talking about. But no, you shouldn't watch this show. Unless of course you want to point and laugh at the trainwreck with me....
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In conclusion, we got mothafuckin' SNAKES ON A PLANE!