It sort of annoyed me that the woman who was stressed about her boyfriend thing never actually became a plot point. I know! What was the point of that??
Once again Amy is awesome and better at saving the world than The Doctor is. I am enjoying that aspect. Go Amy!
Plot hole continues to be that V dude would probably know what the Vs wanted and somehow this keeps not getting mentioned. Much like he could have mentioned that John May was dead ages ago...if the writers had thought that up before.
Also, soulless Sayid is a lame gimmick, IHMO. They haven't really done anything with that in a while, you're right.
I'm liking the bleedthrough in the Sideways world now, so I'm hoping that the homestretch is really awesome.
Hey, two of my favourite classic Doctors had bowties! Respect the bowtie, please.
I haven't seen Victory of the Daleks yet (maybe only tomorrow, bah), but I'm really curious because it seems to have been directly inspired by the very first Second Doctor adventure, Power of the Daleks - replace "I am your soldier" with "I am your servant" and WW2 England with a colony in the future. (And I've read somewhere that the Doctor Churchill met was Six, but since I haven't watched it yet I cannot say if the hints are there.) Also, the Daleks weren't exactly redesigned, as they look just the way they did in the 1960s Peter Cushing movies - all that's missing is their lava lamps. :P
Hey, two of my favourite classic Doctors had bowties! Respect the bowtie, please. I just think it looks ridiculous on a twenty-something year old and makes him look even younger and harder to buy as a 1000 year old.
Also, the Daleks weren't exactly redesigned, as they look just the way they did in the 1960s Peter Cushing movies - all that's missing is their lava lamps. :P
Which makes the choice even weirder. Why do that? You know?
I just think it looks ridiculous on a twenty-something year old and makes him look even younger and harder to buy as a 1000 year old. From what I've read I feel that's exactly the point - he's more like a crotchety old man inside than the other New Who Doctors, but because he looks so young nobody takes him seriously and it frustrates him and makes him even crankier.
Which makes the choice even weirder. Why do that? You know? This new era under Moffat has a "back to basics" sort of feel - in other words, a return to the looks and atmosphere of Classic Who - which I understand might make some of the people only familiar with the new series feel is weird, though I personally as a fan who began with Classic Who am immensely grateful. Okay, so the Cushing movies were AU rather than part of Classic canon (the Doctor was human, for example, and a very young Bernard Cribbins played a companion in the second movie), but it still takes us back.
From what I've read I feel that's exactly the point - he's more like a crotchety old man inside than the other New Who Doctors, but because he looks so young nobody takes him seriously and it frustrates him and makes him even crankier.
I can see that rationale... but so far I am not seeing it on the screen at all.
This new era under Moffat has a "back to basics" sort of feel - in other words, a return to the looks and atmosphere of Classic Who - which I understand might make some of the people only familiar with the new series feel is weird, though I personally as a fan who began with Classic Who am immensely grateful.I guess so. But from what Moffat has said in previous weeks of Confidential (I haven't watched this week so I don't know whether he talks about the Dalek design decision and if so how) that wasn't the impression I got (about the Tardis redesign intention for instance). He seemed much more to be thinking "I want something new and cool looking". But I suppose it is possible that the classic dalek look is going to tie
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I sort of think that The Doctor just needs to put some sort of beacon on Earth saying something like "This Planet is Under the Protection of The Doctor, Time Lord Esq.". Then maybe those damned kids would stay off his lawn.
Heeee yes.
he destroyed his own planet and people to get rid of the Daleks, but he won't sacrifice Earth and the humans. The anthrocentricity has always stuck a bit in my craw, but having not watched significant amounts of Classic Who, could it be said that after losing his own people he grew very strongly attached to this human race?
Yeah, since I haven't watched any classic Who I always sort of thought that the decision to end the Time War that way was the "it will put an end to the Daleks forever" and then since he sacrificed him planet/people and still didn't get rid of the Daleks he is hesitant to do it again. I mean what if he did sacrifice Earth and they STILL came back?
I think ANTM has gotten worse, but also maybe I'm more aware of just how much shit the edit out to skew your opinion of the BS that happens in the house. They tip there hand with the "extra" shows. I remember watching one going OMG! You edited that out the entire reason Girl A was mad and as it turned out Girl A had a totally sympathetic reason to be mad WTF? and It's always the black girls btw who are made to appear angry with no reason, feeding a unfavorable stereotype and on a Black Woman's show yeesh. I think there was a Christian girl too, I remember in the original edit they made her seem liek she randomly attacked people with religion, but then you find ou the girls had been giving her non stop sht about it for days before she blew up.
And Tyra has IMHO gotten more overtly shallow. I've always thought she was a control freak, but now . . she's a lo worse.
Skppiing Lost Spoilers AIEEE (i'm a season behind)
I remember watching one going OMG! You edited that out the entire reason Girl A was mad and as it turned out Girl A had a totally sympathetic reason to be mad WTF? and It's always the black girls btw who are made to appear angry with no reason, feeding a unfavorable stereotype and on a Black Woman's show yeesh.
THIS. Yes, maybe I am just more aware of how reality TV is made but at the same time even the show as aired in showing the weirdness of how the narrative is presenting things.
Yeah, I used to sort of like Tyra, even though she was sort of crazy... now I really don't.
Last season of Lost was actually probably my favorite. I say this as someone who is pretty lukewarm about the show in general.
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I know! What was the point of that??
Once again Amy is awesome and better at saving the world than The Doctor is.
I am enjoying that aspect. Go Amy!
Plot hole continues to be that V dude would probably know what the Vs wanted and somehow this keeps not getting mentioned.
Much like he could have mentioned that John May was dead ages ago...if the writers had thought that up before.
Also, soulless Sayid is a lame gimmick, IHMO.
They haven't really done anything with that in a while, you're right.
I'm liking the bleedthrough in the Sideways world now, so I'm hoping that the homestretch is really awesome.
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Pretty much. I feel like V would have been much better as a miniseries that was all thought out and didn't need to hold the surprise back.
I'm liking the bleedthrough in the Sideways world now, so I'm hoping that the homestretch is really awesome.
I do really enjoy that (although, "the secret is love" really guys?).
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I haven't seen Victory of the Daleks yet (maybe only tomorrow, bah), but I'm really curious because it seems to have been directly inspired by the very first Second Doctor adventure, Power of the Daleks - replace "I am your soldier" with "I am your servant" and WW2 England with a colony in the future. (And I've read somewhere that the Doctor Churchill met was Six, but since I haven't watched it yet I cannot say if the hints are there.)
Also, the Daleks weren't exactly redesigned, as they look just the way they did in the 1960s Peter Cushing movies - all that's missing is their lava lamps. :P
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I just think it looks ridiculous on a twenty-something year old and makes him look even younger and harder to buy as a 1000 year old.
Also, the Daleks weren't exactly redesigned, as they look just the way they did in the 1960s Peter Cushing movies - all that's missing is their lava lamps. :P
Which makes the choice even weirder. Why do that? You know?
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From what I've read I feel that's exactly the point - he's more like a crotchety old man inside than the other New Who Doctors, but because he looks so young nobody takes him seriously and it frustrates him and makes him even crankier.
Which makes the choice even weirder. Why do that? You know?
This new era under Moffat has a "back to basics" sort of feel - in other words, a return to the looks and atmosphere of Classic Who - which I understand might make some of the people only familiar with the new series feel is weird, though I personally as a fan who began with Classic Who am immensely grateful. Okay, so the Cushing movies were AU rather than part of Classic canon (the Doctor was human, for example, and a very young Bernard Cribbins played a companion in the second movie), but it still takes us back.
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I can see that rationale... but so far I am not seeing it on the screen at all.
This new era under Moffat has a "back to basics" sort of feel - in other words, a return to the looks and atmosphere of Classic Who - which I understand might make some of the people only familiar with the new series feel is weird, though I personally as a fan who began with Classic Who am immensely grateful.I guess so. But from what Moffat has said in previous weeks of Confidential (I haven't watched this week so I don't know whether he talks about the Dalek design decision and if so how) that wasn't the impression I got (about the Tardis redesign intention for instance). He seemed much more to be thinking "I want something new and cool looking". But I suppose it is possible that the classic dalek look is going to tie ( ... )
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Heeee yes.
he destroyed his own planet and people to get rid of the Daleks, but he won't sacrifice Earth and the humans.
The anthrocentricity has always stuck a bit in my craw, but having not watched significant amounts of Classic Who, could it be said that after losing his own people he grew very strongly attached to this human race?
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And Tyra has IMHO gotten more overtly shallow.
I've always thought she was a control freak, but now . . she's a lo worse.
Skppiing Lost Spoilers AIEEE (i'm a season behind)
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THIS. Yes, maybe I am just more aware of how reality TV is made but at the same time even the show as aired in showing the weirdness of how the narrative is presenting things.
Yeah, I used to sort of like Tyra, even though she was sort of crazy... now I really don't.
Last season of Lost was actually probably my favorite. I say this as someone who is pretty lukewarm about the show in general.
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