I almost wish I could stop watching DW, but I'm loving Donna so very much it's worth the pain. As I said, I think I've started to engage some sort of internal mute button with Tennant, but this was a remarkably weak episode. Did you catch why he was so ticked off about the missiles? I could watch it again, but then I'd have to pay attention to Tennant!
As for biceps, it's not just Helo, but Anders and that other guy who looks kind of drippy. Even Boomer's pretty defined for a girl. He wasn't there this week, but Edward James Olmos is even pumped up these days. It's astonishing, because he used to be so skinny until he was in his 40s. They must have a weight room out with the trailers.
Leoben is a character who should be fascinating, but Rennie is one of those actors who's always left me completely cold. He's the Tennant of one of my other fandoms, Due South. He's wildly popular, and I'll admit I've never been able to see the charm. (And of course, the character I love is the one that almost everyone else thinks is ugly and mean
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I think he said the missiles wouldn't be able to pierce the Sontaran ship's hull, but that doesn't really explain his very strong and apparently moral objection to them. I guess he's just anti-nuclear as well as anti-gun. Really kind of hilarious considering he had no problem going up there and setting the Sontarans' atmosphere on fire!
Well, quite. I didn't think I'd heard any explanation or reason or alternative. Do the writers realize how paternalistic/patronizing this is? That very point is one of the reasons I wasn't terribly fond of DW when I was a kid. I was seeing mostly Four-Five episodes, and I always felt a little patronized by them (I could definitely identify with CE on that one), and one of the reasons why Nine hit me like a ton of bricks was that here was a Doctor who was a teacher, someone who would draw the best out of someone and let them fight the battle if they could.
But I think this Doctor prefers it when his human pets let him heroically protect them instead of taking care of business themselves. Hmmm...
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I'm thinking of Nine's "coward or killer" scene and how it contrasts with Ten's first actions after regeneration - setting himself up as Earth's champion and fighting a sword duel. Regenerating was supposed to heal the Doctor of his guilt, but Ten seems to have forgotten all the Ninth Doctor's humility as well.I wanted to cheer at that "coward or killer" line. I know that, in a way, he let the Earth die and the Daleks get away, but he'd already tried it once and it didn't work, so why try the same thing and expect a different outcome - that's the definition of madness, is it not? This way, he dies, but he saves his soul, and I loved that
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he's just as good at being vulnerable. The part in Father's Day when the Doctor takes off his leather jacket always stands out to me... it's just so shocking, somehow, to see him without the "armor."
I know - he looks almost naked - more naked than he does when he's stripped down for torture in Dalek. It's a fascinating insight into the depth of his acting. Speaking of looking vulnerable, have you ever seen Second Coming? There's a moment, right before he and Judith are about to have sex, and he pulls his sweatshirt over his head, then goes all 14. It's quite remarkable. He's so awkward, so small, with all these utterly natural mannerisms that are hard to describe, complex, but utterly convincing.
Tennant's emo and/or shouting just look so shallow in comparison.
Well, yes. There was a post recently on doctorwho, a poll on who was more screwed up, Nine or Ten, and I thought, "How do you answer that?" Nine is a real character who has a real psychology and carries a great deal of damage, guilt, and nobility. Ten is...an emo-boy cartoon. He's
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No problem - you happened to hit me in the middle of my "catching up on LJ" period of the day, so the response is unusually swift!
I can highly recommend Netflix. My three top recs would be Revengers Tragedy, Second Coming, and Othello. In fact, Second Coming is very cheap for a mini-series, and if you like his acting at all, it's worth having. It's definitely one of his best performances, and for all those who swoon over Tennant playing John Smith, Eccleston goes one further - he's playing a dim video clerk who just also happens to be the son of God. Oh, Steve is heartbreaking - he's so sweet, and yet you utterly understand why his friends might want to strangle him sometimes. Lesley Sharp can also go toe to toe (and even more impressively, nose-to-nose) with him and not get blown away. Billie Piper does it by ducking and weaving, Lesley Sharp just digs in her heels and shouts back. Revengers Tragedy is my favourite film, a very Nine-like performance, but I think SC and Othello are better
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Right, I remember seeing that on your LJ. Is it for work? Grad school? Congrats on finishing, btw! That's quite a hurdle to get over.
If you're in Germany, check Amazon. Amazon.co.uk has a Netflix-like rental program, and it looks like Amazon.de does as well. There may be a better service, but at least there's that. And you can usually get Second Coming relatively cheap on Amazon through their marketplace merchants (I buy a lot of DVDs, and I find that's the best way to go). The other two do occasionally pop up fairly cheap, it's a bit like roulette because they're so much rarer
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I love translating. I think it's more creative than people think. Oddly, my favourite language to translate is Russian, which is my weakest one. But I think it's the "solving the problem" aspect. I was always really fond of algebra for the same reason!
since I'm a German citizen, Germany was the obvious answer.
Ah, yes - well, that does help! I have dual residency in the US and the UK. My next trip is to Oslo, however! I've never been to Scandinavia. I kind of wish it were in summer or winter just for the extremes of light, but it's in September, so near the equinox. :(
Salzburg is really beautiful! And surprisingly small. I walked from one end to the other in an afternoon, even on a bad foot (long story, mostly fixed now!). It was lovely. I was most intrigued by the houses built into the mountain. It's a cool idea - what I couldn't figure out was the ones which only had half a window. It's not like it was a landslide that half-covered them. They couldn't design the windows with better proportions? But I did enjoy my visit. And
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As for biceps, it's not just Helo, but Anders and that other guy who looks kind of drippy. Even Boomer's pretty defined for a girl. He wasn't there this week, but Edward James Olmos is even pumped up these days. It's astonishing, because he used to be so skinny until he was in his 40s. They must have a weight room out with the trailers.
Leoben is a character who should be fascinating, but Rennie is one of those actors who's always left me completely cold. He's the Tennant of one of my other fandoms, Due South. He's wildly popular, and I'll admit I've never been able to see the charm. (And of course, the character I love is the one that almost everyone else thinks is ugly and mean ( ... )
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Well, quite. I didn't think I'd heard any explanation or reason or alternative. Do the writers realize how paternalistic/patronizing this is? That very point is one of the reasons I wasn't terribly fond of DW when I was a kid. I was seeing mostly Four-Five episodes, and I always felt a little patronized by them (I could definitely identify with CE on that one), and one of the reasons why Nine hit me like a ton of bricks was that here was a Doctor who was a teacher, someone who would draw the best out of someone and let them fight the battle if they could.
But I think this Doctor prefers it when his human pets let him heroically protect them instead of taking care of business themselves. Hmmm... ( ... )
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I know - he looks almost naked - more naked than he does when he's stripped down for torture in Dalek. It's a fascinating insight into the depth of his acting. Speaking of looking vulnerable, have you ever seen Second Coming? There's a moment, right before he and Judith are about to have sex, and he pulls his sweatshirt over his head, then goes all 14. It's quite remarkable. He's so awkward, so small, with all these utterly natural mannerisms that are hard to describe, complex, but utterly convincing.
Tennant's emo and/or shouting just look so shallow in comparison.
Well, yes. There was a post recently on doctorwho, a poll on who was more screwed up, Nine or Ten, and I thought, "How do you answer that?" Nine is a real character who has a real psychology and carries a great deal of damage, guilt, and nobility. Ten is...an emo-boy cartoon. He's ( ... )
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No problem - you happened to hit me in the middle of my "catching up on LJ" period of the day, so the response is unusually swift!
I can highly recommend Netflix. My three top recs would be Revengers Tragedy, Second Coming, and Othello. In fact, Second Coming is very cheap for a mini-series, and if you like his acting at all, it's worth having. It's definitely one of his best performances, and for all those who swoon over Tennant playing John Smith, Eccleston goes one further - he's playing a dim video clerk who just also happens to be the son of God. Oh, Steve is heartbreaking - he's so sweet, and yet you utterly understand why his friends might want to strangle him sometimes. Lesley Sharp can also go toe to toe (and even more impressively, nose-to-nose) with him and not get blown away. Billie Piper does it by ducking and weaving, Lesley Sharp just digs in her heels and shouts back. Revengers Tragedy is my favourite film, a very Nine-like performance, but I think SC and Othello are better ( ... )
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Right, I remember seeing that on your LJ. Is it for work? Grad school? Congrats on finishing, btw! That's quite a hurdle to get over.
If you're in Germany, check Amazon. Amazon.co.uk has a Netflix-like rental program, and it looks like Amazon.de does as well. There may be a better service, but at least there's that. And you can usually get Second Coming relatively cheap on Amazon through their marketplace merchants (I buy a lot of DVDs, and I find that's the best way to go). The other two do occasionally pop up fairly cheap, it's a bit like roulette because they're so much rarer ( ... )
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since I'm a German citizen, Germany was the obvious answer.
Ah, yes - well, that does help! I have dual residency in the US and the UK. My next trip is to Oslo, however! I've never been to Scandinavia. I kind of wish it were in summer or winter just for the extremes of light, but it's in September, so near the equinox. :(
Salzburg is really beautiful! And surprisingly small. I walked from one end to the other in an afternoon, even on a bad foot (long story, mostly fixed now!). It was lovely. I was most intrigued by the houses built into the mountain. It's a cool idea - what I couldn't figure out was the ones which only had half a window. It's not like it was a landslide that half-covered them. They couldn't design the windows with better proportions? But I did enjoy my visit. And ( ... )
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