more Doctor Who
Now that my internet has gone to the "up" side of the up-down-like-indecisive-prostitute dance it's been doing for the last two hours, I can actually post!
At first I liked the Lyrica ads, because I'd have people emailing me and saying "hey, I saw that ad, nice to see what you've got being recognized", and indeed, it is. But the last one irritated the hell out of me. "My fibromyalgia pain really hurts, but I wasn't going to just lay back and give up. Not with all these people counting on me. So I marched in my doctor's office and asked for Lyrica!" says peppy active!senior (why are all the fibro models in Lyrica ads 50-55+? Yes, younger women can get fibro. Really.). Well, thank you very much, Miss Red Hat Club! I would, however, like you to know that I "marched in my doctor's office and asked for Lyrica", and all it did was increase my insomnia. Other than that, I could have been taking sugar pills. So please piss off and let me get back to that "lying back and giving up" thing I'm supposed to be doing without the saccharine "I'm not handicapped, I'm handi-capable!" pep talk, will you?
Right, so, I've now watched all of season 1 of New Who. If I haven't squicked out all the fans on my flist by calling the Dalek "cute", I'll ramble a bit more about it.
--Aww, bye bye Christopher Eccleston, I liked you! I like his edge. You're right, he's definitely got one, he's not all madcap.
--Maybe it's the fact that it's intended for kids, but I thought having not one but two villains in a row laying on the whole we're not so different after all guilt trip on the Doctor was a bit much. Maybe it's in character for both the Daleks *and* the Sleveen (sp?), idk. But the proximity was a bit anvilicious for me. (Yet in general I kind of like that trope. I think it's the proximity of the repeating trope that had me eye-rolling a bit, not the idea of it, which does seem quite appropriate to the Doctor. I can't resist: "I've never met an angel before" -Tyr Anasazi)
--I like Captain Jack! A lot! I especially like how he and the Doctor play off each other. Will he be back in the main show, or should I just also Netflix Torchwood?
--I still have absolutely, positively nothing good to say about Rose, who got Sueier and Sueier as time went on. The end was right out of "oh, come ON!" territory. Dude, if I wrote that as a fanfic, I'd be laughed off the internet. (Is it only me who saw that as a bit of a Galadriel callout? Because Galadriel she really is NOT.) She felt shoved at me the whole time, and I don't buy how much smarter she is than the average "dumb human ape". She's *younger*, but many kids her age are both resilient and perceptive-- she doesn't seem to be either to any unusual degree. Also, it seemed extremely obnoxious to me that she flirts with Jack, she flirts with the Doctor, but she keeps stringing old Mickey along, waiting for him to bound along after her like a happy Golden Retriever. It's very in character for a teenager to do that, IMO, but that's why I'm often not a huge fan of teen characters. And I just don't buy the Twu Luv between she and the Doctor, not how quickly it seems to have sprung up out of nowhere. No wonder she inspired such fannish insanity.
--Okay, I love the Daleks. And I'd like one of the mini talking ones. Rob is very weirded out that my reaction is "aww!" instead of even a bit of fear. I think kids' show villains are something you have to be habituated to-- Stormtroopers en masse still give me that squeeful fear because I saw SW as a kid, I probably wouldn't be as impressed if I saw them completely cold as an adult because their outfits are a bit silly-looking, really. The Dalek "pepperpots" (aww @ headline in bonus material: "Will BBC exterminate our pepperpots?" or something like this) just seem so... frustrated. Like they're waving their squidy little fists around, furious that they can't "exterminate!" Pat 'em on the head, give 'em a sippy cup, and give the whole "sometimes we just can't get everything we want" speech. And maybe provide a pony.
--... and now I want to start a Daleks vs. Empire vs. Covenant thread somewhere where fanboys can come and wank over it. It would be glorious!
--Time paradoxes still give me a headache. But not quite as badly as in Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles.
At first I liked the Lyrica ads, because I'd have people emailing me and saying "hey, I saw that ad, nice to see what you've got being recognized", and indeed, it is. But the last one irritated the hell out of me. "My fibromyalgia pain really hurts, but I wasn't going to just lay back and give up. Not with all these people counting on me. So I marched in my doctor's office and asked for Lyrica!" says peppy active!senior (why are all the fibro models in Lyrica ads 50-55+? Yes, younger women can get fibro. Really.). Well, thank you very much, Miss Red Hat Club! I would, however, like you to know that I "marched in my doctor's office and asked for Lyrica", and all it did was increase my insomnia. Other than that, I could have been taking sugar pills. So please piss off and let me get back to that "lying back and giving up" thing I'm supposed to be doing without the saccharine "I'm not handicapped, I'm handi-capable!" pep talk, will you?
Right, so, I've now watched all of season 1 of New Who. If I haven't squicked out all the fans on my flist by calling the Dalek "cute", I'll ramble a bit more about it.
--Aww, bye bye Christopher Eccleston, I liked you! I like his edge. You're right, he's definitely got one, he's not all madcap.
--Maybe it's the fact that it's intended for kids, but I thought having not one but two villains in a row laying on the whole we're not so different after all guilt trip on the Doctor was a bit much. Maybe it's in character for both the Daleks *and* the Sleveen (sp?), idk. But the proximity was a bit anvilicious for me. (Yet in general I kind of like that trope. I think it's the proximity of the repeating trope that had me eye-rolling a bit, not the idea of it, which does seem quite appropriate to the Doctor. I can't resist: "I've never met an angel before" -Tyr Anasazi)
--I like Captain Jack! A lot! I especially like how he and the Doctor play off each other. Will he be back in the main show, or should I just also Netflix Torchwood?
--I still have absolutely, positively nothing good to say about Rose, who got Sueier and Sueier as time went on. The end was right out of "oh, come ON!" territory. Dude, if I wrote that as a fanfic, I'd be laughed off the internet. (Is it only me who saw that as a bit of a Galadriel callout? Because Galadriel she really is NOT.) She felt shoved at me the whole time, and I don't buy how much smarter she is than the average "dumb human ape". She's *younger*, but many kids her age are both resilient and perceptive-- she doesn't seem to be either to any unusual degree. Also, it seemed extremely obnoxious to me that she flirts with Jack, she flirts with the Doctor, but she keeps stringing old Mickey along, waiting for him to bound along after her like a happy Golden Retriever. It's very in character for a teenager to do that, IMO, but that's why I'm often not a huge fan of teen characters. And I just don't buy the Twu Luv between she and the Doctor, not how quickly it seems to have sprung up out of nowhere. No wonder she inspired such fannish insanity.
--Okay, I love the Daleks. And I'd like one of the mini talking ones. Rob is very weirded out that my reaction is "aww!" instead of even a bit of fear. I think kids' show villains are something you have to be habituated to-- Stormtroopers en masse still give me that squeeful fear because I saw SW as a kid, I probably wouldn't be as impressed if I saw them completely cold as an adult because their outfits are a bit silly-looking, really. The Dalek "pepperpots" (aww @ headline in bonus material: "Will BBC exterminate our pepperpots?" or something like this) just seem so... frustrated. Like they're waving their squidy little fists around, furious that they can't "exterminate!" Pat 'em on the head, give 'em a sippy cup, and give the whole "sometimes we just can't get everything we want" speech. And maybe provide a pony.
--... and now I want to start a Daleks vs. Empire vs. Covenant thread somewhere where fanboys can come and wank over it. It would be glorious!
--Time paradoxes still give me a headache. But not quite as badly as in Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles.