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Nov 27, 2010 20:02

So I got to meet up with one of my favorite girls today, Vero, and spend some quality time catching her up on my life and babbling about H50 and how ridic O'Lough and Caan are together, and threatening to beat the shit out of her co-workers if they don't ease up on her. It's that kind of relationship, and she's very tolerant of my idiosyncrasies, ( Read more... )

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robanybody November 28 2010, 02:07:47 UTC
During the first ten seconds of the trailer, I actually thought it was the next Bond movie, and then I saw the wrist cuff and went, "AHHHHHHHHHHH, BOND AND INDY ARE SPACE COWBOYS." *hands*

I just. I loved Rose so much in "Dalek" where she cried and witnessed the death of the last Dalek, but I had to work so hard at liking her after the first episode where she didn't even notice that her boyfriend had turned into a plastic creature. Like, how the fuck do you not notice that the guy you're dating looks like a mannequin?! I think my problem with her so far is that she grows so much as a person around Nine, but she regresses into a spoiled, whiny child when she's with Mickey, and it really makes me resent him for letting himself get treated like a doormat and her for treating him like that. Sigh.

Also, season one has a few skeevy racial issues that made me uncomfortable to watch. When all the PoC characters I see are either evil, victims, or callous human beings while the white people are all glorious and noble, I really have to wonder what the show is trying to tell me. I mean, I finally got an Indian woman onscreen, but she turned out to be a completely unlikable character. Like, what the fuck, show? We can be quiet heroes too, you know.

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kita0610 November 28 2010, 02:13:54 UTC
BUT ENGLAND ISN'T RACIST, DON'T YOU KNOW THAT. *facepalms forever*

It didn't help having Martha after Rose, it really really didn't.

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robanybody November 28 2010, 02:19:49 UTC
Right, I forgot that racism is extinct now, JUST LIKE THE DINOSAUR. Sigh.

Ugh, poor Martha. She deserved better, dammit. I was really angry that they put her and Mickey together at the end because it seemed to be such a consolation prize. Like, 'hey, two black characters who are still single, let's put them together!' It probably wasn't meant like that, but that's how it came across to me. Which just made everything so much worse.

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samjohnsson November 28 2010, 03:10:46 UTC
If it helps, Freema's gone forward with her career and is doing quite well on Law & Order: UK. There's one ep where they write a really *BAD* choice into the character, but I don't know so much as PoC issues as much as Gender issues. And either way, she plays it well.

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robanybody November 28 2010, 12:21:48 UTC
It actually does help to know that. Freema was amazing and I really miss seeing her on my TV, especially since I can't get L&O:UK. Dammit.

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charliehey November 28 2010, 02:14:38 UTC
Then they had Dr Nasreen in "The Hungry Earth" and the episode right after it whose name I can't remember! My point is, I loved her so much. I loved how she was basically a science fangirl.

She would have made an awesome companion.

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robanybody November 28 2010, 02:20:45 UTC
She was with Eleven, right? She makes him take her down into the underground? I LOVED HER. She would've been an amazing companion, yes. :D

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charliehey November 28 2010, 02:22:17 UTC
Yes! I've only watched the Eleven episodes, shameface, but YES! :D

Also, ICON. ♥♥♥

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robanybody November 28 2010, 12:00:47 UTC
I LOVE RAY STANTZ A LOT, OKAY? He was my hero. :D

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charliehey November 28 2010, 17:13:37 UTC
I would have thought of the Stay Puft marshmallow man too! :OOO

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charliehey November 28 2010, 18:09:13 UTC
To clarify myself, I made this comment because I loved Dr Nasreen and I thought she was a great character, and not because I thought she made up for the other terrible choices the various Doctor Who writers have made, or is proof that there's no racism. I apologize for being unspecific!

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