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arabian

Sorta, kinda unpopular 'Doctor Who' opinions

Aug 16, 2008 14:27

For the most part. Just reading comments here and there over the last couple of months and finding myself thinking but I DO like that or I DON'T like that, and after writing up this quite, quite unpopular opinion re: Donna post, I was inspired to compile a list and am just now putting it up. Now, I know one is extremely unpopular, and one I ( Read more... )

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blackcat_1 August 16 2008, 19:39:41 UTC

TOTALLY agree about the Jack thing.
I like the blue suit too (provided it's not worn with the brown overcoat).
I actually prefered DT's hair this series to any before and I also much prefer John Simm to Derek Jacobi. I liked his manic /unstable portrayal of the Master.
The Nine/Rose kiss is lovely, but I also love the DW Confidential TenToo/Rose kiss.
I love Donna too. Probably as much as Rose, but in a different way. Certainly not more.

arabian August 16 2008, 20:29:46 UTC

OMYGOSH! Someone agrees with me about Jack. WOW!

I also love the DW Confidential TenToo/Rose kiss

That's my second favorite kiss, but I still like TPotW kiss a tad better, and after all, that one didn't make it onto the actual episode.

main_hoon_emily August 16 2008, 19:42:39 UTC

Totally agree about Jack. And...well, pretty much everything else you said, really! I've been completely underwhelmed by Jack since the minute he stepped onscreen. I'm still holding out hope that someone, someday, is going to not be at all impressed or flattered when he hits on them...

arabian August 16 2008, 20:30:41 UTC

WOW!!! Two people. I'm really surprised.

I've been completely underwhelmed by Jack since the minute he stepped onscreen.

That describes it perfectly for me. (Okay, I also was annoyed that I had to deal with him intruding on my Doctor/Rose time, grrrr.)

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Re: My unpopular opinions. Don't kill me. arabian August 16 2008, 20:38:56 UTC

I like David Tennant, and think he does an excellent job as the Doctor, but Christopher Eccleston is a far better actor.

Yes. Although, I do LOVE David Tennant, it's just that Eccleston is SO FRICKIN' AMAZING!

I really didn't like a lot of the writing in S2. The only episodes I thought were awesome were "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit".

I loved or liked enough episodes to say that I still liked the series overall. I do think that S1 had better eps, though.

dislike the way Rose was often written sounding more like the Doctor's groupie than his partner. I far prefer good Ten/Rose fanfic to most of the actual episodes.

Oh, see I didn't see it that way. I guess for me because the Doctor (mostly) acted the same way about Rose, so if she was a groupie for him, he was a groupie for her.

There are some really cute moments between the Doctor and Rose in "The Idiot's Lantern" and "Fear Her", but other than those moments, I can't stand those episodes.I don't love either episode, but I don't dislike them greatly. Two things ( ... )

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Re: My unpopular opinions. Don't kill me. arabian August 17 2008, 04:26:55 UTC

Oh, you should rewatch them. I waited two years before I watched S2 so I was over the bitterness. Honestly? Had I tried to watch them any time shortly after S1, I think I'd have been REALLY harsh on Tennant and Rose/Ten.

And YES! I loved Donna right off the bat, and didn't get why so many people disliked her. TRB was a fantastic episode, and my roommates and I were laughing our arses off almost non-stop. It was one of our favorite episodes in the last couple seasons.

I can't imagine anyone not loving Donna in TRB, especially people who love her from S4. I mean, so much of what made Donna so Donna was there in TRB, even if it was more towards the end.

But seriously, how can you not love: "Pockets?!?!"

the_spin August 16 2008, 20:32:06 UTC

Oh man, I adore "Love and Monsters." I thought it was fun and creative and utterly charming. I really love Jackie as a character, so I liked that outsider's peek at her life that we got. Plus, stories about people drawn together into unlikely friendships always appeal to me.

On Jack: I enjoyed him well enough during the first season and I loved when he showed up for 'Utopia' because that entire episode was gold, but I've never been super excited for him. And Torchwood bores the hell out of me.

On the subject of the Jack/Rose/Doctor OT3, I can take it or leave it. How much I buy a pairing usually has much more to do with how well a fic is written/sets the pairing up than the canonical basis of the relationship itself. Like rallalon has a fantastic post-'Parting of the Ways' Ten/Rose/Jack series, but that's really the only one that's sold me on it so far ( ... )

arabian August 16 2008, 20:48:01 UTC

Oh man, I adore "Love and Monsters." I thought it was fun and creative and utterly charming.

Oh, I love that I'm not the only one who really enjoys that one. Yay!

On Jack: I enjoyed him well enough during the first season and I loved when he showed up for 'Utopia' because that entire episode was gold, but I've never been super excited for him. And Torchwood bores the hell out of me.

See, I'll give you that. I ADORE "Utopia" so, so, so much. If it weren't the first of a three-parter (where the following two were LA-AAAME!), I'd likely have that in my top 3 eps ever. Still haven't watched Torchwood, but it's on my Netflix queue.

You know this already, but I really don't love Eccleston as the Doctor.

I know! It does boggle my mind. We actually agree a LOT in fandom, but yet not when it comes to the Eccleston as Nine. Ah well.

I agree that having more Jacobi as Master would have been AWESOME, but... I adore Simm in that part, and I think the way they did the reveal as the Master was sort of perfect. 'Utopia' is one of my ( ... )

little_aphid August 16 2008, 22:06:45 UTC

I... actually agree with most of this ( ... )

arabian August 17 2008, 00:54:31 UTC

I... actually agree with most of this.

Yay! I don't feel so alone.

I like Love and Monsters, although that's almost entirely due to Jackie.

I LOVE Jackie's story in this one. She just breaks my heart when she's seducing Elton, throwing the wine on him and then Rose calls and she just kinda falls apart. Oh, Jackie.

Word RE: Jack. I love the idea of his character (woo mainstream popular bisexual FTW) but I just don't really care.

Yeah!

You are right about the hair. I think in season 4 they were putting way too much product in, and it just made it sort of stiff and boring.

Way too much product.

Best Tennant hair in my opinion is easily Sound of Drums.

Oh, see for me it's hands-down "School Reunion." I could write odes to his hair in "School Reunion." Seriously. Oodles of odes.

Last night I watched Utopia just for Jacobi. I would've loved to see more of him as the Master - Simm was good, but he was just too much, and the literal crazy doesn't seem like a natural progression for the Master. The characterization choice ( ... )