Judging by the music, I'd thought that guy was bring drained of blood, but instead it looks like he was...drowned in red vomit? Eww...
I think he's either drowned in strawberry fondant or scalded to death by it.
I know that this story was allegedly taking a crack at the Margret Thatcher era, but could any of my Brit-watchers explain how that worked?
Helen A was meant to be a pastiche of Margaret Thatcher, and there's debate on whether the first execution victim is wearing a pink triangle (one of the things we had to thank Thatcher's goverment for was Section 28, which forbade the promotion of homosexuality, and according to Alan Moore's foreword to V for Vendetta, they expressed a desire "to eradicate homosexuality, even as an abstract concept". Similarly, the entrapment of killjoys has been interpreted as a reference to police entrapment of gay men at the time.
Partly that but there might be other stuff as well (I haven't seen it in at least a decade, but I heard that the Terra Alphan natives living in the pipes were meant to symbolise something).
If sadness was illegal, we'd all be screwed. There is so much pink, and happy un-fun music, and slot machines of death, and an evil Candy robots, and really bad jokes, and even worse puns. My head hurts thinking about this story. Yet, I loved it.
Ace was fantastic in this one. But from what I've seen, she's always awesome.
I did enjoy this one. Mostly because of the awesomeness of Ace and the Doctor.
I totally thought of an evil barber shop too when The Doctor and Earl Sigma were captured by the Kandyman. My brain just went, "Are they going to get a really bad haircut or something?" Nope, just deadly taste testing. :D
I loved it when Ace was asked if she knew any songs. Her response was priceless.
If sadness was illegal, I'dve been shot a LONG time ago. Or drowned in syrup or something.
I've found that I tend to have less of a fondness for a story if it takes me more than 3-4 days to watch it (which is really very strange, considering watching individual episodes at wider intervals is just the way the show is watched on TV). Still, I was really impressed by the ending and the Kandyman was pretty damn memorable.
Ace is just the bomb. No pun intended. Except maybe.
Because I fail so hard at world politics, I really have nothing to say on the lampooning. I just looked at Helen A and thought "you're creepy. End of story."
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I think he's either drowned in strawberry fondant or scalded to death by it.
I know that this story was allegedly taking a crack at the Margret Thatcher era, but could any of my Brit-watchers explain how that worked?
Helen A was meant to be a pastiche of Margaret Thatcher, and there's debate on whether the first execution victim is wearing a pink triangle (one of the things we had to thank Thatcher's goverment for was Section 28, which forbade the promotion of homosexuality, and according to Alan Moore's foreword to V for Vendetta, they expressed a desire "to eradicate homosexuality, even as an abstract concept". Similarly, the entrapment of killjoys has been interpreted as a reference to police entrapment of gay men at the time.
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So it wasn't really a crack at her tenure so much as her attitude towards homosexuality?
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Ace was fantastic in this one. But from what I've seen, she's always awesome.
I did enjoy this one. Mostly because of the awesomeness of Ace and the Doctor.
I totally thought of an evil barber shop too when The Doctor and Earl Sigma were captured by the Kandyman. My brain just went, "Are they going to get a really bad haircut or something?" Nope, just deadly taste testing. :D
I loved it when Ace was asked if she knew any songs. Her response was priceless.
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I've found that I tend to have less of a fondness for a story if it takes me more than 3-4 days to watch it (which is really very strange, considering watching individual episodes at wider intervals is just the way the show is watched on TV). Still, I was really impressed by the ending and the Kandyman was pretty damn memorable.
Ace is just the bomb. No pun intended. Except maybe.
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It normally doesn't take my long to watch a story. Only if I get distracted or I actually have to go out and live.
Oh. That pun was totally intended.
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Okay, let's face it: that pun probably graduated from the University of Intended Puns.
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Like Dragonfire and The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, this episode is mostly saved by the awesomeness of Seven and Ace.
Susan Q reminded me of Stacey Q, the 80s pop girl.
-Arcalian
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Maybe Susan Q was meant to be a reference.
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