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Jun 04, 2008 05:37

Nu Who: So. Season three finale ( Read more... )

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stunt_muppet June 4 2008, 11:22:15 UTC
Ah. I see we've met Tinkerbell Jesus. It's a shame, really - I thought Season 3 was doing quite well up until the finale, but then the last few minutes of "The Sound of Drums" exploded with wtf.

How did you like Martha, by the way? And your thoughts on Blink, I must hear them.

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kayliemalinza June 4 2008, 11:37:23 UTC
It wasn't Tinkerbell Jesus so much as the Master screaming "Noo! nooooooo! How can this beeeeee?" while his random floozy in a red dress stood off to the side, as if the Master were like every Random Villain Evar and did not have a LONG history of quietly accepting temporary defeat with dignity and cunning. The Master does not take over the world so that he can sleep with indigenous women and fritter about in impromptu pop dance clubs or other such hedonistic activities (I'm not entirely sure the Master is hedonistic at all-- the Doctor seems more consumptive in that respect), he takes other the world just to prove that he can, because it's stimulating and fun. Some people do Sudoku; the Master conquers.

I was really upset that they had the Master choose to die-- the real Master, after all, will always choose to live, even as the Doctor's pet, because he knows he can escape some day (cf. The Daemons and The Sea Devils)-- but then there was the shot near the end with the ring and the echo of his laugh and I thought, "Ah ha! He planned ( ... )

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jcgenzie_and_co June 4 2008, 13:40:28 UTC
...Oh my. That image is amazing.

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kayliemalinza June 4 2008, 13:53:53 UTC
I wish to clarify-- the dressing gown is in addition to his pinstripe suit.

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