Christmas is over, I'm currently on the wagon, and I can't get my act together. There are thousands of things that need doing, and lo! they are not done.
I just heard the comment on Tennant quitting on the radio - presumably 5Live because that was what was one. As to its truth - well, I certainly won't be surprised if he goes at the end of this season.
The Trouble with Torchwoodjohn_boothDecember 29 2006, 22:14:01 UTC
Is that they don't have a format. This confuses a bunch of writers who are not of the highest calibre. The idea was obviously to rip of Lost with back stories, shame that RTD didn't give any of them one. What they need is a touch of X-files Each week: They should be called in to a totally weird event, They should fight it/villain as a team (research, weapons, tactics) Something outrageous should be covered up They should win/lose/draw by the end of each episode They should have some running villains they don't understand and never beat completely One of them should be an apparent traitor (it probably should be Jack) who keeps them from catching one of the enemies above.
The plot was obvious and logical (were you not watching?) if a repeat of 'The Jaggaroth in Paris' as I prefer to call it. Catherine Tate said they had to do the final scene four times as the first three she said, "OK, I'll just get a change of clothes" until the director forced her to follow the script.
Ruby in the Smoke was good but the script and direction would not have given anyone the chance to do Sally properly. The director/ script writer obviously doesn't understand female heroes. I thought Ms Piper tried her hardest against the direction. Maybe if they do book two they might get someone who knows what the books are about.
I saw half an hour of Dracula before turning off in disgust.
Re: The Restjohn_boothDecember 30 2006, 11:41:47 UTC
So the spider's nest was left at the centre of the earth for when the timelords were no more, but needed a creature filled with the right radiation to trigger the nests doors and give a scrap of food as incentive. All the little biddy spiders would need food and Earth would provide an opportune source.
The Doctor, using that well known technique for getting rid of spiders, flushed them down the drain. Now let's not get into the technical impossibilities, magma layers, superheated whatever. Nor shall we speculate on how much water might be required to fill a 4000km hole. The plot was simple and the writer was simple minded.
God knows how many scientific advisors to the original shows are spinning in their graves but I expect a hurricane to be announced near Kit Pedlar's any second now. The whole story could have been made scientifically plausable with minor changes, but these people just don't care. (Bastards!)
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What they need is a touch of X-files
Each week: They should be called in to a totally weird event,
They should fight it/villain as a team (research, weapons, tactics)
Something outrageous should be covered up
They should win/lose/draw by the end of each episode
They should have some running villains they don't understand and never beat completely
One of them should be an apparent traitor (it probably should be Jack) who keeps them from catching one of the enemies above.
And that would fix it!
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The plot was obvious and logical (were you not watching?) if a repeat of 'The Jaggaroth in Paris' as I prefer to call it. Catherine Tate said they had to do the final scene four times as the first three she said, "OK, I'll just get a change of clothes" until the director forced her to follow the script.
Ruby in the Smoke was good but the script and direction would not have given anyone the chance to do Sally properly. The director/ script writer obviously doesn't understand female heroes. I thought Ms Piper tried her hardest against the direction. Maybe if they do book two they might get someone who knows what the books are about.
I saw half an hour of Dracula before turning off in disgust.
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The Doctor, using that well known technique for getting rid of spiders, flushed them down the drain. Now let's not get into the technical impossibilities, magma layers, superheated whatever. Nor shall we speculate on how much water might be required to fill a 4000km hole. The plot was simple and the writer was simple minded.
God knows how many scientific advisors to the original shows are spinning in their graves but I expect a hurricane to be announced near Kit Pedlar's any second now. The whole story could have been made scientifically plausable with minor changes, but these people just don't care. (Bastards!)
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