"Batman is only meaningful as an answer to a world which in its basics is chaotic and in the hands of the wrong people, where no justice can be found. I think it's very suitable to our perception of the world's condition today... Batman embodies the will to resist evil" -Frank Miller
"Conan, what's the meaning of life?" "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!" -Conan the Barbarian
"Well, yeah." -Jason E. Perkins
"If I had a dime for every time Pariah was right about something I'd owe twenty cents." -Ultimate Jaburg53
"Fair enough. I defer to your expertise." -Prometheus
"Batman is only meaningful as an answer to a world which in its basics is chaotic and in the hands of the wrong people, where no justice can be found. I think it's very suitable to our perception of the world's condition today... Batman embodies the will to resist evil" -Frank Miller
"Conan, what's the meaning of life?" "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!" -Conan the Barbarian
"Well, yeah." -Jason E. Perkins
"If I had a dime for every time Pariah was right about something I'd owe twenty cents." -Ultimate Jaburg53
"Fair enough. I defer to your expertise." -Prometheus
so I went ahead and picked up series six, part two this week (they didn't have the first part. shrugs). very nice. Moffat pulls off "bait and switch" stories the way they were meant to be done. he mixes up mythos heavy episodes with more accessible "human interest" stuff. science fiction on a science fiction show! who would've thought it?
he's really captured the feel of the Doctor Who that I remembered but with a freshness and moderness to the approach. this is the kind of stuff I've been waiting to see since the relaunch.
he's also shown RTD for the one trick pony that he was. I look at eps like "The Lodger" and "Closing Time" as pretty much parodies of the RTD era. especially "Closing Time." it makes me hate RTD's run that much more when I see what we could have been getting from Moffat and what we were saddled with by RTD.
What did you think about the season finale with the Pandorica and The Big Bang? What's your estimate of Matt Smith so far? What about Rory the Roman?
You say you picked up Six/2 this week. Where does it start? 'Let's Kill Hitler'? Man, I really hope you get to see the first half soon and then watch it all together. I think you'll really love the huge big picture Moff's playing with. Have you finished the second half of that season yet?
Also, did you ever see the first half of Smith's first season? If I remember correctly, you started with the Van Gogh episode, right?
And, while I looooved 'The Lodger', I thought 'Closing Time' was horseshit. I LOATHE beating ANY enemy with fucking "love". That's the gayest shit. Period.
Gay? Yes. Still not as gay as Twilight nor as gay as mind-hacking telepathic satellite systems the use people thinking and chanting your name to some how reverse the rapid aging done to you AND give you crazy super powers.
mind-hacking telepathic satellite systems the use people thinking and chanting your name to some how reverse the rapid aging done to you AND give you crazy super powers is still not as gay as two men literally pumping each other in the ass on screen for more than 5 minutes (Miracle Day)
nor as gay as mind-hacking telepathic satellite systems the use people thinking and chanting your name to some how reverse the rapid aging done to you AND give you crazy super powers.
HOLY SHIT!!
Yes. Point made and won. There really isn't anything that lives up to the pure-shit-level of 'Jesus-Doctor'. CLOSING TIME was art comparatively. Damn, I'd blocked that out of my head...
mind-hacking telepathic satellite systems the use people thinking and chanting your name to some how reverse the rapid aging done to you AND give you crazy super powers is still not as gay as two men literally pumping each other in the ass on screen for more than 5 minutes (Miracle Day)
I don't mind the ass-fucking (he said). What I mind is that it was FOUR HOURS of ass-fucking as filler to such an unbalanced, self-contradicting, ridiculously ignorant ONE HOUR story. Poor Jane Espen. Since she wrote the script, she's had to take the stick for that one. But, it's lately become quite known (and hushed-up to some extent) that she wrote mainly the dialogue, with everything else coming from Russell T. Davies. Absolutely no one was surprised by that revelation.
Yeah, I guess it isn't so much the ass fucking that goads me about Miracle Day as much as it is I really don't want to see Queer as Folk masquerading as a sci-fi show.
(I find it odd that a clip containing major spoilers came from BBCWorldwide themselves)
there's two things I like about Tennant and Smith's doctors:
First is the badass moments (we've talked about these things many times so I'm not gonna bother)
Second is the times when he says "I'm Sorry..." and what comes after. It looks like they really mean it, and it's really affecting coming from someone like the doctor, who supposedly never gives up on people or always has a plan. You tend to feel sorry for the person, and for the doctor as well.
With Smith, I agree most definitely. Honestly, you know me and Tennant. I got tired of his cliched use of "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry". He says it in nearly every damn episode. But, that's just me.
Personally, I was a fan of Eccleston's "Shut up a minute". That seems to be more 'Doctor' to me.
What did you think about the season finale with the Pandorica and The Big Bang?
too hard to really enjoy with a bunch of seven year old running around. the ending was still a bit "deus ex machina" although not nearly as bad as RTD's stuff.
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What's your estimate of Matt Smith so far?
he has an alienness to his performance that reminds me of Baker at his best but without being derivative. he's also got a pretty good emotional range. much better than Tennant and his one constant whatever.
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What about Karen Gillan?
sexy accent!
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You say you picked up Six/2 this week. Where does it start? 'Let's Kill Hitler'?
Yes. this is the ep I'm referring to when I say "bait and switch" done right.
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Man, I really hope you get to see the first half soon and then watch it all together. I think you'll really love the huge big picture Moff's playing with. Have you finished the second half of that season yet?
dunno, but I've gone through the whole dvd.
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Also, did you ever see the first half of Smith's first season? If I remember correctly, you started with the Van Gogh episode, right?
no and no. missed Van Gogh, so I really started with The Lodger.
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And, while I looooved 'The Lodger', I thought 'Closing Time' was horseshit. I LOATHE beating ANY enemy with fucking "love". That's the gayest shit. Period.
presactly! that's why I called it a parody of RTD! I'm serious, but I think you've already figured out my meaning from your responses to Igward. that whole episode is so obviously a comedy and not meant to be taken seriously.
You don't like Rory the Roman?! Noooooooo! Blasphemy! Man I fucking L-O-V-E Rory Williams.
If you watched the entire DVD, then the last episode you would have stopped with was "The Wedding of River Song". Am I right?
I'm only asking because I'm trying to be delicate with SPOILERS and such.
Which means you've seen Night Terrors (meh), The God Complex (awesome), and The Girl Who Waited (awesome). Man, I'd looove to hear your thoughts about these episodes, and/or any others you have on the Who you've seen. Since I know how you think, and I know the kind of entertainment you and I like, nothing would make me happier than you blogging your thoughts on the Who you watch. I've been anticipating one day sending you the Matt Smith era, simply because I knew you would dig it. I have the entire Season Five (Matty's first) on BluRay. Do you have a BluRay player or PS3 or something? If so, PM your mailing address and I'll ship it to you (provided you know it was a gift from Rowe, so I'll need it back at some point). I could, theoretically, even throw in a flashdrive with all of Season Six on there if you like/have a way of viewing it.
You don't like Rory the Roman?! Noooooooo! Blasphemy! Man I fucking L-O-V-E Rory Williams.
I have little to no opinion on him at this time. so far, he's just there for the most part. or, "the boy who waited" if you prefer. . .
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If you watched the entire DVD, then the last episode you would have stopped with was "The Wedding of River Song". Am I right?
keyrectamundo.
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I'm only asking because I'm trying to be delicate with SPOILERS and such.
you do know I have read most of this thread, right?
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Which means you've seen Night Terrors (meh), The God Complex (awesome), and The Girl Who Waited (awesome). Man, I'd looove to hear your thoughts about these episodes, and/or any others you have on the Who you've seen.
Night Terrors-creepy little doll monsters, otherwise eh.
God Complex-cool premise, great monster. nice little talk between the Doc and the space minotaur at the end. like I said, some science fiction on a science fiction show. finally.
Girl Who Waited-again, really good sci-fi. great stuff with the two Amys.
ahh, what else. . .Kill Hitler/Wedding of River-I'll address together as they kind of fit. they're both mythos heavy episodes that contain massive revelations and such. this is what I referred to earlier when I say "what I've been waiting for since the relaunch." though the Doctor's little trick was telegraphed early on, but like I said, it's not nearly as bad RTD's attempts at story resolution. loved the last scene.
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Since I know how you think
do you now? a lot of people think a lot of things about "Australian for beer. . ."
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and I know the kind of entertainment you and I like,
meaning where our interests intersect, which is always fun to discuss.
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nothing would make me happier than you blogging your thoughts on the Who you watch.
no promises, but we'll see. a lot going on these days.
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I've been anticipating one day sending you the Matt Smith era, simply because I knew you would dig it. I have the entire Season Five (Matty's first) on BluRay. Do you have a BluRay player or PS3 or something? If so, PM your mailing address and I'll ship it to you (provided you know it was a gift from Rowe, so I'll need it back at some point). I could, theoretically, even throw in a flashdrive with all of Season Six on there if you like/have a way of viewing it.
Let me know.
nah, I'm a luddite. I'm using a cheapie dvd player I picked up last year after my VHS/DVD combo player bit the dust.
While not necessarily my favorite, I will second SoM in saying that it was one of the best episodes from series 5. Amy's Choice was another good one that, I think, laid out some hints as to where Moffat is taking things.
When I started on Vincent and the Doctor, I was prepared to hate it. "the doctor and amy meets vincent van gogh" didn't sound exciting to me and it was written by a rom com writer. The monster wasn't special either. The real pull for me was how the episode treated Vincent's condition (if it was another show, you'd expect that it ended with Vincent Van Gogh returning home pleased himself and finally cured of his depression, with the tardis duo waving off into the sunset).
The Louvre scene at the end was touching (oth louvre scenes - vincent first. Then Amy's.) And what the doctor said to amy is easily one of the most quotable things Eleventh has said so far (second only to the "there's one thing you never put in a trap" for me)
I've gotten five people at my coffee shop into watching Doctor Who, just by letting them borrow Matt Smith's first season. I'm constantly dumping eps from 2005-2011 onto a flashdrive and passing them around. My barista's eight-year-old had nightmares from BLINK (I warned them ahead of time). So, he's completely hooked!
Doctor Who. There's a reason it's been around for 50-fucking-years...
"Batman is only meaningful as an answer to a world which in its basics is chaotic and in the hands of the wrong people, where no justice can be found. I think it's very suitable to our perception of the world's condition today... Batman embodies the will to resist evil" -Frank Miller
"Conan, what's the meaning of life?" "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!" -Conan the Barbarian
"Well, yeah." -Jason E. Perkins
"If I had a dime for every time Pariah was right about something I'd owe twenty cents." -Ultimate Jaburg53
"Fair enough. I defer to your expertise." -Prometheus
Who the fuck is Bob Baker? The Gallifreyian host of The Price is Right?
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
Actually, I wish I wasn't at work right now. That would be an awesome photoshop.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
Doctor Who head honcho Steven Moffat has dismissed rumours that the planned Who movie will be a drastic re-imagining of the TV series.
Taking to Twitter this morning, the writer said: “To clarify: any Doctor Who movie would be made by the BBC team, star the current TV Doctor and certainly NOT be a Hollywood reboot.”
His words come a fortnight after Harry Potter director David Yates told Variety that he was in line to direct a film based on the popular science fiction series, which would see him “start from scratch” on a “radical transformation” of the programme.
Moffat contextualised Yates’ remark in another tweet, saying: “David Yates, great director, was speaking off the cuff, on a red carpet.”
In a statement issued to a national newspaper, Moffat said that Doctor Who is “a vitally important BBC brand with a huge international audience” and one which “not even Hollywood can start from scratch”.
The producer also revealed that as yet “there simply are no developed plans for a Doctor Who movie at the moment” but “if and when the movie happens it will need to star television's Doctor Who - and there's only ever one of those at a time.
"Whatever happens, the BBC and BBC Worldwide will work together to ensure that we don't just get a movie, we get the movie that everyone wants," he added.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
Blasphemy! 
