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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #45, on May 21st, 2011, 09:24 PM »
Double episode so I'll wait till next week.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #46, on May 21st, 2011, 10:26 PM »
I started watching Doctor Who thanks to yu and now I'm totally addicted, seriously, it's brilliant!

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #47, on May 21st, 2011, 10:58 PM »
:)

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #48, on May 22nd, 2011, 01:35 AM »
Finishing first season. It's kind of soft and I don't get used to since I was watching Breaking Bad (which is really hardcore).

But it's excellent, specially for a geeky guy like me :P

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #49, on May 22nd, 2011, 07:53 AM »
Ah, Eccleston was so cool... Nice first season. But the show really gets cult status IMO around the end of season 3. At that point it becomes something like, 'there have been so many good episodes so far, let's hope the next one doesn't disappoint in comparison!'

Breaking Bad is 'hardcore'? I've never watched the show but how different could it be from Weeds, for instance? (I've only watched the first Weeds episode and no BB because, well... I'm not interested in the subject.)

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #50, on May 22nd, 2011, 11:05 AM »
Eccleston had a problem to face that was only faced briefly in 1996 with the TV movie: a show that's been off the air for years, with a large but dormant fanbase - bearing in mind that anyone who saw DW the first time around would have grown quite a bit since then, so they had to come up with something that appealed to kids as well as the nostalgia of their parents.

The season has a lot of great moments in it but it does distinctly have the feeling of taking tentative steps rather than the big expansive ones it can take now.

For me, season 1's highlights:
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The Empty Child two-parter, where we first see Captain Jack Harkness and the ever creepy, "Are you my mummy?", and the closing moments of the finale with the Time Vortex and the Heart of the TARDIS.

Season 2 is where it starts to extend its stride a bit.
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The Girl in the Fireplace, episode of epic. Plus one of my all time favourites, The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit.

Season 3 is definitely where it reaches real critical mass.
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The 2- or 3-part (depending on who you listen to) finale is pretty big, but the episode of the season, beyond any doubt is Blink.

Season 4 does a few interesting things.
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A big reunion in the finale, seeing how it was David's last full season as Doctor, but for me the epic moment of the season is the Silence in the Library / The Forest of the Dead, especially River Song's speech at the end.

I'll leave season 5 for now for commentary, I really need to rewatch it!
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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #51, on May 22nd, 2011, 04:15 PM »
I don't like the Season 2 Who... It doesn't have a north accent :(

At least they didn't take Rose...

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #52, on May 22nd, 2011, 04:30 PM »
Actually the actor is Scottish and he only refrained himself from using his accent when shooting ;)

Tennant isn't particularly exciting in the beginning, but he'll grow on you, don't worry. If only with Blink, Silence in the Library, and the ending to Waters of Mars. (That's where I definitely thought, "unbeatable actor for the Doctor." Too bad he was about to leave!)

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #53, on May 22nd, 2011, 04:44 PM »
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Actually the actor is Scottish and he only refrained himself from using his accent when shooting ;)
Except in Tooth & Claw. ;)
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Tennant isn't particularly exciting in the beginning, but he'll grow on you, don't worry. If only with Blink, Silence in the Library, and the ending to Waters of Mars. (That's where I definitely thought, "unbeatable actor for the Doctor." Too bad he was about to leave!)
I find his scripts actually gave him, generally speaking, less room to manuever as his run went on, because I was getting fed up of hearing "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry" virtually every episode. Angst is a wonderful conflict generator but turning a character into a walking bucket of angst instead of his role as narrator and guide... sorry, no.

(Remember, structurally and dramatically speaking, the Doctor himself isn't the focus of the stories, at least not the very best ones. It's really about the companions and their stories - and he's the facilitator and guide for their journeys. Season 5 particularly shows this: it's about Amy and Rory and their dynamic, as well as River - very little about the man himself really.)


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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #54, on May 22nd, 2011, 06:20 PM »
I try not to think too much about how different the doctors are... To me, they're the same, with just a few quirks depending on the actor. Tennant was definitely the less crazy one -- but he made up for it by being hugely likable. Things like that...

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #55, on May 22nd, 2011, 11:22 PM »
James Bond is good at regeneration too, considering the number of actors who have played the role. Odd how Q never noticed.  :lol:

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #56, on May 22nd, 2011, 11:24 PM »
There was an article I found... oh at least a decade ago, proclaiming that Bond was definitely a Time Lord, and goes on to explain it pretty convincingly; page is long since gone though.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #57, on May 23rd, 2011, 10:31 AM »
What if James Bond is a position, like 007 / M / Q / R, and not a real name? :P

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #58, on May 23rd, 2011, 10:38 AM »
*nods* As per "Sir James Bond", aka David Niven, in the original Casino Royale film. You can see how many James Bonds there...
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... vocationally devoted, sublimely disinterested. Hardly a description of that sexual acrobat who leaves a trail of dead beautiful women like so many blown roses behind him - that bounder to whom you gave my name and number.
I really must watch that again sometime. (David Niven, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen, Orson Welles and Ursula Undress Andress... what's not to like? :D)

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #59, on May 23rd, 2011, 12:45 PM »
Ah yes, I have both Casino Royales on DVD/BluRay but I have yet to watch the first one... Even though it has some of my favorite artists in it.
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