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2015/07/09 22:26:55
Subject: Doctor Who -- page #11 new companion update
I'm excited! There's also apparently some Lego dimensions game coming out as well.
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Can we not? Can we just not? What happened to the fun episodes? When did everything get so damn grimdark! Ugh. I'm skipping this season, as I already can tell I'll hate it
Overlord Thraka wrote: Can we not? Can we just not? What happened to the fun episodes? When did everything get so **** grimdark!?
The Lord of Time and Space rocking out on a guitar is grimdark?
What? What do you mean by that?
I mean that everything is, "Oooh, super duper serious time. Can't have much in the way of comedy this season."
I like Doctor Who because it was always a mix of comedy, drama and action. The last season was almost entirely stupid drama and action.
Seriously? Missy? That stupid afterlife thing? Turning EVERY SINGLE dead human into a Cyberman? The writer just keeps trying to one-up himself.
I haven't really enjoyed a 'story' episode since David Tennant as the 10th Doctor. I've liked alot of the 'one off' episodes, and I did indeed like Mummy on the Orient Express from last season. But that was the only thing I liked about last season. That one episode.
And don't even get me started on Clara. I seriously hope the focus is put back on the Doctor this time. Nothing against Jenna Coleman, but the way last season was "Clara with a little bit of the Doctor thrown in" was AWFUL.
All in all, my hopes are not high. I've nothing against Capaldi, and I think he was good in the last season. But I seriously HATED season 8.
That's pretty much my thoughts on last season and this one. It's all going to hell and I can't wait to see it either drastically changed, or canceled all together.
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AduroT wrote: Doctor Who has always been grimdark mixed with silly.
Yep. Don't let the door hit ya.
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Well, they are both male.
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I used to live near this crazy old women who could not seperate actor from character. Whenever an actor went on another show that wasnt her "Stories" she thought the character itself was on the show
Im gonna do the same here. That isnt a new Character, It is ARYA STARK in my mind
Overlord Thraka wrote: Can we not? Can we just not? What happened to the fun episodes? When did everything get so **** grimdark!?
The Lord of Time and Space rocking out on a guitar is grimdark?
What? What do you mean by that?
I mean that everything is, "Oooh, super duper serious time. Can't have much in the way of comedy this season."
I like Doctor Who because it was always a mix of comedy, drama and action. The last season was almost entirely stupid drama and action.
Seriously? Missy? That stupid afterlife thing? Turning EVERY SINGLE dead human into a Cyberman? The writer just keeps trying to one-up himself.
I haven't really enjoyed a 'story' episode since David Tennant as the 10th Doctor. I've liked alot of the 'one off' episodes, and I did indeed like Mummy on the Orient Express from last season. But that was the only thing I liked about last season. That one episode.
And don't even get me started on Clara. I seriously hope the focus is put back on the Doctor this time. Nothing against Jenna Coleman, but the way last season was "Clara with a little bit of the Doctor thrown in" was AWFUL.
All in all, my hopes are not high. I've nothing against Capaldi, and I think he was good in the last season. But I seriously HATED season 8.
That's pretty much my thoughts on last season and this one. It's all going to hell and I can't wait to see it either drastically changed, or canceled all together.
Really? Cause last season was one of the most highly ratefd among fans, because we finally got rid of GODDAMN 11th docter and his childishness of "DINOSAURS ON A SPACESHIP"
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Really? Cause last season was one of the most highly ratefd among fans, because we finally got rid of GODDAMN 11th docter and his childishness of "DINOSAURS ON A SPACESHIP"
...So you go on a rant to explain why he should like last season, while at the same time deriding Matt Smith's run as "childishness"?
Did you never see the Vincent Van Gogh episode? Because seriously, saying that this is "childishness" makes me question if you actually watched his run:
It as alot more childish then anything I have seen then a show for Adults. His jokes, his annoying tendencie to act erractic.
No, Matt Smith is the worst docter
hotsauceman1 wrote: It as alot more childish then anything I have seen then a show for Adults. His jokes, his annoying tendencie to act erractic.
No, Matt Smith is the worst docter
Childish and erratic are make him the worse doctor, you say?
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hotsauceman1 wrote: I used to live near this crazy old women who could not seperate actor from character. Whenever an actor went on another show that wasnt her "Stories" she thought the character itself was on the show
Im gonna do the same here. That isnt a new Character, It is ARYA STARK in my mind
Does that mean The Doctor is, in fact, The Cardinal?
hotsauceman1 wrote: It as alot more childish then anything I have seen then a show for Adults. His jokes, his annoying tendencie to act erractic.
No, Matt Smith is the worst docter
Serious question:
Did you actually watch all of Matt Smith's run?
People who think any of the current series are ridiculous should watch the old episodes. Instead of defaulting to glowering stare followed by sonic screwdriver as a way of dealing with foes, he used everything from jelly babies to the "look over there!" trick.
I mean, Matt Smith had some very good one-off episodes (Vincent being one of the best), but the overall arcs for series 6 and 7 were awful, with all the gak about Amy being pregnant or not, and fething in the TARDIS making a pseudo-Time Lord.
Series 8 was much better, because Peter Capaldi is awesome, and the monster-of-the-week episodes were generally fantastic (Flatline was my personal favourite, Mummy & Orient Express was a close runner-up, along with Time Heist). "Forest of the Dead of the Grimdark Night" was the obligatory terrible episode, but the series finale wasn't much better, in my opinion. Nothing in it really made any kind of (Doctor Who relative) sense, and... I've had this rant before, so I won't repeat it. Suffice to say, Clara should probably leave soon, and Doctor Who really needs a management shake-up; Moffat's had his run now, and someone else should probably take over.
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As Shouty Tennent carried on and shouted more and more I hated his epeisodes more and more
Matt Smith started well but it replapsed into shout and wave the Sonic screwdriver around and the Dr is Mary Sue invincible to the nth degree
The tedious whining about him "dying" (and regenernating) was pathetic and turned me right off.
Saw some of the recent run - and although I liked the one with the flat entities from a nother dimension - the trees save the world was horrible and the wasted dinosaur espisode. I would agree that the Monstor of the week are usually better than Moffats tired and dreery storyline with his beloved characters repeatedly being showcased ad nausim
Like Clara but rather we had the Cardinal back for Muskateers.
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I always loved Christopher Eccleston personally. He's always been my favorite, it's sad he was only for one season though. I do find he seems to be massively unappreciated, because of the massive amount of attention David Tennent got.
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Co'tor Shas wrote: I always loved Christopher Eccleston personally. He's always been my favorite, it's sad he was only for one season though. I do find he seems to be massively unappreciated, because of the massive amount of attention David Tennent got.
I REALLY disliked Eccleston to begin with. Watching his run through again at the moment, and while he's still somewhat irritating, he's far better as the Doctor than I had originally given him credit for.
I actually thoroughly enjoyed Matt Smith's run, although not just because of him... (my daughter is named Amelia. Total coincidence, honest ) Sure , it had some silly moments, but I'm not watching Doctor Who for serious, cutting edge scifi.
Having said that , less reliance on the sonic to fix every problem would be nice. I got a big chuckle or of War Doctor's derision of the screwdriver in the anniversary special.
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I have liked all of them as Doctor Who, they are all good actors, but there has been a tendency for the over-arching story arc involving the assistant saving the universe to become more bleeding obvious and therefore tedious as the series have stacked up.
It is long past time for Clara to go. I suppose she was held on to provide continuity between Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi.
Somehow I got bored of the Musketeers towards the end of series 1 and I never bothered to watch series 2.
hotsauceman1 wrote: It as alot more childish then anything I have seen then a show for Adults. His jokes, his annoying tendencie to act erractic.
No, Matt Smith is the worst docter
Serious question:
Did you actually watch all of Matt Smith's run?
Yes. And i found it tedious in which it didnt have a plot episode.
With silly things like "I talk horse" and doing things like "And his name is susan and he wants you to respect his life choices
hotsauceman1 wrote: Yes. And i found it tedious in which it didnt have a plot episode.
With silly things like "I talk horse" and doing things like "And his name is susan and he wants you to respect his life choices
I really think you have a weird perspective on Doctor Who. Have you only seen the revised series?
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hotsauceman1 wrote: Yes. And I dont CARE about the doctor in the previous incarnations.
The thing is, the 'new' Doctors really aren't any substantial deviation from the way he's always been. He does peculiar things. He behaves as if he knows what's going on, even when he doesn't. He's a font of knowledge... but not averse to just making gak up when it suits him.
They're certainly played up the light-heartedness a bit more in 'New Who', but for me, that's what makes it work, because the old stuff is dated enough that it's really hard (even for someone like me who grew up with it) to take it particularly seriously. So if the modern series had tried to take a more serious approach, it would have felt like a major disconnect for those of us who do still enjoy the old stuff, cheesy as it is by today's standards.
There's plenty of hard scifi out there these days. I'm quite happy that the writers of Dr Who have chosen to give us something a bit fluffier.
hotsauceman1 wrote: Yes. And I dont CARE about the doctor in the previous incarnations.
I suppose that answers that then.
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While Season 8 wasn't our favourite, it had some really enjoyable moments and Capaldi was great as the Doctor.
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) Sure , it had some silly moments, but I'm not watching Doctor Who for serious, cutting edge scifi.
