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  2. Episode 110

    in Bigger on the Inside

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    Has Alonsi ever been funny?

    Part of the problem is that Tennent cant say a catchphrase, while making it sound part of the natural conversation. Eccleston and Smith can make "fantastic" or "geronimo" work. But Tennent is like the "i'd buy that for a dollar" guy from Robocop.

  8. Episode 106

    in Bigger on the Inside

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    The Lazarus experiment follows a disappointing trend of misunderstanding the principles of evolution, both in the TNG episode Genesis which you mentioned as well as Voyagers Threshold. I've always thought one of the duties of good sci-fi should be education, using exaggeration to emphasise scientific or social principles. X-men can mess with evolution because it explores the notion of survival of the fittest as well as social issues like exclusion and persecution. All these other shows are claiming that DNA has the potential to turn you into a scorpion or a spider or whatever with some tiny shifts and it absolutely drives me mental.

    The new series has never been big on real science. Just read any interview with Bidmead

  12. The Doctor Who thread

    in Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy

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    This was also the source of JNT's now-infamous "The memory cheats", his response whenever someone indicated that the show had declined in quality; i.e., "No, you're remembering it wrong. The Hinchcliffe era was nowhere NEAR as good as you think it was." It was deeply insulting and incredibly inaccurate, and was just one more thing many longtime fans found so infuriating about the man, in that he managed to both cut down the earlier era's success and to say "meh, what I come up with is good enough" in one fell swoop.

    I also lead to chris chibnall to go on TV and bitch about lazy, poor writing in the show on JNTs watch. The same guy would later work with RTD and give use Hungry earth, 42 and the Torchwood episode Cyberwoman.

  14. Episode 101

    in Bigger on the Inside

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    I'm loving your review of Love and Monsters, totally agree. On the actors they're generally good, but since you clearly don't know, FUCK PETER KAY. He's always been awful, just imagine all the bad stuff we brits said against James Corden minus any acting skill and plus milking his mediocre overpriced 'stand-up' for all it's worth. Great show again guys!

    I don't necessarily agree with all of that, although some of it's true. I don't like Corden as an actor who wants to be a comedian (great actor, awful comedian). Kay is a great writer, a so-so comedian and an awful actor, and his success amplifies all of that.

    To those outside of the UK, Kay rose to prominence from a cult Sunday lunchtime TV show to having his own sketch show (which was received pretty well, although I don't remember it) and then his own sitcom, Phoenix Nights. It's not got international appeal as it's very Northern, but I really enjoyed it when it was on air. The problem is, after that, he went on a self-promotion binge, releasing 3 separate DVDs doing the same routine of nostalgic observational comedy and making money off of Comic Relief through single releases and proming a percentage of his merchandise sales to the charity - the message being: "Buy my merchandise".

    As for Love & Monsters, I think Fear Her is worse because it has less ambition, a crayon monster and a vomit inducing finale regarding the Olympic torch. And I think too much is made off of a throwaway joke in the last minute of the episode (the love life one) - the episode's synopsis kind of proves my point. That being said, aside from the actors trying to make a decent hash of it, the episode is pretty bad. The Scooby Doo opener really sets the tone of the episode.

    Love the two-parter though. Also love the shout-outs from old man Toland! :yes:

    Its not just the throw away love life joke at the end. There is also the moment where Jackie talks about how its good to "splash out" over something. Which is even worse.

  19. The Doctor Who thread

    in Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy

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    I'm 10 minutes away from watching a horribly misogynistic, evil television programme called 'Doctor Who', which is apparently serious business on the internet. Please pray for my soul.

    The latest thing people are saying is the fact that Oswin was baking a souffle was sexist. They are saying that baking is a stereotypical thing for a woman to do.

  21. The Doctor Who thread

    in Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy

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    Everyone always talks about Moffat being sexist. But act like RTD is never objectionable. Martha was a strong woman, who meets the Doctor, and turns into a lovestruck teenage girl who pines after him. Rose needs a man (the clone doctor) to get by in life. But none of the Moffat haters will see anything wrong with the Great RTD.