Stavros

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  1. 13 minutes ago, dc20willsave said:

    Can I just say how happy that I'm not the only one putting serious thought into the costume? Like, seriously, I know how gay it is but the thing I'm looking forward to most about a female Doctor is the costume potential. Sure, a Doctor needs an iconic costume but if I were the costume designer for this series, I would revel in how much freedom was just given to me. Hell, we're talking about a person who is a woman for the first time, of course she should try different styles. Does she enjoy a dress that flows or one that shows off her curves? For that matter, dresses or pants? Blouses or t-shirts? Letting her hair run wild or wearing a hat or a scarf? And then you have Jewelry. Rings, broaches, bracelets, necklaces. All kinds of new avenues open.

    Iconography in TV heroes is complex, especially if you want to make them larger than life. They need to typically be more practical than for films, but stylish and individual. 

    In this case I kinda think the theme is best served by either going casual with a nifty coat or appropriating and recontextualising men's styles ie some sort of suit and tie combo. I'm definitly fine with a feminine edge but I think a dress overdoes that slightly. Maybe as required in the context of an episode but not for the standard look. It needs to recognisably be The Doctor.

    Met someone whilst playing a megagame who is influencing my thoughts in this direction, a journalist who had switched to wearing mens clothes and examining the practicality of the switch and the response it got.

     Female doctor in a suit and tie could be badass. But then, I'm not an expert and am absolutely open to having my mind changed if the right look is hit upon.

  2. I care more about continuity of fashion than gender. Hoping they don't stick her in heels and a dress (obviously they won't). Iconography of television heroes still has a specific shape and feel, it's unwise to venture too far from it.

    And if that's the Scottish Widow look it's only because she's wearing Capaldi's old clothes.

  3. I'm sure there's backlash out there somewhere but I can't find it on twitter amongst all the hundreds of comments who seem to be responding to an anti-female doctor sentiment that hasn't yet had a change to emerge. I'm sure that there's people who are against this for one dumb reason or another, but I'm even more sure that everyone blowing their stack and shouting "YA BOO SEXISTS" doesn't exactly paint the most evenhanded picture of this either. Not a shot at you Mike, more the thousands of people who don't event watch the show and are just hurling abuse at anyone who might theoretically object.

    Actually the only negative comment I found was a woman saying it was a sexist male producer bending to public demand, and that real feminism is coming up with a new show with a strong female lead. Think she's missing the point.

    See this is why twitter is bollocks.

  4. 1 hour ago, James D. said:

    I've finally watched the first three seasons and I'm beyond impressed. I think I might actually like Korra more than Avatar: TLA, which is saying a HELL of a lot.

    I can sum up Season 3 in one phrase:

    "Suyin wins. FATALITY."

    I was chatting about this with a friend who was hanging at our place watching Avatar episodes this weekend. She never took to Korra as a show and quit a couple of episodes in, but honestly if you give it time it's the superior of Avatar in most every way. Every season the varied threats, the exploring of the world, of the Avatar as a concept, it's brilliant.

  5. 55 minutes ago, slothian said:

    Dude, you're not quite 2 years older than I am, and Burt Reynolds was NEVER on my radar as a child. Bristol ITV must've been a very different beast - Central simply padded out their schedules with repeats of Blockbusters.

    I guess I was just a much cooler child than you. 

    Basically I ran around with my pontiac trans-am hotwheels car singing "Eastbound and down" a lot. I was Archer. giphy.gif

    It's also a timeless thematic southern sheriff tie in with JW Pepper from the Bond films.

  6. Smokey and the Bandit. It is THE Burt Reynolds film.

    Man, when I was a kid Burt Reynold was the coolest man alive and the Pontiac Trans-am was the dream car everyone wanted.

    It got repeated a lot on itv, and I think I rented it a fair few times as well. I'm not secretly much older than I claim. :ph34r:

  7. 1 hour ago, The Master said:

    In kayfabe: How the fuck is Hulk Hogan a face? Never mind the dirty back-rakes and eye-pokes, he is a whiny asshole. Sure, yeah, the ref messed up the final call of World War 3 '95, but instead of accepting his loss with grace -- like everyone else did, face and heel alike -- he pantomimes how he was screwed over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again like a punk, thus overshadowing Randy Savage's win.

    Beyond not getting how his character is a face, the man is a dick; he keeps stepping in front of the camera every single time Savage is meant to be in focus. It's fucking infuriating.

    Because Hogan is a heel IRL. Just took people a while to catch on.

    I absolutely know what you mean, and frankly the backlash was present and building by 95. He sorely needed that heel turn.

  8. 4 hours ago, Dread said:

    Almost all the way through watching WSX just today and it really carries the ECW aesthetic well past the point where the ECW brand had been necro-raped by WWE. Pretty solid old timers and new guys. Also: there's a Lucha Underground alumni or two in every episode.

    It is absolutely the precursor to LU. Same mix of PWG Indy guys (Cross, Evans etc) luchadores and older ex wwf/wcw guys. All it lacks is the aesthetic and storytelling.