Donomark
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Yes! New episode of HAA! Take that work shift boredom!
I hope it's not too late to e-mail in for the Bale episode. I'm still fighting off a chronic case of lazyness and shiftlessness.
*HOURS LATER*
Oh...it is too late. Blast it.
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Actually, according to Sean Howe's Marvel Comics history (which you should read if you haven't already), while Gerber was part of the scene with Steve Englehart, Jim Starlin, Frank Brunner, and Tom Orzechowski, who were all incredibly drug-fueled and brought that sensibility to all their books, Gerber himself was teetotal. He was just a very strange guy.
Sean Howe's Untold Story of Marvel Comics is a MUST-READ for comic fans
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Wait, Dan and Mike are doing a Star Trek podcast?!?! Well, that's something I had not anticipated!!!
I know right?
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Don Newton has to be the most universally underrated major Batman artist in the character's history. He drew the first appearance of Jason Todd (pre-crisis) and the special 'Tec #500 issue which included every major Batman character at the time, from Alfred's daughter Julia to villains like Signalman and the Spook.
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This may be my favorite Ree-lief yet because of all the snide remarks. Loved the rundown for the Bay Turtles movie and the line "All your favorite X-Men actors return...as well as Hallie Berry!"
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AWESOME.
I totally co-sign on Dan's assesment of Gil Kane, especially the nostrails sentiment.
Have either of you been interested in getting the Legends of the Dark Knight: Jim Aparo collection that recently came out? It's full of his Brave/Bold work. THE LOTDK collections have been covering several noted Bronze Age Batman artists, including Alan Davis, Gene Colan and Don Newton. It's fantastic.
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The Prestige could be a good one because of...well, I don't want to spoil the ending but it's a great venue to see how he acts opposite certain characters in certain situations. For the purposes of the show, I think that would be a great choice.
American Psycho's a must though. It's the one major performance of his that the world always goes back to.
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Really liking it. It looks slick. It's a nice changeover from Smith's kinda of...for a lack of a better phrase, "hipster-ish" look in that this older Doctor doesn't need an older fashion sense.
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I think it's funny that when the Moffatt era in the podcast started you guys sort of scoffed at the notion of him being sexist, yet in practically every episode since you've noted how it's become more and more understandable to think that he is. Not denegrating you guys or anything, but it's interesting to consider both the terms and evidence for or against.
I myself hesitate to label him a "sexist" or "mysogynist" as I think there's enough evidence to the contrary to stave off those accusations...BUT so many people have cited reasons why he might be according to certain interpretations of the terms that I'm close to changing my mind. Just today, this article was written which is basically a laundry list for his quotes about certain things pertaining to women in both DW and Sherlock.
http://www.dailydot.com/opinion/steven-moffat-sexism-sherlock-doctor-who/
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I now want an episode of Earth-2 with Dan and Mike discussing Lost Girls.
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Season 9 confirmed for 2015?????
http://www.cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/8879-doctor-who-series-9-confirmed-for-2015
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I'd bet that if people didn't know or care who Moffat was, a good number of the complaints would cease. Lots of the criticism leveled at DW in recent years has been based on assumptions (well-informed or not) about what Moffat's thoughts and intentions are. ("Moffat is sexist"; "Moffat is just trying to create memes"; "Moffat is too self-referential"; "Moffat thinks he's being clever"; "Moffat is a funny name when you think about it")
Good point, I would agree with that. Not to say that the complaints may not be valid, but it's almost as though some people are trying to outthink Moffat.
This little girl's summation of the episode makes me like it a bit more.
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I would like to give a plea for fannish tolerance. (Not here, just in general.) It's never been more clear to me than recently, and especially in the past 24 hours, how many new fans have come on board in the past few years. This is the first regeneration for a significant chunk of fandom, and there is wailing and gnashing of teeth. If you're a new fan, welcome aboard, and you will make it through this. In a few months we'll see what the new Doctor brings. Lots of you will like him, some of you won't. It happens. The show continues regardless, and hopefully you will still enjoy it like you do now. As for longtime fans, remember that you had a first regeneration once too, and you made it through, so please try not to shout down fans who are having a tough time with Smith leaving.
This is the first regen I've seen after watching the Doctor's run from beginning to end as it was happening in real time. Personally I feel very melancholic, and it still hasn't fully set in yet. Whenever thinking back to that last scene, my brain can't reconcile the great writing with the heavy emotion. DAMN YOU INTERNET AGE FICTION!
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On the numbering point, I think it was sensible not to hammer it home ad nauseam. Ten really bigged up how death meant death when he wasn't at the end of his cycle and it came off as annoying and petulant -even Eleven had a dig at Ten's vanity by him creating Rose's sex doctor as a means of cheating death. Eleven himself spent the back half of Series 6 trying to avoid his fate but came to accept it with the Brig's death and only found a clever way out through the finale as a means of trying to end his legacy and stop Kovarian & co. coming after him/River.
Thusly, Eleven's stand in Trenzalore is admirable. He's in no rush to die but accepts his newly adopted home as the place where he is destined to die. That he protects the planet for 300+ years is highly admirable, never once expecting his new cycle as a reward. I don't mind it being done offscreen either because ultimately it isn't a key beat to the main story. Still, what better setting for an Eleven Big Finish story when Smith's voice has naturally aged in years from now?
Appropos of nothing, Karen Gillan's overly fake wig made me chuckle and I could tell it wasn't the same girl playing Amelia either - which is fair, as she must be early/mid teens by now.
Fair point. It's more of a personal hang up than a genuine writing problem.
I did think it was funny how both the 11th Doctor and his original companion were wig wearing at the time. And oh yeah, young Amelia was clearly a different girl.
Looks like Moffat really agrees with Dan in how they both disagree with Ten's/RTD's approach to regeneration.
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Was a bit iffy on it myself.
I didn't care for how half of the episode took place for hundreds of years off-screen and the Doctor kept living out more and more of his life on this one planet. It started out seeming like it was going down a "Caves of Androzani" route and the Doctor would end up dying during a typical adventure. I really didn't like how the plot kept fast-forwarding. I also think the tossed-off way he mentions that he's the final Doctor didn't make the transition to him being the 13th worth much. It felt needless to me. IDK
On the plus side I really like Clara in this. I felt bad for her throughout and was rooting for her to get back to Smith each time.
The last five minutes were great.
I loved that the Doctor went back to his original look and he saw Amy. Really very nice and made me well up.
Capaldi was awesome for the ten seconds we saw him. I liked how they just had him burst from Smith with no warning. T'was cool.
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Dan beat me for the suggestion of Sam Jackson.Switching to another Avenger, mebbe Chris Evans? He was known primarily for comedy but has since done more serious roles.
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The only other Foster film I've seen was Nell. I figured Taxi Driver would be denied as a DeNiro film, so I reached into the deep recesses of my mind and remembered that I saw Nell about ten-ish years ago.
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http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/what-if-eccleston-had-returned-for-50th-56889.htm
I like his reasoning for making up a new Doctor. Once he broke it down, it all made sense on how the War Doctor wouldn't be either 8 nor 9.
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I dunno if I agree with Dan that this wasn't a good season. It's certainly uneven, not being as consistent as the previous season. I the second half I like quite a bit. "A Good Man Goes to War", "Let's Kill Hitler", "The Girl Who Waited", "The God Complex" were episodes that really sold me on Matt Smith, as I wasn't fully warmed up to him throughout season 5. I agree that lesser episodes were interspersed throughout, but I dunno if they weighed the season down as heavily as let's say season 3.
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Holy crap man, I LOVED this show! What a terrific idea, and the Brothers Wilson is a podcasting dream team! Cannot wait until the next one! Bravo gents!
My favorite line was when Pandy said "It's not really an argument, it's more one-sided. It's homophobic. Case in point: the film." That cracked me up
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All right. As others have said, way more satisfying than Moffat's other finales. However, I have a challenge for folks.
Name me one reason that Clara would choose to make that sacrifice, other than the plot/existing story required her to, given her relationship with the Doctor and who she is as a person.
Also, this basically makes her the biggest Mary Sue in the history of fucking ever, and vaguely implies that every Companion at one point or another was possessed by her. Yeah, fuck no. Give the Ponds that sacrifice, not some character who we still don't know after only half a season.
Also, the bit with John Hurt is really interesting, also is likely going to throw the 13 regeneration limit out the window.
1) If I'm reading my TV tropes right, "Mary Sue" implies that Clara is Moffatt, which I can't get my head around.
2) When watching the episode, I took the Clara monologue - which was repeated twice, and helped reinforce my view - to mean that whilst she was present for every Doctor dilemma, only Eleven turned to speak to her and thus engage. Therefore, she was always a separate entity to the actual companion. That she was dressed as other companions struck me as fan service and nothing more. Her presence can be explained as strictly undoing the damage of the Great Intelligence.
For my part, I found the episode to be very engaging. It could possibly have been stretched into a two-parter, but I don't think the episode really suffered from being a one & done. With regard to the Clara storyline, I can see why people would think her sacrifice, such that it is in that she didn't die, would be a bit sudden, but then this storyline had been set in place from the beginning of this series, and if it hadn't been addressed in this episode, people would still have bitched & moaned about Moffatt dragging it out. At worst, we don't see the many iterations of Eleven meeting various versions of Clara, and tbh, I could see that getting very old, very quickly - especially as people didn't like Eleven moving onto the 3rd iteration of Clara after the Christmas special.
My interpretation of this episode is that it wraps up the Impossible Girl storyline, gives River a proper goodbye so that she can be properly written out and, within the space where mutliple Doctor history can fall in on itself, sets up the 50th anniversary with John Hurt's Doctor/Valeyard, Tennant's Ten and possibly others. There was also Vastra/Jenny/Strax, so I'm scratching my head as to what the major, hateful flaws are that damn Moffatt as some kind of hack.
Yeah man, I agree.
I found the episode to be pretty intense and engaging. It's at the top of all of the modern finales, though not by very much as I've liked most of them.
I do think that the whole River thing was confusing and not explained well enough to be totally understood. So she's dead, but she can ghost around to people's subconscious and talk to them from beyond the grave? And if this is the iteration of her that was saved in the library, how can she do that exactly? It's a bit tough to take on face value, and hard to understand logistically.
But the ending made me scream. So glad I wasn't spoiled. Can't wait until the 50th Anniversary.
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As am I! I'll be sure to play along with you guys via Netflix, but I would like to suggest something for the future. As someone who's not really a Trekkie but looking forward to learning more about the series, I'd love it if the two of you went as in-depth in the background of the series as you did with Doctor Who. I'm sure a lot of listeners who've watched TOS know a lot about the behind the scenes stuff, but folks like me who're coming into the show new really enjoy hearing whatever details can be shared, so please don't hold anything when it comes to background info!