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Autonomous Monster posted:Welcome to Doctor Who. Yeah, but the BBC could also throw a bit of money at this couldn't they? It is one of their Flagship shows isn't it? Jerusalem posted:To be fair, even the Doctor had never seen it before. Possibly for the latter although i'm willing to bet it was for looking alien rather than what it did seeing as feeling guilty is a stupidly ambiguous thing to detect. I guess i'm more thinking that Dr Who should have the Doctor floating from extremely alien world to extremely alien world doing cool alien adventures with the constantly human companion going "coo, wot's all this then?" with the doctor explaining it to them with various levels of contempt. If you make things too human you kind of make the purpose of a companion irrelevant.
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Sep 20, 2014 20:06
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Very mild Malcolm Tucker there  Edit: That loving gong 
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Sep 20, 2014 20:10
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Oh yeah I didn't see that one coming. 
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Sep 20, 2014 20:10
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Shutity-bye.
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Sep 20, 2014 20:11
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"What do you think of the new look? I was hoping for minimalism and I think I got magician"
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Sep 20, 2014 20:13
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Sep 20, 2014 20:16
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Well that's sweet Edit: Haha "Call me  "
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Sep 20, 2014 20:16
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"Beat that for a date." AHAHAHAA!
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Sep 20, 2014 20:18
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I enjoyed that for a more actiony episode, and I thought the shapeshifter and the decker seemed reasonably well written, I'm glad he recruited them and not the paternoster gang.
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Sep 20, 2014 20:19
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Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnope, didn't like it. Felt very thing and rushed in places, and basically every single last emotional beat was entirely unearned. Far from the worst episode, and probably better than Deep Breath/Robots of Sherwood, but as far as I'm concerned this was empty filler.
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Sep 20, 2014 20:21
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That was very enjoyable even if it was full of some jarring transitions and missed opportunities re: character interaction. The ending felt a little rushed too, but the whole episode has a fun feel to it which is suitable for a "heist" episode. The only thing that really bugged me was that the most secure bank in the universe apparently got caught completely by surprise by such a powerful solar storm - did they really not see that coming?
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Sep 20, 2014 20:21
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Jerusalem posted:The only thing that really bugged me was that the most secure bank in the universe apparently got caught completely by surprise by such a powerful solar storm - did they really not see that coming? Well, the audience didn't either.
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Sep 20, 2014 20:23
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Lt. Danger posted:Well, the audience didn't either. I don't really understand what you're trying to say here, but seriously scientists today can tell you when our sun is having increased solar activity so you'd think in the far future the super-rich and ultra secure best bank in the universe would have that stuff monitored and their bank structurally prepared to deal with it.
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Sep 20, 2014 20:26
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Aww, I have a soft spot for the "weird alien just wants to be reunited with his ladyfriend" stories.  Loved all the cheesy stuff as well. Not tremendously groundbreaking but I'm a sucker for teamwork heist thingies. Ocean's 4 I guess?  e: also Capaldi is the best Doctor
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Sep 20, 2014 20:27
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McDragon posted:Aww, I have a soft spot for the "weird alien just wants to be reunited with his ladyfriend" stories. Had to laugh that the first thing they did once they got to their own private planet was to get nekkid
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Sep 20, 2014 20:38
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Parts of it were fun, and I enjoyed Capaldi's performance. I enjoyed Keeley Hawes but thought she was maybe a bit wasted. I probably wouldn't go out of my way to watch it again, but nor would I go out of my way to avoid it. Good, not great.
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Sep 20, 2014 20:44
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Jerusalem posted:Had to laugh that the first thing they did once they got to their own private planet was to get nekkid well they have a whole species to kick-start Now lets begin a week long discussion on the biblical implications of Adam & Eve as mind sucking aliens and how the doctor is the serpent in the garden :S
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Sep 20, 2014 20:45
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just_a_guy posted:well they have a whole species to kick-start And lo God brought them to the earth, and declared this place and all its creatures shall be under your dominion... but thou shalt not eat from the Tree of Knowledge because that's a metaphor for my brain and I don't want you to turn it into soup.
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Sep 20, 2014 20:50
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Jerusalem posted:Had to laugh that the first thing they did once they got to their own private planet was to get nekkid Only thing they had to wear was Straitjackets. Their relationship isn't ready for that yet. 
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Sep 20, 2014 20:52
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Best episode of the season so far.
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Sep 20, 2014 20:57
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I think the lack of budget hurt this one a bit. The monster was decent but just him and a couple of dudes with guns didn't really sell me on "THE MOST ADVANCED SECURITY IN THE GALAXY"
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Sep 20, 2014 21:34
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I like how both medieval robot knights and the most secure bank in the galaxy both use my iPhone alarm clock sound as their security klaxon. e: also a fan of the same corridor o' many colors. HD DAD fucked around with this message at 22:04 on Sep 20, 2014 |
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Sep 20, 2014 21:55
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That was fun and good, I liked it.
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Sep 20, 2014 22:06
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Sep 20, 2014 22:21
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I really liked the cyberpunks in this episode. Wouldn't mind seeing them again. Apparently I remain the only person on the face of the earth to remain a fan of the Paternosters, so between the cyberpunks, Paternosters, and Cleopatra and the hunter guy from that one episode, there have been a lot of nice part-time companions. I liked the episode, though it wasn't particularly great. It moved along at a good enough pace and with all the heist-y stuff it was nice to have an emotional conclusion.
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Sep 20, 2014 22:27
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The brain melting scene might just be the most baffling violence shot in Doctor Who. They only got away with that because there's no blood (SOUP!) and the guy isn't technically dead.
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Sep 20, 2014 22:29
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I really enjoyed that episode. Some great acting from Peter Capaldi as usual, he is rapidly becoming my favourite Doctor (I've only watched since the revival so I can't comment on the older ones).
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Sep 20, 2014 22:36
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Actually I think The Teller was really good for a one-off monster, it had two simple but terrifying abilities with a good thematic link, and its design/name worked well with them. Its motivation is perhaps a little too similar to the one in Hide, but the creature working under duress fitted in well with the episode.
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Sep 20, 2014 23:10
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Rochallor posted:I really liked the cyberpunks in this episode. Wouldn't mind seeing them again. Apparently I remain the only person on the face of the earth to remain a fan of the Paternosters, so between the cyberpunks, Paternosters, and Cleopatra and the hunter guy from that one episode, there have been a lot of nice part-time companions. I'm on the record as still liking the paternosters, but having had them in the first episode this would definately have been too soon for a reappearance.
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Sep 20, 2014 23:29
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Pretty good episode on first viewing, though I never really solidify my opinion until a rewatch. Was talking with a friend about the episode, and we talked about "Doctors who would totally be willing to pull off a bank heist." I nominated Two and Seven; the former being an anarchist, and the latter being a master plotter. He thinks that Nine could pull it off. I now want to read a multi-Doctor story where Two joins Seven and Ace for a bank heist for the sheer hell of it, or to take down some authority figure who's up to no good.
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Sep 20, 2014 23:36
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That was a fun episode. Not great, but definitely not bad. Serviceable, mid-tier, etc. Entertaining, mostly solidly executed. The Teller was a cool one-off alien monster thing, and while the reveal at the end wasn't wholly original, it still worked and was (as with most of the episode) decent. None of the emotional beats were all that effective, and the reveal that the two cyberpunks weren't actually dead seemed to undercut their "deaths" by a fair amount. And it's difficult to think the Doctor would have so misunderstood what the "escape plan" devices were - and also how did the two get back into the bank, much less disguised as those two guards, and the security at this bank seemed really lax for it being such a big deal, and we could probably go on and on like this. So, it was an entertaining episode, but definitely not the kind that stands up to much scrutiny or close examination. Which is okay, it's nice to have this sort of thing once or twice a season.
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Sep 20, 2014 23:43
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So did the Doctor's delivery of the Pisa joke read to anyone else like it was harkening back to the Fourth Doctor specifically? I thought it was a nice throwback if so, since Capaldi is a big Tom Baker fan.
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Sep 20, 2014 23:45
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Sep 20, 2014 23:48
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Jerusalem posted:I would love to see 5 utterly bungle his way through a bank heist He'd be totally fine, but his companions would keep getting caught and he'd have to bust them out of jail every five minutes. If they stayed on the Tardis, he'd have the monsters freed and be back in time for celery soup.
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Sep 21, 2014 00:03
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Jerusalem posted:I don't really understand what you're trying to say here, but seriously scientists today can tell you when our sun is having increased solar activity so you'd think in the far future the super-rich and ultra secure best bank in the universe would have that stuff monitored and their bank structurally prepared to deal with it. I just thought it was a bit sudden and too quick - the concept is introduced and used to deal with a problem all at once, and for a heist story that's a bit of a shame.
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Sep 21, 2014 00:17
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Irony Be My Shield posted:I think the lack of budget hurt this one a bit. The monster was decent but just him and a couple of dudes with guns didn't really sell me on "THE MOST ADVANCED SECURITY IN THE GALAXY" Well, so maybe this particular galaxy isn't all that advanced. I'm sure there's more secure banks in one of the other 100 million galaxies.
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Sep 21, 2014 00:39
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So this weekend I finally got to meet Paul McGann!  I can die happy!He was at the Cincinnati Comic Expo and we got there on Friday hoping to beat the crowds. It was an excellent plan. Very sparse crowds right at the start, so I got enough time to chat a bit and tell him that after listening to all the Big Finish Audios, he is MY doctor. He was really genuinely pleased and maybe a little unaccustomed to hearing it. But then he noticed my shirt:  He did a  and said to his assistant, "Look at his shirt! I've never seen that! Look! 'The Whos!' ohhh that's brilliant! Look who's in the middle!" Then I got this pic out of it:  I am a little bummed it ended up a tad blurry, but he was nice enough to let my wife take a couple more straight ones. My wife and I also sprung for the professional pic with him which turned out great, because they green screened us into his TARDIS control room. I would post that, but she'd probably kill me for posting pics of her online.
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Ha, I have that shirt, it makes me happy knowing that Paul McGann liked it. You should send that picture to the designer, Zerobriant, if you haven't! thexerox123 fucked around with this message at 00:44 on Sep 21, 2014 |
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