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The North of England is a much poorer (and colder) part of the country. This has left it regarded as uncultured and stupid by southerners who have never been north of the Watford Gap. That government policy for the last thirty years has seemingly been designed to gently caress over the North is, of course, coincidence. eg for attitude http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2656705.stm The South is a different kettle of fish, what with it being incredibly politically important for a hundred years or more.
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Android Blues posted:Yeah, the "public" in the phrase "public school" refers to the fact that they're owned by members of the public as a business enterprise, rather than operating as an arm of the state. This isn't true. The "public" refers to the fact that anyone could in theory attend them, unlike ecclesiastical schools or those for the sons of guild members.
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Jerusalem posted:You're South African? It's kind of dumb and also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxEweP2TiMk
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Apr 15, 2015 13:12
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DoctorWhat posted:if there's a single bigger trilogy quality drop-off than the one between A Death in the Family and Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge, I've yet to hear it. Ocean's 11, The Matrix, Robocop?
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The_Doctor posted:I'm finally looking at the Toxx review thread, and jesus christ, the smug not-spoilery spoilers thing between actual reviews is insufferable. Bad Who fans! Bad! No! When has that been happening recently?
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CobiWann posted:Well it all started when Let's Kill Hitler got a "B" episode grade... I've just gone back and reread this and I really can't see any "smug non-spoilery things"?
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Apr 20, 2015 17:33
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Annekie started taking an interest in the thread and got people to stop it
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Apr 20, 2015 17:59
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The Curse of Fenric is incredibly good except for the Ace "sexy" scene.
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Apr 24, 2015 20:06
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There's basically one bad scene in Fenric, some people think that's enough to ruin it apparently because the only other criticism is "it's a vampire story, in the day time  "
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Apr 24, 2015 20:17
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Attitude Indicator posted:which is the bad scene you mention? The "I'm not a little girl any more" bit, which is a bit poo poo. And what's wrong with the daytime setting? Your criticisms read like you missed an awful lot of the text and the subtext (the "soldiers on opposite sides have more in common with each other than they do with their commanders" thing doesn't come out of nowhere, for example; it's one of the main themes of the story).
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Apr 24, 2015 21:19
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If you can't name all the major characters of The Curse of Fenric without looking them up I'm just shaking my head at you right now, 70's Porn Doctor What
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Apr 24, 2015 21:21
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Turns out the villain is dysentery
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Apr 25, 2015 03:15
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 You can still make out which one is which, that's too drat bright
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Apr 25, 2015 11:19
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A politician with a silly name accidentally tweeted his own name when trying to search, why is that not funny
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Apr 28, 2015 15:12
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CobiWann posted:America had a politician named Anthony Weiner post his name Not as funny as Ed Balls, sorry
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Apr 28, 2015 16:05
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DoctorWhat posted:I am in a room with Rob Shearman (as well as a man with the exact voice of Wallace Shawn) AT THIS VERY MOMENT I say hi
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Apr 29, 2015 00:15
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To you, I don't know the others
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Apr 29, 2015 00:16
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Maera Sior posted:Gray shirt with red sleeves? That's him
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Apr 29, 2015 03:00
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Jsor posted:I have not. Nor 1984 (I read the book...). The 1984 film with John Hurt and Richard Burton is absolutely exceptional
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May 3, 2015 12:13
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Yeah the episode with the alien sex ghost wasn't at all tacky
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May 6, 2015 13:14
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"Eve Myles" was the answer to a pub quiz question last night, and we came joint first and won ten of her majesty's round English pounds so I guess Torchwood is ok in my book
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May 6, 2015 14:43
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After The War posted:We'll still have to put with scripts from the Brain of Lidster, I'd expect. The audience, reduced to this, a condition where we envy a vegetable
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May 10, 2015 18:09
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DoctorWhat posted:i made that joke on tumblr months ago Really ahead of the curve on that decades old joke 
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May 17, 2015 23:19
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The Sarah Connonicles has been the only half decent Terminator thing in over 2 decades
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May 18, 2015 13:29
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Ghost Light doesn't look low budget  It's in the BBC "Victorian Costume Drama" niche
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May 18, 2015 15:22
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Capaldi being good isn't unpopular, the first half of his first episode being good marks you out as a crazy person though because that poo poo is terrible
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May 21, 2015 01:24
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DoctorWhat posted:Both the first and second halves of Deep Breath are good MrL_JaKiri posted:a crazy person The first half of Deep Breath was so dreadful I nearly turned it off and didn't come back to subsequent episodes
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May 21, 2015 01:45
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Dabir posted:Still can't believe they just made them the Borg. Adapting to survive has been the Cyberman thing for 50 years or thereabouts, it's not like the Borg were that innovative
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May 22, 2015 20:06
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DoctorWhat's continuing defense of Kill the Moon is curious and surprising to me
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May 22, 2015 20:13
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2house2fly posted:Still, if you want a dark and sad ending, the final shot of the episode is a tangerine, hinting that they're still in the dream forever!! [inception noise]
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May 22, 2015 22:14
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docbeard posted:There's really nothing wrong with Forest that some (a lot of) polish and a pointed "are you sure this is the message you want to be sending" conversation at one or two points couldn't have fixed. The atmosphere, both visually and thematically, is incredible, there's some solid characterization happening, and the Doctor's interactions with the children when he's not talking about psychiatric medication are nothing short of delightful. Also trees definitely don't burn, they make the perfect defense against a solar flare
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May 23, 2015 13:10
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In other minor "the writers don't understand science" kerfuffles, it also features the Doctor asking what a creature that only evolved to hide would be like
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May 24, 2015 17:35
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Burkion posted:Wouldn't that be like a trapdoor spider or any of the numerous animals that look like their surroundings? eg. Peppered moths
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May 24, 2015 20:11
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Xenogenesis posted:I'm of the opinion that when the episode starts off with and continues showing the Doctor being an idiot, maybe it's just about the Doctor being an idiot. "The Doctor is a moron who doesn't know anything" is an underexplored part of the show's mythos, true
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May 24, 2015 20:45
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josh04 posted:I didn't have any trouble understanding Kill the Moon. I didn't have any trouble understanding Forest either, for what it's worth, although it's certainly a worse episode. Straightforward things happen, which people willfully misinterpret because they're convinced that these are Bad Episodes written by Bad Writers who Don't Understand Science. Yes people are just choosing not to like them because they don't like Doctor Who?
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May 26, 2015 19:54
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Science accuracy only matters to the extent to which a five to eight year old would think it stupid and distracting if it's wrong (eg. gravity being heavier on the moon than on the Earth, people growing new limbs because that's what people do, that kind of thing). If something sets out to be scientifically accurate and fails then you can critique it on the more nitpicky level, but Doctor Who does not even slightly do this.
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May 27, 2015 00:40
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adhuin posted:I never understood the fascination with Singles. Even if I liked the song, what I was going to do with just one? Put in on a loop? Listen to another song afterwards?
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Hot Fuzz is mediocre, Spaced is better than any of the Cornetto films. By a long, long, way.
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I like Timothy Dalton in it though
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