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Your best bet is to guess the complete opposite of what a normal human being would rate these episodes
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I'm in the guessing game for the first time, so here's to being completely wrong for the next thirteen weeks 
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Jul 4, 2017 20:04
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Mysterion is pretty boring and Not Good, but it's nowhere near the atrocity that is Identity Crisis.
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Jul 8, 2017 02:51
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Lick! The! Whisk! posted:It's clear that Moffat modelled this episode, and Grant specifically, after Superman. But he completely misunderstands why Superman works. The best explanation of Superman and why he's so appealing comes from this Polygon article Justin McElroy wrote explaining why he wasn't seeing Batman versus Superman Finally, someone who views the Clark/Supes identity the same way I do. Superman will always be my favorite comic hero, but you can count his (consistently) good runs on one hand. Very few writers seem to nail what makes him work, and even those who usually do it well occasionally gently caress up. Grant Morrison's All-Star run is the definitive take on the character, but his New 52 Action Comics run is forgettable at best. I think that's why, for me, Mysterio comes across as such a boring and uninspired slog. Bad Superman stories are common, bad Superman-knockoff stories are the wallpaper paste of the comic world. If you aren't going to do anything clever with Superman in a Doctor Who story, then why bother doing it at all? And that loving costume looks like something out of a direct-to-dvd christian superhero movie. 
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Jul 9, 2017 01:09
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My Moffat hatred stems more from his complete and utter failure as a showrunner. He's literally wasted years of the show because he can't budget properly and we're now on the second (!) actor to leave the title role because they don't want to commit any more of their time to a delayed production. Yeah, the Moffat years look professional and polished, but it's still a loving mess behind the scenes.
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Jul 12, 2017 10:20
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Playtest is one of the weaker BM episodes, you won't be missing much if he spoils it for you
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Aug 7, 2017 09:10
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It's tempting to compare Brooker with Rod Serling given the similarity between BM and Twilight Zone, but Brooker is far more cynical than Serling ever was and that's primarily why I'd rather see him continue to do his own thing. Everyone assumes Serling was the world's greatest misanthrope, but he actually strongly believed in the overall good of humanity and could probably have turned in great optimistic morality plays for a show like Star Trek. Brooker's BM writing is far more acidic, with only San Junipero and Nosedive having even vaguely positive endings (and he didn't even write Nosedive, only the general outline). I can't see that writing style translating to a Saturday afternoon kid's show and I wouldn't even want him to try and adapt to it.
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