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Post by jkcarrier on Jun 15, 2011 11:08:20 GMT -8
It seems to me that a theme of Moffat's Who is a real condemnation of religion; the militarized Anglican church, that entire bit about the Headless Monks Although in Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone, Octavian and co. are depicted as pretty ok guys. The Doctor doesn't seem to have any problem with them, and notes non-judgementally that "the Church evolved". I assume we'll see down the road how they got from there to "Grr, Doctor must die!" re: The Headless Monks, I'm going to note my completely ridiculous theory, on the remote chance it turns out to be true: The Headless Monks are really Silents, who chopped off their own heads because it was the only way to prevent humans from attacking them on sight. This also mucked up their "forget me when you turn around" ability, so now they have to hide in plain sight.
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Post by jkcarrier on Jun 13, 2011 11:56:21 GMT -8
I thought maybe it was a reference to a "bucket list", since she fulfills her lifelong goal of meeting the Doctor again, and then immediately dies.
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Post by jkcarrier on Jun 3, 2011 9:59:22 GMT -8
What? Do you think that if people can't make money with it, nobody will spread the IP anymore? (Actually, yes, I think so.) Happens all the time. It's called fanfic.
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Post by jkcarrier on Jun 2, 2011 6:58:55 GMT -8
I have mixed feelings about this. But I am intrigued by the idea of, for instance, the various books of the Bible being controlled throughout history by the heirs of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, et. al...
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Post by jkcarrier on Jun 1, 2011 16:37:19 GMT -8
And the idea of 52 #1 issues in one month makes my brain bleed. Seriously. That seems more likely to scare off potential new readers than to attract them. Maybe if it were 52 stand-alone books, each with their own unique tone and style -- i.e., something for everyone. But I suspect they will be just the opposite: more homogenized and interrelated than ever.
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Post by jkcarrier on May 29, 2011 14:13:42 GMT -8
Hawkgirl is a freaking midget while the Penguin is normal height. I don't think the individual pictures are necessarily in scale with each other. It looks like they just resized all the pictures to fit in the same size space, and the pictures of characters who have their arms or weapons raised over their heads got shrank more than the others. In any event, they look really nice, and if I had any display space (or money), I'd probably grab a few of the old-school ones. I found it interesting that despite not reading any of the current books, I recognized all the DC guys, but several of the Marvels were unfamiliar. Which, really, is probably a point in Marvel's favor.
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Post by jkcarrier on May 18, 2011 11:06:32 GMT -8
From "The Closer"'s Facebook page:
"It’s confirmed: The Closer will be followed by new series Major Crimes, starring Mary McDonnell, starting in 2012. Major Crimes comes from the team behind The Closer, including creator James Duff. Stay tuned for details."
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Post by jkcarrier on May 17, 2011 16:49:27 GMT -8
4) Wachowski Brothers Plastic Man - You've got to be fuckin' kidding me. Now, maybe say, doing that as a comedy film with Jack Black, I could almost buy...nah, sorry, nope. Requires some more comedic talent. I could see Black as Woozy Winks.
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Post by jkcarrier on May 7, 2011 7:19:13 GMT -8
Has the Doctor been whammied by his own post-hypnotic suggestion all this time? Seems like it may have influenced him, at least. The Doctor himself notes that he ought to have a problem with River Song gunning down the Silence en mass, and yet he doesn't.
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Post by jkcarrier on May 1, 2011 12:58:32 GMT -8
Question from a guy who still hasn't watched any classic Who: Is the Doctor basically starting a war something he does regularly? Because here, what he does is...well, there's a viciousness I haven't seen in the series since he dispatched the Family of Blood. The Doctor's more vicious side is something we started seeing towards the end of the old series. In the 7th Doctor story "Remembrance of the Daleks", he deliberately causes a supernova in order to destroy the Dalek homeworld. Compare this to the 4th Doctor story, "Genesis of the Daleks", where he has an opportunity to destroy the Daleks just as they're first being created, and can't bring himself to do it. [Silent retcon - mdg]
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Post by jkcarrier on Apr 22, 2011 14:51:36 GMT -8
You can't have a thread like this without... Abe Vigoda (1921) His allegedly imminent demise was already a running gag when I was growing up in the '70s...
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Post by jkcarrier on Mar 9, 2011 10:36:16 GMT -8
In the unlikely event that River really is a character from the old series, then Susan would make a certain amount of sense: Who else would know the Doctor, and the TARDIS, so intimately? I'm not betting on it, though.
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Post by jkcarrier on Feb 21, 2011 11:18:04 GMT -8
So, I'm finally getting caught up on the Matt Smith episodes -- I found out that my parents get BBC America, so they've been DVR-ing the reruns for me. I didn't expect to like Smith, as I'm kind of opposed to young, pretty Doctors just on general principle (never did warm up to Davison, back in the day, and Tennant always seemed to be trying too hard). But damned if he didn't win me over. He very nicely manuvers between "I'm 900 fucking years old and I've seen things that would make your brain explode" and "I'm still a giddy little kid playing in the biggest sandbox ever".
I like Amy a lot, too, although I'm getting tired of the trope of companions getting juiced up with super-time-fixing-powers. Especially since Just-Plain-Amy manages to semi-plausibly save the day several times before that. My favorite example is "Victory of the Daleks", where they're trying to defuse Bracewell by getting him in touch with his human emotions. The Doctor thinks that making him think of dead family will do the job, but Amy instinctively knows that unrequited love is the aching-est heartache of all.
On a personal note, I am amused to point out that my Mom -- who normally has absolutely no use for fantasy/sci-fi of any kind -- has become completely hooked on the show. "Was the show always like this?" she asks incredulously, and I have to admit that, no, it wasn't. At least not the aspect she likes most, which is the Doctor being much more demonstrative and openly caring towards his companions. The Eccleston reruns are coming up next, and I suspect she won't like him as much, since he's closer to the OldWho style of being somewhat prickly and aloof. I can't wait to show her "Father's Day", though...
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Post by jkcarrier on Feb 2, 2011 17:48:37 GMT -8
Every female character will, at some point, be decked out in leather fetish gear.
No matter what changes happen to Professor X, he will invariably revert back to being a) wheelchair-bound, and b) a dick.
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Post by jkcarrier on Jan 24, 2011 13:31:18 GMT -8
The idea of the self-appointed Guardians of the Universe sending their private militia to police sovereign planets without said planets' consent is problematic anyway. It would be interesting if GLs had to negotiate treaties with various worlds before they could operate there. Make them wrestle with regulations and overlapping jurisdictions the way federal/state/local authorities do.
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