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Post by michaelpaciocco on Jul 25, 2011 4:18:59 GMT -8
SPECULATION - AWAY!
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Post by michaelpaciocco on Jul 25, 2011 20:45:41 GMT -8
...looking at that again.
Rory Williams punched Hitler.
RORY. WILLIAMS. PUNCHED. HITLER.
Let's just make it official - from now on, when any character in any genre in any fiction requires a level in Badass, they must ask Rory Williams for permision because HE TOOK THEM ALL - EVERYONES. FOREVER.
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Post by jensaltmann on Jul 26, 2011 1:13:50 GMT -8
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Post by michaelpaciocco on Jul 26, 2011 4:06:05 GMT -8
Nice poster Jens
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Post by K-Box on Jul 26, 2011 18:24:50 GMT -8
Holy shit, this one went meme INSTANTLY:
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Post by paulpogue on Jul 27, 2011 13:18:13 GMT -8
I swear, there comes a point where they're TRYING to up the stakes on the Rory-ness.
I want a League of Extraordinary Former Ordinaries. They'd be the scariest team in the history of fiction. Rory, Neville Longbottom and Wesley Wyndham-Price could rotate the chairmanship.
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Post by michaelpaciocco on Aug 4, 2011 20:25:22 GMT -8
So, anyone watching Torchwood: Miracle Day?
It's powerfully alright...although the biggest surprise is Bill Pullman playing so strongly against type and stealing every scene he's in.
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Post by michaelpaciocco on Aug 6, 2011 17:55:51 GMT -8
OK, after watching the latest episode I'm going to say it: Miracle Day? Is the most thought-provoking bit of sci-fi out there and you absolutely MUST watch it.
Keep in mind - I did not watch a single episode of Torchwood until "Children of Earth" so I come into this as only a casual fan of this particular Who-spinoff.
That said, this mini, about what happens when everyone becomes effectively immortal is a damning bit of well thought-out genre work. From the obvious Malthusian problems spring a whole host of questions about how life is defined, questions about quality of life, healthcare (and credit to the writers - I have a hard time determining whether it's an indictment of private-for-profit healthcare or "socialized medicene"). Either way, it's good.
And again: Bill Pullman is giving the best performance of anything I've ever seen in him ever.
Highly recommended.
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Post by jensaltmann on Aug 23, 2011 0:24:27 GMT -8
Remember that webcomic, The 10 Doctors? Rich is still at it (doing great stuff), and I think his next crossover is of particular interest. comics.shipsinker.com/The Doctor and James Bond. |
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Post by jkcarrier on Aug 23, 2011 10:59:31 GMT -8
So, that iconic British hero who periodically regenerates...and the Doctor. ;D Looking forward to the inevitable Timothy Dalton/Rassilon jokes...
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Post by jensaltmann on Aug 23, 2011 11:12:06 GMT -8
The Doctor he's using for this is 10, and Rich usually matches the Doctor to the time the crossover partner was active. In the recent Jenn and the Holograms crossover, the Doctor was 6.
Since this is 10, that means we'll get either Brosnan or Craig. Unless he uses both and shows us a James Bond regeneration scene.
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Post by paulpogue on Aug 23, 2011 17:50:16 GMT -8
In the recent Jenn and the Holograms crossover, the Doctor was 6. I just wanted to repeat this for posterity, as it is one of the five or ten greatest sentences in the history of K-Box, if not the entire WEF Diaspora. |
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Post by jensaltmann on Aug 28, 2011 8:14:17 GMT -8
Okay, so... Rory punches Hitler. Best TV scene of the year. He also got all the best lines in this episode.
We see the origin of River Song, and learn some new stuff about regenerations. Some nice twists and turns here, but more like Asian food: it leaves you essentially unsatisfied. At least as far as I'm concerned.
I liked the Star Trek shoutout.
Still, all in all this was one of the season's weakest episodes.
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Post by paulpogue on Aug 28, 2011 18:07:48 GMT -8
I liked how Rory's really good lines were the understated ones. Especially "Shut up, Hitler!"
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Post by jkcarrier on Aug 30, 2011 8:11:24 GMT -8
After all the build-up and hype, the "Secret Origin of River" was bound to be a little bit of a let-down. It covered all the bases it was supposed to, and Alex Kingston is always great, but I was left with a feeling of, "So that's it, huh?".
Also, I'm having a hard time imagining how this can end well. Even if they get baby Melody back, sooner or later, we know she's going to get snatched up by the Silence, and from there her fate is set. I get that Amy and Rory growing up alongside Mels is in some sense supposed to "compensate" for missing out on raising her, but I don't think the characters can realistically view it that way. It's gonna be a horrible, wrenching loss that will cast a pall over the entire series.
The only way out I can see is if the past somehow gets altered so that either a) Melody is conceived somewhere other than the TARDIS (thus, no reason to kidnap her), or b) is never born at all. Either of which would essentially wipe out River Song, which would be a shame.
Any theories on the significance (if any) of the Doctor wearing a different jacket this episode? Have we skipped ahead a couple of centuries, putting him closer to the moment where the Astronaut kills him in Utah?
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