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Post by Mario Di Giacomo on Apr 26, 2011 8:38:38 GMT -8
I was reminded of this by the Who thread:
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Post by jensaltmann on Apr 26, 2011 9:20:03 GMT -8
How badass do you have to be to have a Dalek beg for mercy when they find out who you are.
And what kind of a person do you have to be to have a Dalek beg for mercy when they find out who you are.
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Post by paulpogue on Apr 26, 2011 9:39:37 GMT -8
This is the scene that throws off every attempt I've ever tried at adding up all the clues to River's identity -- any logical solution to River's identity almost has to ignore it. (Which is perfectly plausible; whoever River is, maybe she did the stuff that made her so scary AFTER she adopted the River Song name.) It certainly throws, say, Romana out the window. Because Daleks aren't scared of ANYTHING. They're not scared of the Master, they're not scared of Davros, and they're only slightly scared by the Doctor. They flinch, yes, but don't recoil in terror.
I suppose two possibilities do make sense: If my "Valeyard's wife" theory holds any water, the Daleks might legitimately be more afraid of the Valeyard when they find out who he is. Or, more likely, if she really did kill the Doctor, that makes a good reason to be terrified -- but only if she landed a final, no-regeneration death, because some serious second-rate goofballs have scored fatal hits on the Doctor before, and nobody lives in terror of the Rani or the TV movie street gang.
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Post by K-Box on Apr 26, 2011 15:33:37 GMT -8
Actually, Moff said that he planned to fix the fact that the Doctor is so well-known by the rest of the universe this season, so perhaps River fools the universe into believing that she's killed the Doctor, thus allowing him to become the anonymous stranger that he used to be for most of the original series?
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Post by Mario Di Giacomo on Apr 26, 2011 16:15:03 GMT -8
Actually, Moff said that he planned to fix the fact that the Doctor is so well-known by the rest of the universe this season, so perhaps River fools the universe into believing that she's killed the Doctor, thus allowing him to become the anonymous stranger that he used to be for most of the original series? Except people all over the galaxy know the Doctor changes appearance and travels in a blue box. The only way to "fix" that fact would be a "Brand New Doctor" mindwipe. |
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Post by jensaltmann on Apr 27, 2011 2:41:57 GMT -8
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Post by jensaltmann on Apr 27, 2011 2:43:39 GMT -8
Actually, Moff said that he planned to fix the fact that the Doctor is so well-known by the rest of the universe this season, so perhaps River fools the universe into believing that she's killed the Doctor, thus allowing him to become the anonymous stranger that he used to be for most of the original series? Except people all over the galaxy know the Doctor changes appearance and travels in a blue box. The only way to "fix" that fact would be a "Brand New Doctor" mindwipe. Unless he starts using a variant of whatever wipes the Silence out of the memories of people who see them, so that when he leaves somewhere, they forget he was there. |
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Post by Mario Di Giacomo on Apr 27, 2011 8:12:23 GMT -8
Except people all over the galaxy know the Doctor changes appearance and travels in a blue box. The only way to "fix" that fact would be a "Brand New Doctor" mindwipe. Unless he starts using a variant of whatever wipes the Silence out of the memories of people who see them, so that when he leaves somewhere, they forget he was there. Make a bowtie out of psychic paper? (we really should move this to the Who thread...) |
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Post by michaelpaciocco on May 18, 2011 18:51:27 GMT -8
Do not Fuck with Bill Adama.
that is all.
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Post by paulpogue on May 19, 2011 2:46:35 GMT -8
 "General. Would you care to step outside?" I love how Reeve could infuse such an unfailingly polite challenge with such menace. |
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Post by K-Box on May 19, 2011 22:02:33 GMT -8
"General. Would you care to step outside?" I love how Reeve could infuse such an unfailingly polite challenge with such menace. Christopher Reeve really has proven irreplaceable as Superman. |
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Post by paulpogue on May 20, 2011 2:43:07 GMT -8
I was really astonished to find that still, because I'd forgotten how he could make his look THAT intense. That's the expression I imagine going along with Alan Moore's "Burn."
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Post by michaelpaciocco on May 20, 2011 9:59:46 GMT -8
Actually, I think it's BECAUSE they've tried to replace Reeves that they haven't found another actor to truly capture Superman. But I may be a minority opinion there.
"Because I...am an American."
"he's Crazy!"
"isn't it fun?"
"What am I bid for all the powers of the Universe?"
And it's at this moment we realize that Crichton has lost the war with Madness, and has instead embraced it
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Post by paulpogue on May 29, 2011 18:27:36 GMT -8
In a series that includes scenery-chewing from genetic supermen, frequent godlike beings and William Shatner, it's funny that the most bad-ass of all Trek moments belongs to DeForrest Kelly:
HARD. CORE.
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Post by K-Box on May 30, 2011 17:53:21 GMT -8
In a series that includes scenery-chewing from genetic supermen, frequent godlike beings and William Shatner, it's funny that the most bad-ass of all Trek moments belongs to DeForrest Kelly: HARD. CORE. Kelly never lost the talent he developed, from playing bad guys in cowboy films, for projecting a total air of Either Leave Me Be Or Fuck Off. |
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