In the midst of rushing to the scene of the Next Big Moment this season, a lot of people ask Doctor Eleven what his plan is, and he tells them he’ll figure it out when he gets there, or words to that effect. The first time was pretty funny, but the more he says it, the . . . → Read More: flesh and stone
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Time was one of the reasons it took me a while to warm to New Who. Classic Who, as you may know, typically ran stories in four installments of about 25 minutes each, so that a complete story would last 100 minutes. That’s somewhere between the length of your average contemporary Hollywood comedy and your average contemporary . . . → Read More: the time of angels I’d list everything I hated about this episode but I would basically be quoting the script, word for word. The concept we saw in the trailer — Daleks apparently helping the Allies in WWII — felt fresh and interesting, and there were so many ways it could have been explored meaningfully. That would have been quite a . . . → Read More: victory of the daleks What makes Amy Pond’s rich history with the Doctor so interesting is that she has every reason to hate him. Consider: when she first meets him, he eats one bite of probably everything she has in her fridge or cupboards, making her slave over a hot stove at the age of what, eight? Then he inspects . . . → Read More: the beast below This was a LOT of fun. Let’s start with the reasons it shouldn’t have been. First there’s the new title sequence and the slightly different theme tune. They’re both shite. Though it could be worse: look at Caprica. Then there are the overly familiar Moffat tropes: the girl visited by the Doctor at different, capricious times in her . . . → Read More: the eleventh hour I’ve seen the first two episodes of season 5 of the new Doctor Who, and I’m so excited about them that I’m actually going to start writing in this blog again. In fact, I’m seriously thinking about cleaning this one out and/or making a separate blog JUST to talk about Doctor Who. That’s how hard I’m nerding . . . → Read More: new who reviews It’s really good. I enjoyed it a lot. It’s not great. I don’t think any single movie (with the possible and obvious exception of The Wrath of Khan) or episode (with the possible and obvious exception of the Next Generation episode “The Inner Light”) has been great on its own. What makes Star Trek is the continuity . . . → Read More: star trek All over discussions of the finale I’m hearing the same parrot squawk: “The show’s ending isn’t deus ex machina because it’s been about God from the BEGINNING! Weren’t you paying ATTENTION?” Yes, I was, frak you very much. We all were. But introducing religion doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want in your story and just point . . . → Read More: bsg: religion and paying attention Battlestar Galactica is finally over. I’m okay with it. Right now I have very mixed feelings about how it ended, and I want to get my thoughts out before I dive into the online discussions. First, let me review my predictions. If you are afraid of spoilers and you haven’t seen the finale yet, stop now. 1. Death . . . → Read More: battlestar galactica: daybreak If you haven’t seen “Daybreak, Part 1,” this past week’s episode, you probably should watch it first, though frankly there was really nothing to spoil in it. So to review my previous predictions: 1. I’m not longer sure what to think about my girlfriend’s idea that death is the way home. Production photos I’d seen of various characters . . . → Read More: battlestar galactica: revised predictions |
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