Doctor Who, Season Two Discussion
POSTED BY: NEEDY
UPDATED: Thursday, August 24, 2006 16:00
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What a lacklustre introduction for the cybermen. How do you make a two-part cybermen story that is not scary and ultimately not particularily interesting?
I have trouble comprehending why this episode actually went out as it was. As much as I enjoyed the cybermen being back (though apparently these are just cybermen not THE cybermen) this was definately the first bump in what has so-far been a hugely entertaining season.
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Cybermen can actually be scary. The Patrick Troughton Doctor story from God knows how many years back.
Trapped, with a mob of Cybermen advancing across the surface of the Moon towards the Moonbase.
I can't remember what happened next, but the image has stuck with me. Probably immaturity had a lot to do with it, I can only have been 5 or 6 years out of College at the time.
G
Half Man, Half Zimmer Frame.
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That was much better than last week, the Cybermen do look a but like horde of evil line dancers in some scenes but its amazing how much downsizing trigger help the episode! Also it just wouldn’t be Doctor Who without some mind control now and then.
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Who do you suppose is in there?
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I thought 'The Age Of Steel' was a very solid episode for the most part - until the last ten minutes, when it became something else. Just seeing the characters go through changes and deal with what's happened, and make decisions based on what they've done, and their past, and what their future may hold - the whole end of this episode was wonderful, I thought. Great to see Mickey finally grow up.
Bring on next week - looks like it's going to be very creepy!
-- My days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle --
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Gonna jump on the end of this here. Thing that freaked me out wasn't the big bad Terminator stomping - it was the quiet bits. Everyone laughing simultaneously at the downloaded joke. (V Fisher King that whole freeze and move thing) Or Sally Phelan.
SpaceAnJL
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"... horde of evil line dancers ..."
Haze. You git.
(The therapy is helping, but I'm still some way off managing gracious acceptance of someone else's brilliant one-liners...)
I thought the second half redeemed the story in a big way. Not much Lumic. And the speed of the Cybermen! Have a job outrunning them. I think they'd be vulnerable if you pulled over a gobstopper machine. Some gags never get old.
I still can't understand the soundtrack policy, though. Sound effects and foreground music totally drowning out the dialogue.
It's like the sound engineer's previous job was on tour with Motorhead, and they sacked him because they realised that he was actually deaf.
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Duplicating the effect by examining "At The Gates" lyrics using the time-honoured "Head in the Bass Bin" method. And then complaining that the stereo imaging wasn't much cop.
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I’ve heard many people complaining about the music in series being too loud. I can’t say as I’ve noticed this but my TV automatically levels audio so this might be the reason.
How is everyone else finding the audio?
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There was a sketch last night on Rory Bremner having a skit at the loud music in Season 2. I've just got a standard dolby surround sound system and I don't find a problem with it.
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I see no comments about last nights episode. I did like the episode however it explained nothing about alien (Maurean Lipman). The no face thing was very scarey. You steal someones face and you take everything about that person. They did it in The Twilight Zone and that's one of the most memorable episodes. I just think the episode never explained enough. DT was good as always. Seeing him angry was good. I like his angry side. DOn't piss off Dr Who .LOL
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